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£45 for five minutes' work. Dust sheet down, switch massive noisy hoover thing on, tidy up then f*ck off. Money for old rope :(
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... & then I'll learn how to spell 'chimney' properly :)
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Good thing to train for imho. Gas and electric will be a luxury for the rich one day and everyone will be back to burning logs etc.
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Plenty of houses up this way still burn logs.
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You have to learn to keep your knees up step in time.
Whatever that means. |
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Pro rata up £45 per five mins & it's quite a living! Obviously, I'm fully aware you might only get to do eight or nine houses a day, but still. What a breeze.
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Saturdays can also be spent getting a wedge off newly weds for turning up at their wedding.
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:^0 Sultan
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Be careful starting at this time of year ...
a friend of mine only had a Dyson and whilst doing a chimney hoover near about this time last year a bid red thing and a large sack blocked his hoover solid . |
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Joe - the old ones are always the best :D
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sounds painful
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Alex69 30 Nov 12:49
I'm fully aware you might only get to do eight or nine houses a day .. =============== :^0 :^0 :^0 Cloud Cuckoo land !! BUT to be helpful , as a Chimney Sweep Wedding Accessory you can charge more than your £45 and keep clean without all that muck + soot ,OH and you get to kiss the bride ;-) |
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My chimney sweep is always booked up two months in advance.Book early
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How many a day then Joe? Your knowledge of chimney sweeping seems to be better than mine! ;)
(check bamboo's comment) |
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You can also be an extra in remakes of old films, eg. Mary Poppins, Bedknobs and Broomsticks.
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Nirv - endless work opportunities! Sorted :)
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You won't be getting ANY work from me Alex.
There aren't many of us left but thankfully I am a traditionalist, intent on preserving the best British traditions. Twice a year I employ a hand-picked team of young urchins from local schools or as a last resort the children of my neighbours, and send them up the chimney to clean them. There's a shiny sixpence in it for them all too, subject to satisfactory completion of work, and quite honestly Lord Shaftesbury can go to hell. Still, I wish you every success with your new business venture. |
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very good alun, not seen a chimney sweep for 40 yeras. How I loved seeing the brush coming out of the top of the chimney when I was a lad.
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loved seeing the brush coming out of the top of the chimney when I was a lad.
LOL ..me too |
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Good, glad it was not just me. :-) I found it truly fascinating for some reason.
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A truly honourable occupation...on a par with coalman imo, but without the pain of nutty slack digging into your back.
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When we were very young we used to have the chimney sweep visit every Summer, and yes, I too used to enjoy seeing the brush emerge from the chimney.
However, I have to say the big day was always rather a scary occasion. The living room first had to be virtually cleared of all furniture and personal items, the chimney sweep was a sinister looking man dressed in black, and the cleaning machine made a terrifying sound. Did anyone else have the looming sense of Armageddon when these visits took place? |
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TBF the bloke who turned up to 'do' my chimney the other day was semi-fearsome looking.
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You can do it yourself, it's not rocket science.
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Neither is laying carpets, but I pay someone to do that as well
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After I swept your chimney you'd need a new carpet.
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The carpet layer who comes to lay my elderly mother's carpets wears quite inappropriate T-shirts (sexual innuendo).
Is it compulsory for all these occasional visiting household workmen have to have the scent of Beelzebub about them? |
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These saintly men set the benchmark for sweeping chimneys
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Qjwd9m1BJk |
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Alun - the chimney sweep didn't smell too much, but the carpet fitter did (vaguely of fox' p!ss - and he didn't even have ginger hair)
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(quality clip btw)
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manys the young urchin disappeared up a chimney ner to be seen again :0 :0
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Thank you Alex. I've heard enough. Anne Robinson will be getting a stiffly worded letter from me about this. The public need to be warned. The fox pi$$ was the final straw.
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GL Alun - let me know how you get on! I met Robinson once & she wasn't half the battle axe she's made out to be :D
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Alex if Chimney sweeping goes wrong you could always make a living as a Tracker ...your discerning nose able to pick up from a scent that the urine smell is a fox's not a cat, badger , horse ,etc, is in much demand in the central Inner city part of London where they DO pay BIG bucks + bonuses ..
I hear all the time BIG players in the Financial sector saying "I must get a Tracker".....................hope this helps |
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Well Joe, I do have a liking for choc chip Trackers so that would be right up my street :^0
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Bloke that swept my chimney a few weeks back told me he used to work as a software developer, had enough of office work and took over his dad's sweep business. Says business is booming.
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Mind you don't catch chimney flue.
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... and if you get a booking from a Mr Corbett, i'd think twice about accepting...
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Harry H or Ronnie? :0
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Everton FC were looking for a Sweeper yesterday .
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