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Mark O'Sullivan

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Post by Mark O'Sullivan » Mon Nov 28, 2005 10:55 pm

Yes Martin

We're not the bunch of PC do-gooder hairdresser types many think we are.

Cheers
Mark

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Post by poison » Mon Nov 28, 2005 11:22 pm

MX5 Anarchy rules the roads (and emails) of New Zealand :-)

I may well indeed have to resort to a professional carpet clean, they can do
a few spots in the house at the same time. Mind you after watching Target on
TV I'm not keen on leaving any tradesman alone in my house, on an average I
think 1 in 4 was a pervert, 1 dodgy, one marginal, and 1 OK, I don't like
those odds... any of you ladies here married to a tradesman??? 1in4 he's a
perv... or maybe that's why you married him :-)

Otherwise if anyone has any personal recommendations for carpet cleaners,
Auckland or the shore, please don't be shy...

Gazza
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Post by Simon Lord » Mon Nov 28, 2005 11:45 pm

I've always found Green Acres carpet cleaning pretty good on the Shore.

Re Target, I have a very low opinion of that programme. A lot of what they
do amounts to entrapment (leaving things hanging out of drawers, etc) and
when they do a comparative test of, eg, a cleaning company they do not set
exactly the same problems for each one.

Note that they never show you them briefing the cleaner, either. I know most
of the franchisors in NZ and almost every one has a tale to tell of how
Target said one thing to them when booking the job and another on air when
reporting it. Unfortunately, they always target the franchises because it
makes better scare TV than saying 'your local cleaner might be doing this'.
However, the franchisors also know that it is safer in PR terms to apologise
on air rather than picking a fight with a media organisation that will only
ever show what it wants to show.

I know of only one genuine perv problem who was a VIP sub-contractor (not a
franchisee) in Wellington about 5-6 years ago. He was out of the door faster
than the eye could blink, but all these years later people still remember
it... TV has enormous power - unfortunately, so-called 'consumer' programmes
like Target often abuse it in the drive for ratings.

Simon
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Email: simon@franchise.co.nz

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Post by Simon Lord » Mon Nov 28, 2005 11:45 pm

I've always found Green Acres carpet cleaning pretty good on the Shore.

Re Target, I have a very low opinion of that programme. A lot of what they
do amounts to entrapment (leaving things hanging out of drawers, etc) and
when they do a comparative test of, eg, a cleaning company they do not set
exactly the same problems for each one.

Note that they never show you them briefing the cleaner, either. I know most
of the franchisors in NZ and almost every one has a tale to tell of how
Target said one thing to them when booking the job and another on air when
reporting it. Unfortunately, they always target the franchises because it
makes better scare TV than saying 'your local cleaner might be doing this'.
However, the franchisors also know that it is safer in PR terms to apologise
on air rather than picking a fight with a media organisation that will only
ever show what it wants to show.

I know of only one genuine perv problem who was a VIP sub-contractor (not a
franchisee) in Wellington about 5-6 years ago. He was out of the door faster
than the eye could blink, but all these years later people still remember
it... TV has enormous power - unfortunately, so-called 'consumer' programmes
like Target often abuse it in the drive for ratings.

Simon
97 SR Ltd (sparkle green)
Email: simon@franchise.co.nz

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Post by EricW » Tue Nov 29, 2005 8:41 pm

I fear you misunderstand me Martin,

I love little animals, they are delicious!

Eric

(Actually, I always aim to just miss, I could not bring myself to actually
shoot one, just to give it a big enough fright that it does not come back)

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Post by EricW » Tue Nov 29, 2005 8:41 pm

I fear you misunderstand me Martin,

I love little animals, they are delicious!

Eric

(Actually, I always aim to just miss, I could not bring myself to actually
shoot one, just to give it a big enough fright that it does not come back)

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Post by EricW » Tue Nov 29, 2005 8:46 pm

Gazza,

Give my mate Steve Cullen a call on 09 4247585, he is with Jae.

Tell him you are a friend of mine and see what he can do. That number is his
home by the way.

Regards

Eric

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Post by EricW » Tue Nov 29, 2005 8:46 pm

Gazza,

Give my mate Steve Cullen a call on 09 4247585, he is with Jae.

Tell him you are a friend of mine and see what he can do. That number is his
home by the way.

Regards

Eric

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Post by Dez » Sat Dec 03, 2005 5:56 pm

Gazza,
Sorry my response is a tad late, but your solution is really quite simple.
Remove the stinking articles, & liberally douse, and I mean LIBERALLY cover
with baking soda over the area. Leave for a week or two if you can. The
baking soda will absorb the stench as it did to my favorite motorcycle leather
a couple of years ago. Vacuum off the powder and it should be good as gold,
almost.
Then you need to have dispensed, 40 grains of Mr Remingtons finest into the
swede of the offending felis.

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Post by Dez » Sat Dec 03, 2005 5:56 pm

Gazza,
Sorry my response is a tad late, but your solution is really quite simple.
Remove the stinking articles, & liberally douse, and I mean LIBERALLY cover
with baking soda over the area. Leave for a week or two if you can. The
baking soda will absorb the stench as it did to my favorite motorcycle leather
a couple of years ago. Vacuum off the powder and it should be good as gold,
almost.
Then you need to have dispensed, 40 grains of Mr Remingtons finest into the
swede of the offending felis.

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Post by EricW » Sat Dec 03, 2005 8:09 pm

Blasted cats! I dont know how they get where they do

I have been smelling the odd cat smell in my workshop under the house for a
few weeks but could see no sign of them, I keep my powersaw in a 40 litre bin
which slides into its own, tight fitting, cavity under the bench and
yesterday, when I pulled it out, there was Mum, with three kittens about 5
weeks old snuggled up in the bin!

How she ever got in or out I don't know, the maximum gap is less than 35mm but
she and the kittens were well fed and fiesty so she must have been in & out
like a fiddlers elbow!

Eric

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Post by EricW » Sat Dec 03, 2005 8:09 pm

Blasted cats! I dont know how they get where they do

I have been smelling the odd cat smell in my workshop under the house for a
few weeks but could see no sign of them, I keep my powersaw in a 40 litre bin
which slides into its own, tight fitting, cavity under the bench and
yesterday, when I pulled it out, there was Mum, with three kittens about 5
weeks old snuggled up in the bin!

How she ever got in or out I don't know, the maximum gap is less than 35mm but
she and the kittens were well fed and fiesty so she must have been in & out
like a fiddlers elbow!

Eric

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