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My usual Saturday starts with getting the kids out of bed, get breakfast into them and off to visit my Nana, leaving Wifey to have a morning off!
During the week Tommy555 put me in touch with a lad that saved me a load on windows, and during the chat tommy offered to call to my house to fix a cracked window I had,
So I met tommy along the road on the way home from Nana's, We had a nice spirited drive back to my gaf, He sorted the window in no time and we played with my Radio controlled helicopter,(which we near lost due to high winds)
All good so far, Then at 5pm I got a phone call, I chap sounding very flustered, He says he got my number off the side of me Van which is being robbed of all my tools as we speak, (My apprentice who lives near me drives my van) My self and tommy jumped into my can and headind for the N7 dublin bound, looking for a black landcruiser that the theives were driving according to the chap on the phone, We travelled at a rediculous pace to the N7 and all the way to Newlands ring all the apropriate gardai on the way, But we didn't pass or see any black landcruisers! And the gardai drew a blank also,
I when back to the van, The back door has a hole under the handle, and now the door wont open at all! ALL MY TOOLS ARE GONE, EVERYTHING
The lad who drives the van is a clean freek, Every thing has it's place, all very easy to find, The van is alarmed, and it did go off, but he was in and out so fast in broad daylight that it didn't matter, A young lad (about 10years old) appoached the theif and asked "what are you doing" The theif held a hammer to his face and told him to f**k off
The young lads dad is the lad who rang me!
The gardai called over shortly after wards and took statement, but nothing will come off that!
Between my Newly servised Chop saw, Consaw, Angle grinder and diamond blade, circular saws, panasonic cordless skrew drivers, Paslode 1st and 2nd fix nail guns, Cango hammer and other stuff I cant even think of untill I need them and can't find them!
At least 3000 off stuff plus whatever it costs to fix the van! Insurance does not cover tools at all! and at a time were every person do work for seems to think there is 10-15% haggling money added to the quotes I give them, I'm pricing at cost at the moment!!!!!!!! to make sure I keep my head and the heads of my lads above water untill things pick up abit!
So The day turned out quite shite!
Just a big thank you to Tommy555, for helping with the windows and a big sorry for subjecting you to what must have been a very scary drive up to newlands!
Dan
My usual Saturday starts with getting the kids out of bed, get breakfast into them and off to visit my Nana, leaving Wifey to have a morning off!
During the week Tommy555 put me in touch with a lad that saved me a load on windows, and during the chat tommy offered to call to my house to fix a cracked window I had,
So I met tommy along the road on the way home from Nana's, We had a nice spirited drive back to my gaf, He sorted the window in no time and we played with my Radio controlled helicopter,(which we near lost due to high winds)
All good so far, Then at 5pm I got a phone call, I chap sounding very flustered, He says he got my number off the side of me Van which is being robbed of all my tools as we speak, (My apprentice who lives near me drives my van) My self and tommy jumped into my can and headind for the N7 dublin bound, looking for a black landcruiser that the theives were driving according to the chap on the phone, We travelled at a rediculous pace to the N7 and all the way to Newlands ring all the apropriate gardai on the way, But we didn't pass or see any black landcruisers! And the gardai drew a blank also,
I when back to the van, The back door has a hole under the handle, and now the door wont open at all! ALL MY TOOLS ARE GONE, EVERYTHING
The lad who drives the van is a clean freek, Every thing has it's place, all very easy to find, The van is alarmed, and it did go off, but he was in and out so fast in broad daylight that it didn't matter, A young lad (about 10years old) appoached the theif and asked "what are you doing" The theif held a hammer to his face and told him to f**k off
The young lads dad is the lad who rang me!
The gardai called over shortly after wards and took statement, but nothing will come off that!
Between my Newly servised Chop saw, Consaw, Angle grinder and diamond blade, circular saws, panasonic cordless skrew drivers, Paslode 1st and 2nd fix nail guns, Cango hammer and other stuff I cant even think of untill I need them and can't find them!
At least 3000 off stuff plus whatever it costs to fix the van! Insurance does not cover tools at all! and at a time were every person do work for seems to think there is 10-15% haggling money added to the quotes I give them, I'm pricing at cost at the moment!!!!!!!! to make sure I keep my head and the heads of my lads above water untill things pick up abit!
So The day turned out quite shite!
Just a big thank you to Tommy555, for helping with the windows and a big sorry for subjecting you to what must have been a very scary drive up to newlands!
Dan

