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[callmemadam]

This morning the window cleaners arrived with their cheery round red faces under their little round bank-robber hats. I bade them welcome and get on with their work while I got on with mine. Then I noticed that sheets of water seemed to be pouring down the sides of the house. No ladders or leathers, just a hosepipe. Now I am quite strikt and increasingly prone to hound and persekute tradesmen so when they rang the bell for their money I asked, “Is that it? Aren’t you going to polish them off?” "No need", they cried, "they will dry crystal clear you wait and see." They then produced a little meter and blinded me with science by showing that our tap water had a reading of 240 particles (of what, per what?) whereas using their purified water gave a reading of 000. This new system, which I now know to be the Water Fed Poles System is being adopted by window cleaners because it is too dangerous for them to go up ladders. The new kit costs £4,000 and some window cleaners, I am assured, are doubling their prices. A cleaner 'up north' has been fined simply for going up a ladder! This will put an end to cowboys with no insurance! It also halves the time it takes to clean our windows but I paid them anyway and as we stood chatting on the freezing doorstep, the snow began to drift gently down.

Comments

[cybersofa.livejournal.com]

George Formby must be turning in his grave.

[sloopjonb.livejournal.com]

Our filthiest window is the living room. On the inside. Because Bob likes nothing better than to sit at the window and bark at cats, and he hasn't quite ever mastered the art of looking through a window without wiping his nose all over it.

[huskyteer.livejournal.com]

Does he also clean your screen for free now?

[sloopjonb.livejournal.com]

Awww, cute.

[callmemadam.livejournal.com]

That's terrifying!

[huskyteer.livejournal.com]

It used to be An Adorable Kitten on the front page. The giant pink tongue was still a shock the first time I saw it, though.

[minniemoll.livejournal.com]

But were your windows clean when they'd finished? Mine are desparate to be cleaned, but some are hard to get to, this system sounds ideal. If it works.

[callmemadam.livejournal.com]

Hard to tell, since it snowed all over them. Verdict: not great.