Gypsies/Hawkers/tinkers/.pikey's..

[White Room]

I remember that post Daz...

 

[Time's Ran Out]

Are we not tarring them all with the same brush!
Surely we've all had bad payers outside of ethnic groups and do they not get a mention.
I've had many a drive laid and roof tile fixed for under a £5000 without the threat of death.
Mind you they did escort the elderly next door neighbour to the cashpoint for her life savings - such thoughtful people!.

 

[user123]

They're scum!
I'm still owed by the low life that has continued to make excuses to avoid paying me!
I'll never do work for them again and tell every pikey that wants to cut my hedges that they will have to pay the bill owed me by the scumbag before I will ever let them touch my hedges.

I remember that post Daz...

Yes, I remember it, too... had hoped it got sorted!

We had some gipsies in the field next to us a while back and it does seem to depend each year which lot it is - the years before they looked more traditional, less wealthy, less mercs, more horses and were really quiet, kept themselves to the oppopsite side of the field and really, it felt kind of cosy and old fashioned. this last lot were shocking and upset everybody, used the footpath along the field down to the beach as a toilet, had really noisey generators going all night long, kids were climbing and damaging the trees effing and blinding at my next door neighbour who lives right by the fence, then at night when we took the cat for a walk round the clifftop, we heard this car or small van crash into the fence of the playground towards the beach, and guess where the fence was the next day, it had gone, they obviously helped themselves. Wealthy lot, different to the others, seriously posh cars and very smart caravans and left the place in absolute filth.

Seems there are differences within them, too, like the rest of us, but it all just made everybody really tense. The other next door neighbour said the kids climbed into his and his neighbours garden, stuff like that is just really scary. People can choose to be decent whoever they are, all behaviour is a choice.

 

[The D]

a m8 of a m8 got asked to price to fit a kitchen in a very big and nice house he did all the design and got back to the chap with a price of 25k. how much will you knock off for cash the chap asked so they sorted a cash price and the chap gave the kitchen fitter 5k in cash up front the kitchen fitter did the job and got my m8 to do the tiling. on the day he was finishing just silly bits and bobs he took the chap the bill but it was a different chap that came to the door it was a small fat pikey he asked to see the other chap but the pikey said i have sacked him. the kitchen fitter is now completely confused. the pikey explained that the other chap was his builder but he was not happy with the work he was doing so he sacked him. as soon as the kitchen fitter gave the pikey the bill he started shouting that the kitchen was cheep rubbish and he was not going to pay him. the kitchen fitter was asking him to show him the parts that he was not happy with. the pikeys two sons (built like a barn door) came in the kitchen and started chasing him around saying they wanted there 5k back or they were going to come round his house. at this point he would have given them 5k just to let him go. he got out of there but he was receiving threatening calls for a month or so after. so no i do not work for them.* * * * *
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[Spud]

I havent had any bad experiences working for travellers as I have never been asked to do anything by them but some one I know uses a traveller to collect unpaid bills for him ,when he was owed money by another traveller he called his friend who in turn called the debtor and the money was delivered within the hour,I guess its a case of its who knows who,
My dad keeps birds and he often buys and sells them with the travellers he never has any problem but he is Irish so I guess they may think he is one too LOL

 

[hillhead]

I'm Irish and like travelling but I'm no gypsy, lol.
Live in my own house too, sold my two horses so I look ok now, lol.
I know a guy who drives a transit with two white stripes on the bonnet, the travellers all blow their horns at him. I laughed when he told me this.
They come into areas here and are well spotted, leave nothing about or it'll walk.

 

[DHTiling]

Well all fine today... the couple are great so far and John the owner of the house actually knows some of my friends and relations on the wifes side.. so far so good.

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

Joe, the guy I had trouble with was from an eastern European origin I think, defiantly not Irish every Irish person I have met have been top people. Nice to speak to you tonight by the way. Also had a chat through PM with Adrew (Tommyzoom) another top man I thought you might have thought I was a stalker, with the line being bad. Who is this crazy English bloke with the weird accent, anyway I hope we can keep in touch mate. Phil.

 

[DHTiling]

Can you see the 163grand bran new Bentley in the background and the typical trailers on the drive lol lol

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[Dan]

Glad it's going well so far Dave. Hoping you'd say that haha

There was some trouble about a year ago at a workingmen's club around my way. A family used it for a bit of a do, not sure what the occasion was (was nowt to do with me, I just know of it all going on), dozens of pikeys turned up within a hour or so of each other, always in small groups, shouting at the smokers outside saying 'get him out'. Nobody knew what was going on in there but the next day when people pieced all the random shouting together (many left once that happened on the night and didn't go back in - probably worried about whoever was meant to be inside, who knows) they worked out that a pikey that had been put away a couple of years ago for beating up a lad badly, who was in there that night and something to do with the family who had the do.

Apparently they had waited some time for things to cool down, and until a time they knew a fair amount of the family was there at the same time. Not sure what they wanted to do but whatever went wrong as to why they didn't was thankful. Was in the local rag who also apparently got threatened afterwards. Not sure how true that bit is though nobody seemed to prove it in any way, always just heard it.

On that occasion the police did come but also basically said there's nothing they can do without reg plates, some descriptions, people need to be sober to give statements tomorrow (which nobody did for obvious reasons) etc etc. At least they went though.

Nasty people and the thing is with 'em, 'John' and 'Pete' might be brothers, and you hit john, pete gives you a clout. They leave it at that. But once a few know who you are, it's well out of Pete and Johns hands, they have a weird 'back each other up' thing going on whether they know each other or not. If they're pikeys, they take one problem on as a huge group and that's when it gets nasty far too easy.

My guess is with Endo that the Dad that visited was one of the respected ones within a bunch as not many listen to 'em no matter how much Paddy from BB says he runs his site. lol

 

[Dan]

Can you see the 163grand bran new Bentley in the background and the typical trailers on the drive lol lol

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Dude! Your doors are open and you're inside!!!!! lol QUICK!

 

[DHTiling]

The Bentley sports is realllly nice..

 

[doug boardley]

The Bentley sports is realllly nice..

I wondered where it had gone, thanks for finding it for me Dave, now if you could ask the nice gentleman for the keys and return it to me I'll get you a pint.....

 

[DHTiling]

Well getting there , should have the rest of the granite down today, probs grouting tomoz.

Oh and a better pic of the gypo's bentley




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[user123]

You're quite taken with that Bentley, arent' you? It may be another payment option.... :lol: Those granite tiles look heavy! What are they, 600x600? In granite? Rather you than me... respect..

 

[DHTiling]

Another one of progress




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[DHTiling]

Bloody are heavy lol


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[user123]

Thought so. Mind your back.

Did you notice my finished piece on the show us your work thread? Wanted you to see it, epoxy hard as a granite now... thank god..

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

That guy is lucky Dave. he is going to have a stunning floor. Nice work

 

[DHTiling]

well just got in, all 35 mtrs down now.. knackered..:lol:

grouting tomoz, dreaded black grout..

 

[Andy Allen]

35m2 of granite.........in a caravan, bet his tyres are flat..:lol:


nice floor dave........dont forget your gloves.in the morning..

 

[DHTiling]

35m2 of granite.........in a caravan, bet his tyres are flat..:lol:


nice floor dave........dont forget your gloves.in the morning..

Toooo right..:lol:

 

[user123]

35m2 of granite.........in a caravan, bet his tyres are flat..:lol:


nice floor dave........dont forget your gloves.in the morning..

and drink plenty of tea.... :lol:

 

[DHTiling]

Grouted today.. god black grout gets everywhere..:smilewinkgrin:

Need a slurp now to ease the back ache...

 

[DHTiling]

So.. that is 35 mtrs of marmox and UFH installed and then mapei fibre slc.. and then tiled and grouted... all in 4.5 days... no wonder i got back ache ..

Oh and all to hand ball off the wagon.. with help on that though..lol...

I don't have my son with me now.. so you forget about the donkey work..