What would you do

[John Benton]

agree with you there john entirely. imagine what a mess it would be if i was asked to say i was an employee and something went wrong in fix or supply.
cant see myself getting much back up

I think you would be on your own there John. A wise decision would be to step back from this one and not get involved in it. If they are prepared to put other peoples work on their site purporting to be carried out by them then who knows what levels they could stoop to!!!

 

[jonnyc]

You're right.
i actually don't need the work.
there did seem to be opportunity which appealed as I have made the Cotswolds my choice of stay away jobs since I decided to give up the work abroad because we all have young children now and appeal not the same.
but I already have a great source of work there and I get work as a supposed specialist who comes from the big city or there abouts.
we all treat this as bit of a laugh but it keeps clients happy

 

[Pebbs]

Jonny, I sub some work out to a friend of mine who solely does restoration, so he helps me out, and vice versa. He's got his clients, I have mine, but we never step on each others toes. I am going with him to look at a job on Monday, but he is picking me up in the van, and when he comes to look at some of my jobs, I do the same for him...(not in the van...for some reason the lads dont trust me driving it...cant think why!). When his clients ask do I work for him, I just reply yes from time to time...that normally surfices.

Meeting him in a carpark and wearing his shirts? WTF does this man think he is playing at. The upshot is he is not confident enough to go and look at the job himself, so he is relying heavily on you and your knowledge. With that in mind I would have asked for a day rate plus milage, and no you dont want to be working for him, because he doesnt sound like he has a clue what he is doing.

As for the photos, ring him up and tell him straight. Like you have said you don't need the work, but that is not the point, he is a chancer...who can talk the talk but not actually walk the walk.

Good luck, and get him to take those photos down...disgraceful.

Lynn

 

[jonnyc]

Your second paragraph sums my thoughts up well Lynn. In fact I was thinking of you when I let the owner know what I thought of the proposal.

 

[jonnyc]

who said the owner was male!!

 

[jonnyc]

whilst on subject of so called specialists, lynn i have had to have a chuckle about the latest floor i have laid on a job in hampstead.
For the most part im out of this mullarkey in london but this job has been a reminder of what i used to do alot.
designer wanted to stain carrara marble diamonds 180 x 90 mm point to point to make them look old.
i gave him the number of a specialist in this field but he decided to use a plasterers trough and dunk the standard carrara tiles precut in bath for a determined time in a vat of tea!!
not sure what tea he used but this could be very important could it not.
i am a tea drinker but what the hell does he think he is doing.
apparently every layer of tiles were submerged in a luxuriant bath of chosen tea and submerged time was constant for each layer introduced to the mix.

 

[jonnyc]

theres a logic with timing submerging of each set of tiles.
so we start bedding them and within minutes the tile is changing colour dramatically to dirty brown on some and clean on others.
must be some reaction between water/adhesive and tannin in the staining of marble.
who knows but i have been adament from outset that i would have nothing to do with staining marble .
is anyone an expert on tannin staining an how affected by moisture or other factors.
this is a weird one

 

[John Benton]

whilst on subject of so called specialists, lynn i have had to have a chuckle about the latest floor i have laid on a job in hampstead.
For the most part im out of this mullarkey in london but this job has been a reminder of what i used to do alot.
designer wanted to stain carrara marble diamonds 180 x 90 mm point to point to make them look old.
i gave him the number of a specialist in this field but he decided to use a plasterers trough and dunk the standard carrara tiles precut in bath for a determined time in a vat of tea!!
not sure what tea he used but this could be very important could it not.
i am a tea drinker but what the hell does he think he is doing.
apparently every layer of tiles were submerged in a luxuriant bath of chosen tea and submerged time was constant for each layer introduced to the mix.

Is this the job when you asked about antiquing marble tiles Jonny and I said get a specialist in?


For a finer cup of tea

 

[jonnyc]

yes it is the same job and i did finda so called specialist and passed the info on.
sometimes wonder why i bother.
i am now thinking that its the quality of tea that could make the difference!!
exactly why i didnt want to get involved.
as an aside my mother was mr twinings personal secretary in the 1950/60s and im sure she would be horrified if i told her that someone might be doing a brew in a plastersers bucket in this day and age .

 

[John Benton]

yes it is the same job and i did finda so called specialist and passed the info on.
sometimes wonder why i bother.
i am now thinking that its the quality of tea that could make the difference!!
exactly why i didnt want to get involved.
as an aside my mother was mr twinings personal secretary in the 1950/60s and im sure she would be horrified if i told her that someone might be doing a brew in a plastersers bucket in this day and age .

China cup served out of silver teapot for me :lol:

Nearly put a Twinings image up but thought I would stay local

 

[jonnyc]

Well if you like all things English ,I have another connection which is my old uncle Percy Grainger .
he is claimed by the Aussies as their greatest compose r/pianist and he did create a museum in Melbourne in his own name before he died which is bizarre .most people will not know him except for the fact that he set the arrangement for the classic tune 'an English country garden and Danny boy .
family came from Yorkshire and his dad was a famous architect in Melbourne.
he died from syphalis.
Percy was then brought up by his mother and sent obverse to Germany when a teenage.
He was agreat mate of Grieg and other composers of that time .


we was very famous in his day bizarrely getting married in hollywood bowl .
in fact a Hollywood film was made about him .
i always remember a documentary on TV about him when the whole family was sitting around the tv .
started off fine but when it got the bit that old uncle Percy was getting it on with his mother and in to self flagellation the youngers all,dived for the remote to spare any more embarrassments .
This kind of talent has not been passed on to me but I will try and dig out my only claim to fame on film front when I was a German barbarian as an extra on the film Massada in Israel 1979. My big chance came when peter otoole addressed me amongst others and I had two words to say that got edited out!!!

 

[John Benton]

Well if you like all things English ,I have another connection which is my old uncle Percy Grainger .
he is claimed by the Aussies as their greatest compose r/pianist and he did create a museum in Melbourne in his own name before he died which is bizarre .most people will not know him except for the fact that he set the arrangement for the classic tune 'an English country garden and Danny boy .
family came from Yorkshire and his dad was a famous architect in Melbourne.
he died from syphalis.
Percy was then brought up by his mother and sent obverse to Germany when a teenage.
He was agreat mate of Grieg and other composers of that time .


we was very famous in his day bizarrely getting married in hollywood bowl .
in fact a Hollywood film was made about him .
i always remember a documentary on TV about him when the whole family was sitting around the tv .
started off fine but when it got the bit that old uncle Percy was getting it on with his mother and in to self flagellation the youngers all,dived for the remote to spare any more embarrassments .
This kind of talent has not been passed on to me but I will try and dig out my only claim to fame on film front when I was a German barbarian as an extra on the film Massada in Israel 1979. My big chance came when peter otoole addressed me amongst others and I had two words to say that got edited out!!!

Can I guess the 2 words Jonny? Were they followed by a smack in the mouth from Peter O'Toole :lol:

I once sat on a plane flight next to Alan Tuner off Emmerdale

 

[jonnyc]

Well no , I actually said yes sir .
otoole was our favorite .He used to turn up mid morning and only need a few takes and then was off.
there were others like david Warner who was very intense who needed at Keats 10 takes.
christopher biggins had a minor part riding on a donkey for most part !!!
there were some big names and it was the first and all time biggest mini series in us.
unfortunately for me I got speared in the toe when we had a big scene that required more thqn the usual extras and Bedouin who would usually be whipped by us sorted me out.