No, not a post about the perils of using the wrong lube on your locks, this is about three things all at once. Firstly, when talking to a customer and agreeing a time, make sure you ask for more than the postcode! I actually did this once before, but that time there were only three
Place: Boston Time: Yesterday The entire city of Boston was brought to a standstill, gridlocked traffic and closed streets and subway. Two men have been arrested for bringing the entire city to a halt. How did they do this? Well, it was remarkably simple. 3 weeks ago, they took part in an advertising scheme for
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A brilliant feature of the already brilliant Google Maps system is that you can now place multiple markers, and get directions. Forget your old route finding tricks with a paper map, or even your GPS or a site like the AA’s. This is so fast and easy. You are going out for the day to
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Well, a few days ago I got called out to a flat. Usual story, a nice place, new build, falling rapidly to bits, but a good quality EVVA cylinder on the door. So the chap is very worried to show me his drivers license, etc. and we get chatting while I work about how sometimes
Here’s a neat idea. If you are going on holiday, but you want to keep an eye on the cat food level or whatever, you can do so easily from anywhere, and do it for nearly free and securely. If you don’t know what Skype is, it is a web telephone application, which lets you
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So, as in the life of most businesses, we come to the crunch point, where a person or company has had work done, but has then decided that, since the emergency they were having is now over, they don’t want to pay. Never mind that most locksmiths won’t do work on account for unknown companies
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