The Medway Handyman - in print

[Lobster]

Picked up a copy of the freebie trade publication "Professional Builder" magazine while in a builder's merchant yesterday, and since the paperboy was late this morning, I had a browse through it while performing my Sunday morning ablutions.

So imagine my surprise to find a feature article all about our very own magician-cum-handyman, the Medway Handyman! I'm sure modesty will prevent Dave from mentioning it here himself, so I thought I'd do it for him.

You've obviously hired yourself a good PR agent, Dave!

David

[The Medway Handyman]

I'm my own PR agent actually. Anything for free publicity. So far I've blagged two reports in the local press, one in a local magazine, for whom I now write a regular coluum, and been the prize in a reader competition.

Much better than paying for advertising!

[Andy Hall]

Now this is the interesting one. What did being the prize entail? You can say - we're all people of the world here.....

[The Medway Handyman]

A lady 'won' me for four hours :-)

[Andy Hall]

Uh huh....

[Andrew Gabriel]

Did you have to turn up in your dungarees and leather tool belt?

[Andy Hall]

Axminster could have TMH braces - just in time for Christmas, individually autographed for visitors to the Sittingbourne branch. The old ladies will be queuing out into the street.

Next it'll be the TV series - Tommy Walsh will have serious competition

- and he can't saw young girls in half or pull rabbits out of hats.

[The Medway Handyman]

[The Medway Handyman]

Great idea! This time next year we will be millionaires..................

Now that would be a great series. You can be my manager Andy.

[Peter Crosland]

All at one time or on several visits?

[Andy Hall]

I wonder if planning permission was required....

[John Stumbles]

Surely that would be if a gentleman had won him ;-)

[Andy Hall]

Depends....

[The Medway Handyman]

Depends if they are leather dungareees.......................

[Lobster]

But leather dungarees AND a leather tool belt? How very passé, darling...

[dg]

I saw the article too. Good to put a face to the posts, but not what I had envisaged. lol.

Is that Escort car the company vehicle? I would have thought at least a Transit.

dg

[The Medway Handyman]

Don't be silly, one would never wear a leather belt with leather dungarees. Just has to be crocodile darling.......

[The Medway Handyman]

Can't help being an ugly bastard :-)

Hmmm. When I started out a car was the only option for family reasons. Now I wish I had a van.

Having said that, a sign written car stands out much more than a signwritten van, so it has got me work.

Downside is that I have to completely empty the car every night, and I have to know in advance what I going to be doing so I can load the right tools.

I will go for a van eventually, but not a Transit size, prolly an Escort size.

[The Medway Handyman]

Oh all at once. Tiring business being a handyman :-)

[Andy Hall]

Is this the reason for needing the braces to hold up the trousers?

Have you had your design done yet?