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…we are a family owned importer of natural slate products and our range includes house signs, garden furniture, flooring and…

Time to revisit the Twitter account again, welcome to all our new followers since we last had anything to say!…

Another new follower @MyttonFoldHotel who are of course legendary main sponsors of our favourite cricket club @whalleycc

welcome to our newest follower @RichardPalmer19 cricketing legend, pseudo farmer/land owner and master of insurance #stalker

Lovely trip out to Tosside this morning to deliver half a tonne of slate flooring. Service with a grimace. I…

Might move into Insurance instead. They seem like lovely people. If a little slow.

Meanwhile, in other news, looks like our new Slate Door Sign partnership might have some mileage. I love all my…

….24 hours later: Customer “hello, those green ridges which match my green roof, they’re too green. Do you have them…

Cock of the week award: Customer, “hello, I need green ridges to match my green slate roof”. Me, “no problem,…

Me: “Good morning, Ribble Valley Slate, how can I help you?”, Caller: “ugh, ughhh, do you sell slate?”. Me: Click.

Of course what I actually meant was I’d be delighted to hear from any new customers on this lovely sunny…

Damn, I’m in a bitter and hostile mood today. And the coffee hasn’t even kicked in yet. Get out of…

and some ridges to “clear”, £3 each. http://t.co/lgD3QnsCvO

Polished (damaged) slate slab for sale on Ebay now: http://t.co/9lm6xXSxoZ

Tomorrow I will visit said “hub” and repeatedly jump up and down on the forklift drivers nuts. See how he…

Getting slightly pissed off with my goods going via a transport “hub” and being mishandled resulting in damage/losses. Again. And…

We’ve all done it (haven’t we?). Well, it’s BAD MANNERS. What’s so important that you can’t talk to your fellow…

Enough already. If I ever use my phone during a meal again (assuming with company) you have permission to banjo…

Really looking forward to the daily (pre-recorded) call about my PPI claim. I wonder if they are recording my profanity?

Worrying addiction to cinnamon bagels continues unabated this morning #tedioustweets

Another slate hearth sold at weekend. Yes, seriously I worked on a weekend. Well, I answered the phone. #tedioustweets

Meanwhile, in other news, another dump of slate window cills gone today and as a result the pub is calling.

Two slate hearth orders this week. Yes I know, very tedious, self promotion is sad. POETS day, who’s with me?

Poets day! Who’s with me? The revolution starts here!

Good afternoon everybody! zzzzzz…boring tweet alert. In other news, another chunk of slate flooring gone today. Local customers rule!

It’s not about what you know but who you know. Said a person who knew very little it turns out.

Of course our lovely trade customers might be able to negociate a discount. Unless you work for a certain large…

Decided to out slate ridges back on ebay again. http://t.co/dxeEnSGRgR

I should have banked the bloody cheque first. #boing

Yes, I have learned the lesson. Stick with the independents!

…to arrive, Huge company stamps it’s feet, then takes 3 months to pay, only after demanding a reduction on “unagreed…

Huge compnay, who turn over multi millions, place an order for £100 of “special” kit, which small company agrees to…

So, back to the RVS Twitter account for the first time in a LONG time, noticed we now have 90…

I’m a winner, I’m a sinner, do you want my autograph?

Three camps:1.Business friends. 2. Acquaintances. 3.Others who need a title all of their own.

Is it possible to have friends in business or are they all just acquaintances?

I mean really, lettuce, why? It’s in my sandwich and I’m forcing myself to eat it. Pointless, tasteless and green.

How pointless is lettuce?

and therefore it’s time for a new profile pic. This is me in a quarry in 2009. I was considerably…

Have decided not to try and Tweet anything remotely professional and proactive from now on. It’s just not me. Irreverent…

We are the UK’s largest, and probably the only importer for the full range of Natural Slate Ridges. So there.…

One more day to complete our massive email mailshot for Slate Ridges. And all this despite man-flu.More coffee needed.

It’s NOT snowing in Whalley. Why not??????

Sooooo tired. Just spent 5 minutes trying to figure out what date it is. It’s Monday today, right?

Absolutely loving being back at my desk this morning after 3 hours sleep. Might even start tweeting regularly again? HNY…

POETS day. Who’s with me?

Why do I always get lost in Wigan?

…of course we’re biased but our part looks better. Glad to have supplied another local job though! #ribblevalley

…..so what will today bring us?

It’s lashing down, the dog is snoring at my feet and yesterday we finally got the order for a roof…

we will deliver anywhere!

Gutted we didn’t get to @1bullshead this weekend to get our free drinks! Hope you had a busy weekend.

We just won some drinks thanks to @1bullshead Thanks very much!

All our views are our own. At least we think so. You can’t sack us, make us redundant or insist…

here’s a couple of the graphite benches we supplied to @whalleycc

Natural slate ridges, special offer for summer 2012, from as little as £8 each, contact us for more details