Advice for first time messengers?

I'm at a loose end for the first time in a number of years (till October) and was thinking of doing some messengering.

Any advice? How much can you make? Number of Miles covered? Good companies? What length should you cut off you jeans at etc?!

buffalo bill should be able to provide info i am sure i saw it on some other discussion yeasterday some names and contact numbers web pages

BILL over to you

Too slow Bill..
http://www.londonmessengers.org/FAQ

Also, this thread:
http://www.londonfgss.com/discussion/354/nyc-messenger-moving-to-london

Good luck getting work coming into summer..
Don't work for Courier Systems.
Take a book to read.

That's my advice. ;)

Read the FAQ on the london messenger association first.

http://www.londonmessengers.org/FAQ

Its going to be hard to get a position at a good company esp as the courrier market is shrinking. Lots of students etc all try and be messengers in the summer when the weathers nice so theres lots of competition and often little work, esp at the pony companies liable to hire you.

If you start and want to work till October then that is basically the time you need to get into the job. At the moment working 5 days a week as a beginner you'll probably do around 250, after tax ;)

Sorry! Too busy arguing with Twitch on MT forum about....

bill i heard a roumor that you made a london to american dictionary... can i get a copy of that some how?

Oh, did I? No, I did a London messenger dictionary for the ECMC 2003 programme. I keep meaning to post it to MT.

There is this:

http://www.messmedia.org/messville/DICTION.HTM

That one was hilarious though. I remember liking it alot when I was over in 2003 but didn't really get al of the phrases untill I actually moved overhere.

10 - 100 = to pass water (D.C.)
10 - 200 = to pass solids (D.C.)

Nice !! Is that the kind of info the controller really needs ?

i love it

dicki 10 - 100 = to pass water (D.C.)
10 - 200 = to pass solids (D.C.)

Nice !! Is that the kind of info the controller really needs ?

yeah, they need to know everything...

apparently, Creative do a full crevice search every afternoon for concealed..items...

surely they use messenger bags

to pass solids into?

Another one of the 10 codes is 10-30 = rider accident.

So I reckoned that 10 - 230 = I have had an accident in my bib-shorts.

Jos That one was hilarious though. I remember liking it alot when I was over in 2003 but didn't really get al of the phrases untill I actually moved overhere.[/quote]

I'll have to post it!