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  3. He or a closely allied company had the contract to demolish gas holders& there was a fair #that ended their life & considering the amount of steel plate in one a number of boats could be built def not a myth Joe Gilbert at Charity dock bought an amount from him I carried 3pairs worth from Mk Harborough basin to Charity dock think Joe had several stretching jobs on the 20 odd ft model I have no idea of the #of boats buint from new plate but I know a good #were built with ex gas holder plate
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  5. All this talk of "first timers" reminds me that we were all first timers once and yet we survived. Is there a new breed of "first timers" these days that particularly needs to be wrapped in cotton wool?, or have they been so conditioned by modern H & S that everything is done for them? George
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  6. The only reason cannabis is illegal in the uk is because legislators are in the main in their 50s and 60s and grew up with it illegal . My experience in mental health is that most under 25 don't event recognise it's illegality. Given 10 years it will become legal rather than just tolerated. My main concern is its ability to turn the emerging brain into mush.
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  7. On two occasions last autumn/winter we saw work parties (community service?) clearing the towpaths, and spotted several piles of old rusty bike, safes, etc., that had been fished out of the canal, and waiting for collection. Each time we saw the working parties we gave friendly smiles, shouted a bit of a quip, and gave words of encouragement, and a 'thank you'. You could tell by the lad's faces in work party they appreciated the thanks (we all need a little 'thank you' at times). These work parties look to have made such a difference. Despite it being dirty (patches of yucky oil in water) there're loads of ducks. We've seen miles of lovely clean water this year (Nene, MLs) without a single duck.
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  9. Yes a shower has a smaller footprint, but a bath isn't as tall as a shower.
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  10. Ahhh - those Blue ones from Norway I presume.
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  11. Bluddy autowrong interfering again ?
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  12. Braunstone Leicester also has a very big council estate with an unenvyable reputation!!
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  13. Yes she still maintains this now.
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  14. There's a hell of a lot of houses going up there, but set against continued rent income and a real waterways asset, it's a shame. The yard think it may put them out of business.
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  16. Wrong area for you, but I always smile at the irony of brown tourist signs pointing to the Secret Bunker at Hack Green. Unless they all point the wrong way ...
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  17. Apparently the village of Portsmouth in West Yorkshire (near Todmorden) gets more than it's fair share of baffled truck drivers for this reason.
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  18. Maybe they were holding a telephone auction for sporting goods.
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  19. Waste oil is one thing. lighter distillates such as diesel, petrol and white spirit are something else and are often refused by recycling sites. George
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  21. Just wait till you go past boot wharf and they have a wide beam in the water then it’s fun - last time through the “permanent” boats on the bend/towpath opposite had all moved down and it made a big difference - sadly they have less space to keep boats on land now they have sold it all for development so it will always be a challenge esp if you want gas and fuel etc Nuneaton gets a bad press but there are many worse places and IMHO it’s slowly getting better
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  22. If you're running it loaded only by the alternator for battery charging it will be producing a fraction of the heat it does when under way. MP.
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  23. I'd say "yes" But believe its wider than just H&S - the whole culture (for the 'younger generation') seems to be of both physical & mental 'protection' - even in schools we no longer have 'losers' or 'failing' it is now "you are just not yet ready for that particular challenge", be it 'sports day' or examinations.
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  24. In Australia AC is 180 degrees out of phase with AC in the northern hemisphere. At the equator AC doesn't work at all and people have to use DC only.
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  25. No need to buy an expensive inverting-inverter. Just turn your ordinary inverter upside down. Jen
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  26. Good point. A trick that often works on BBs with a profanity filter is to format then unformat your profanity part way through the word. This defeats some profanity filters. Eg typing for example “fu<i><\i>cking” often slips the word past the profanity filter brilliantly, much to the amazement and admiration of your B.B. peers!
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  27. No it wouldn’t. I’m pretty unsympathetic towards people who need wrapping in cotton wool at my expense so they don’t hurt themselves on blindingly obvious hazards. Jeez I’m turning into nick Norman!
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  28. Just had a bit more research time. The GX version has a few more connections, so if you want to connect tank/temperature senders as will as alarm inputs (like Bilge) it has those inputs. The display version basically just has the display which may be handy on a panel, you can get to this display via a browser (on the local network) so it's not needed. The GX has wifi, but it's range is limited, so it recommends a Ethernet Cable to your router. I found some youtube videos that you may find of interest. The first is a bit long winded, but the 15 mins or so is installing Venus onto a Pi, it shows you whats involved and this will give you a basic GX (the rest of the vid is for enabling the GUI and touchscreen to emulate a CCGX). The second is a 3 episode overview of the Venus software. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I39uEwnrXWc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57rF1aCTkRs I'm just about too download the Venus software and install on ma Pi (a B+), unfortunately I don't have any inputs to really play tho.
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  29. I don't think fish reason in that way. Like most animals they rely on highly tuned instincts to survive, nothing else. It's not so much skill, more about developing a window into their world. It's a form of hunting, an instinct as natural to many men, as having babies is to many women.
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  30. Find a Supergrid line and then you can stand underneath an wave them about. To charge them more quickly, borrow a couple of anglers' poles and tie them to the top to get nearer the cables.
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  31. Thanks, and sorry if i made a bad impression. I build and re strake wooden boats ( i have a 70ft wooden narrowboat). I rebuild deisel engines for fun. Specialing in Perkins. Got 4 or 5 4.108s in my garage now. I also have a William Osborne "Kingswift" Twin screw with perkins . I have plated and overplatef many narrowboats (Spingers the worst) Built houseboats from concrete pontoons. Fitted out about 20 odd boats ranging from narrowboats to trawlers. Take boats across the channel or North sea as an engineer not a technician. And many other things.
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  32. I wondered where Basil had got to...
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  33. An Origo stove should pass the BSS and is way better than those butane bottle stoves https://seamarknunn.com/acatalog/Dometic-Origo-Two---Twin-Burner-Spirit-Stove-AF6_01451.html?gclid=Cj0KCQjww8jcBRDZARIsAJGCSGvx__gjHsifLEd924eLBRVUEP9sdtPx7KcXMz-vxUajUpLCm-HeaIYaAiWIEALw_wcB
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  34. Ah, my Eberspacher does that - it's more of a "clonk clonk" which reverberates through the hull and is much noisier than the jet engine sound. I'm concerned how easily detected by submarines this makes me, which is why I can sometimes be seen zig-zagging randomly as I travel along the cut.
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  35. That isn't Sheepwash channel. I think you are referring to Castle Mill Stream which runs parallel to the canal. As you head along the towpath towards Oxford you have the canal on your left and Castle Mill stream on your right. I have walked along there several times over the years but never really paid much attention to the stream. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Mill_Stream http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/13373026.Canal_boat_squatters_say_cost_of_moorings_leaves_no_option/ As you mentioned in another thread, Lily Rose and Trojan crossed paths briefly as we were heading north out of Banbury and you were heading south. But for the unfortunate timing we might have had a chance to chat properly, as we had just spent 6 days, on our way back from a month on the Thames, traversing the Thrupp to Banbury section including one night in Thrupp (moored next to Maffi, with whom I spent much time chatting) and two nights in Banbury prior to passing you. Despite the various problems, already well covered in this thread, we encountered during the 3 to 4 weeks we spent on the south Oxford getting to and from the Thames, none of them caused more than mild annoyance and did not spoil the wonderful two month holiday we had. Sadly it's over now and we are back to living on dry land at home, at least until a week or so before half term when we will hopefully get one more (much shorter) trip in before Christmas. Not a rumour, I think, but fact (acknowledged by a CRT employee I spoke to at the time), except that it was in the two mile pound above the Twyford Wharf pound i.e. the one immediately below Banbury lock. This pound was a good 12 to 15 inches down when we headed south about two months ago but 6 weeks later was only down by, I reckoned, 6 to 8 inches. The amount the builders were taking was trivial in the grand scheme of things so there must have been another reason for the low level and the ensuing issues of boats getting stuck at one of the lift bridges. The builders issue apparently went legal before they eventually stopped.
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  36. Or just do what I do and keep it in the gas locker. It is the best place on the boat to store pressurised butane. I certainly would not want a full one to discharge inside the boat!
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  38. I am sure IBCs are not a good idea for this application. I have emailed a colleauge in work to get his 'very' expert opinion. Waste tanks made out of 'plastic' are normally HDPE (High density Polyethylene) and are made by rotomoulding (some people actually refer to the polymer as MDPE ie medium density PE as it is not quite as high density as HDPE). The end product usually has a thickness of 9-10mm and is stiff enough to support its own weight and the weight of the material it is holding. They are designed to last 20 years plus. They are very similar to the green oil storage tanks found in your garden if you have oil fired heating. These should last 25 +years out in the sun. IBCs however are made via blow moulding and although the polymer is stronger and tougher than blow moulded PE, it will be much thinner in section. It does not need the rigidity of a rotomoulded tank as the metal frame holds the tank in place. I guess, it will be at least half the thickness if not more ie maybe 3-4mm - but this is what I am checking with my 'expert'. Thickness is the key for permeation of gasses (and hence smell) so it really will not be good to have that thinner section. I also have a feeling that IBC have a more limited shelf life and are designed to carry 'industrial' liquids but not for 20 years. I certainly wouldnt use one more than a couple of years. Polyethylene degrades in a number of ways but one is Environmental stress crack resistance (ESCR). IBCs will normally have very good ESCR but again, after 10 year, stress cracking will have put thousands of small cracks into the polymer which will enhance the permeation of the smell. A 10mm section is much better here. I will report back tomorrow if I get any further information. An alternative to HDPE waste tanks is Polypropylene tanks. I dont recommend those as PP becomes very brittle at temps approaching 0°C and could easily smash if you drop something heavy on them ie a hammer. Use HDPE. I have worked in plastics for 40 years and would much rather use a good rotomoulded HDPE tank than a steel, metal or PP one. I have one on my boat.
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  39. Mine was the post Nick replied to with that answer. I don't know if you saw it, but I hope it was helpful - I found the RS485 and RS232 info from answers after ages trawling through Victron's on line help discussions. I'd be most interested to hear how you get on if your son does try to build one as I'd quite like to do that myself... for exactly the reasons you first posted!
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  40. I'm a keen angler as well as a live aboard boater. In 5 years I've never had any altercations with anglers. Perhaps if you start with a negative attitude towards a group of people, that attitude will be returned to you, once you've displayed it.
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  41. I very much doubt any regular on this forum would contemplate signing such a petition. The world is a hazardous place and people need to realise that. It is not up to “them” to save an individual from their own carelessness and stupidity, it is only to the individual, with the possible exception of a totally non-obvious hazard. Most pedestrians in Manchester die on the roads. Why is there not a petition demanding that all roads are fenced off from pedestrians?
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  42. All I can add is that we went to Edwardian bedding at Mexboro and they were first class. Showed me were they make and we picked their best quality one which they made to my exact measurements and delivered in a week. 800 quid with 100 quid discount for my good looks or whatever so 700 quid. Two years ago now and still superb. Nearly a foot deep and lots of pocket thingies not some foam rubbish.
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  43. Boaters and Anglers are the 2 groups who care most about our canals; in the main, most others just take advantage of the towpath. I'd have thought the CRT would be working very closely with the National Federation of Anglers (or similar bodies) to ensure that Anglers and Boaters can "share the space" in harmony. I find it odd that there's nothing in the Boater's Handbook about interfacing with anglers and nothing on the CRT website. It's a bit obscure, but so I'd be surprised if many Boaters have read it, but there is a link from the CRT Boating pages to Willow Wren's "Considerate Boater", from where there's a link to this: Anglers Anglers deserve their own mention in the role of the Considerate Boater. As one of the more prolific users of the inland waterway system, boaters regularly meet and occasionally come into conflict with people enjoying this very popular activity. The answer when coming across anglers, especially a fishing competition on the bank, is to treat them with the same respect as any other waterway user that has a legitimate right to be there. The occasional angler might feel that boaters are the intruders and the only way to change their view, (albeit with time), is to be as considerate as possible when meeting them. Slow down to engine tick over, as you would when passing a moored boat, and stick to the middle of the waterway, unless the anglers indicate otherwise. Don't increase your engine revs until you are at least a boat length beyond the angler. When you have done this, have a look over your shoulder and you will almost certainly see the last angler giving you acknowledgement of your consideration. If the angler is landing a big fish as you approach then stop! He/she will be grateful and it will be interesting to watch. If you are about to moor up on a Friday or Saturday night and you can see fishing club markers on the towing path, you might be well advised to moor somewhere else. If there is a fishing competition the following day then you might get an early alarm call as they set up their equipment and also find your boat surrounded by anglers. I wonder how much exposure the Anglers get to the needs of Boaters? Some individual angling clubs have obviously made an effort, but I think it encubent upon CRT to liaise with Angling Authorities and provide them with definitive guidance regarding boats for them too. For example, boaters think there should be no fishing on lock landings, which certainly makes sense to us, but clearly it's a favourite spot for many anglers. How are they to know they shouldn't be there? There are no "No Fishing" signs at any lock landings I can remember. Perhaps they should realise because of the white rings or bollards, but where would they read that? Many Boaters either don't know the significance of those or choose to ignore them. There are countless other situations where Anglers and Boaters interface and frequently both think they know best - who's fault is that? The CRT could help by placing signs where appropriate, but far more could be done if they put more effort into ensuring that their 2 main user groups understood each other better and had a shared set of rules or guidance.
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  44. Personaly I want to reduce file sizes to avoid wasting my limited data allowance when posting from the boat.
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  45. I heard a rumour and I am saying no more than that , that the fishing at a certain length near London was systematically ruined by the daily introduction of the crystals that are used to prevent men's urinals from smelling. Having moored in that area in the height of angler issues in the 1980s, I don't blame the people who it's said resolved the issue. most anglers now are pleasant, it used to be full on hassle. I once put one in the canal who was sitting on the bow of the motor , breasted on the outside of the butty, on our permenant mooring. His response to ' what the f are you doing .' Was ' there is no law of trespass on a f..ing boat' my response aged 24 was smack.. Into the cut, fishing kit followed.
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  46. At least one angling club (near Goldstone, Shroppie) displays signs saying bait must be introduced by cup adjacent to boats. Use of a catapult will result in expulsion from the club. So some, at least, do try. George
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  47. Run your engine in gear for a few minutes, that will upset them. I did it a few years ago, escalated and ended up with the police armed response squad in attendance after I threatened to shoot the B'stard for using his catapult to fire stones at me. No fishing matches opposite since;)
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  48. That some boaters lack vision enough to see more than two available options? ;-)
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  49. I thought there are composting toilets already produced that work by separating liquids and solids. Some posters on this forum would have you believe it is only pump outers who splash
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