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  1. After all the rain last night the soar is now in flood. The owner of this boat almost had a nasty surprise when he returned. In almost the same spot as Excalibur went down last year, this boat was listing so much on tight ropes if the water had come up another few inches it would have sunk. After loosening the ropes she is now safe.
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  4. When I was very little most lived locally to their work and cars were a luxury not a right. Unfortunately the planet can not sustain the levels of personal movement we currently have in the West. Add in the rest of the world all quite reasonably wanting the same and the environmental destruction to mine all the copper, iron, lithium, rare earths etc etc will be massive. It is just not sustainable.
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  6. Chorus : Locking down the Rochdale Nine You won‘t want to do it a second time Your hands are all blistered, your shoulders in pain And because you‘re in Manchester, down comes the rain When you‘re locking the Rochdale Nine At lock number 1 you pay thirty quid By lock number 2 you‘ll regret that you did They secure number 1 with a padlock and chain In case you change your mind and turn back again When you‘re locking the Rochdale Nine At lock number 3 the towpath‘s not there In fact the canal‘s got far more than it‘s share You can‘t get across without straddling the gates While the tillerman curses the rain as he waits When you‘re locking the Rochdale Nine Chorus At lock number 4 your feet get all wet But at locks 5 and 6 they‘ll be much wetter yet And as for the scenery it‘s not worth two hoots And you‘d give a week‘s ale for a dry pair of boots When you‘re locking the Rochdale Nine It‘s lock number 7, not one boat has passed The water is lapping up right round your raft A local is helping ‘cos the top gate won‘t close And his pet pit bull terrier‘s got hold of me clothes When you‘re locking the Rochdale Nine Chorus By lock number 8 you've given up hope Moored to the lock-side by a short length of rope The gate‘s wide enough for the old QE2 But the paddles are leaking so you crash your way through When you‘re locking the Rochdale Nine It‘s lock number 9. Thank God, it‘s the end ‘Cos most of your crew have gone right round the bend They‘re shouting and cursing and swearing out loud They sound like a part of the United crowd When you‘re locking the Rochdale Nine Locking down the Rochdale Nine You won‘t want to do it a second time Your hands are all blistered your shoulders in pain And because you‘re in Manchester down comes the rain But you've finished the Rochdale Nine http://www.waterwaysongs.co.uk/rochdale.htm
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  10. you're ignoring the side effect. Because it would no longer be practical to make frequent or long journeys peeps would work from home wherever possible, and live closer to work where it isn't. Recreational journeys would be vastly reduced. Shopping and other essential journeys would be better planned to incorporate as much as possible in one trip. fewer miles, less pollution, less congestion, less stress.
    2 points
  11. Get shut of half the continuous moorers. Make the remaining half pay mooring fees as well as a licence. Cost neutral and 50% clearer canals.? By the way, if you read the first half of my post I don't think your response is entirely appropriate.
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  15. All of this because human breeding has run amok, and no one has had the courage to do anything about it.
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  17. Through the embankment, if it's in Middlewich.
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  18. The more you move away from ICE' s the more electricity you need to generate, and the more you replace fossils fuels and nuclear with solar and wind the less power you can generate , so you're increasing demand while decreasing supply, I'm not a scientist but I know that ain't going to work.
    2 points
  19. a greeny.?????.I only accept. gold bars, camels, diamonds, extra wives or beer
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  22. Or just scrap the "slow down for moored boats" rule, and let anyone who wants to moor online do so and the rest can go into marinas ...
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  23. We are sat above Big lock and had a walk up this morning. Top gate is fitted, brickwork looked pointed up, not sure about other bits and bobs. Can't see any reason for an overrun. i'll have another walk up tomorrow if i get cahnce and ask the question.
    1 point
  24. In the GJCC 1893 Chain Survey Book, Broad & Co. did have a landing on the towpath side but was not used at that date. Their main brickworks then was in Starveall Dock on the offside which became known as Stockley Dock and terminated at Stockley Brickworks in West Drayton. This is shown on OS maps. In a GUC plan showing docks and basins in the London District, what was Starveall Dock is clearly marked as Stockley Dock.
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  25. Swans and ducks clean mine thats about how much effort I would expend on the job
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  27. But but but isnt everything that goes wrong to do with Brexit? Their divorce is down to Brexit surely?
    1 point
  28. Anything men do that women object to can be justified by ‘health reasons’ ?
    1 point
  29. I must admit I've never insisted on my two wearing lifejackets on canals, but insisted on them on rivers, like the Severn and the Weaver. They have boated all their lives. My son fell in on the Staffs and Worcs from the front of the boat when he was about seven. He immediately headed for the bank, put his feet down and clung to the side until one of us could get on the towpath to haul him out. They have both pushed gates since they were old enough, and from being nine or so they have worked paddles, and after working enough got their own windlasses presented to them with their initials on so there's no arguing who's is who's. they both now love working locks and can both steer the boat with a supervising dad with them and are now aged twelve and fourteen.
    1 point
  30. If the heading of a crossing vessel when crossing the traffic lane is at 90 degrees to the lane, then the vessel will spend the least amount of time in the traffic lane, despite the course over ground varying due to the tide flow. If the vessel's speed and the tidal flow are roughly the same, then the crossing will indeed be at about 45 degrees. This is in accordance with the rules, in particular Rule 10 (c) of the Colregs (my bold) In the quoted case, if the offending vessel travelled 15 miles inside the traffic separation scheme, neither heading nor course can have been anywhere near right angles to the traffic separation scheme! edited to add : There is a difference between heading and course, and Rule 10 (c) states "heading".
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  31. Wack...must have been a Scouser on his holibobs !?
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  33. There is flow on all canals! Its not stagnant water. The usual canal with locks is obvious, flow is down the nearest lock. On lock free canals there is still a run off somewhere down stream. Of course the flow reverses when you get to the watershed or where the reservoir feeds in, going both ways.
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  36. This is much our experience and we adopted a very similar policy. We saw no need to wear lifers or buoyancy ourselves, the kids accepted that different rules applied to adults in this as in so many other things. This did lead to the incident I’ve reported before on here – on one occasion, holidaying on the BCN, we were accosted by a guy in the Bull Ring with the observation “eh, the fountains aren’t that deep here, wack” and we realised the kids were still wearing their bright orange bouyancy...
    1 point
  37. When our children were small - around 8 & 6 - we started on the canals and made it a firm rule - no exceptions - that whenever they went on deck or on the towpath they had to wear a buoyancy aid. We bought them one each, and they very quickly took to them and they became also most a "badge of office" . As a consequence they quickly became proficient and confident around boats, and within a very short time they could handle most locks etc by themselves. We were, of course, always close by in case they needed a little help with the heavier lock gates etc, but it soon became the case that Mum & Dad were almost superfluous, especially when Grandma came as well and then the combination of her and the kids made a formidable team! May I suggst that the 4 counties ring may be more suitable for a first trip than the Avon Ring to allow them to learn the ropes (excuse the pun). You could progress onto the Avon Ring in a year or two once they become old hands at the game. Have a great holiday whatever you decide. Howard
    1 point
  38. Not sure I would call 40 litres of rotted poo beautiful, but each to there own I guess ??
    1 point
  39. That’s an evil looking character - the dalek is non too pretty either!!!
    1 point
  40. 9 hours and counting................
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  42. As to CaRT missing stoppage notices, apparently they did this on the Droitwich also. See the most recent 'Minimal List' vlog.
    1 point
  43. We sacked off our 12v tvs and replaced them with a couple decent 240v smart tv's with netflix etc on them. They dont draw huge amounts of power and just because your on a boat doesn't mean you have to slum it ?
    1 point
  44. Many 230v TVs actually have a 'brick' in the power line that reduces the voltage to 12v DC look at the supply line for any TV you are looking at - if it has a 12v transformer then you can run it straight off your 12v supply. BUT they do not like 14 volts (ie when the engine is running) and can emit the 'magic smoke' so I would suggest you get a 12v to 12v stabilised supply (a couple of £s on ebay) We have a 230v TV with a stabilised power supply and it has worked perfectly for many years. If you do happen to put too many volts into it - all is not lost as you can get replacement smoke :
    1 point
  45. We have a sea toilet on a sailing boat. It never blocks either, but I've heard others say the pipes are susceptible to crudding up. (oh, sorry, you have me on block i presume)
    1 point
  46. Blah blah Never used one never seen one but know all about them, I have been using the compost for years and it works fine but that doesnt suit your purpose. As for peeing in the poo you can the toilet is called a sun mar I think one of the old members had one, he left because of posters like yourself, no knowledge but an opinion that the product cant work.
    1 point
  47. I'm still waiting for a reply and update from Duncan Davenport of CRT to my request sent on 23rd January. So much for CRT code of conduct. Perhaps I and the problem leak are both being ignored?
    1 point
  48. Whilst its nice to see how passionate Peter is about leccy cars, in reality in 2019 they are a non starter for any but the few who live with easy charging and dont go anywhere/far. My regular trips vary between 135 miles thats the shortest to my mums and 500 miles and every thing inbetween. I do this easily with a 1k car in comfort. Even if people bought expensive leccy cars that love throwing money away its not possible to do this type of motoring that millions of us do. All these quoted distances that leccy cars can do in reality will be way less. Today for instance its cold overcast with plenty of rain How far in REALITY will a standard leccy car go at motorway speed with headlights, wipers and heater blower on?? you will not find the result from any car manufacturer either. Add in the fact that some cars will do a particular trip with a couple of miles to spare but then what happens when the inevitable accident happens on the motorway and its closed and its cold wet and raining with stop start moving for say two hours or more ( we have all been there ) how long is it before heater, lights and motor simply jack in? what then especialy if there are thousands of us? spare battery somewhere like yer five litre can of petrol? So you can spend huge amounts on a leccy car with an internal combustion engine with it to charge the batteries !! ? viable all leccy cars have not happened yet and it aint happening anytime soon.
    1 point
  49. ...you called? I'm a telecommunications expert. mmmm.... errrr errrrrr What's a corded phone?
    1 point
  50. I dont think either are relevant. It seems to me the more gongoozlers that are watching the more the boat does what the hell it likes!!
    1 point
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