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  10. Lard is from pigs and generally white and softer than dripping. Dripping is generally from beef and is harder and creamy colour. I think there is a form of pork dripping ut I am not sure.
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  18. Yes I have to think about it a lot ! and much happier with the metric system. I can barely use imperial tools without a calculator to convert to metric. I learned the metric system at school ~60 years ago so I think it is time to send my dad's old stuff to the tip.
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  23. Dripping, not lard... ?
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  25. Isn't that how everyone cooked them before heart disease and oil became fashionable
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  32. My Grandma used to make chips by cooking them in lard. Best chips I've ever tasted. She used to make potato cakes out of grated potatoes. They were sublime too.
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  34. Well here we are at Market Harborough 3 weeks into our first retirement cruise. Heading for the Fens and Great Ouse, then Birmingham and the Shroppie via Fradley to Langollen. If you see us passing please remove the tomatoes from the tin before throwing alternatively give us a wave.
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  39. As Alan says, the boat market is insane as never before. I sold my boat without even advertising it to someone online who had followed this forum and bought before I even listed it. Its not simple like the housing market as there are a lot more things with boats that first time buyers have no clue about nor know what questions to ask. Do a huge amount of research then take a punt.
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  40. Pig not horse She was swedish and apparently they like brawn and other bits made from pigs head
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  44. Perfic machine (see post number 3 - sorry you will have to count the posts as they are no longer numbered) £29.99 from Aldi.
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  45. Glad you enjoyed it, sorry I missed you passing us, have kept a look out but we must have been away from the boat. Locks are amber/red today north of Leicester.
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  46. I knew I was right to keep all my Whitworth spanners. We will once again lead the world in baffling drill sizes, rounded off nuts and Austin Allegros.
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  47. Chippy chips and proper home cooked chips are different things, both good and worthy of appreciation. Mums chips cooked in lard with home grown spuds were sublime, but for different reasons the local Chinese chippy chips were also to die for
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  48. When I ate chips at home my mother cooked them in a pan on the top of the cooker in a deep pan with a basket in them. The only power was the hotplate, we didn't have gas. this one works on a gas ring
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  49. Unless you get used to oven chips, or are prepared to go to chip shops then you'll need to reveiew your electrical system for capacity and capability to recharge. I tried a deep-fat fryer, not practical. I now use an air-fryer (sort of oven chips but very different taste) they almost taste like chips, and you soon get used to the slight difference. I have a 1400w air fryer which uses ~ 140Ah from the batteries (via the inverter). It takes approx 35-40 minutes to do Fish and chips so it uses about 90Ah to cook each batch, so you will need to be able to replace ~110Ah per day (90Ah + losses) You will need 2x 110Ah batteries dedicated to powering the air-fryer and a system of getting them recharged. Mine works OK as I have 1200Ah battery bank and 140Amp (2 x 70A alternators) and run the engines for 4-6 hours most days.
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  50. I've done it from our sea-going widebeam (and I've towed other boats as well) You have a choice of a very long line, or a very short line. In the case of a canal boat I'd suggest that you actually go for very, very short lines crossed over and the bow of the tender actually pulled up tight to the stern button. Any length to the line, and, if going astern, would result in slack, and as the water is being sucked from the back of the boat it is almost guaranteed to pull the rope into the prop. If the rope is incorrectly tied onto the dinghy (ie tied onto the top of the bow onto a cleat) it can / will pull the bow down under the water, when towing. We had to put towing rings at around the water line (not a problem as its a rubber boat) and set back from the bow, so as to keep the bow lifted and riding over the water rather than ploughing into it. If you tie up on short cross-ropes than you can actually impart a bit of 'lift' into the bow. If the bow of the dinghy is allowed to swing about then a combination of wind and forward motion could easily end up with it being sideways and flipping as it is dragged thru the water. At least yours is a GRP tender so properly restrained it should not be subject to wind, which can easily flip the dinghy over (another good reason for removing the OB). In the end I actually hang it off the back of the boat - so much easier and problem free. Outboard lives on a bracket on the rail. I wouldn't tow with it in the boat. You just know it'll flip or something and the engine is gone.
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