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Slim

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  1. Looked at the second photo and you may be right. Anyway, passing that way tomorrow so will check.
  2. Sorry but peace and quiet is far more civilized. The world seems obsessed with 'communications' And who said that canals and boating should be easy?
  3. I agree. A few agreed hand signals are far more effective (and don't need recharging)
  4. Don't think the pub is the Coy Carp (previously the Fisheries) where my first thoughts of owning a NB were kindled one afternoon whilst recovering from a broken ankle. I can see why you may think it's a view from the car park side. I'll be passing it tomorrow afternoon so I'll look at it with fresh eyes. Think you're right about Copper Mill Lock
  5. What about 'The Bargee' with Harry H Corbet and Ronnie Barker ? A number of locations on the southern GU. Slough Arm, Black Jacks, towpath below Stockers etc, etc, etc
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  7. So what Nett profit (the only one that counts) did they make from you over and above the Nett profit from your neighbor? I suspect little.
  8. I suspect not absolutely correct. Electricity cannot be sold at a profit. They can charge a service charge for the infrastructure. Equally the profit they made on your gas purchases was the difference between wholesale and retail cost. they also had to pay staff costs.
  9. Or drop it in the water. Did I see the OP in a canalside lock the other day? Man and his partner walk into pub, buy drink, sit down then spend the next hour staring at their phone screens. Sad or what?
  10. Sorry??? I saw it a couple of times between Braunston and Napton a couple of months ago.
  11. But you should hear the pump run. Fuse or knackered pump. To the OP. Welcome to the world of an ever open wallet ?
  12. I had a 2 burner Origo hob on my first coastal yacht. It was a pain in the ####. Low heat output, difficult to control (as I remember), always running dry and smelly to fill. My girlfriend, later wife, taught me a few new words when she tried to cook on it. Gas every time. Mind you it took me years to forget the ritual of shouting "gas on" or "gas off" every time the gas cooker was lit.
  13. I would very much doubt it. In my house I have solid oak flooring throughout the ground floor (excluding the kitchen.) It was lacqeured from new. Apart from one small patch the coating is still sound. I have the same flooring in the saloon of my boat. The only wear is directly under the chair I normally sit in and was caused by grit getting under the chair feet ddigging into the wood. Both floors have been down for at least 10 years. Cleaning is simply a matter of a quick hoover followed by mopping with whatever household cleaner is to hand. I just don't see any varnish having lasted as well. The boat is a NB
  14. You miss the point. It only took one. And to suggest I checked everyone is to only prove the barrackroom lawyer mentality
  15. So I turn up and it's full with overstayers. This was intended as a reply to Mike. Rules are rules, it's called Society
  16. Sorry but people are missing the message. " This is a popular mooring so you are welcome to stop for 2 days then move on to allow others to enjoy the amenities" . Whats difficult to understand?. To many barrackroom lawyers.
  17. Saved me having to say the same again. Too many people worry about their 'rights' not the concept of good manners. Frank (aka an old f**t)
  18. An accumulater. A device for smoothing out water flow spurts from water pump. So, what is my prize ? Damn, beaten to it
  19. Any number of strap wrenches available on E bay or Amazon. If you could get in to use a screwdriver a strap wrench with a 1/2" socket drive will fit assuming you can get some kind of a drive {or spanner) onto the socket part. Just looked on E Bay , first page I looked at, half way down, a Draper branded one for just over a fiver. It's click and collect if that helps. I think it's the one I bought recently. Sorry I don't know how to insert a link. Any time I've tried it I mess it up.
  20. I normally single hand so appreciate fully the pleasure of finding locks in one's favour. Even more pleasant is the sight, at about 200 yards, of gates gently gliding open and the bows of a boat appearing. For some inexplicable they always seem to take an absolute age to exit. Kendorr may face 11 ? lock free miles but the stretch between Fenny Compton to Marsdon Doles is really slow, really shallow. I came the other way a few days ago and felt like a farmer ploughing his field rather than a boater. Managed to average about 2.1 mph between Marsdon and Fenny.
  21. Came down from Napton to Cropredy Marina 48 hours ago. Space below Claydon flight. One space above Varneys lock. Nothing between Varneys and Broadmoor. Nothing between Broadmoor and entrance to Cropredy Marina. There was bank but as I recall very shallow and you would be on mooring pins Frank As for the shop at Fenny I bought some narn bread there several years ago. It was DISGUSTING. Mind you the beer there earlier this week wasn't much better and the attitude of the staff, well...………………………...
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