Picard
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Meeting some friends in Loughborough, had a look in Pearsons, (10 years old), and can not find any moorings, water point by the Boat Inn, but that seems to be it. Do not want to park there whilst I walk up to the station, any suggestions? Many thanks.
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Bit confused, have been told that you can leave inverter on 24/7 with no harm done.
Do you have to turn it off? If so, when?
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Parked at the visitors moorings at the moment, just across from the Navigation pub. Plenty of room.
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Off topic, Not sure, but was the name of Dan Dare's space ship called "Anastasia"? Digby, The Mekon, ahh, the good old days of the "Eagle". When two flying saucer sherberts cost half a penny. (Old money).
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Take a photo on your phone, and show when asked.
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Whats the cost? Could not see on webb site.
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When I changed my boats name, and just for fun, I made a short video clip. Can't do linky thing, but go to "You Tube", type in "Geezenstack", and look for "Naming my boat".
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If you keep on looking at the word "MUCH", it becomes gobbledegook.
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How much?
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Duct Tape. If it won't sort your problem your not useing enough.
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Single handed. Got booty things, but I just want to be as safe as I can.
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Thanks for that. Am now ready with my mixing stick. (Whoooo Herrrr Mrs.) PS. Tiss snowing here in Atherstone.
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Thought as soon as the weather warms up, I might paint my roof. Want to have a non slip top. Seen on other topics that adding sand will do the trick, this is spreading a layer on wet paint. Can I add sand to the paint pot before painting, this will provide an even spread, or is there a down side to this? Many thanks.
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Hi. Named my nb and put it on u tube. Type in Geezenstack and scroll down to Naming my narrow boat.
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Saw Alan Fincher and crew on "Sickle" this morning doing a good deed at Alvecote. Nice to put a face to a name, lovely young lady did tell me her name, but brain went bye bye. Job well done.
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Moored at Alvecote a few weeks ago and found Del Boys 3 wheel van, (only fools and horses), you can just see the front end behind Tawny Owls photo, has even got a blow up doll in the back. Don't think for one moment that it is the original, but interesting all the same.
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What's wrong with breaking the egg into your hand and letting the white run through your fingers leaving the yolk in your hand?
Quick, less chance of breaking the yolk and no need for a bottle.
Quick thinking. Well done.
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I think it might have been on this forum or face book, but in the event of burns apply egg whites, if you have any, to the affected area, but at the time of reading, I thought how do you get the yokes from the whites, I know cooks can do it by using the egg shells, but this bottle way is so quick it could be the difference between a lasting scar and a minimal mark.
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Just filled up with 171 litres, 146 hours since last fill up, = 1.17 litre an hour. A piece of string is twice half it's length.
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As a Newby, I am not quite sure when I can claim a lock. But as a rule, if I can see a boat coming it belongs to them. After all as it was told to me when I first started, "It's not a race."
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Marmite. It works. (p.s. Eat it, do not rub on body, unless your into that sort of thing.)
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Being a noob and singlehanded I am still learning, but have found that going up or going down, take your centre line with you, going down to keep the blunt end off the cill and to pull boat away from gates in order to open them and going up I have the boat in gear to push pointy end against the gates to stop it drifting back and then rushing forward at warp speed, when lock almost full just knock it out of gear. Closing gates behind you is fun, I tend to just drift just beyond gates, put into reverse to stop, then close gates and hope boat has not drifted too far, have used boat hook to pull gates closed, but only a few times as you can't do them all. If you can see daylight between lock gates as you approach them, and no water running out, try to very gently push them apart, save lots of time parking. Have good boots/shoes in order to get up and down ladders and invest in a windlass holder, and don't let others rush you.
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Thank you for all your help. Started out late today. With the volume of traffic it took 3 hrs to do the Brauston locks. So having arrived at Norton Juction late this afternoon, I will take the lazy way out and get a taxi to the show in morning. Thank you again for your replies.
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Passed it this morning, tis the "70s" boat.
If you keep on looking at the word "MUCH", it becomes gobbledegook.
With thanks to the member that I saw that on his post.
Changing a Boat's Name.
in General Boating
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Changed my boats name 2/3 years ago. Still floating. Did do the ritual of getting rid of the old name and renaming it. Took video and put it on u tube. If you are the slightest bit interested, go u tube and type in "Geezenstack", look under "naming my boat."
Have fun.