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You don't change sides when you go in reverse though....

A common naval affliction.

Yes possession of a smartphone has reduced my need to speak to people to an absolute minimum. I have always hated speaking on the phone and now I hardly have to. If only it could cut hair so I didn't have to go to the barbers (my other pet hate)

Especially when he lights it.

Pointless techno babble. Just smear the end with fresh tallow.

They don't take long to adopt the "vintage" look...

Has the vinyl covering started to fall off yet? Mine got some very noticeable bumps and scrapes and then started to peel so I removed it all with a view to painting it but with all the soft vinyl stuff taken off it left a very nice canvas covering so I've left it as it is.

I continue to "feed" you in order to give you the opportunity to stop digging. You were once a productive member but now you seem intent on being disruptive. It was neither irony or hypocrisy...It was tongue in cheek humour. The way you are conducting yourself on this thread is, however, hypocrisy of the highest order. Contribute to the discussion or any other thread positively (as the person you have attacked is doing) or prove me right.

There's a great Bee id guide here: Clicky

How long ago? When I first got my Roberts DAB set it wouldn't get a signal in the centre of Rugby and very rarely when out and about on boat or caravan. Now it never fails to work anywhere, even in the cottage we rented over Easter with 3' walls and no telly, wifi or phone reception and the DAB car radio we now have never drops out at all from the far North of Scotland to Yorkshire and Wales (we have yet to go further South than the Midlands with it).

Sorry Martin but on this occasion you are wrong. I may dislike his politics but I admire the way Parahandy has conducted himself on this and other threads. He has even resisted responding to your personal attacks. He has started political threads but he has also started and contributed to threads about boating, klaxons, beer and other subjects that are prime fodder for the members who don't bother with the political stuff. Maybe you should stick to those threads instead of trying to derail this one. Your posts are off-topic, attacking a fellow member and pointless. If you don't like this thread why do you keep returning to it?

It's funny how what you see as "biters" I see as someone who is engaging in discussion. Different things entertain different folks. As Martin has made no attempt whatsoever to make any on-topic contribution but merely attempted to derail what is a refreshingly mild tempered discussion on a sensitive issue could I suggest you don't feed the troll?

It was seeing you on the towpath knitting yoghurt that gave you away.

Ironically, since Parahandy joined on April 8 he has posted on a variety of boating subjects, asking interesting questions and making intelligent comments. He demonstrates knowledge of boats and boating but is not afraid of asking for advice. Since April 8 you have posted on this thread alone, off topic and deliberately attempting to derail it by accusing an active member of trolling. Who is the troll Martin?