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Talking of Pot menders. Years ago I had a customer that had been a Coastal Command Short Sunderland flying boat Captain during WW2, based on Shannon, Ireland. He had a Co pilot, a couple of gunners and a general purpose chap who'd drop depth charges, sonar stuff and bombs and such like. He also carried a pot mending kit with much pride. With this he would be ready and steady if the plane had been shot at by enemy aircraft, if it had he would go down through a hatch into the hull and check for bullet holes and mend em with his Pot Menders before the plane alighted back on the water at base or at sea if they were on a rescue mission. Otherwise they might have sunk and I might have lost a customer.

No, not Fletch. Norman and Stanley were partners. Norman was an old war time buddy of my dads, he sold us our first telly at cost price, a 12'' Ferguson in about 1949.

My sister and I at an early age became expert lip readers. We would go and watch telly in Norman Stanley's radio shop window in Ilford High st.

The SR2 generally run at about 15-20 psi when up to normal running temp. Tick over around 6-10 psi.

And it stops you from rolling out of bed.

Coward!!! You didn't address this comment directly to Lady G.

Are you moored in a short pound ? Can happen easily. Chck the lock down stream of you. Perhaps someones left a couple of paddles open and emptied it.

If you take the valve cover off check the valve springs, one might have a bit of one end broken off and clicking, although still closing the valve ok. Had this a couple of times on car engines.

It might force the bit of plastic out for one. Always good to grease it after a prop foul.

Give the stern gland greaser a good screw down. Sometimes a heavy clonk on the prop can yank at the shaft.

I always use a coolie hat, I make my own and never have any tar dripping from it onto the roof. The diameter needs to be quite small, just big enough to stop rain pouring down. Too bigger diameter and tar will drip off the edges like drips off the end of your nose when you come in to the warm out of the cold, similar principal.

Years ago the old Ford Cost cutter trucks used one huge 6volt battery ''can't remember the amperage'', situated between the two front seats just behind the gear lever. We used an old mobile engine crane to get em in and out.

Shield the battery makers here at B.Stortford claim they can make any size single battery, though only L/A I think. A battery around 480A would be mighty heavy.

Let me hold your PalmOlive, Not on your Lifebuoy

A spectre on the roof frying bacon over the chimney.

Way, Hay up she rises, Way Hay up she rises, Way, Hay up she rises, Early in the morning.

Talking of Booms, Lulu sang a song called Boom Banga Bang and won the Eurovision song contest.

Indeed, we have a boat here with a PH2 with a Morris gearbox. Morris boxes used to be quite popular. BMC Vedette, Coventry Victor ect.

When I sailed my old Mirror dinghy all the way from Wallingford right through to Barking creek all I had for an anchor was two old cast steel Ford track control arms tied together on a long rope. When I anchored with them for a bit of a nosh and a can of grog near the Gas Works ''Houses of parliament'' on an out going tide they held jolly well.

Half the trouble is cars and other vehicles are much wider than they used to be, most many roads are narrower what with yellow lines, bus and taxi lanes, wide parking lanes, cyclists don't have much chance on the roads these days. Many big cars and 4+4's are horribly fat and bulbous monsters. Buses are now about a 1/3 fatter than they used to be. Obesity has much to do with it. Years ago a family would go on camping holidays in a wee Austin mini, little roof rack with tent on top, boot with a primus stove, pots pans, kettle and grub and a few clothes in it.

There is an oil pressure feed to that hole, to keep the shoe in proper contact with the chain. The light compression spring is only there to actuate a new tensioner shoe with an Allen key and to keep the shoe in contact with the chain when the engine is stopped and the oil pressure drops to zero.

Donkey's years ago when the very first town gas piping was laid and laid from the street branched into houses around London, they used old rifle barrels. There were thousands and thousands of them surplus, left over from various wars, Martini Henry's I think. They machined a female thread on one end and a male thread on the other to join them all together. I heard that there's still loads of it still in use around London,

And a Davey lamp to complement a Canary.

Or a Canary.