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No circus will employ an incontinent trapeze artist either.

A hot water bottle strapped to the bikes saddle will keep your bum warm too. A rubber one though, not an old stone type.

Ah So, Never Leady lectic sock not glood as China lectic sipper.

Sitting about in the boat in oold weather can bring on cold feet. Electric slippers are the thing to have. USB powered. about £16 on ebay or Amazon. As depicted.

Click on ''All Activity'' and then Leader board.

Should be a heavy cable bolted to from the engine mass to the neg- terminal of the start battery.

Tidal Thames. I had Firebrigade customers who restored it at Docklands, I also did some work on it. Don't know where it is now though.

Mentioned a snorkel, a nose problem, perhaps stink nose.

Not sure I've already done this one, anyway lets go. Don't cash in old batteries, they're heavy and have handles on em. ideal for playing the game of Curling along with a simple broom if the canal or river happens to freeze over this winter.

Coalition needed.

Plenty of kindling, bottom vent fully open, door slightly ajar, when kindling is well alight feed coal on, cover all over with coal any part missed, called ''A black hole'' draft from below will blow through it, missing the coals and it will die out. If that fails use a hair dryer as bellows through the bottom vent with door closed.

You need a repeller instead od a propeller.

Yes first thing I tried and renewed the power brick. must be a temp sensor in the telly that's faulty. Tears was intentional. They bloomin well need it because as I said they start instantly by blowing hot air into the air intake.

Thanks. I suggested that I mounted with the help of Meccano the hair dryer permanently aimed at the BMC 1500 engines air intake for the boat owner had a big inverter capable of supplying a bit of mains power for a few seconds to power it, fitted with a remote switch up near the starter switch to enable it's use without yanking up the deck boards, but the owner sadly declined the idea, said it was a botch, so are BMC heater plugs. I decline fro fixing his boat in the future unless he agrees to the plan now the winters here and his engine won't go at all without heat i reckon he will. He didn't want the expense of renewing the wretched heater plugs.

My telly won't switch on by remote control or by it's manual switch unless the ambient temperature is precisely 20c degrees or above. To cobat it's reluctance to switch on I've taken to a harsh method, which works a treat. I tried the usual thumping it but not thumping too hard after all it's been a good telly for about fifteen tears, but I like my money's worth. I bought a cheap electric hair dryer with the hope that if I train the nozzle at the telly the hot air will switch it on. And hey presto it does at precisely 20c. The jolly old hair dryer is very useful for warming up other things like starting up bl--dy BMC diesel engines which I've done by removing the air cleaner and aiming it into the air intake,by which it started instantly, saved messing with those stupid heater plugs. I don't know why BMC didn't just stick a 12v element in the air intake venturi like some other engines. The hair dryer can also be used to dry out damp nooks and crannies before blacking when in dry dock and general drying before painting. Can be used for drying out your bed if you happen to be a bed wetter. A very useful task for it is is to use it as bellows to revive dying coals in your stove. To do this open the bottom vent completely and hold the hair dryer close up to it, switch on for a minute or two and your fire should come alive. Remember to make sure that the door is closed beforehand or the draft pressure might blow em off. Oh and it is not bad for drying your hair also, if you've got any. A cheap one like mine is about £18 on ebay or Amazon.

I had a battery hen called ''Ever Ready'.

Very rapid charging doesn't help.

So dose mine. Firefox.

Engines with electric fuel pumps are usually self bleeding. Try just turning the ignition on only for a minute or two first before attempting to start it. The self bleed process. Also if you operate the starter for longish periods let it cool off for 15 mins between trials.

These engines use a piston type oil pumps, the pulses of which tend to blow electric senders. I use copper capilliary tube and gauge on my ST2.

No. Coaches all 6 wheelers. Loco is a L.N.W.R 2-4-0 Hardwicke.

There's a Victorian style of puffer train on the embakment above it, thought it was L.N.W.R.