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David Schweizer

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  1. And that is not what I expected. If I wanted that, I would be looking for an appropriately qualified presenter, but isn't Mark Benton an actor?
  2. That more than adequately describes what I paraphrased as "poor amateurish production" with the link person's childish sense of humour and regular use of adolescent colloquialisms. I could not watch him for long, even if the subject being presented was something outside my knowledge or experience.
  3. We only watched the first fifteen minutes before turning it off. What we saw was a poor amateurish production, comprising of numerous talking heads interspersed with still pictures which rarely related to the narrative. The only live presentation was of someone digging out a canal undergoing restoration with a mechanical digger, accompanied by narrative relating to digging the canals with shovels and barrows!! People are being paid to produce this rubbish.
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  7. My money is on the galley tap innards being stuck, especially if it is a ceramic disc type. I usually had to dismantle and clean my galley tap every spring after it had not been usd for five or six months.
  8. Not on my compuiter it isn't. Still getting " No results to show in this stream" Edit: One hour later and now working correctly.
  9. Not working again, just displayig message that "there is nothing to view"
  10. Not neccessarily. About 25 years ago I was single handing over the Chilterms, and paired up with an old tug, which I believe was moored at Aylesbury. It was powered by a K4, and the owner admitted that it was a bit OTT, but apparently he was descended from the Kelvin family, so it was important to him. Unfortunately I cannot recall the name of the tug.
  11. I would be happy to try and sell it on the forum, but how much should I ask for it? I know what it cost more than twenty years ago. It was expensive, and it wasn't out of print then.
  12. I have a copy of the above book (2nd Edition Aug 2002) in excellent condition which I am considering selling, as I no longer refer to it. The problem is that I have no idea of it's current value or where the best place to sell it might be, I have looked on ebay, and Abe books, but neither have had a record of any copy for sale recently. Any advice would be most welcome.
  13. Having used him several times in the past when he was on the K&A. I can strongly recommend Brian. We also have one of his Ripple candlesticks on our fire hearth.
  14. Was that really neccessary? We had legally witnessed docments of purchase by both my wife and myself, which I am confident would have been recognised by any Court in the extreemly unlikely event of ownership being challenged. A boat being licenced jointly by two people is not in itself Legal proof of ownership by either of them.
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  16. I gave upon Vactan very early on, having found that it never seemed to work well as a primer, and started to peel after less than a year. On the other hand I found that both Rustoleum and Hammerite Smooth (formerly Smoothrite) did what it said on the tin. I have a cast iron bench in the garden which I painted with two coats of Hamerite Smooth more than ten years age, Apart from places where the paint surface has been damaged, there is no sign of any rust breaking through.
  17. When the engine in Helvetia came out for a re-build, I cleaned and de-greased the engine box, after which I gave it two good coats of Finnigans Smoothrite. The manufacturers confirmed that the paint was both heat and oil resistant once cured, and as it was going to be a couple of months before the engind was reinstalled, the paint surface was fine, and had survived both heat and oil after more than ten years when we sold the boat.
  18. It depends on which Red Oxide paint you choose, I painted my bilges with Finnigans Red Oxde, which is (or used to be) a non porous paint which worked well and showed no rust after more tha ten years. Nowadays I would probably choose Rustoleum Paint.
  19. It would cause all sorts of problems if I put diesel in my car, it runs on petrol😀
  20. Agreed, but it is the Guardian. I enjoyed reading it.
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  23. This item was rapidly becoming lost amongst other posts, so I have re-posted it on the "For sale or Wanted" page. Awaiting Moderator approval.
  24. This item was rapidly becoming lost amongst other posts, so I have re-posted it on the "For sale or Wanted" page. Awaiting Moderator approval.
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