John V
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isn't it "chuck" in Scouse ?
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And in shops, restaurants etc men are called 'sir' while I get called everything from 'madam' to 'darling'. Terms for women all seem to have some sort of problem with them (as was discussed on one of the first threads here I was involved in): 'madam' feels stuffy and even negative, perhaps because as a little girl you might be described as a "cheeky madam"; 'darling' is obviously not at all equivalent to 'sir'; and so on. I don't blame men for this, btw, I have the same issue myself when addressing women I don't know- am just pointing out a minor inequality I experience frequently.
Go to Tyneside, there is no discrimination there......they call everybody of opposite sex "pet"
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The supermarket packing thing is a red herring. They ask everybody.
They ask it because they 'have to' ask you. It's all part of a script aimed at 'personalising the sale' (which its a mile away from of course).
Its the same as the banal 'do you need any bags today' - when it's obvious you have a number already open.
You mean like the waitress (or waiter) who comes to your table and asks "Is everything alright" in a bored tone. Just when you have stuffed a large portion of something into your mouth. Don't they realise "Gurgle nunch cough cough" translates as "The foods ok, but the interruptions are a pain"
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Sorry going to revert to an earlier bit for a mo (been out shopping)
When I go to the supermarket and the checkout lady asks me if I need help with the packing, I always take the subtext to be "you are a man, clearly you have no idea how to pack shopping into a bag effectively, you must need help". Downright sexual discrimination I tell you!
My normal reply is "No thank you, as long as you don't take it as a challenge to a race"
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The lady also said that having sold her boat she was going to move into a van. (Which might have been the one shown)
I wonder where she will find to park it permanently without having a permit that costs money?
Or whether the local highways authority, or whoever owns the land on which the van is parked, will allow this indefinitely.
As another poster has said, none of the people shown contested the fact that they were non-compliant. What they want is not clearly something that is itself within the legal structure, however imprecise that is.
All in all it shows just how difficult it is for all concerned to cope with a very inadequate legal framework and how unfortunate it was that the government at the time failed to use the opportunity of creating CaRT to update the legislation. Sadly, they wanted to do the transfer as cheaply as they could (in all senses of cheap).
But it also has to borne in mind that any such clarification would have no guarantee that it would yield the context that the people in the film seek.
Sadly, people wishing to operate at the margins of what is legal will always find that they are continually fighting to determine whether they are right or wrong. Were these boaters to move,say, a mile a week, not just up to the water tap and back, then they would be in a much better position regarding a defence against enforcement. Of course, they may well be right that in time the rules, whether law or not, will change and that they will affect the way of life of someone. But this is not unique to boaters.
an excellent post and I think the highlighted section particularly pertinent, not just of the cases referred to in the film but in many other situations.
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On the main boat I have an ordinary garden hose (The yellow one it seems to withstand UV better than the green ones)
On the yoghurt pot I have a lay flat in a wind up cassette.....yes it can be a bit of a pain unwinding it all and it doesn't like sharp bends when in use but it is incredibly compact when rolled up and on a 25'6" narrow beam that is VERY important
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Can I have a greenie, never had one before
Just so you don't feel deprived
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Yes, that's it exactly, that's three who have done it.
Ignore the rest, especially the bits about needing someone on the helm.
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another one for Tam.....and one for you too gazza for you greeny generosity
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Not having a "shiny boat" I can give no first hand info. However an owner of 40' GRP flybridge cruiser on this mooring is having to have his cabin re- finished due to having polished away the gelcoat to the point you can start to see the mat....and it's costing £,000's to put right
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I presume you were pulling the boat using a rope attached to the bow. This is the normal way people try and usually results in the boat being pulled into the bank.
BMC Problems can type faster than me and gives the same answer I was going to give
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^^^ Fully agree and it's clearly explained
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Rather them than me round North Foreland !!!
On an under powered boat if you time it right and get there around slack water which from memory is about 1 hour before HW Dover you can pick up a knot of tide that will help push you along towards the Swale for a couple of hours so if you can make 5.5 Kts in still water you could just about do it before you have to start punching it..............I still wouldn't fancy it though, not on something like that
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On one occasion I (and two other boats) followed a boat down a section of the Trent and Mersey, it was an excruciating journey. At tickover (literally just clicked into "ahead") I was catching him up. Because of this I had to keep dropping out of gear and drifting to let him get ahead. That in itself making things even more awkward for the following boats. Now don't get the idea that I have speedy boat, flat out in deep water it will only do 6 kts
The other boats were having same problems as well. In the end I gave up and stopped for a cup of tea. It was very frustrating.
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were you sent to find the golden rivet ?
(were bollocks those things oars fit in ?)
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Wet Shed..............is that a gazebo with a leaky roof ?
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I would take issue with that as a categorical statement.
Often the cable dimension on a 12v circuit are way in excess of the fused ratings as often it is determined by the permissible volt drop as opposed to the current carrying capacity. As long as the carrying capacity of the spurs is in excess of the main fuse this is not the case
Tony I refer you back to my post #7 when I first took issue with your statement about fusing every spur
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It's a recommendation. Depending on the examiner he could fail it as unsafe (because it would be).
TonyTo say it is unsafe is not correct.
If it was unsafe it wouldn't be still listed in the BSC as acceptable if already installed.
even Solid core cable is acceptable in an existing installation so that terminology is not correct.
There are many wiring methods that are not described as "best practice" and are perfectly safe.
The only problem is that if there is ever an insurance claim involved, it might be necessary to prove the method safe in court, whereas if something is installed to "best practice" it is automatically deemed to have been a safe installation (even if badly executed)
If a system as that described by the op was in a boat owned by myself, providing the joints were well made and insulated and the fusing correct and correctly supported. I certainly wouldn't bother to change it (I might grumble about it's inflexible nature as a system but I would sleep quite happily at night sure that it was quite safe)
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Vectored thrust is a little more eloquent than my 'the arse goes where you point it' comment
May I say I prefer your version
I find I need to agree with you. His version has a primitive dynamism that brings multiple visions springing to ones mind
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nice shiny boat............ when we all know it's a contact sport
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'Tiz very bad luck to have females, shivery me timbers.
I think I can relate to that
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If that is so I stand corrected but when talking about electrics it pays to be precise
however the op talks about re-wiring so I would think it unlikely to be required
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I would not unless the OP is going to rewire ALL the cables fixed to equipment by the manufacturer in 16 sq mm CCSA. It will be almost impossible to fuse the 16 sq mm CCSA cable to allow for the thin wires fixed to things like certain light fittings, shaver sockets etc. so they do not blow when several loads are on together.
I am sure that you know as well as I do that on any circuit the fuse must be rated for the thinnest cable.
Iand if its to have an RCD probably illegal - not that its likely to be checked.
I think you need to go and read the OP instead of jumping off.
1 ) it is a 12V circuit .......you don't use RCD's on 12v DC circuits
2 ) He says he will be installing sockets not lights
3 ) Your first part about fusing the 16mm2 cable is totally wrong. It has already been stated that it is purely because of the voltage drop.....for all you know he might be fusing the system at 10A in which case he could use 0.5mm2 spurs safgely
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Agree ....sounds like BS6004 conduit cable. not recommended for marine use
16mm2 tri rate has 126 strands has 1.55mm insulation and an external diameter of 9.05mm
(I'm feeling generous today 
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simple explanations by people who have done it singlehanding
The canals are male dominated........Really?
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