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magnetman

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  1. Deuterium ! I used to take the caps of and drop them in the canal on a rope.
  2. Its a nice Boat. I wish them all the very best embarking on such a vessel with a small child in tow. Great fun. One hopes the entrance and exit from the cabin is sensibly arranged. I do hate seeing children on leads! Both of my daughters lived on a barge from before they could walk until a couple of yars ago (now 12 and 14). We never used leads. I suppose its a bit of a personal thing and never criticise other peoples parenting ! If that is tiller steered it must be a bit of an adventure getting around. A good workout. Hopefully not a Boat bought with the cheap housing solution as a motivator ! CRT about to tighten up their enforcement I think. A bit dangerous to walk about on the back with the cabin there ! I can't see a ram on it.
  3. Looking at it with google lens this one turns up
  4. If we cut down all the trees and burn them maybe this will accelerate global warming and one day the requirement to heat oneself will be history. They do have a habit of growing back.
  5. These days I would agree with that but back in the 60s when a lot of these craft were being converted they were so cheap the alternative would probably have been scrapping if worthwhile. Of course butties are still being cut which is a shame but there we are.
  6. I really like the rocket powered Sinclair C5. It is interesting to observe how much effort is put in to water based propulsion systems on canal Boats when in reality the system was originally designed for towage by land based traction units. Someone needs to market a legless brushless horse.
  7. All life that has ever existed on earth is and was solar powered. I'm sure I read somewhere about a solar powered diesel heater. My fire is currently burning wood. It is impossible to argue that this wood was not created by the sun.
  8. Not a butty it was a horse Boat but this is a craft I once owned. Apparently one of the first conversions. https://www.nationalhistoricships.org.uk/register/2087/orianne There was an anti ventilation plate kindly provided with a 'less likely to cut you in half if you fall in' flanged edge. I made that back cabin and under cloths conversion with my own hands. Never was a craftsman
  9. No I meant on the other Boat I was commenting on. This one in the OP seems to be narrow.
  10. I think it is a terrible idea and would never consider or advocate this. As mentioned earlier it is slightly difficult to believe it exists but this does happen from time to time.
  11. Actually the person in question has been living on Boats since the early 80s. The latest craft doesn't move very often so it is quite a nice thing to have like a little summer house. That is a big Boat. It would be a bit odd on a narrow.
  12. Of course if the fire had a horizontal flue outlet and they wanted the fire as close to the side as possible this could happen if the fire was tall and the flue outlet ended up above side deck height.
  13. Another circumstance where I have seen similar was when the cabin top had a canopy over it and was used as a 'roof garden'.
  14. Entire cabin top covered in solar panels? Its terrible and reminiscent of the favelas. As said it is also dangerous to have a right angle like that without a cleaning out hatch. Its awful.
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