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I know of 3 boats on dry land that have had people living in them for many years, I am not going to say where but all with in a stone's throw from canals/river. Clearly if you are careful or in off grid area you are safe. For many years a narrowboat sat in a field near the canal its sat in a channel of water, others will no what happened to it.
If I was doing it I would dig a trench put concrete in the bottom, put services in ground source heating then concrete it in so its easy to get in and out. Some well placed bushes and trees and as if by magic it's gone from sight, especially if you paint the boat camouflage say?
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7 hours ago, blackrose said:
Nothing to do with boats, just some amazing wild animal encounters. I rode past a few these recently while riding over 1,200 miles around Sri Lanka over 3 weeks on a 125cc scooter. They don't really have anything bigger than 250cc bikes & scooters for rent.
In terms of danger the biggest risk doesn't come from the elephants but from drivers and other motorbike riders who don't look, or who do look but pull out anyway, tuk tuks, maniac bus drivers, thousands of stray dogs on the road as well as people, cows, goats and I even saw a huge snake crossing the road which I think got run over by a car coming the other way.
Great adventure though and the Sri Lankan people are warm and welcoming.
In that second picture I didn't stop that close. The elephant was further away but suddenly walked up to the bike quickly as I was taking a picture and I didn't have time to get back on the bike so I ran away! 🤣
Glad you enjoyed the holiday
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13 hours ago, Adam said:
They tried not to be satisfied in one case, the judge told them to stop being so picky. High court I believe so precedent set
Supreme court is the precedent I am afraid, its why we have ULEZs appearing everywhere
6 minutes ago, MtB said:And was introduced IIRC, as a direct result of Dunkley's stupid obstinacy.
Another thing to add to the mix. When I was moored on the Thames and first bought a Gold licence, BW wrote to me demanding I tell them where my home mooring was. I thought it none of their business so refused to tell them. They got quite shirty about it so I eventually told them it where it was (i.e. on the Thames). They then contacted the marina asking them for confirmation, and the marina contacted me asking if it was ok to tell them!
I'm still not sure what all that was about as back then I only ever ventured off the Thames for the occasional day trip onto the K&A or a holiday around the Thames/Oxford/GU loop.
Interesting Mike
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On 29/01/2024 at 20:45, LadyG said:
I think the CRT should bring back the requirement to display the licence.
There is huge thing near me, that obviously has not moved recently, there is no notice evident, it has a number, no other signs of recent activity.
I know a boat that display no number or license just a false name it transpires
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11 hours ago, Ger77 said:
Am I correct that these stoves don't need fed with their own direct air supply from outside?
Would they pull much of a draught when operating?
Yes you are correct, has a little flap system on it to keep the amount of air correct
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1 hour ago, BoatinglifeupNorth said:
This morning the Straddle was sold by CaRT at auction for £1.3million, the Arches at Victoria Quays also sold today at auction for £430K, both bought by the same bidder. This Thread is so F@cking boring, please try to put on some up to date info/interesting comments instead of just photos.
I believe CRT turned down a earlier offer of 2. something million just for the Straddle last year?
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1 hour ago, Stilllearning said:
'Opinions are free, facts are sacred'.
Brexit happened so that is a majority fact!
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Depends whether you were the majority or minority
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1 hour ago, Mike Todd said:
The Peter Principle states that everyone rises to their own level of incompetence.
The idea is that most people are promoted (or gain a better post) on the basis that they succeeded at their previous one, not that they have been objectively assessed for the new one.
It's the Tim and Peter principle
8 minutes ago, MtB said:Yep.
And wasn't Boris the most perfect example of this happening anyone can think of?
As soon as he got in he sacked all the competent old hands in the tory party and appointed new ministers according to their track record of arse-licking, just as you describe.
I agree but thankfully he succeeded in getting Brexit done
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7 hours ago, blackrose said:
I thought they were supposed to be the best? All these examples of cock ups. They sound like a bunch of rank amateurs.
Big organisations have more cockup than little ones stands to reason
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3 hours ago, jonathanA said:
citroen Ami - my first car - quirky to say the least !
I loved my Ami had 2 of them both estates and sold both to the father in law as hotel runabouts both died in accidents, a shame really as they were in great condition
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2 hours ago, Naughty Cal said:
Which is what made me suspect a mechanical failure.
We had similar happen on a boat we hired (although with much less expensive consequences and on a much smallet scale!)
Something failed with the forward gear selection mid manoeuvre and putting the throttle ahead engaged reverse at an alarming rate!
They can be well worn on the Broads cant they?
I would really like one of the modern electric/hybrid ones, suc6a good looking boat and not on CRT waterways
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2 hours ago, PeterScott said:
On this day in 2022
Around West Stockwith lock/bassin River Trent / Chesterfield Canal
Compare 16Apr1978/16Apr2010 9Sep1978 29May1991 21Apr2003 (#2) (#3) 19Oct2005 3Sep2009 16Apr2010 3Apr2013 24Jul2014 13Oct2014 14Oct2014 30Mar2015 7May2015 (#2) 15Nov2105/15Nov2011 9Oct2015 17Sep2016 11Nov2018 (#2) 4Sep2021 5Sep2021 30Oct2021 28Dec2021 20Jan2022 (#2) 12Nov2022 4Feb2023
Lovely place visited in Sabina H just fitted in the lock
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11 minutes ago, mrsmelly said:
You know the score mate. The captain was later in his career promoted to Admiral, I kid you not. Dont know what happened to the poor young subby who was passing distance over the radio though lol. Best part about it was we had been in the med all summer and visited many many ports and countries and ended up in fabulous Gib as it was in those days for weeks working tropical routine on 2 hour working days with 22 off in the bars etc etc
Absoloootely fantastic days!!
True I have seen the most awful cockup by senior officers rewarded by promotion 😪. Though later one was demoted by court martial and discharged without pension, I was senior witness against him as it happens. Revenge is a dish best served cold.
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55 minutes ago, MJG said:
It was a hell of a bump too....
The engines look like they were still astern well after the collision looking at the water
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3 minutes ago, mrsmelly said:
It's nothing new, gone on for years, long B4 soshal Meena report everything. In the mid seventies I was on HMS Andromeda out the med. We did a stern berth in Izmir. Stern berths are very unusual for British warships. I was on the quarterdeck holding a rattan fender with oppos to lower o er stern to come alongside, it's a road, not a jetty and concrete edge. Ossifer with hand held radio passing distance to bridge re distance. Long story short we didn't stop and hit doing iirc 7 or 8 knots 😩
I had dropped my fender as did others and ran up the waists a second or so before impact. We bounced forward after overrunning the concrete by about3 feet. massive damage including props and shafts. Fender was just dust on top of the sea. Limped to dry dock in Gib for several weeks and repairs in the millions lol.
I can imagine a few people were in deep poo after that?
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6 hours ago, ditchcrawler said:
Is it the three wheel version or the 4. If its 3 wheel the back box on this one wouldn't fit . EV-chassis | 2CVgarage » 2CVgarage
It would because I have no backseat as it's a 2 seater, so the battery would easily fit behind the rear seat where the fuel tank fits
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16 minutes ago, rusty69 said:
I guess a Lomax is light enough, you wouldn't need to bother jacking it up. Just get someone to lift the front end while you get your grease gun out.
True, I have to be honest it's a candidate for an ev conversion.................😁😁😁😁😁😁
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5 minutes ago, rusty69 said:
The Kingpins on the 2CV and Dyane are a terrible design. They are sposed to be greased every 1500m or so, and the wheels lifted off the ground to do so. I have changed them on Mrs Rs Dyane a number of times, and it isn't a pleasant job.A number of years ago some chap was offering a ball joint conversion, but it meant sending the swinging arm assembly off for welding and conversion. I never did have it done because the cost was prohibitive, though I'm beginning to wish I had.
Reduced weight and increased access might help in my case? But I had forgotten my Ami and the fun and games!
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10 hours ago, bizzard said:
The Hilman Imp was ok but I had to do some serious mods. Early models king pins seized up, swollen nylon bushed, the mod was to fit and ream proper bushes with grease nipples. Pneumatic throttle control converted to ordinary cable. Overheating, water pump or head gasket.
I found most overheating was caused by the fan drawing engine bay heat through the radiator along with oils etc, my clan was the same, I retro fitted a front radiator and electric fan problem sorted same for imps.
9 hours ago, Ronaldo47 said:Indeed, the king pins were sealed "for life", but the life wasn't long! I retrofitted mine with grease nipples but it didn't improve things greatly. When I replaced them for the first time on my then 5 year old Imp, I couldn't shift them and had to remove the hinge assembly and tip one of the technicians in the lab workshop at Plessey to remove the king pin using a fly press. I had a similar experience with the Harvey Spicer UJs on the rear wheels. The Rootes workshop manual instructed you to "tap gently on the ears of the yoke and the shells will emerge". In practice, removal of the half axle assembly to a heavy vice and slogging on the ears of the yoke with lump hammer was necessary.
I have king pins on my citroen 2CV based lomax fully rebuilt by someone, that's all the suspension, so I am going to try greasing it this week
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On 12/01/2024 at 12:10, GUMPY said:
The fire bit is from 6:40 onwards
Conversely
Beware what you buy
And that's why I have quality lifepo4s on my boat and in my little electric truck
On 12/01/2024 at 19:27, GUMPY said:If you mean the banners visible in the message above I see those as the titles not adverts. I give you that its sensationalist but click bait it isnt.
I call it informative not clickbait, people will buy those batteries thinking they are safe, I wish he had tried overcharging short circuiting one of the remaining cells because for me that's the big problem, rather than one getting punctured ?
On 13/01/2024 at 09:01, Alan de Enfield said:Alternate 18650 battery impact testing ;
My mate was shot at about a mile distance in the Falklands wearing an kevlar vest with front and rear hard kevlar plates, stopped his heart and big damage to ribs etc. He survived because because I did gentle compressions and mouth to mouth. Bloody marines went to ground because they knew what had happened unlike me 🤣🤣🤣
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On 18/01/2024 at 16:56, rusty69 said:
Red oxide is rubbish these days. The last lot i got seemed to have the consistancy of water, and would best be described as 'orange oxide primer'. I hear tales of when paint was paint, and red lead was the stuff to use. I keep meaning to try the resin based zinc primer bonda primer.
You can buy epoxy primer better by far and waterproof for 6 months, comes in big rattle cans also etch properties, works on fiberglass as well and can painted without rubbing down as long as painted within 24 hours, mines was painted within the hour today looking good
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On 18/01/2024 at 11:48, MtB said:
Curious, because I don't think I've ever seen 30mm glass fuses used in a car.
Not since about 1960 that is. Modern cars seem to use spade type fuses, and prior to that, those horrendous 'bullet' fuses.
Muggy minors for one minis old ones and many others
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I bought some crap from Lidl, it was for my front stove, it was rubbish all ash and no heat, after getting a load of hardwood off cuts, I put the remainder in the Rayburn which it nearly choked up! The anthracite I normally use produces a qtr of the ash and is cheaper, but it won't burn on the front stove
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I disagree with HVO you are helping burn the rainforests around the world! So probably creating eve5more emissions than burning say kerosene