manxmike

Izal used to be great as a musical instrument - put a piece around a comb and it became a "Kazoo", the musical instrument of choice for seven year old kids!

I have to admit this post from Mangina is the strangest one yet, terrible spelling and a fairly meaningless phrase to start the post. Perhaps he/she is real, but English is not his/her first language.

Why is there no monument to porridge in our land? If it's good enough to eat, then it's good enough to stand. There are holes in the sky where the rain gets in, The holes are small, which is why rain is thin. Both by Spike Milligan

According to the time stamp I got there 2 minutes ahead of her. Having said which, I was probably a bit quick off the mark - apologies

Years ago I had to make myself redundant from my own company when the (a) recession totally destroyed my company. I signed on to get my stamp paid, and was informed I had to claim the dole. Even better I was told I was entitled to double dole. Whilst, in a rather bemused state, I was given my money, I watched builder's vans pull up outside the office, watched the builders, plasterers, painters, etc clamber out, claim their dole, then get back in the van to return to the building sites. I was offered the chance to re-train and enthusiastically accepted to the amazement and surprise of the dole clerk. I went for assessment and was told I could sign up to any university I fancied for whatever course I fancied. Imagine my surprise when I was informed I would have to pay for the course myself then put in a claim for the money which might, or might not, be paid back to me. When I pointed out that I was out of work, had no income, had spent my savings attempting to keep my company afloat and therefore could not afford to pay out several thousands in the vain hope of getting it refunded, the response was "well, if you don't want to retrain, that's your look out" I promptly went out and found gainful employment even though it was during a recession - a job I stayed in for 23 years until I retired. After a couple of years watching daytime TV, I got a part time job on a zero hours contract. From my viewpoint it pays for holidays and because it's a zero hours contract I can tell them I'm taking the next three weeks off.

I note Karen Louise hasn't responded - maybe she's sorted her fuel query elsewhere. I wonder if off-cuts from a local timber yard would be of use - provided they're dry of course.

I'm retired with a part time job to top up the pension. I can't afford an EV car, even a second hand one. My car is 20 years old, a Subaru, and cost me £500. Find me a reliable EV car for that sort of money and I'll convert.

Not sure, do you mean ev cars are only recharged by renewable energy?

Oh dear, a small amount of sarcasm goes a long way. Lighten up people, my post was somewhat tongue in cheek.

Sadly the power for EV cars comes from horrible dirty gas or diesel or atomic powered generating stations. So how green are EV cars? Then we have the knotty problem of cyclists, they're green all right, but the sight of grown men wearing black lycra is horrible. Some women wearing black lycra look OK, but they're in the minority. They also tend not to have insurance, pay no road tax and are the most vociferous about the condition of roads. They are also the most vociferous when haranguing other road users about the fact that after six miles of 10mph someone eventually just goes for the overtake and doesn't leave the obligatory 200 yards between the car and the bike. They also have an annoying habit of riding in the dusk either with no lights or one of those 1 million watt led headlights set to shine directly into the eyes of oncoming motorists - they then get upset when you go back to full beam at them (DAMHIK) OK, rant over - phew, glad to get that off my chest . . . . .

2019 the OP said in his original post

If that's the boat in question it certainly doesn't look like it's as wide as stated, the air draft is fine, it's just the water draft that might be too deep.

I laugh at some of the pictures I see advertising boats for sale, untidy, cluttered, dirty dishes in the galley and on any available flat surface, unmade beds, clothes strewn about. I can only assume the wife has said "sell the damn thing" so he's deliberately taken the worst photos possible. "Well I posted it on line darling, but no-one seems interested"

This thread seems to be going off at a tangent regarding spelling, grammar and punctuation, none of which really helps to answer the OP's original question. I still say a photo of the area would help.

I don't see why you shouldn't be able to make a frame out of wood to support the flooring. A photo of the area in question would help. Good point, again, a photo would help

Sounds like a genuine enquiry to me

Nanu nanu shaz-bot

I never had a problem using the roof to cross a narrow lock, it's nearer the right height (in some locks) than the tug deck.

Those NiCad batteries start fires extremely well, I rather think someone did it recently on a boat - oh yes it was somewhere near Holland, a boat carrying cars and an electric one burst into flames, destroyed all the other cars, wrote off the boat and resulted in a lot of ferry companies refusing to carry electric cars. I'm with Tree Monkey - can we have a video of it please - especially of the initial explosion

I spent winters at my grandmother's place on the south coast. She took in children needing holidays from deprived areas so we all slept in bunkhouses. On a really cold day there would be anything up to 1/2 inch of ice on the inside of the single glazed windows. Even now I sleep with my bedroom window open in the winter (yes, yes, my wife does sleep in a separate room!). Having said which I always had the solid fuel stove going on my NB in the winter, getting cold is all very well and I'm sure it's good for health and character building (cold showers, cross country runs etc etc) but during the day I'd rather be warm, especially now I'm in my 70s. I used to burn a combination of logs and smokeless fuel, the coal was great for keeping the stove "in" at night.

Is Hell Exothermic or Endothermic? The following is an actual question given on a University of Washington chemistry mid-term: "Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)? Support your answer with a proof." Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle’s Law (gas cools off when it expands and heats up when it is compressed) or some variant. One student, however, wrote the following: First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So, we need to know the rate that souls are moving into Hell and the rate they are leaving. I think that we can safely assume that once a soul gets to Hell, it will not leave. Therefore, no souls are leaving. As for how many souls are entering Hell, let’s look at the different religions that exist in the world today. Some of these religions state that if you are not a member of their religion, you will go to Hell. Since there are more than one of these religions and since people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that all people and all souls go to Hell. With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in Hell to increase exponentially. Now, we look at the rate of change of the volume in Hell because Boyle’s Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in Hell to stay the same, the volume of Hell has to expand as souls are added. This gives two possibilities. 1) If Hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter Hell, then the temperature and pressure in Hell will increase until all Hell breaks loose. 2) Of course, if Hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in Hell, then the temperature and pressure will drop until Hell freezes over. So which is it ? If we accept the postulate given to me by Ms. Therese Banyan during my Freshman year that "It will be a cold night in Hell before I sleep with you," and take into account the fact that I still have not succeeded in having sexual relations with her, then (2) cannot be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic. The student got the only A. Just thought this was appropriate . . . . . . .

Talking of scams - If you send me £5 I will supply you with a written treatise on how to get people to pay you £5 for a worthless piece of paper. Go on, you know you want to learn this . . . . . . . .

I was first

Interesting that there is much bleating on TV at the moment about the dangers of AI. It seems to have got the politicians worried - maybe they see their jobs being in danger as AI would probably make better decisions, keep their promises, not sexually assault their assistants etc etc. Roll on the future - you will be assimilated, resistance is futile. If it's Seven of Nine doing the assimilating I'm ready . . . . . . .

I've owned steel hull and fibreglass. Admitedly the fibreglass never actually made it onto the canal, it was in a Marina where I was "doing it up" which actually meant ripping out the interior and totally refitting everything. As I lived several hundred miles (and a four hour ferry trip) away it rapidly became apparent that the whole idea would take years and thousands to complete. Anyway - I don't think a washing machine is a requirement, a separate engine room is an unecessary luxury and would add several feet to the size of boat required. 40 to 50 feet would be more than adequate for a single person. I would say, however, that a solid fuel stove would be a real bonus. There are days in spring and autumn (never mind "summer") when a real fire is very welcome and heats the whole boat even without a back boiler and radiators, one of those self powered fans actually help to spread the heat surprisingly well. Go for something fairly cheap at first, you're less likely to lose a vast amount on re-sale later and it will have the added benefit of deciding if that's the life for you without blowing your budget. Good luck!