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On 23/02/2021 at 09:32, Slim said:
May have something to do with the fact that some of us are stir crazy. "Those who can do, Those who can't, teach" (No reflection on teachers, my late wife was one)
I thought the quote was preach not teach, it's a dig at shaman not intellectuals........
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Won't the Lichfield and Hatherton canals be independent once they are opened?
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1 minute ago, ditchcrawler said:
They remember the few days that BW had loadsa money and the BW boss owned a Narrowboat.
Your being kind. I think most are ignorant of the history of the canals even as resently as the 1980s. Let alone the IWA and the state they were in in the 60s and 70's. I heard a podcast by the "Angry Boater" with another London liveaboard complaining about some old fogey from the IWA who stood up in a meeting and tried to put the condition of the London canals into some kind of context. They clearly had no idea about the work that had been done by volunteers only thirty or forty years ago. I think many of them believe the canals were all in perfect condition up until about ten years ago.
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On 17/02/2021 at 14:27, The Happy Nomad said:
I never realised the lengths BW had gone to in order to prevent future navigation on the Huddersfield.
Can you imagine the uproar if CRT started filling locks on derelict canals such as the top of the Pollington with hard core and cement in order to try and prevent their future use?
Makes me smile when people, especially on Facebook, complain about CRT and claim BW were wonderful. When you point out they used to set fire to lock gates, allegedly, to prevent the movement of boats and made dredging illegal it makes CRT seem quite nice.
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I had penicillin injections, which are a bit lumpy, in my thigh and glute when I was in hospital after an accident. I remember the nurse saying that a patient had refused and asked to have it in the arm and spent the rest of the day in agony.
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1 hour ago, buccaneer66 said:
Seen on twitter this morning.
When I lived in the states I visited Mormon country in Pennsylvania. I went to Intercourse and French Lick but didn't get to Climax............ bizarre.
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Saw this one on the Thames this year, made me smile.
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11 minutes ago, nbfiresprite said:
This is the latest update on the Middle Level Website https://middlelevel.gov.uk/navigation/
FURTHER UPDATE ON THE GOVERNMENT’S SLIGHT RELAXATION OF CONTROLS IN RELATION TO THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK
The MLC will, from Saturday 23rd May 2020, reopen all their locks and will allow vessels through them. The manned locks at Salter’s Lode and Stanground may be used by appointment only and, due to the requirements for social distancing (and the expected desire for boaters to get out and use their boats), you should not automatically assume that you will be able to get a slot at the time or even day you hope for.
Please note that that until the Government further relaxes the COVID-19 controls in place at present (unless your boat is your residence) you should not stay on it overnight.
I hope you find this generally good news and that you will continue to work with us as Government advice changes.
PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE FROM FENLAND DISTRICT COUNCIL
Due to COVID-19 and the closure of our customer contact hubs we regret that we are temporarily unable to issue tokens for the pump out facility at our March Sanitation point. There will still be facilities for boats to use the Sluice Room and the Potable Water facilities which are still operational as normal. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Yes, thanks, I saw that a couple of weeks ago.
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3 hours ago, ditchcrawler said:
Had they given her the correct amount of notice? thats the sort of answere you get if you havent
They asked her when they could come through that week, as Tina usually wants a minimum of 24 hrs notice but she said no.
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7 minutes ago, nbfiresprite said:
Stanground and Salter Lode have been open since the 23rd May for passage on to and off the Middle Level.
I was talking to someone yesterday in Bill Fen who said she refused to let them through. Told them to go back to their mooring. That's why I asked if anyone had been through.
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Has anyone been through Standground lock since the EA announced the waterways were open?
I've heard Tina is reluctant to let boats through.
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15 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said:
Strange, the country where this started and spread so quickly nearly everyone wears a mask
Isn't that because the air is so polluted?
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8 minutes ago, frahkn said:
Ah, sorry I missed your point.
I can't take his campaigning seriously - much preferred 'the Hitch'.
No one could match his clarity and charm unfortunately.
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30 minutes ago, frahkn said:
I don't think Dawkins capitalises "Christian" somehow.
As a campaigning antitheist along with Christopher Hitchin I am pretty sure he doesn't have any christian names (the predictive text added the capital c)
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29 minutes ago, frahkn said:
Ooh you do take some risks!
I would have gone for something taking advantage of the fact that his first christian name is 'Clinton'.
"Christian" ......... Oops
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3 hours ago, Athy said:
I had thought that the term referred to those little films which some people post, which run for a few seconds and then repeat themselves over and over again - that would make sense, as they're replaying the "same" thing.
I think they are called gifs
59 minutes ago, Sir Nibble said:Which presumes that the teaching is the only thing going on. Where would we be if hospitals could,t cope because all the staff were at home with their children?
Could schools become like care homes if the staff have no ppe?
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1 hour ago, Ex Brummie said:
There's none so blind as those who do not want to see.
You beat me to it.
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10 hours ago, Ex Brummie said:
But then again, I left school and live in the real world
Try telling that to all the parents trying to homeschool a small number of children, makes the real world dig seem a bit lame.
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On 09/05/2020 at 16:01, ditchcrawler said:
Strange lots of similarities, both 13 both had birthday under lock down, and lots more coincidences.
Also has the same name, Emma, and they both call themselves Narrowboat Girl on YouTube. ?
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3 hours ago, Tracy D'arth said:
If you are in Britain, there are no mosquitos, they are gnats and midges, fruit flies, dung flies, bluebottles, crane flies, wasps and the venomous hateful vicious horse flies.
As Howard says there is about 33 species of mosquitoes in the British Isles including 5 anophelines which can carry malaria. This is now quite rare in Europe but used to be common in East Anglia where it was known as Fen Fever.
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This was last year at Stanwick Lakes on the River Nene.
Post your COVID 19 memes
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