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TheBiscuits

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  1. Isn't the man cave where the engine lives? Mine is!
  2. Another request for make/model of stove or a photo of the stove if you don't know. Someone here will probably be able to identify the stove and advise on best settings. If it's a Morso Squirrel with a top flue connection, the top of the baffle plate is notorious for partially blocking with soot and needs regular cleaning - importantly when the stove is cool and the fire is not burning!
  3. Is this a knock-on effect of the time and cost taken with George on the K&A? Less warnings and faster action taken? I'll not object if it is, but then I move the boat ...
  4. What brand is the "coal"? Different stoves and installations seem to prefer different types of smokeless fuel. Mine likes Excel, others can't burn it at all. Is it dry or wet? If it's wet out of the bag you're having to use the heat to evaporate the water instead of heat the boat. Do you store the next load inside the boat near the fire or outside? If the dry "coals" are at 20 degrees or more they burn much hotter than if they're at -5 degrees because they don't need heating up as much first. This is also especially relevant if they are stored wet - which they usually are when bagged to reduce the dust.
  5. That's the trouble with infrequently read thermometers. If it was used more often you'd know where it was. When I was looking for mine, MrsBiscuit thought it was funny to say "You're getting warmer" as I approached the correct locker!
  6. Too late, you have kids. To properly win a Darwin award you need to permanently remove yourself (in a spectacularly stupid way) from the gene pool before passing your genes on. This usually but not always involves a death. The bloke who shot his tackle off by carrying a loaded handgun in his trouser pocket was a notable exception!
  7. No, I'm fairly sure the list of SIC codes wasn't written by CRT or BW. They will indeed have chosen the ones that describe their activities though. The only ones on the list that match "boat" are: 30120 Building of pleasure and sporting boats 33150 Repair and maintenance of ships and boats 47640 Retail sale of sports goods, fishing gear, camping goods, boats and bicycles None of which seem particularly relevant to CRT.
  8. Yes, you do. What SIC coded activity do you think is missing off the list? It's not a list written by CRT!
  9. I thought you'd just done that in reverse - turned half a tonne of gold into a boat!
  10. 0 m/s It's not terminal until it suddenly stops ...
  11. Facial recognition isn't half as good as a turnstile for winding cyclists up ... 🤣
  12. It's in the special section, next to the lift bridge documents ...
  13. Maybe her quality of life is worth more than forty quid, but Tracy's isn't ...
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  15. Ooh, Smash and baked beans. I haven't had that for years!
  16. It's shorthand for the "B ark" or more formally the "Golgafrincham Ark Fleet Ship B" Maybe @Bee used to be a telephone sanitiser 😁
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  18. That's a heck of a support act! 🤣
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  20. I'd recommend a trip to the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds, particularly the top floor display of illegal offensive weapons. MrsBiscuit was quite impressed as I was walking along a display case of items saying "Yeah, and one of those, and one of those and two of them, but mine was the smaller version..." At the end of the row there's a large sign pointing out that simple possession of anything in the display is worth 5 to 10 years in prison. I'm fairly sure that wasn't true in the 1980s, or the 1990s would have been quite different for me!
  21. Don't say that, she's lovely! 🤣
  22. Yeah, I wondered if it was that one as well. One of the neighbouring boats told me they do it to try and dissuade non-residents boats from using the services and winding hole. Surely the best way to avoid getting bumped there during the challenge would be to take part!
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