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cuthound

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  1. I had a Riley Elf that didn't leak any oil (except for the time I changed the oil and didn't tighten up the bolt securing the oil filter... 😒)
  2. I had shares in boats for 21 years and because of work commitments only managed one impromptu week in all that time...
  3. Indeed, you used to find locks piled high with detergent foam. Given the water companies recent practices, I wonder if the foam will make a return?
  4. Came across this in my newsfeed. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/birmingham-tame-valley-canal-green-b2517179.html Let's hope CRT can use this method to reduce leaks everywhere.
  5. Likewise, the surveyor noted the inverter wasn't working. Seller agreed to a £2K price drop rather than get it repaired. When I got the boat home and plugged it into my mains the inverter worked, so it must have been a dodgy supply at the dry dock.
  6. If its USB C, the socket on the phone often gets fluff and dust in it. A wooden cocktail stick or better still soft plastic equivalent easily clears it out.
  7. You pay 50% of the rate of the nearest CRT moorings with similar facilities.
  8. Still is but you no longer get a bit of paper to display.
  9. What you need is a universal key...
  10. And there was me thinking I'd be able to help a fellow forum member sort of their spreadsheet problems... 😅😂
  11. Completely agree. I've been boating for 51 years, and had shares in boats from around the same time as @PeterScott. Hence many of his photos resonate with me as I recognise the locations and the boats. I will echo.what others have said, if some people don't like liking at the photos taken by @PeterScott then why look at this thread?
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  16. I suspect that someone has heard the project manager talking about mobilisation without understanding what it means. It is the contractors and sub-contractors that are mobilised, i.e. they turn up on site to do some work and de-mobilised when they finally leave site at the end of the job.
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  18. Cox Auto Electrics of Atherstone, Warwickshire have loads of experience at repairing Dometic Travel Powers. https://www.coxautoelectrics.co.uk/marine-leisure Damn, cross posted with @dmr
  19. I don't know if they still offer it, but when I bought my boat 10 years ago RCR offered to train you on your own boat for £150. Basically you undertook the service under their instruction and they provided the materials. Years ago I used to service my own cars, but many years of company cars had resulted in my practical skills going a bit rusty. The technician was allocated 4 hours, so when I had completed my service in less than an hour, he offered to show me how to maintain various bits of the boat not included in the official RCR course, which of course I accepted. It was definitely money well spent.
  20. My late mate used to drive like that, full throttle or full on brakes. I put it down to the fact that his first car was a Citroen 2CV and he never changed his driving style after that, even when he had a Porsche Boxter...
  21. Is that Kate Middleton's pet mouse?
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  23. I've said this before, but I still don't understand why CRT didn't name one of the many heavy metal bridges like this one as the Black Sabbath Bridge rather than a brick one.
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