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I have a Kabola Old Dutch diesel drip stove. The manufacturer recommends allowing a 50p piece pool of diesel into the bottom of the stove, followed by a couple of capfuls of methylated spirits. Turn off the fuel regulator, Light the meths, wait until it has almost burned out, then open the regulator to setting 2, and hold the flame failure device in for a minute or so. Never fails to work.

The 'ellum is indeed the rudder of a butty, traditionally made of wood. Bluddy spillchucker ?

Try passing your motor vehicle driving test without knowing the highway code, the examiner can ask any questions he chooses from the Highway Code. You make an excellent point for compulsory testing and licensing for cyclists.

Yes, they (father, mother & son) cruise up and down the Coventry, generally between Hopwas and Hartshill, though i have on rare iccasions seen them further afield. Yes, they have a maroon coloured boat and nutty. The butty is about 30 foot long and has an impressive stainless steel 'ellum.

Please do to remind me and I will post a photo of the level against the piling opposite my mooring.

The Little Chimney Company operate from a pair of boats in the Coventry Canal, and will make bespoke stainless steel chimneys. They no longer have a webpage, but do have a Facebook page.

When I first joined Post Office International Telephones in 1972, it was 3 years after they had ceased to be a government department (the GPO) but they still had bountiful stocks of Izal paper with "Government Property" printed on each sheet.

Reminds me of the story about the bricklayer.

Does the picture keep freezing?

Half a pint of diesel per kilowatt hour works for akmost all diesel engines, especially for diesel generators.

Indeed, unless in this case BSS meant "bluddy stupid share-owner" ?

Not a total load, but one of the ex-Ownerships share boats suffered a gas explosion, which resulted in blown out windows and moved bulkheads. It was in the mid 1990's. It was reported at one of the annual owners meetings. I understand that the gas bottle was not quite empty when it was being changed. The co-owner apparently tipped the bottle on its side and opened the valve again for some reason. Gas rushed into the boat cabin via the open door and unfortuneately his wife chose that moment to switch a light on. The spark ignited the gas and blew several windows out of the boat. A passer by boarde the boat and threw the bottle into the cut, extinguishing the flames. Both the co-owner and his wife suffered minor burns and the boat was out of use for the rest of the season.

I had similar problems. This thread shows how to fix it. In particular Koukouvagias thread on stripping and servicing a drip feed stove is useful.

For a moment I thought you were saying your boatbuilder welded the MDF ?

Many of the bridges near me have an untidy pile of rusty carp next to them. The local scrapmen (totters) who tour the area in an old pickup shouting "any old iron" haven't cottoned on yet. I suspect the local scrotes will throw it back in and thenear the magnetic fishers will fish it out again ad infinitum.

My worry is how reliable is the BMS? If it goes faulty then it could easily trash the expensive lipo4 batteries. I think I will wait at least another 5 years before buying any, and learn from other people experience.

North, about a mile further on.

That's the one. My parents are visiting tomorrow and I've asked myou father to bring the Stanley Holloway CD so I can make a back up copy for him (and keep it safe at my house ?)

The view of the piling opposite my mooring. Definately about 6 inches down to the "tidemark". I note that CRT have issued a stoppage notice for Glascote Locks for 21st August, to remove an obstruction from a paddle. I wonder if this is why the pound is so low?

The pound between Atherstone bottom and Glascote top is currently about six inches down (it was lower until the recent rain). My modern boat draws about two foot six inches and I cannot get the back within a foot of so of the bank at my EoG mooring.

"Little Aggie" "Brahn Boots" Full list with words here https://www.seiyaku.com/lit/monologues/index.html

My father had a illustrated book of Stanley Holloway monologues, which, when I was a boy, he used to read to me in a broad Lancashire accent. Unfortunately the book got lost. Years later I bought him a CD of Stanley Holloway performing these monologues. What a shock, when it turned out Stanley was a cockney, not a Lancastrian. My favourite monologue was "three ha'pence a foot". It is also loosely related to the inland waterways ?

Correct. Ericsson were using transistors to shunt charged lead acid battery cells for quicker charging in the early 80's. Worked well and shortened charging times by an hour or two but the shunt components were mounted on top of the cells and vulnerable to damage ehen topping up. Has the bunny been made redundant? ?

I was led to believe that is heat whilst charging that kills phone and laptop batteries early. Some people leave them on charge for hours even when they are charged.

Not if the BMS was programmed to switch in a dummy load at the same time. Neither have I, but if there is no surface charge the cell voltage should drop to off load voltage pretty quickly. I'm just thinking aloud, as I said I have no practical experience of any Lion batteries beyond iPod, mobile phones and power tools.