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1 hour ago, Alan de Enfield said:
As you have asked in a decent way, and it has obviously annoyed a few members, I will.
Edit - gone to delete it and its already been done.
Alan - thank you.
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11 hours ago, Alan de Enfield said:
Before posting I did check the Rules and there is nothing regarding an inappropriate posting - pretty much anything else can be removed tho.
Whilst @Alan de Enfield is correct - the Mods have had a chat and feel that, while the post does not break any individual rule, it's getting close on many.
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1 hour ago, pearley said:
We had a dormant Nationwide account with around £100 in it. I received a statement which showed a deposit of £19 from someone called WPA that I'd never heard of. It took over 2 months to eventually refund the money. WPA are a health insurers
Friends of ours had a teenage Son who was killed (by accident) on holiday - while clearing his affairs his parents found quite a large deposit which had gone to "the wrong David" - his parents had a hell of a job returning the payment and the payee blamed them for accepting it. Not nice while dealing with (early) bereavement.
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10 minutes ago, cuthound said:
And there was me thinking I'd be able to help a fellow forum member sort of their spreadsheet problems... 😅😂
Me to...
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10 minutes ago, haggis said:
That's probably the answer! Allow more air to escape by using a thinner hose or a funnel.
I can't believe this conversation and wonder of someone is taking the Michael 🙂
On the other hand - give a (relatively) new poster a bit of room - I'm fairly sure every boat (hied or family) I've been on has coped with a water point at full chat (while admitting that some water points "full chat" won't fill the dog bowl faster than he drinks it...)
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13 hours ago, magpie patrick said:
Stop it! 😮 I'll be searching on websites for these whilst my credit card tries to go into hiding...
I'd have thought "Problems and Possibilities" and "Is their Resuscitation Practicable" would be legitimate business expenses?
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10 minutes ago, Alan de Enfield said:
Its un-popular
"groan"
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15 minutes ago, 1st ade said:
Scancom is part of EE so the answer to @blackrose's question is whether 3 and EE have different coverage in a particular area...
Apologies all - note to self, next time scroll past the headline
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7 minutes ago, Martyn Hicks said:
as there are only 4 main providers 02 EE 3 and Vodaphone then surely Scansom is picking off one of them
Scancom is part of EE so the answer to @blackrose's question is whether 3 and EE have different coverage in a particular area...
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Thank you both for the effort you put in and for the warning.
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15 hours ago, rusty69 said:
Psssst. Everything after the question mark is not required in your link. Please remember this in the future to try and save the planet
And (potentially) your own account. The "stuff" after the question mark can include (for badly designed websites) your account details etc...
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On 09/01/2024 at 15:16, magpie patrick said:
Brings new meaning to the term "floodlights"
The Forward went for the ball and, at the last minute, the ball dipped...
A defender was then booked for diving...
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I gather the game was off last night...
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1 hour ago, magpie patrick said:
perhaps I should invest in a service and MOT for my car rather than spending money on it
Certainly "can I have a loan to get the vehicle serviced and MOT'd" will go down better than "can I have a loan to pay the fine I've received for no MOT"...
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3 hours ago, Jason322 said:
the fore flip switch is not working
Are they actually circuit breakers and that one will not stay set (as it's overloaded?)?
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11 hours ago, MtB said:
I'd suggest as a rule of thumb, watch how little the local CMers move and make sure you move a little further than them each time
Now if everyone moved a little further than their neighbours it wouldn't be long before the canal is full of continuous cruisers! (which is no bad thing)
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2 minutes ago, magnetman said:
Is this the newly patented xtralite steel ?
Spotted that about 30 mS after pressing "post" - and will now be merged...
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19 minutes ago, cowpie said:
or a 16 ton block of solid steel which would be fully immersed (unknown volume but at a guess only 5 or 6 cubic metres)
Steel is roughly 8 Ton a cubic metre (eight times denser than water) so 16 Ton = 2 cubic metres
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39 minutes ago, Andrew Grainger said:
Thank you that’s very helpful. Apparently I can’t PM you as I am new to this forum
Keep posting (sensible) questions, and you will soon be able to - I'm a Town Councillor for one of the Parishes in Milton Keynes with a "canalside" presence (and an interest in waterways!) so have quite a bit to do with an Electric boat that might drop visitors off once or twice a week...
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11 hours ago, Tim Lewis said:
if @Andrew Grainger will give me contact details (by PM) I'll try and put him in touch with the people who run Electra - they learnt a lot and not just about boats, but moorings, parking, wheelchairs, turning points, the general public etc...
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1 hour ago, Sloughwriter said:
Hi. I went to the Thames Traditional Boat Festival to cover the event for four magazines. Things didn't quite go to plan. I'd only been there an hour when I tripped over and fell on a concrete pontoon. I fractured my femur and had to have a titanium rod and nails inserted in my thigh. After months confined to bed, I'm still recovering and can only now take a few short slow steps with the aid of a walking frame/stick. I'll be much more careful next time. Thank you to all onlookers at the TTBF who came to my aid including the 'first responders' who happened to be nearby.
I hope they were screws, not nails! Otherwise, wishing you a speedy and ongoing recovery.
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8 hours ago, Machpoint005 said:
When all is said and done, it's a windlass, FFS, and useless other than for boating
Depending on definition of boating... We live in Wolverton and used to walk regularly with the dog to Cosgrove and back (on one nice day we did Stoke Bruan and back, but that's another story!); I'd usually hang a windlass on my belt and if we overtook a boat moving slowly past the moorings below the lock we'd ask if they were going up. If they were, we'd draw a paddle and have the gates open, ready. If there was a boat in the lock, we'd offer to close gates and paddles so they could make a slick exit. Not all accepted, but the offer was there (and I think the windless still in the Garage; the dog doesn't walk that far any more)
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Don't know about Cats, but Ollie tolerates certain four legged furry animals of a non-canine species. Wouldn't like to leave him alone with one, though... Especially when the rabbit hops off the dog bed leaving a diet of nutritious droppings...
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13 minutes ago, rusty69 said:
Cheshire cat wants a dog.
Oh the irony...
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Thanks for letting us know your success - you'd be amazed how many don't!