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  2. Beta Tug engine

    in General Boating

    Posted

    4 hours ago, Tracy D'arth said:

    I find them a bit noisy but that is probably because most are sat on the floor with no covering in the middle of the boat pretending to be vintage.

    I presume talking about RCR rather than the engine the OP mentioned?

  3. 5kg Patio Gas Cylinder

    in Boat Equipment

    Posted

    If I'm allowed to slightly hijack the thread, I have a Patio Gas cylinder marked "13 kG Propane" which has a built-in gauge, currently reading "Hi" [the alternative end of the scale is "Lo"] - (I don't know if the smaller cylinders are the same, but this Patio Gas had a weird regulator with a knob which on first activation clamps the regulator to the cylinder and on the second turns the gas on - there is no manual valve on the cylinder)

     

    The BBQ went to the great kitchen in the sky last month - If a boater in the Wolverton area wants the cylinder - it's free, and I want to get rid. I can deliver (say) between Fenny Lock (or Willowbridge marina) and Cosgrove - ish; if close by, please ask.

  5. The Ian Moss (AKA - Magpie the Elder) Collection

    in History & Heritage

    Posted

    On 07/08/2023 at 11:16, Ken X said:

    If it helps, Railforums.co.uk have a History and Nostalgia sub-forum.  They are a friendly bunch and may well pitch in if asked. They often have smaller requests of this type and have a wealth of knowledge.  I can post for you if required or you can ask directly if preferred.

    I've joined Railforums - same Username as here

     

    I've not posted yet - I'll have a look around, see if there is any existing mention of either ROMA or Ian Moss first.

  7. welding without isolating batteries!!!

    in Boat Building & Maintenance

    Posted

    Not quite off topic. Many years ago, I nearly wrote off our Isuzu 3.1 TD Short Wheelbase. At the time, I subscribed to the disconnect battery "myth". We talked a local garage into fixing the (rear end shunt) damage for less than the insurance write off cost, and they did a wonderful job.

     

    When I picked the car up, I thought "attention to detail" - they have set the clock after disconnecting the battery

     

    On the way home, I turned the radio on - it wasn't locked; and was still on Radio 2. I checked - "no sir, we don't bother disconnecting the battery, if you do the job right it makes no difference".

  9. The Ian Moss (AKA - Magpie the Elder) Collection

    in History & Heritage

    Posted

    Apologies for what must seem like slow progress - I'm staggered by the response on this forum...

     

    I've updated around 200 titles (and moved many images) from the original 1,100 or so. Anyone visiting Ian's Archive can see where we've got to.

     

    Having said that, I'm only up to comments (whether by email, on my website or on this forum) up to Monday 14th August... Five days to go - by which time more comments will have arrived. (If it seems slow, I'm also keeping a spreadsheet of who commented what and when so If I get two comments on the same image I can quickly cross reference)

     

    And I understand @magpie patrick is heading home with another 3,000+ slides for scanning - watch this space.

  10. Engine Running Sensor

    in BMC

    Posted

    On 14/08/2023 at 15:29, GBW said:

    To preempt the incredulity, I have two identical buttons adjacent to each other, one for start, the other for stop.

    The answer will depend on the individual: -

    • A "people person" will put large labels saying "start" and "stop"
    • An electrical engineer will design a complex circuit around not energising the Starter Motor while the Alternator is charging
    • A hydraulic engineer will design a contraption with a small sprung piston to prevent pushing the "start" button while there is oil pressure
    • A lawyer will have a single sign "I warned you"
    • A software developer will have a Raspberry Pi or Arduino with an algorithm based upon battery volts, temperature and noise level to block the starter circuit. This will later be implicated in not allowing you to start then engine when moored near a weir...

    And - you think you have a problem... Read the account of landing a B17 at the end of a bombing mission...So Long

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  12. The Ian Moss (AKA - Magpie the Elder) Collection

    in History & Heritage

    Posted

    16 minutes ago, Captain Pegg said:

     

    I identified 100207E as Whitby on 6th August.

     

    Are there any more up yet?

    The next 2,000 may be up in a month - yet more early mornings for me... but thank you...

    44 minutes ago, BuckbyLocks said:

    I have been through all 39 pages again and cannot actually find the stop gate originally shown as Mancrop at all, so have no idea where you have put it

    Thanks for looking...

  13. The Ian Moss (AKA - Magpie the Elder) Collection

    in History & Heritage

    Posted

    On 06/08/2023 at 19:24, BuckbyLocks said:

    As I was with Ian and Joan on some of these trips, I know some of them. 100058E is the junction of the Rhine and Mosel at Koblenz, Taken from the Ehrenbreitstein Fortress opposite. I think 100036E is the Mosel but not certain. 100039E, 40E, 45E and 46E are all on the Main-Donau Canal and the water saving locks. 46E may be Nurnberg Sluis. (I am probably in the picture!) 100049E looks like Rhine, but I cannot remember which castle that is. 100060E is the Linz-Remagen Ferry on the Rhine. 100052E is Germany. 100050E is probably the Rhine 100043E and 44E are near Cologne and the pic labelled Mancrop is a stop/flood gate on a German Canal but I am not sure where this particular one is.

    Confession time - I restored "Mancrop" to its correct title (based on the filename) without actually noting which filename it was! it's presumably not 100058, 100036, 100039 etc but could you possibly have another look? Thanks (in advance)

  16. The Ian Moss (AKA - Magpie the Elder) Collection

    in History & Heritage

    Posted

    On 06/08/2023 at 15:33, GUMPY said:

    There are quite a few in the "unknown" section where the station/street/place name is visible in the photograph.

    100158E, 100098E, 100207E, 100139E to name but four

    100207 - I can't see a name except part of "way out" and what might be "ladies". On the other hand, there can't be too many British stations where the entire platform is so low they provide multiple sets of steps for passengers!

  18. The Ian Moss (AKA - Magpie the Elder) Collection

    in History & Heritage

    Posted

    Many thanks all - I've added all the comments given via my website and am now working through comments on this forum. Well over 100 comments (with some duplicates) for 1,000 images. Much appreciated - we'll hit you with the next 1,000 images soon...

     

    (some delay was caused by "reversing" or "flipping" images - it's by far the slowest part of the process and caches of the "unflipped" version get everywhere!)

  19. The Ian Moss (AKA - Magpie the Elder) Collection

    in History & Heritage

    Posted

    30 minutes ago, Ken X said:

    If it helps, Railforums.co.uk have a History and Nostalgia sub-forum.  They are a friendly bunch and may well pitch in if asked. They often have smaller requests of this type and have a wealth of knowledge.  I can post for you if required or you can ask directly if preferred.

    Thanks Ken

     

    I'm still ploughing through the above suggestions (plus others who have made comments on my site)

     

    When I've finished I'd welcome an introduction to railforums.co.uk - I thank you for your offer of posting but don't want to saddle you with copying back 40 odd responses as with CWF! - on the other hand I don't want to be a "new member" waiting for someone to approve my post...

  20. The Ian Moss (AKA - Magpie the Elder) Collection

    in History & Heritage

    Posted

    9 hours ago, John Brightley said:

    Well, that was an interesting couple of hours going through the photos! I've managed to identify quite a few of the locations - I've left my comments on the website on each photo page

    Thanks John (and many others) - I hadn't expected such a hit rate in the first 24 hours or so!

     

    This morning - I'll collate all the comments and move / caption / flip as required.

     

    As @magpie patrick some are in the wrong album simply because I have not got round to it yet - others; I started with a relatively simple structure then "fiddled" as I started to populate it. For example, I started with two folders "canal" and "river" which became three with the addition of "craft" (and became subfolders of "waterways"), four with the addition of "posters and exhibits" and then "canal" became "UK canal", "river" became "UK river" and added "Overseas" (as the distinction [at least to me] is much less clear cut on the continent). That's how I ended up with some overseas images in the wrong folder...

     

    Thanks again everyone.

  21. The Ian Moss (AKA - Magpie the Elder) Collection

    in History & Heritage

    Posted

    11 minutes ago, Captain Pegg said:

    Its possible 100122E is taken from the opposite side of the same train at the same time but there’s a mismatch between the locomotive and the semaphore signalling, which is why I though the 100122E  possibly pre-dated 100121E.

    Dad left random box's of slides - it's quite possible he'd moved two images of (roughly) the same location together for the purposes of a lecture.

     

    (part of the reason we have this fun and games - it would be so easy if adjacent images were actually from the same roll!)

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  25. The Ian Moss (AKA - Magpie the Elder) Collection

    in History & Heritage

    Posted

    Can you identify this photo (and over a thousand like it...)?

     

    Many of you will have known, or know of, Magpie the Elder, AKA Ian Moss. Father to myself and @magpie patrick

     

    Ian passed away in late 2022. He left us around 50,000 slides, most of which were devoted to Waterway and Railway history. They date from the mid 1950's to the late 2010's (he went into a care home January 2020 and was losing mobility before that)

     

    Fortunately (for him) and unfortunately (for us) his memory was excellent and detailed; two years after he went into care (and since he last saw his home) he was preparing for a lecture and "get me box 384, brown leatherette, and box 683, green, vinyl, probably in the study. And 772, grey slide carrier". But no written (or computer) notes of what was in what.

     

    So, @magpie patrick and I have a mammoth task ahead of identifying places, buildings, boats etc, so we can put Magpie the Elder's Archive where it can do most good. We've scanned the first 1,000 slides and hope to have another 4,000 by Christmas (only 45,000 to go then!) and put them online.

     

    Please have a look at Ian Moss Archive; if (as many will be on this forum) you are only interested in Waterways go to Ian Moss Waterways - genuinely, any hints on location, boats, date, history are welcome. Either use the comment facility on the site or reply here but please, if replying here, include the photo ID (six digit number beginning with a "1" and with an "E" on the end)

     

    Thanks (in advance) - and if anyone knows a rail version of CWF, please let me know!

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