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Bacchus

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  1. I think You-Tube is spoiling a generation, not just any particular activity. "We" used to get on a boat, go touring in a clapped out van, play football... (insert activity of choice) because it was fun, not because it would look good on our vlog to have a video of casting off, nailing two bits of wood together, or our mate Dave falling over in the mud. I am a member of a camper-van group on facebook and just saw a post "see the latest video of us unboxing our acme travel-power" (/useless p-o-s that has no place on a properly converted van). Unboxing? Really? I must make haste to see some cretin take something out of a box, suck my teeth, and say "ooh, look, shiny" before dashing out to buy one. Maybe I am just a cynical old Hector, but one of the comments was "how does it work?" and my first thought was "well, acme rubbish products Ltd. pay Bill and Ben Imbecile to show the shiny piece of junk on their blog, Bill and Ben promote their blog on Facebook, and, like sheep, we click to watch them taking something out of a box. Enough of us will baa loudly and go and buy a shiny thing to make the whole exercise worthwhile for acme whilst the sum contribution to motor-homing or knowledge is a big fat zero. (and... breathe! 😉)
  2. Oil prices tumbled a couple of days ago because the UAE hinted that they were happy to increase production -- https://www.cityam.com/uae-hints-at-supporting-boost-in-oil-supplies-following-russias-invasion-of-ukraine/ High prices and shortages are profiteering and scaremongering (probably by those with a vested interested in profiteering!), nothing more, nothing less.
  3. No, I realised the irony, but I don't think I was "brimming" my tank whilst deriding others - that was why I added the anecdote of calling in at Morrison's two days ago, finding it empty, and not panicking then (in fact, on Friday I was on my way home from Sainsbury's - I decided not to fill up there because Morrison's have pay-at-the-pump and I thought that would be quicker and easier), but I am "actually goings somewhere" - I am two hundred miles from home with less than fifty miles in the tank. I need to get home tomorrow, and as carer for my 98 year old mother, I need to get back to her house afterwards.
  4. Well I have just filled up at 1.68 near Huddersfield - I read this thread and confess that I panicked as my tank is empty and I need to get back South on Tuesday, and we have seen how these irresponsible sons of bachelors can create "shortages". I would have filled up in Morrison's on Friday when I drove past, but apparently they had sold out of everything.
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  7. Has he??? That's a blow. I walked past his boat the other day and the covers were up which is unusual, but I have seen him on the move within the last month or so. He re-engined the boat only last year so I assumed he was at least planning on continuing for a while.
  8. Chris on Merchant? I am sure he'd meet you on the other side of the lock and you could ferry your jerries from there?
  9. I just watched a couple of minutes; a couple of excruciating minutes. I am sure that it is tough now, but it was tough then. My first home - a one bed flat - cost over four times my income and interest rates were around 12% so that was a lot less affordable than four times income now. The national average income is about 28,000, a quick look on Rightmove suggest flats in Milton Keynes are available starting at less than a 100k Of course I didn't have wardrobes full of clothes (with selfies printed on) and I didn't have a designer Bengal cat. I did make soup out of gravy granules and frozen peas once, because that was what I had. (luxury! when I were a lad...)
  10. I should have thought that was obvious... (this is clearly a square-headlamped Reliant Robin whereas the Trotters used a round-headlamped Reliant Regal)
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  12. I thought that was a little peculiar... No mooring, as you say, but very cute and presumably you could rent a mooring on the Avon somewhere nearby. Not really the point of this thread though, otherwise it would just be the "Another property for sale" thread, which could get tedious...
  13. Just a tad. I couldn't even afford the stamp duty...
  14. Not necessarily. If your boat is shaft driven and has a traditional "stuffing box" seal where the propshaft goes through the hull, there will always be a bit of ingress which gets progressively worse until the stuffing box needs repacking. It is usually mitigated with waterproof grease which is forced into the box with a screw-down greaser and helps to seal the junction. It is a pretty normal part of boating.
  15. Just a thought, but are you sure that it is your domestic water? If you notice it more when you move the boat, couldn't it be raw water coming through the stern gland? If there is a stern gland greaser, try giving that a turn after moving the boat
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  17. I see that one is currently on "the duck" with the comment "Price has been reduced so please do not ask for Surveys etc" which would be a bit of a red flag to me... To be fair the asking price isn't high in the current market and it looks to be floating!
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  19. May I humbly suggest that it's "time for a new first mate" (c:
  20. As per the title - I have done my best to search the forum and got one name but haven't been able to make contact - can anyone recommend a boat electrician in Surrey near Heathrow? TIA
  21. I have just had an email to say that my test-pack is on it's way which is remarkable service -- I haven't ordered any...
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  23. "Living near high-voltage power lines raises children's risk of leukemia by 69%, a British study shows" "That doesn't prove that power lines cause the deadly blood cancer, the study's authors are quick to point out. Despite 30 years of research, scientists still can't come up with a plausible reason why the weak magnetic fields near power lines might cause leukemia. Gerald Draper, DPhil, director of the childhood cancer research group at Oxford University, led the study. Draper's team compared more than 29,000 children with cancer, including 9,700 children with leukemia, to age-, sex-, and birthplace-matched children without cancer. The children's birth homes were located on the power grids of England and Wales. Compared with children who lived more than 600 meters from a high-voltage power line, those who lived within 200 meters of the power lines had a 69% greater risk of leukemia. Those living 200 to 600 meters from power lines had a 23% higher risk of leukemia. The findings appear in the June 4 [2005] issue of the British Medical Journal.*" So they don't know why it's bad (or so difficult to spell), just that it is. As one who watched his father (who, incidentally, was a specialist radio-operator during the second WW and an amateur one for the rest of his, all-too-short life) die of leukaemia (and as one who has microwaved an egg...), to me proximity of powerful electro magnetic currents would, as I said, be a big no-no. YVMV *some evidence to read
  24. yeah, those cables would be a showstopper for me too. Shame, it looks like an oasis of loveliness otherwise, with plenty of space for old cars and broken motorbikes for what - to a Southerner - looks like a reasonable price.
  25. I haven't had any for months... oh, hang on, I see what you mean...
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