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3 hours ago, Iain_S said:
The Wiltshire news mentioned one armed officer: probably one qualified on a Taser, who always carries one. Although technically "armed", the same could be said of any officer. Baton and (nowadays) CS spray are also "arms".
It should also be noted that any decision to send an "armed" officer was made by Wiltshire constabulary and by them alone.
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On 20/01/2021 at 14:06, Arthur Marshall said:
But re TB's poll, you really wouldn't expect them to come out in favour of CRT over anything, seeing as how the majority left here because we didn't hate CRT enough.
Nice try at rewriting history.
Much like the TD saga. There are plenty of views on his threads that support CRTs actions and some balanced ones too.
A poll of what 10 people is hardly representing of anythimg.
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On 14/11/2019 at 16:52, Nut said:
a crime ref usually carries the year at the end of it as in 2019
My local force puts the date at the end of incident numbers. So they can start at 1 each day.
Crime reference numbers have no date and is just an ever increasing number.
But I guess different forces use different ways.
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On 08/09/2019 at 18:53, Paul C said:
I've just had a look through the previous thread. I'm afraid the above is inaccurate - I can only find one poster - DeanS - who thought it was reasonable. kris88 got a widespread amount of good advice from a wide variety of posters and it was pretty universal - I didn't count the number who thought it was unreasonable though.
What makes you think Jim was referring to people on here?
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22 hours ago, frangar said:
I have to say so far on this trip the vollies have been spot on....especially the Standedge Tunnel chaperone, Alistair, who was a top bloke and a mine of tunnel information both in when to duck...and the history...so much so that I’m going back when he’s a guide on a through tunnel trip so I can take more in.
Will see how we get on with the rest of the trip!
The tunnel blokes are paid staff, aren't they?
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On 07/08/2019 at 20:10, Onionman said:
It's not actually a winding hole, btw, and you may find it full of boats. There's a winding hole about a mile and a half further on. If you need to use that instead it'll render your question moot.
I always use it, i would say if they are winding midweek then it should be empty.
If its full and there is a queue it will be real tight to wind there.
I hate that lock, if you time it wrong there is always a massive queue during silly season.
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For those that cant see the fb post here is the lock without a boat in.
I can confirm the boat in question has been up and down that lock before.
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On 22/04/2019 at 21:14, Heffalump said:
Hi everyone, new and old
Just wanted to pop in and say hello, Emma and I got married this weekend and were having a boating mini-moon. We've hired hector and we are going from falls Bridge to crick and back. We are currently moored South of Hillmorton locks for the night and will be going through Braunston tomorrow.
So if any of you see a couple on a small boat with a tug deck and a just married sign on the rear fender please stop us and say hello!
Happy Easter everyone x
Congratulations, I saw your post on Facebook. Hector does look nice
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I thought it was the same boat. Been there for a year so surely must be licensed. It has been modified though
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On 13/04/2019 at 20:55, DaraHerlihy said:
Now all I can think about is "what's in the safe?!?!"
Yeah, that's not good. I'd like to do the K&A.........but not like that! ha
With a boat you describe you would never get near the bank on the K&a
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On 16/04/2019 at 18:52, Mike the Boilerman said:
Actually the one on front of it doesn't look that great either....
Or is it behind?
My pic is from the same angle too.
However once I've powered up my hard drive I have a photo from last Easter and I'm pretty sure it's the same boat.
Where it is seems to have a massive homeless problem. We walked down onto the river below and found a rather large camp. To be honest they had done a good job and looked like they had some good facilities.
We wanted to get past to do something further on but left them to be.
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Superb job, it looks really nice.
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On 25/02/2019 at 09:13, RLWP said:
You may have to replan quickly if you turn up at Kate and find your hire boat is pointing the other way
Richard
When we hire a 58ft one from there, they told me to wind there. They have a small winding point at the end.
The Cape is a good spot and if I remember right, there is visitor moorings opposite.
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On 15/02/2019 at 12:19, sirweste said:
After me old one died I just bought this:
https://www.amazon.com/AUKEY-20000mAh-Lightning-Portable-Compatible/dp/B0176HQ1O8
Basically since changing the central heating pump to 12 V I no longer need the inverter on overnight. As such I now use one of these power banks again. Take it to work with me, charge it up at me desk through the day.
Your question was specific about recharge time, for big batteries I use the AC adapter supplied with iPads as it's something like 12 W, it is this that limits your recharge time. The pack I have has a capacity of ~ 74 W
I've two of those banks. brilliant and can't fault them.
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6 hours ago, MartynG said:
Where is three feet claimed ?
One foot is 0.3m approximately (0.3048m if wishing to be more precise )
hehe. My eyes are deceiving me. My mistake.
I agree a foot is nothing where were from, the solent. infact I've been out kayacking in worse. I would be a tad annoyed if it was on the cut though.
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36 minutes ago, MartynG said:
I have experienced the same thing on the Aire and Calder from a commercial barge . The wave nearly bounced my boat over the sheet piles and kept on going several minutes. But there was no damage and I survived without making a big deal of it.
It is a statement of fact.
0.3m waves , by accepted marine standards, is nothing much.
however the claimed three foot is somewhat more than 0.3 metres
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On 08/12/2018 at 19:59, jonathanA said:
I fail to understand why people pay any attention to parking eye DE and other Sharp practice car parking operators. Simply ignore them it’s not worth their while taking you to court and if they did you stand a good chance of winning. They have to prove you knew you had entered a contract with them.
carefully. parking eye are very litigant, ignore them at your peril.
out of the others some do and some don't. prefer to fight them as I've never lost a case yet and taking them to independent appeals costs them money
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On 13/08/2018 at 20:43, Boater Sam said:
Intuitive, an inspired guess if you like, with its foundation in local hearsay and loose talk.
The supposition is pretty accurate as far as I know.
Which causes me once again to question why the repair will be allowed to take so long.
Taking a large sum weekly for no outlay or loss and gaining a new roadway where there was a muddy track for nothing seems to be an excessively good deal to me.
one might say any charges he makes to CRT will include loss of his field and loss of any earnings that field would of brought.
including the flood damage from when the leak started.
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we always took two weeks to do one week rings. or a week to do a tiny ring.
gave us days off to explore and shorter days for pub lunches and incase of bad weather. boating for 8/9 hours a day in all weather's doesent seem too fun.
having spent extra days moored in Birmingham and Manchester gave us a chance for seeing the sights and to give the crew a break.
the warrickshire ring would be a great 14 day cruise with detours. or a relaxing cruise
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On 03/10/2018 at 17:08, Clodi said:
Who says he's a troublemaker?
the word is his boats are legal.
Let him without sin throw the first stone (and all that)
I'm not the one calling him a trouble maker.
it seems there are some sections that have been making unfounded accusations at him. maybe re read my post and some others on here where they clearly label him as an overstyer or unlicensed.
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Seems to me that George surely can't be too much of a thorn in CRTs side as they sent a workboat and team out and raised his engine to put it in his other boat.
if he is a so called trouble maker that was a really nice thing of them to do.
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12 minutes ago, Mike Nicoll said:
I also found this a good read.
one part mentions being towed to the entrance of the Basingstoke canal by the motor boat Arcturus when she was on her way back to the river way at Guildford.
Getting back to the poor boat that was sunk, does anyone know of the boats name.
Celtic. I think
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2 minutes ago, Mike Hurley said:
Who can do that sober, let alone after a skinfull.
I once had to do a sobriety test. months and alphabet backwards. I thinkni did struggle with the alphabet
and the walking and turning stuff.
passed with flying colours much to the officers disgust.
11 minutes ago, Chewbacka said:I think they would need objective evidence like before breath testing, so walking in a straight line, saying the alphabet backwards etc
yes they could and give a statement as to why i felt it was the case.
we all know how hard it is to prove an officers opinion is wrong.
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going back to the drinking and not being in control due to alcohol, I would of thought a statement of that from a police officer would be enough in court.
maybe a copper could answer but do police officers have anypowere to breathalise a non driver?
George ward eviction taking place
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I do remember this happening and I'm still surprised the MPs believe having children on school age is a protected characteristic as that is the only way discrimination can occur.