[Aintree Boats - my experience]

8 hours ago, Kim bishop said:

I have also had major issues with Aintree boats.  They just don’t answer the phone or reply to emails. Don’t go there

Surely going there is exactly what you should do then.

[Minor body repair prior to painting...]

For a nice smooth filler Plastic Padding used to be nice if still available, P38 is a bit coarse.

[Replacing an old 12v radio - what's the best and easiest to use out there?]

2 hours ago, JoeC said:

I enquired a year or so ago and had Sony SRS XB12 and Sony SRS XB23 bluetooth speakers recommended to me. Don't know if they are still current models or not.

Mine is a SRS-XB43, sounds great

[Replacing an old 12v radio - what's the best and easiest to use out there?]

In the house i use my phone linked to a Sony bluetooth speaker, sounds better than any car speaker I've ever had, all controlled from the phone screen and last 20 hours on a full charge. Speaker was about 150 quid though.

[Pump out toilet]

23 minutes ago, Dunclig said:

Hi no it isn’t. 

Buy a cassete toilet and save a fortune.

[Glass Bottom Installation]

When you hit a rock and sink then inform CRT.

[Lemons]

9 hours ago, smiler said:

Disappointed again 😞 😥 😞 

Just for you.

[Baked potatoes]

I will be doing some later today in the barbeque ashes, wrapped in foil, always great.

[Caldon canal]

Vanesa from youtube channel The Mindful narrowboat has been there for 6 weeks.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YckR3xG9Sk&t=211s

 

 

 

[Water tank full but not full]

1 hour ago, system 4-50 said:

How long have you had the boat?  Are you sure that it is the water tank filler that you are putting the water in?

I was thinking that, maybe filling up the pump out tank.

[VNC and Search down again?]

Same for me.

[Lancaster Canal Article in The Guardian]

Agreed, enjoyed that.

[Thinking about buying a boat]

1 hour ago, Sue68 said:

Just find the search button

 

Or the ignore button.

[A pint with?]

I met Simon Weston the Falklands veteran in a Wetherspoons in Bristol, he had been doing a talk at the nearby Legion club, said hello and shook his hand, we both had a pint so that counts. Does a coffee with Mike Oldfield at his house count?

[Elephants]

Hitting one of those turds would have you off, worse if you landed on one.🤣

[Where am I, internationally?]

On 14/01/2024 at 23:20, beerbeerbeerbeerbeer said:

Yes, dug by German prisoners from the war and Russian criminals from the Gulags.
 
I had a great time travelling around Russia by train,

but I’ve no plans for going back,

 

But I hope to go visit Ukraine again. 

I believe the Feeder canal in Bristol was built by German POWs?

[Beta 43 Just Died on me]

1 hour ago, philjw said:

Has anybody used the additives which are around to help with the waxing issue?

Example: https://www.stp.com/uk/product/diesel-winter-treatment-with-anti-gel/

 

I used to manage a fleet of 1200 vehicles in the Balkans where -25c winters are the norm. Every winter we would get fuel tested and usually got about -20/22c before waxing, except when we added a anti waxing agent, then it waxed at -14c. some paraffin in the tank helped when the worst weather hit.

[Vinly self adhesive tiles 1.1 sq m]

9 hours ago, BoatinglifeupNorth said:

 Why use loads of messy silicon, especially if you can’t do it right with a neat smooth edge, when there is a choice of edging strips available to finish the job off more professionally. Also they should learn the best way to do Metro tiles, with half tiles.

 

 

Now thats how it should be done.

[Vinly self adhesive tiles 1.1 sq m]

Looking at those tiles and silicone all over the place im guessing this is the before photo?

[Boat Sunk.]

2 minutes ago, Naartjie said:

 

 

Should one be really mindful of the possibility of flooding 

 

Yes, very much so depending on location, but with the biblical amount of rain all over UK nowhere is 100% safe.

[RIP David Soul]

Another police spoof series i used to watch was called Sledge Hammer, so bad it was funny but not as good as police squad with Leslie Nielsen.

19 hours ago, Tonka said:

Wasn't that Starsky & Hutch's car

Yes it was, i should read the post properly.😆

[RIP David Soul]

2 hours ago, Alan de Enfield said:

 

 

There was something about "Dukes of Hazard' but I cannot quite put my finger on what it was that attracted me - maybe a fast, Orange car ?

1976 Ford Grand Torino, bit more red than orange i thought.

[Boat Sunk.]

7 seconds in and there is the gofundme advert, no mention if they are insured or not, bad news for them if they aren't. Would the people that own the pontoon have any liability in a case like this?

[Cr@ppy problem on new (old) NB - to cassette or not to cassette?]

18 minutes ago, truckcab79 said:

File it with the rest. Seems to be the norm on here unfortunately. Handful of regular posters more interested in their own self-importance than anything useful. I’ve given up with it to be honest.  

I recently started using the ignore function for some of these clowns, forum just got a whole lot better.

[Boat Sunk.]

Another reported this morning on the Thames, restaurant boat sunk. Not surprising with the state of the weather.