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So we ate the rich in the 1980 s. Now were starting on the middle classes.

who empties the dog poo bins ?

take y chimney off and have the inside of that while your at it

I received instructions about how to proceed, from the CRT during the first lockdown and obeyed them. This proves they can contact me if they want to. I have heard nothing from them with regard to the latest lockdown but have obeyed the C.C. rules always. This week I am going to move to a mooring next to a mile post that reads."Leeds 24 1/4." The stern will be in a tier 3 area and the bow will be tier 2. So spin on that y f'wits.

its only funny coz its true x cept for the handastand bit

Boating through a gale, must of been, feeling fairly frazzled, I arrived at my next mooring. There I encountered my least favourite type of wind ( i.e. strong ) and blowing in my least favourite direction (i.e. straight off the towpath.) So anticipating needing both hands for a good game of tug o' war I lobbed a pin and hammer ashore and stepped off with the centre line. After dragging the boat into the side, and whilst doing the usual checks for dog poo, I positioned my getting in and getting off point next to a nice firm bit of grassy bank, so all is good. My pin and hammer were by the stern so I walked back to collect them and flipped the centre line back onto the roof of the boat ? By the time I realised what I'd done, the boat was," If you don't jump right now you'll never make it." feet away from the bank. After considering my options for a nanosecond the boat was," well you blew that then, you can take a run up, hurl yourself against the carriage side, slide down and chin y'self on the gunnel." feet away from the bank. With suck, squeeze, bang, blow still thumping away and dog still aboard I considered walking to the nearest bridge and doing a discrete bit of trespassing to board the boat from the off side but she seemed sure to ground well out of jumping range. So figuring I'd get wet anyway, and after looking up and down the towpath to see who would be laughing at me, I slipped delicately into the canal, grabbed the stern fender, dragged the boat back and moored up properly. Soaked to the waist, my wellies were full of water so I did a handstand. Still the only time I got wet on account of my own boat.(SoFar)

wow meccano

Practical Point On a staircase, if there is water coming into the well deck it is better to bring the boat up faster, thus reducing the head pressure of water from the lock above the boat, whilst simultaneously raising the boat above the level of the water spraying into it. To close the paddles on the head gates and empty the lock so the boat could reverse out, would take far longer (and thus increase the amount of water shipped ) than to raise the boat to a level where leakage from the head gates was no longer a problem. The lock keeper was absolutely right. Wonder why Bingley is assisted passage only when there are muppets like this about? There are plenty of hire companies ( Silsden Boats, Sowerby Bridge, ABC ) whose 60 foot boats go up and down 5 Rise every week and none of them have cratch covers. Ask nicely and the lockies at Bingley have boards to put over the front doors it they think water might get into a boat. When I go up Bingley I moan about the water soaking all the firewood on my roof. When I go down I wear my bikini. Beware of septics talking crap.

But you got the Aga balanced in the other hand. You need the third hand to hold the hosepipe. The one your mum took from you at birth and only lets you have back on special occasions.

just urging caution besides the fumes from burning paint are good for ones health (reportedly)

dunno if this is a stoopid idea but blowlamp and scraper is the old fashioned way of removing paint. On the plus side it will only set you back a tenner to find out if it works or not. On the negative side gas lines and cables often run under the gunnels and may get angry if warmed up too much.

Assuming that OP meant; Has any liveaboard had a positive Covid 19 test ? as opposed to, "have any liveaboard had positive covid 19 test ?" then this post answers the question . This is true. The only person I know personally that had Covid-19 is a liveaboard,

I'll bite, its a nice looking boat and if the poles and boat hook are in keeping then that looks nice too. Frankly I think oil is a better way to maintain the wood. If you're going to sand it nicely anyway then its loads less effort to oil it than paint it. The wood still looks nice and oil is much easier to apply and reapply. That said I just repainted all o mine. Time, time-y-time, is on my side. Yes it is.

Lifes too short. At least I hope mine will be.