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the product of a not always gainfully employed youth... in a Cheech & Chong album, Sister Mary Elephant brought Sergeant Stadanko to her out of control class to talk about drugs. Stadanko held up some marijuana and was surprised at the depth of knowledge demonstrated by the class as they all speculated on the precise strain of marijuana in his hand. The level of knowledge demonstrated on this thread made me think of that skit. On an almost related note, the fictional character was based on a real life Canadian police officer: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/rcmp-officer-abe-snidanko-inspired-cheech-and-chong-character/article35979489/

that would be more efficient, but it is more fun to be the Sergeant Stadanko of machine screws.

thanks all, again, amazing level of knowledge and engagement. I have ordered a pack of M5 20mm.... let's see what happens. Now, I need to dig out that old large bolt that I need to replace and post a photo of that.

thanks, and is it necessary to figure out a thread count, or would that be standard? This came out of a kitchen drawer unit, if that adds anything.

I am regularly in awe of the expertise on tap in this forum so I am hoping to lean on someone who can tell me what i need to order to replace two of these machine screws. Is there enough info in these photos?

for the ones near Oxford, I usually, but not always see someone at Iffley. Rarely see anyone at Godstow ,Sandford or King's, and don't really notice either way at Osney.

someone has a background in telecoms!

firstly, I am no expert, never having heard of this issue until yesterday. To summarise the google on the side of the open access supporters 'the PRN has always been there, it can only be removed by statutory action'. In other words, the other way around from the way you wrote it. What seems clear is that there is not an agreed answer and neither side has dragged this through the courts to get an interpretation. for clarity, my point on getting out of the water on to the land is I would then be trespassing, whether i was simply portaging my canoe, or having lunch. The pro-access side claim such a move is actually legal.

Great pictures, thanks. I solo canoed down it yesterday [plus labrador] from a put in near Hampton Poyle to Oxford There was a fair few trees and branches across it and a couple times, I climbed onto a branch to haul the canoe over. I also saw branches cut by a saw in the middle of the river, which means someone else had been there. I asked because a series of fishermen, of varying levels of grumpiness, told me 'this is an unnavigable river', which confused me at first, until their meaning was clarified. This was news to me, so I had a bit of a google today and it seems the question of 'public right to navigation' is unclear with both sides arguing their position is definitive. I did think going on to the bank to get around a weir might be a trespass, but even that is [depending on one's PoV] acceptable. As it was, i lined the canoe down the only weir i met, so did not ever get out of the water.

thanks and by 'not navigable' do you mean it is not possible to get a boat down it or that it is not permitted to take a boat down it?

if I can access the collective knowledge of this group.... not a narrowboat route, but who oversees the Cherwell River [the bit between Kingsground Marina and Oxford, if that is relevant].