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2 hours ago, Athy said:
Your credulity is lamentably lacking. Must try harder.
Surely "credulity" means an unwise eagerness to believe.
Matty's unwillingness to believe is a rational position so perhaps attempting to lead him away from it is initself lamentable.
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8 hours ago, booke23 said:
You have misrepresented what I have said by changing the order of those quotes. I Still don't see where I have said the below in this tread.
I'm not engaging with any more of your ramblings Frank. You have ruined a perfectly good discussion and rendered this thread practically useless for future readers. And you've made yourself look like an angry and unhinged individual.
Well it appears that we are going to disagree, so be it.
Don't suppose those reading the thread will care much either way; I am bored with it myself. And of course I have to remember the old saying "a wise man should not argue with a fool - passers-by will not know which is which".
I honestly don't think that I appear angry or unhinged but you are entitled to your opinion.
Similarly, I think you appear to be a halfwit (not least by thinking the order of your quotes misrepresents your views) and am entitled to my opinion about this.
Matchpoint005
Obviously you are correct, however I do get worked up about the shits we (almost always) have in government, but I have a congenital problem with stupidity so I keep away from the politics section for the good of my health.
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2 hours ago, booke23 said:
Now who's making assumptions Frank.
The following are direct quotes from your earlier posts:-
"Read about!! I was a compost toilet user...Been there, read about it, got the t shirt!!"
"The point I was actually making is that every compost toilet user has to dump their urine in the cut or along the tow path."
"It's not an assumption at all......By their own admission that's what compost toilet users do!!!"
"Wrong. You know as well as I do what compost toilet users do in the real world."
Now the first quote makes it clear that you used a compost toilet - no assumption there.
The other three imply that every such user - irrespective of whether they own a boat (or even their own compost toilet) - dumps their urine.
Show me the assumption.
After all I've shown you the halfwit.
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1 hour ago, Casey said:
In rural agrarian communities, handfuls of straw were frequently used, but one of the most popular items to use for clean-up was dried corncobs. They were plentiful and quite efficient at cleaning. They could be drawn in one direction or turned on an axis. They were also softer on tender areas than you might think.
Give me a handful of straw anytime!!
Also, I bet they made a poor meal afterwards - perhaps explains why popcorn was not popular in rural agrarian communities (that or the lack of cinemas).🙂
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8 hours ago, booke23 said:
😅 Read about!! I was a compost toilet user...Been there, read about it, got the t shirt!!
Well if your assumption is correct, you, like "everyone", dumped your piss in the canal. Congratulations, I don't.
As for slinging insults, I'm only insulting a halfwit if it turns out he is not a halfwit. Otherwise it's no more than a factual description.
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52 minutes ago, booke23 said:
Calm down @frahkn, you'll give yourself a coronary. I'd appreciate it if you refrained from insults, it's uncivil conduct.
It's not an assumption at all......By their own admission that's what compost toilet users do!!!
It was an assumption and an incorrect one. You said every compost toilet user had to dump on the tow path or in the canal.
I don't, others don't. Therefore your assumption was wrong.
Please don't worry yourself about my heart - I just can't react well to stupidity.
Tell you what, I'll deal with my heart - you deal with the other thing.
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1 hour ago, booke23 said:
Do tell where you dump your urine?
We empty our urine container (roughly two days worth) at an elsan or (if pushed) in public toilets.
We have spare containers and elsans are fairly common.
We take the compostable material home and compost it.
How you could assume that "every compost toilet user has to dump their urine in the cut or along the tow path" is beyond me.
It was a half-witted remark of the first order.
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8 minutes ago, booke23 said:
Yes disgusting behaviour. The point I was actually making is that every compost toilet user has to dump their urine in the cut or along the tow path.
That is a ridiculous assertion, I have a dry toilet but have never dumped urine in any unacceptable manner.
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It has been my experience (not with a boatyard) that filling in the court forms and sending a copy to the person you are claiming from often works without the need to formally proceed with the claim.
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1 hour ago, Naughty Cal said:
It has been suggested that our dog has fear aggression towards other dogs. Which could well be the case.
We just keep him on his lead around other dogs and only let him off when we know it is safe to do so.
Zetti, our Goldie is only interested in food.
She is never on a lead except where there is danger from traffic (she tends to run towards black 4x4s because my daughter has one).
She ignores all other dogs (no dog has ever given her a treat).
She ignores children (on the same grounds).
She mostly ignores other adults; dog walking adults are a potential source of treats, she will sit at their feet and stare at them until they give her something or walk on.
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1 hour ago, IanD said:
I wonder what the answer would be if somebody asked Rugby Boats "Will you sell my boat without an RCD?" -- with the implication that if the answer is "yes" it'll go to another broker who will?
That would show the reality of the situation, and my guess is their answer would be "We'll sell it without one" rather than lose a potential sale.
😉
I would be annoyed if Rugby Boats refused to sell my boat for me because of inadequacies in its paperwork.
They had no problem with selling it to me!
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7 hours ago, Tracy D'arth said:
I am hopefull for tonight, whats left of it. Half a bottle of Nitenurse and I am a but drowzy, I'll give it a try.
You are up too?
Yep!
I know I can't sleep so I don't rush to bed.
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Well clearly you are correct about being up late (other thread)!
You wouldn't catch me up at 03.24 in the morning.
Keep well, or as near as possible.
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9 hours ago, LadyG said:
I know what Guinness is, formerly known as Porter, and their is another well known similar drink, I quite like them. This was pretty moderate, I even left some!
8 hours ago, blackrose said:Any liveaboards running out of water yet? I've still got half a tank left but mine holds nearly 1300 litres so I can easily make it last a month. I think I've only run the washing machine once since this cold snap started.
I did warn a couple of new liveaboard neighbours at the marina to fill up before the freezing weather started because I know it can catch people out, but at least one ignored me and she's been out of water for the last week. You can lead a horse to water... Almost literally.
Dubliners call it stout if it's draft and porter if it's in a bottle. Just saying.
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4 hours ago, mrsmelly said:
Always go by personal recommendation, much printed material is off the mark. For instance Thorne lock is passable by 70 foot narrow beam, but wherever you read, you will get much shorter lengths published.
Sorry, a bit off topic. I could not turn my 70' boat at Harecastle southern entrance even though somebody on here said they turned theirs. In the event mine is 70.5' (which I didn't know at the time) but the tunnel keeper said I wouldn't get it round.
You can't always go even by personal recommendation - as I had ample time to consider while reversing two miles to the winding hole.
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7 hours ago, stagedamager said:
If anyone is passing near Langley Mill and is genuinely interested, pop in the yard and I can show you it working.. give me notice mind!
Thank you very much, I may take you up on that.
I do wonder if, as a hobbyist, I can really justify £4,000 for a router. Have to think about that.
Anyway, thanks.
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Right, I've found a video showing one in use.
If you watch Ran Sailing on you tube - video no. 325.
Best I can do - it's impossible to explain if you haven't seen one.
Sorry, crossed with yours.
5 minutes ago, stagedamager said:I have one in my collection. An excellent piece if kit but pricey, it also has to be co planer between the workpiece and shaper tape. When it works its excellent but can go wrong if lighting is slightly dark or it loses its positioning by not seeing the tape.
I see this as a standalone u it and not as a replacement to a bench cnc router, as both work in different ways. Another jcie feature is how it recognises colour lines for different cut styles, whether it cuts on the line, inside or outside the line or whether it is a full pocket cut, all based on drawing colours.
A downside is it works with .svg files so you can't directly import a .dwg or .dxf from autocad, but open source like inkscape is fine or affinity designer for example.
Kind regards
Dan
Thanks very much, I started to think that I had imagined the whole thing.
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2 minutes ago, Tonka said:
So it wasn't a Cnc router.
Yes, it was, but hand-held.
I can only suggest that you have a look on google.
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16 minutes ago, Tony Brooks said:
Without a link it sounds weird to me, how do you CNC your hands and arms. I can see it might be able to alter its depth of cut but how will it know where it is on the work piece.
The tool scans the work piece using taped markers first.
I'm no good with links but you could google 'Shaper Origin' to see some examples.
14 minutes ago, Tonka said:Some for sale on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1327946161287408/?ref=facebook_story_share
I have the same router and used it when doing a camper van conversion.
The one I saw did not have the frame shown in your example - it is just a hand held router.
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I have seen videos of hand-held CNC routers (for example, the Shaper Origin) used in boat related work. Though pricy for a router, they appear to be very useful in large layout applications.
Has anyone practical knowledge of these? Are they as good as claimed?
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1 hour ago, MtB said:
A standard closeable brass mushroom? I'm surprised that ever got a BSS.
There was a firm back in the 70s/80s/90s making a carefully designed fixed-open mushroom with particularly wide gasways specifically for use as a Paloma flue terminal. Maybe you have one of these.
But bunging a brass mushroom on is a great idea for dealing with a redundant flue hole!
I didn't explain very well.
There is a second nut on the mushroom rod so the mushroom is effectively fixed in the fully open position.
I wasn't present for my second BSS, Debdale had done some work on the boat and they arranged the BSS. My first examiner never looked at the flue, or in fact much else.
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9 hours ago, vanboosh said:
Has anyone experienced multiple water pump failures? My neighbour has had 3 pumps die in in the last 6 months…
When I first bought the boat (second hand) I changed 4 Shurflo pumps in less that a year. Having changed to Jabisco I no longer have any problem.
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9 hours ago, Paloma Bob said:
Thank you, if you could give me a call when its available that would be great as I don't drop in here that often.
Regards Bob
Tel: 07932 815 207
Will do.
Frank.
8 hours ago, MtB said:Capping the gas and water connections is trivially easy. Much more challenging will be covering over the flue hole through the roof and making good the deck head inside.
Fortunately the flue is capped by a standard mushroom vent so I don't think any adjustment will be needed apart from removing the second nut on the screw.
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7 hours ago, Paloma Bob said:
By any chance would you be selling the Rinnai water heater ?
When/if I get some one to remove it for me I'm happy to give it away. I find selling these thing is more trouble than it's worth.
Toilet questions
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Can certainly do that.
Let's see how we manage on a completely different topic i.d.c.