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On 12/04/2025 at 09:25, Hudds Lad said:
Not just Barnsley, but Holmfirth/Huddersfield as well, unsure about the rest of the Cleckhuddersfax area. I think 50% of the reason we stick to the term is how mad people seem to get and start telling you you're wrong. It's just bread, why so mad?
Whatever you call them, if you start sprinkling any sort of seed nonsense on the top you can just get in the sea.
I can confirm that in Bradford, teacakes have no fruit in. And no sparrerfood on top neither.
In Britain's no.1 city they are barmcakes.
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I thought Craftinsure was owned by Zurich Insurance, so has Zurich flogged off the brand?
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7 hours ago, Onewheeler said:
As my ancient Vanette has failed it's inspection I was contemplating a Statesman. Any experience of them good/bad/indifferent?
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We put a Statesman in about five years ago, and had no problems with it. The flameout protection took a bit of getting used to, but I imagine that's the same on any modern gas hob.
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20 minutes ago, MtB said:
As does engaging astern, with the rudder in almost any position.
As any fule kno. the rudder does 4/5 of naff-all with the gearbox in astern.
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If you can see the prop wash on one side, but not the other, with the tiller hard over (only 75 to 80 degrees in my case) then you know it is indeed doing something. Quite a lot, in fact.
As an earlier poster said, it pushes the arsend out from the bank too.
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OK, so some of the feedstock isn't waste oil. That doesn't mean that the unexplained extra is entirely palm oil.
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20 hours ago, Mike Todd said:
You might argue that working-from-home is an excellent way of travelling less. However, we then shift the focus onto mental health well being and the impact of very reduced socialisation . . . So many policy issues depend on your objectives and sub optimisation (which is all that we can normally attempt) can lead to differing 'better' solutions.
However, WFH can be highly beneficial for your mental health, because it gives you more time to spend with people you want to see, rather than people you have to see.
I was WFH long before it became a "thing" - for about 15 years in fact.
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24 minutes ago, IanD said:
So I'll ask again -- instead of complaining about it, what do you propose as a better alternative to HVO for the use cases where it is appropriate, like canal boats?
Simple. Fill in all the canals and build railways for electric trains on the same routes.
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1 hour ago, dogless said:
The construction period is going to be a bit of a blot ... I suspect once established it'll be barely noticeable from the canal.
Hopefully loads of jobs will be created.
Rog
Just like Canal Fever then.
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17 hours ago, Alan de Enfield said:
á 4kg automatic marine engine room extinguisher is £372 (inc VAT)
How often does it need replacing?
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2 minutes ago, Arthur Marshall said:
Manufacturers exaggerate claims about their products? You'll be telling me that advertised car mile per gallon rates aren't real next and that everything a bloke says about his sex life isn't true.
I'm shocked, I tell you. Shocked.
Up to 100% of <undesirable things> are removed by our product...
Must be true. Our survey said so.
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On 07/04/2025 at 08:09, Grassman said:
Yes that's what it is, and I'm told it's going to be the largest one in Europe. I don't know if this is true but either way it's going to be a huge blot on the landscape.
It always makes me smile when boating enthusiasts talk about new development as "a blot on the landscape".
I just think of all those people back in the 1790s who didn't want to see the English countryside ruined by all those new-fangled canals.
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17 minutes ago, dmr said:
When I buy a sheet of plywood I am told its from a sustainable source, but I suspect a bit of cheating goes on so there is a chance its not. Should I stop using plywood???
Only if the glue is made from palm oil.
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15 hours ago, Phoenix_V said:
we had an all singing and dancing opso auto change over regulator one time we came to the boat and found gas had run out, changed bottle and a day later gas had run out upon investigation there appeared to be a plug at the bottom of the unit which had literally blown out (trapped water and frost???) decanting all the gas into the locker (thankfully the drain pipe did its job.
So now we have a simple regulator with no opso auto change etc.
The company who made the original have gone out of business.
I got rid of our fancy changeover regulator years ago. One tail, one regulator, and lots of practice changing cylinders in the dark.
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The correct term appears in the BSS. It is examiner.
Anybody who had read the BSS documentation would have known this.
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9 hours ago, Alan de Enfield said:
Nothing to do with C&RT deciding if you are 'using' the boat.
You say you are going to CC - when you move every 14 days (or less) "the boat is in use".
It seems to be everything to do with the enlarged cranium of somebody who always knows better.
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6 hours ago, Victor Vectis said:
I know.
I'm so old I can remember when there were coal mines in Yorkshire.
I can remember that, and I'm not old!
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The food at the Navvy had been going downhill for some years.
Glad to see the Goyt referenced though.
The Soldier Dick (yes, really) at Furness Vale has closed too.
That used to be a pleasant train ride from our gaff.
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6 hours ago, Tonka said:
Whenever we went in there were more dogs then people which is always a good thing. <<
Not for beer sales, it isn't!
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Yes, there's a considerable volume of water in the summit level, on account of its length.
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47 minutes ago, IanD said:
I do agree that CEOs trousering tens or hundreds of millions per year is ludicrous, but not something that can be fixed without reforming the entire world financial system... 😞
CEOs of publicly-owned bodies don't get share options ...
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19 hours ago, magnetman said:
I used the word Negro
No, you didn't.
21 hours ago, magnetman said:I don't have the actual text but it was basically 'Back in the day we would have put a group of small N[letters removed]oes in there. They are generally fit and strong and nobody is that concerned if they die".
That's the gist, but they are not the words you used. Crucially, there was no "generally", that is, apart from a lazy generalisation on your part.
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As others have said, by far the most important consideration is how well an engine has been maintained.
Having said that, a Yanmatmr or Kubota nase engine will be pretty well unbustable in the low-stress application of a narrowboat.
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1 hour ago, Alan de Enfield said:
Our Reeves / Welton boat had a 1000 litre tank in the bow (1 tonne of water) never had any trim problems.
Maybe, but that wasn't the question. The boat would have been ballasted with that ij mind.
Add another 33% and that's an extra third of a tonne to compensate for at t'arsend.
Besides which, Shirley the longer the boat, the greater the potential problem?
I’ve seen a boat online I like. But..
in New to Boating?
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The old adage applies.
If it looks too good to be true, it is.
There's another one about a fool and his money....