Machpoint005
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One particularly cold winter, the cupful of water in the J-trap under the sink froze, and the pipe split.
In contrast, the cauliflower hadn't been drained down, and it didn't freeze.
This seems to support what David says above.
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2 hours ago, magnetman said:
A slitting disc on a cordless angel grinder is brilliant for cutting ropes.
And for amputating wings.
Or is it for smoothing cordless celestial beings?
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Dog mess should be cleared up. Dogs should not be on seats in pubs (especially pubs where food is sold). What's the problem?
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1 minute ago, Arthur Marshall said:
Or just can't hear you because he's 70 years old and standing on top of an aircooled Lister.
Horn signals are a waste of time. Blast it out by all means but assume no one's heard it. And definitely don't bother with all the fancy beeps, nobody at all will know what they mean and they'll just assume you've got a wobbly horn, if you'll pardon the phrase.
All the more reason why he should have used his horn first!
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1 minute ago, Ex Brummie said:
But bear in mind, a long blast on the horn does not absolve you from proceeding with due caution, or give you any priority.
Especially when the idiot about to come around the blind bend doesn't give you a long blast on the horn in return.
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We've been in the same house for a long time. No final salary pension scheme, just wise self-employed investments over the years.
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1 hour ago, Jen-in-Wellies said:
Age comes in to how asset rich people can be. It takes time to get together enough money for a house and a boat and doing it was easier in past decades than it is now, due to the discrepancy between wages increases and boat/house inflation I've previously mentioned. With @dmr's boat clubs, the age range tends to skew higher and the homes they own will likely have been paid for in decades past with lower mortgages, allowing spare cash for other things. A tendency also to have good final salary pensions to allow this to continue. Something mostly not available to people now. I suspect that many, although working class in background, would be more likely to have owned their business, rather than been employed by someone else for much of their working life. Ownership of the means of production and where the profit goes.
We paid more for our boat than we did for our house.
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On 07/07/2023 at 17:19, Stilllearning said:
I think that big cash transactions are automatically flagged by banks now.
Quite small ones are, too.
DAMHIK
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I suspect the "why" is "because they can".
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On 08/07/2023 at 20:49, David Mack said:
Forcing boaters to use a smartphone app to report their position or requiring them to attach a tracking device to their boat is outside CRT's legal powers. <<
Forcing anyone to carry a mobile phone is beyond the legal powers of anybody at all.
9 minutes ago, magnetman said:People could be given discounts for securing their boats with blue string.
Blue string is soon going to get very expensive, then.
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On 04/07/2023 at 13:11, MPR said:
Some 20 years ago I went on a one day diesel engine maintenance course in Rugby. Done all my own servicing since then. The course fee, can't remember how much, paid for itself many times over.
Same here, but at Top Lock Training, 15+ years ago. It was a one-to-one session!
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3 hours ago, Feeby100 said:
It cruel using chemicals and shooting them
No, it's silly to shoot chemicals.
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Ignorance or dementia?
My grandma tried to make porridge in the kettle (she was Scottish)...
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19 minutes ago, IanD said:
Does anyone know if CART have a policy to get rid of this, or report it?
Next to the aqueduct over the North Circular there's a lot of it behind the fencing, but there are now several plants on the towpath right next to the water's edge.
It's evil stuff, especially when there's a lot of bare flesh and sunlight around like there is now... 😞
Judging by the ancient sign near New Mills, the policy is to put up a big sign
It doesn't say why giant hogweed is dangerous.
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3 hours ago, junior said:
As if anyone thought Rod Stewart joined the forum 🤣
He did. There is more than one.
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2 hours ago, MtB said:
Like Mark, I find marinas soul-less and uninspiring places to moor.
Conversely I've also found a woodland mooring like this makes a right mess of the boat with tree sap, bird sh!t, leaves, dust and general naturalness continually falling onto it so at 220 miles away, keeping it looking that nice will be quite an effort.
You mean to say there are marinas where you don't get the boat covered in tree sap, birdshit (especially duck and goose), and general natural crap and corruption? If so, I haven't found one.
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11 minutes ago, Jak said:
I like that. Cancel HS2. I can handle an extra 1/2 hour to get to Birmingham. And I’m actually one of the commuters who would benefit from the new services! Give all the money to CRT 😀
It isn't an extra half hour to get to Birmingham. It's just the same time it takes now to get to London (from Birmingham), but the promised half hour saving in the future won't happen.
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2 hours ago, MtB said:
Benefits for the indolent, obviously...
Such as the undeserving rich.
They're not going into the NHS or education.
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19 minutes ago, MtB said:
You, me and everyone with our taxes then, that'll be.
Yes. Taxes in the UK (for ordinary folk) are currently the highest they have ever been, but where is the money going?
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19 hours ago, MrsM said:
That is horrific. Having just been through Stone in the last few weeks and had a pleasant stay there, I would certainly have been deeply upset if anything like that had happened to us. . . . <<
Unpleasant, yes. Deeply upset, yes, understandably so.
But horrific? No. Hundreds of people being drowned on an overloaded boat is horrific (unless you can think of another adjective that conveys emotion that is an order of magnitude greater).
41 minutes ago, magnetman said:One hopes the person doing this has a mental health team keeping an eye on him. Its bad for the people affected but he sounds ill.
>> If the character in this story is not being monitored then that is a failing on the part of the NHS.<<
Minor correction: a failing on the part of those who fund the NHS. Or rather, those who don't, sufficiently.
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On 15/06/2023 at 16:07, PNB116 said:
Given the water companies inability or reluctance to treat sewage waste, one worries that they might try to save some more money and just pump the water as sewage into London?
How will them Londoners be able to tell? Their tap water is disgusting at the best of times.
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Why "per lock"?
Why not an agreed flat fee?
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I don't work from home any more.
I don't work.
I have retired.
(And the Ace is trumped!)
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23 minutes ago, Mike Tee said:
In the meantime, don't give your windlass to anyone, why would you - I certainly haven't, and never will unless they are part of my group (and even one of those is banned after throwing my Dunton in one of the Stoke Bruerne flight!).
Unlikely, I know, but borrowing a tool is a no-no. If the borrower didn't have a windlass it's reasonable to assume he shouldn't have one at all.
Supposing the borrowed one was faulty and caused someone an injury? OK, there's not a lot to go wrong with a windless, unless a socket is badly worn, or an unsuspected weld is about to let go ...
Can you build a canal boat using empty plastic bottles?
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I've met a few plumbers with polish(ed) accents.