Machpoint005
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Comparison between Manchester and Birmingham?
One is a world class city with two world class football clubs.
The other is Birmingham.
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40 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said:
I don't normally look at the political section but it looks as if I have slid into it.
Only because someone who should have known better referenced current affairs, slightly obliquely.
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12 minutes ago, Alan de Enfield said:
Only the ones with the mathematical abilities of an Amoeba.
I don't think that's what Hester was referring to.
Perhaps you know better, courtesy of your vast experience of racist misogynist wingnuttery.
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12 hours ago, ditchcrawler said:
I saw a chap on the Ashby making a good job of his textured roof with battery powered pressure washed and canal water
Was he stripping it or painting it?
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Six feet apart or at six-foot centres? The difference might matter!
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If the OP is looking for a cheap pressure washer he'd do well to forget the fancy Kaercher stuff and get a decent Chinese knock-off instead. B&Q do a decent MacAllister one, better spec than the Kaercher model for similar money. I've had one for a couple of years.
I wouldn't use it on a boat, though: it's too easy to strip old paint with it.
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2 hours ago, MtB said:
Cobblers.
If the boat rocks every time a cylinder fires, it is vibration. As Blackrose says, it's very low frequency, with oscillation about a point of equilibrium, so it is vibration.
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Saab is Swedish.
Sabb is Norwegian.
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Point of order.
It's not a Saab engine. Saab is an aircraft company, and was a car manufacturer.
The marine engine builder is Sabb.
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^^^ this.
DAMHIK
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Our terminology has always been "front" and "back" (occasionally "stern"). We don't hold with all this pseudo-marine posturing.
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There's confusion between a household "radiator" and a radiator in a physics sense. The latter is a surface that radiates heat, not a specific device.
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The key might be in the thread title, which is "Non-renewal of my mooring agreement"
What does the agreement say about renewal?
It there is nothing in writing, the OP hasn't a leg to stand on.
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2 hours ago, nb Innisfree said:
A few hours to replace power used maybe, but it takes a minimum of 24hrs to fully recharge so in reality if batts are used they will never reach a full charge, at best just a slow deterioration.
You don't use power from batteries, you use energy.
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There are other things than boating. Be positive, look forward and not back. As my Auntie used to say, "Yer a long time dead, kid".
Besides, there are no pockets in a shroud. If you've got it, spend it.
I draw a state pension, but I don't call it old age pension ... because I'm not old!
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It seems to me that the OP, and Mr Truckcab, are both suffering under the misapprehension that nuances can be expressed in a web post.
They can't, and they shouldn't be inferred either.
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Negligence of Brindley?
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3 hours ago, truckcab79 said:
To be fair by dross I meant the tendency to go off at an irrelevant tangent to the point that the actual question becomes lost along with any useful answers with it.
Nothing gets lost. Topic drift is a feature of every tinternet forum I've ever engaged with. You just have to review the thread -- or use the search facility.
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On 06/02/2024 at 10:30, Hudds Lad said:
Surely it depends upon the individual? Some folk will repair something if it breaks, others see it as an opportunity to bin and buy new.
The last Dyson we bought lasted about 18yrs. On it i've changed filters, drive belts, brush bar, and motor. Sadly now the chassis has cracked and is just not worth it to replace (about £60 second hand last time i looked).
I tried a more modern one and it was pants compared to our old one, so we bought a Shark instead.
I'll always try to repair if i can
Reminds me of W G Grace's cricket bat. It had had four new handles and three new blades.
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7 minutes ago, truckcab79 said:
Not least as many of the Facebook groups have trade professionals on who are actively working on the issues every day and are far more up to date with their knowledge.
Maybe so, but how can you identify them?
(the professionals, that is)
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For "balanced" read "diametrically opposed and extreme".
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Does anyone actually decide on a paint scheme on the basis of what anyone else might think of it?
Paint the bugger whatever colours you want, and stuff public opinion.
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It's like all pastimes-- if you can't afford 'em, you can't do 'em.
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Using a vacuum cleaner is supposed to be good exercise, and is vastly preferable to going to a gym, as well as being cheaper.
Comparisons between Manchester & Birmingham
in General Boating
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We'll try to get over living without you.
I must admit I'd rather go to Edgeley Park though.