Ronaldo47

Thanks, I had missed the earlier thread.

I saw the new "Wonka" film last night. Soon after the start there was a flashback sequence where he was recalling his childhood with his mother on a working narrowboat. It includes a very brief short of the boat on a canal, apparently a traditional motor with a tarpaulin-covered hold, but the rest of that scene is set in the interior of the cabin, evidently shot in a studio. I wondered if anyone knows anything about the boat?

I have tried visiting the Playstore, but am not offered an update. I have had to log in via the Incognito route to post this. It seems from feedback on the Chrome playstore link that a recent update has caused a number of problems, at least one of which resembles mine.

Using incognito mode is the only way I can access the forum when my phone is in the "unsafe" mode. I had to go incognito earlier today, but at present it is working normally, although it had forgotten my saved sign-in. Here is a screenshot of my Chrome data. It's the only browser on my phone.

My dictionary gives both forms, but in principle I agree with you.

This is what I get when trying to log in normally: I can't make screen shots in Incognito mode, so I will have to type what I get after typing in the forum address in the google search bar. The text enclosed in square brackets [ ] appears in a clickable box. First page +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ {exclamation mark in red triangle} Your connection is not private. Attackers might be trying to steal your information from www.canalworld.net (for example , passwords, messages or credit cards). Learn more NET.ERR_CERT_AUTHORITY_INVALID [BACK TO SAFETY] [ADVANCED] ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Clicking the [ADVANCED] box produces this page: +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ This server could not prove that it is www.canalworld.net, its security certificate is not trusted by your device's operating ststem. This may be caused by a misconfiguration or an attacker intercepting your communication. Proceed to www.canalworld.net (unsafe) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Clicking the "unsafe" link gets me to a logon page where I have to enter my user name and password. I have to do this every time I log on, as these things are not saved in "incognito" mode. Once I have entered the forum, I can navigate around as normal, and only have to go through the signing-in rigmarole again after I have left incognito mode and wish to return here. I am using a Samsung Galaxy Note 4

I started getting this problem a few weeks ago, sometimes working normally, other times refusing to connect to this site unless I go 'incognito'. Even in incognito mode I first get a message asking if I would like to proceed to this "unsafe" site anyway, whereupon it works fine. But sometimes I have no problem logging on. Using an elderly Samsung smartphone that hasn't been updated for a while. Since having this problem with canalworld, I have also now started to get similar behaviour when accessing another forum, but for that one I don't gave to go incognito and can simply over-ride the warning and proceed to the "unsafe" site anyway. These two forums (fora?) are the only web sites that exhibit these problems.

A nice example of the old use of the printed long letter "s" when it appears at the start of, and within, a word. It is sometimes said that "all the s's are f's" , but if you look closely, whereas in the letter "f", the horizontal bar extends on both sides of the vertical stroke, in the long letter "s" , the horizontal bar only extends to the left of the vertical stroke.

Diluted Jeyes fluid seems to kill most things, but can leave a smell for a while afterwards. The instructions used to recommend it for sterilizing greenhouse soil, but don't anymore. I think it might be because they would have to do the tests required by EC legislation to show it was safe in order to recommend it, despite generations of gardeners having used it for that purpose with no problems. Rather like the Gardeners' Question Time panellist who, when asked how to get rid of greenfly, said that they used to just tell people to spray with dilute domestic detergent or washing-up liquid, but to use that method commercially under modern H&S requirements would now involve donning complete body protective clothing, because if you get soap in your eyes it will cause irritation. A panellist a few years later said you should wash the leaves with dilute detergent to wash away any dust, which was allowed, and if any greenfly got in the way, then that was just too bad.

We normally go through the New Forest via an unclassified road to Beaulieu, then take the B3054 to get to the Lymington-Yarmouth ferry. The part we go through is indeed mostly devoid of trees, with large areas of rough grass and gorse, providing grazing and shelter for the New Forest ponies and cattle. Once when the B3054 was closed, we were sent on an equally tree-less lengthy diversion.

I seem to recall that Woolies paint rated very highly in a circa 1970 "Which" test.

The trouble is that, in lowland England, any piece of land that is neglected will usually revert to forest. Locally we have Shenfield Common, which Victorian photos show used to be open grassland with a few trees. I believe animals used to graze there. Now only the northern-most tip is grass, the rest having reverted to dense woodland all by itself.

Last year a columnist in "Modern Railways" mentioned how, in times gone by, emergency maintenance at an inaccessible spot would mean a gang walking there, carrying their tools, lunch, water, a Primus stove for heating their kettle, and a pack of toilet paper. Nowadays H&S means they have to construct a temporary access road leading to a wheelchair-accessible amenity block, all of which results in delays and a vast increase in costs.

That reminds me of a guy I used to work with who, when reminiscing about his days doing National Service, mentioned the sergeant who ordered his squad to dismantle some tables, take them to another hut, and mantle them back together again.

As it is being used to transport staff associated with a hydroelectric power station, presumably no problem with availability or cost of electric power. The Green Maritime plan envisaged that ferrys were likely to be the only class of vessel for which pure electric power would be practical. .

I understand rhat the letter rating is important if you want to rent out a property, as you can only do so if you have a good-enough energy rating.