Mac of Cygnet
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2 hours ago, M_JG said:
I must resist, I must resist....
I went to Oxford.
It has a nice Waterstones.
I can't resist either. I went to St. Andrews. Met a few morons, but I believe a couple have been doing quite well for themselves recently.........
(Actually, that's unfair. Will and Kate were long after my time,)
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The fact that a load of work has just been done on the boat by Shire Cruisers would reassure me, especially with regard to the hull and engine. They would certainly have picked up on anything amiss. You could ask Nigel Stevens for his opinion but I wouldn't blame him if he didn't want to give it - it would put him in a rather invidious position.
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1 hour ago, Alan de Enfield said:
And now divi numbers have been back for some years - the difference being its all stored on a chip on a plastic 'divi credit card'.
My number being 663xxx (x being a hidden digit, because I dont want any one stealing my divi)
My mother's Co-op membership number is so deeply ingrained in my mind (I was often sent along to get items) that I have used it as a PIN on many sites. Being a small Co-op it was only 4 digits. What I do remember was that one year the divi was 2/6 (two shillings and sixpence for younger readers) in the pound. That's 12 and a half percent! Well worth having.
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Just now, David Mack said:
Why would a spellchecker have a problem with 'temple'? They're not sense checkers.
I meant a spellchecker would not substitute 'time' with 'temple'.
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16 hours ago, David Mack said:
A case of fat fingers?
What, twice? And not a spellchecker either.
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I'm so attached to my Paramo jacket that when the zip went I had it replaced by a specialist firm in Edinburgh. However it took 3 months (they were inundated with work) and cost well over £50.
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I looked up "Temple lapse" as I'd never encountered the phrase, but could only find links to the above video, except for one link titled Temple lapse of how the Stanley Ferry lock gates ... - MyPornVid I haven't included the clickable link. 😲
So what's a temple lapse?
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My camera with 2 months of pics, in the L&L. Spent ages with a magnet because I knew the SD card would be OK, but there can't have been enough (or any) steel parts in it. I had sent a pic a day home and a few to CWDF, so the trip was not entirely lost
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All this refers to Englandshire. Alan's link emphasises this (in bold). What about Scotland and Wales?
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I don't think we have any in the Scottish Borders - or Roxburgh, Selkirk, Peebles, and Berwickshire in old money. Although the Tweed may be navigable for a short distance.
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I've twice recently had e-mails from CRT warning of a shopping trolley in the Calder & Hebble.
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When singlehanding, mine always got abraded on lock sides, so I extended the life of the rope by wrapping the vunerable length in very tough (Gorilla) tape.
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That's my wheelbarrow! It was stolen last summer. How did it get to Stourbridge?
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13 minutes ago, David Mack said:
In the Guardian a few days ago:
"Next stop, Twatt! My tour of Britain’s fantastically filthy placenames"
I've been to Twatt. I was attending the wedding of a friend who was marrying a girl called Sheila Twatt. It's a fairly common name in Orkney, but I bet she was glad to become Sheila Sinclair.
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1 hour ago, ditchcrawler said:
I still do, and sometimes get a lock of surprise from the staff
They really shouldn't let their hair dangle in the beer, even by accident.
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My son, a ranger in the Pentland hills, was involved this afternoon with the Fire Brigade in attempting to retrieve two dogs which had fallen through the ice on a remote reservoir. Unfortunately they only got one. ☹️
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Six fire engines???????????
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8 hours ago, Tonka said:
Tougher then Barbour?
I'm not posh enough to wear Barbour.
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1 hour ago, Puffling said:
From your experience with Ventile, can you remember whether it become inflexible when wet, or simply heavy?
What I'm interested in is how suitable it would be for working single handed on locks when the fabric is saturated. If it became incredibly stiff, that would be a big drawback for safety when climbing up and down lock ladders and edging along gunwales.
Obviously the fabric needs longer to dry out after a good wetting, unlike nylon material which will often shake fairly dry before replacing in a rucsac.
I don't remember it getting inflexible when wet. I once fell through some sea ice whilst wearing Ventile outer layers, and once I'd extricated myself made my way over a glacier. I don't remember the material stiffening until it began to freeze! It does get heavy, though. The flexibility improves with age and wear - it is certainly tougher than most modern waterproof fabrics.
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Ventile was invented during WW2, and is therefore over 80 years old. It has been used on many major expeditions, including Everest and Polar crossings. I've owned various Ventile garments over the years, from my teens and including British Antarctic Survey issue. TBH, I didn't even know it still existed, so would also be interested to hear of any recent first-hand experiences.
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But I am!
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Also, I see that an apple-based spirit is available using fruit gathered at Chernobyl shortly after the Russians vacated it this year. It's called Atomik.
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Lots of memories there and some familiar faces from my various trips through the tunnel (12 in all). The electric boats are always slow, though. My record was 1 hour 20 minutes. It's quite an experience, but I was always glad to see the approaching light.
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So what is the stuff on one side of polythene repair tape - used it to repair polytunnels for years?