bag 'o' bones

I would like to see the Montgomery finished considering the restoration has been going on for longer than I've been alive!

So your the nasty mod! shame on you!

Shrewsbury Newport went for the lottery route. I seem to recall one of the trust officials saying about EU funding being so difficult to get it wasn't worth the effort.

Its in the long term plan, well considered at least - if they ever get there.

Newport and Shrewsbury. But only because it skims North Telford. I support any canal restoration if it makes financial sense. Problem is not enough readies to invest, even though many schemes would greatly benefit the local economies.

Have concrete gates ever been tried to replace existing wooden ones in the past?

Easy job as long as the fitting is accessible.

Bought a conventional genny from aldi a few years back. Managed to blow it up. They refunded my money though to be fair. Have to admit I was running a mig welder off it! Interestingly the engine was ok - Honda clone - it was the electronics/ alternator side that seem to be the weak spot. The alternator cooling fan broke up - inferior quality plastic. Just to add probably fine for occasional use but if I were a live aboard using it every day I think I'd spend a bit more on a Honda or Kipor at least. Buy cheap buy twice..............

Would be interesting to know what the warranty period is beyond their 60 day no quibble refund. Most Aldi stuff is 2-3 years.

well worth reading the small print before taking out insurance and asking for clarification of anything that appears ambiguous before handing over the cash. Worth reading up on unfair contract law too just in case. Excellent there is always someone out there willing to insure you!

At the end of the day all the insurance company wants to know is where your official address is for calculating your premium. Obviously if the car spends most of it life at another address then they need to know this. When the op is asked 'where do you live' then he should reply at the official - bricks and mortar - address. Obviously he needs to explain that he spends a lot of time staying on a boat and takes the car with him. If the boat is on a non residential mooring then the insurance company cannot argue that is where you live because from a legal point of view it cannot be classed as a dwelling. That's how I understand it. Its no different than folk who live in a holiday caravan for 11 months of the year and only return to their 'official' address for 1 month so they don't have to pay council tax.

I don't think insurance companies are interested in whether or not you live on a boat I think there more interested in if you have a permanent address where the car lives most of the time when it is not being used . If the marina is an official residential mooring then it shouldn't be a problem to move your official address to the marina. Technically if you are 'living' on your boat on a holiday mooring then officially that is not where you live. You live wherever your official address is registered technically. As you said if you lived in Bedfordshire in bricks and mortar then there isn't a problem. Technically you do live in bricks and mortar. How can the insurance company prove you don't 'live' at the official address very often? I've just read the detailed terms and conditions of my own insurance policy (Admiral) and nowhere in it does say that you have to live in a house. All there interested in is my official address and that I should notify them if my official address changes, or the car is kept somewhere else overnight. A the end of the day insurance is a contract. Being too truthful sometimes works against you. As long as you give them all the information they need and ask for and you don't contravene the terms and conditions set out in the small print then you have nothing to worry about.

We painted our cream roof with water based 'sandtex' smooth masonry paint. Holds up well doesn't clog the antislip and contains an antifungal that keeps the green/black mildew away.

We flush ours with plain water when 'in service'. Its worth running a bit of limescale remover (assuming you cruise in hard water areas)through occasionally to increase the lifespan of the seals. also give the swivels and door mech a squirt of silicone lubricant occasionally to keep the seals supple..

Funnily enough my conversation with my insurer was questioning why the terms and conditions relating to providing documentation was hidden away in the small print. Not that I think it is unreasonable to provide documentation, but moreover my gripe was their threatening behaviour and why they wanted photocopies of my licence card even though the same information is available through the DVLA data base which I had given them permission to access (which incidently has been setup specifically for that purpose). They also want a copy of the V5 for the car I bought recently (which I am still waiting for from the DVLA). Again this information is available from the DVLA why do they want a photocopy? Talk about big brother!

Think that answers the question. cheers. I seem to recall Microsoft saying something along the lines that windows 10 would be fully supported for as long as the computer is capable of running it, either until the machine is so hopelessly out of date hardware wise or it cannot be repaired economically (lets face it if the motherboard fails on a 5 year old machine its effectively scrap)

I've received something similar from Admiral for 'audit purposes'. It seems if your insurance is slightly unusual it triggers an audit. In my case it because I'm 'piggybacking' a non eu nationals car on my insurance to reduce the premium as part of a multicar policy. Piggybacking is perfectly acceptable and is not 'fronting' - which is illegal - as long as the named 'piggy back' driver is registered as the main driver. Point is, it is an unusual arrangement which has obviously been flagged up. Best to give them a ring. They will cancel your policy if you don't sort it.

My computer has been upgraded for some time and working well. Didn't experience any problems with the update. The point I'm trying to make is if your computer suffers hard disc failure rendering the operating system and back up inoperable then you have to rely on an iso/original disc and the corresponding activation code. As far as i'm aware there is no way of proving that you upgraded unless Microsoft recorded it off site.

As you all know Microsoft is offering a free upgrade to windows 10 for older machines running 7/8/8.1 until July and then will charge for the upgrade after that. My question is if you have an upgraded machine which then suffers some catastrophic failure requiring a complete re-install where would we stand in relation to the upgrade? Would we have to pay for it or does Microsoft have some record? have googled it cant seem to find an answer!