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Wonderful video I've just been sent discussing Council plans to develop round Gas St Basin http://www.macearchive.org/Archive/Title/atv-today-05051967-gas-street-basin/MediaEntry/33235.html

Try JWMorleys. They did my 21ft for very reasonable price and great service. Midlands but will travel

A vote here for Kedian's work. He did us a new side hatch on the previous boat and also rebottomed our little office boat. Good work and a pleasure to deal with.

Ask Martin Kedian of this forum or google him. He overplayed my polystyrene lined boat without having to strip anything. Good job, highly recommend him.

It was a magnificent Chaos! Can't find a pic to upload of the final group photo, but 15 or so boats breasted up was ace.

We had ours made by a local carpenter mate, then got a cover-maker to make snap-on vinyl covers. Worked out similar to the Top Box co who were advertising at the time but gave me choice on size and depth.

Hockley Port Bham ok? We have a stubbornly green catch cover

We used JW Morley for a 21ft boat. Half day hire cost about 500 quid. They were excellent. They can move up to 39' http://www.jwmorley.co.uk/

There are a few on Air BNB, but I am sure there are otehr websites - if only I knew how to find em... That boat (as well as looking like a bland IKEA catalogue) works out at £545 for 2 nights! Even my beloved husband and father and such a good location aren't worth THAT much!

We rather fancy staying afloat when we go to Paris in June. AirBNB seems to have a few boats, but not much option for 3 people, only 2. Do you know of any other sites to look for boaty accommodation in Paris? Any info much appreciated! Failing that, we will find ourselves an apartment. (we will only be there 2 nights, unfortunately)

Sheffield narrowband only do long term hire. Booked up well ahead but worth a Google

To add to the warnings from personal experience: My uncle died at the tender age of 28 - he went into a shower (one of those gas ones in unventilated rooms) on holiday, and never came out My mother and sister were once found near-unconscious by a neighbour on the bed - neighbour let herself in based on a gut feeling that summat was wrong when my sister never showed up for a ballet class. Turned out it was a blocked boiler flue. I spent several weeks with flu-like headachy symptoms in my house. And because I was feeling rough and low, I spent even more time in front of the fire cuddled up dozing. Only when I was moaning about feeling rough to a plumber friend did said friend call the gas board. Who immediately condemned my gas fire. People in another hire boat travelling same route us back in early 80s had a problem with gas boiler (Alde??? I assume) had a near miss when the person passing out from CO poisoning fell off their bunk, and others heard the thud. Holiday abandoned for hospitals. I am very very VERY wary of carbon monoxide now and have three separate detectors. They have in the past woken me up - sometimes as false alarms (gassing batteries), a few times because the fire was putting out fumes from a gap, a crack, and once my own naive stupidity leaving ash pan under fire to cool. Better safe than sorry.

Paul Smith also good

Ah, so THAT'S what all that was. Saw it the other day. Quite a hill to excavate!

Bother. No, you can't download Amazon videos on a Mac for viewing later. Only an ipad. So the cable purchased today is useless. Plan next....

Please.....

Bother. What cheapish smart phones DO do this? May be worth upgrading soon. We also have older Galaxy Fit in a drawer somewhere, which isn't 4G Doesn't Chromecast log as tethering? I read up a bit the other day but it wasn't quite clear. Edited to add Ah, so if Amazon films can download to watch later, I can download at work on laptop. Excellent! Though needs more planning. Now, same question again - what cables connect a Macbook (or surface pro) to a TV?

Thanks all. I have a Motorola Moto G. Those cables look what we need. So on Amazon can you download films to watch later? I thought it was just streaming. I can download at work no problem. If John refuses to use a phone without buttons he will have to wait for me to come home to watch TV!

Just got Amazon Prime which seems to come with Amazon videos and TV - the thought of being able to hole up watching films is appealing. John is likely to be stuck at home poorly for much of the winter, so I'd like to get him set up with summat other than daytime telly and a newspaper!

We have (OK John has) just repainted the roof in cream international paint with antislip additive. He wants to know - should he put polish on it to protect it? Obviously it wont polish up (would counteract the antislip-ness if it tried) but is it best to use polish to seal the paint and maybe keep it from getting as grubby, or just leave it as is? Thoughts from the panel please...?

On Three I get unlimited data on my phone, but only 12GB ( I think) tethered on the new contract. This means streaming films is a bit limited. I remember a discussion a few years back (was it DeanS?) about mirroring a phone screen to a laptop or TV. I've had a go at watching a film on my phone mirrored via Vysor to my laptop today - seems to work OK but I'm not sure if I have been 'tethering or using the data on the phone. Has anyone else got a system that works for them? I got a bit lost in the talk of gadgetry - need a very simple explanation! Many thanks.

Two of the three boats I've bought in my lifetime have come with full portapottis. That's what comes of buying cheap probate sale boats wot have been sitting around for months/years..! The second had the added bonus of being a portapotti with no cap on the base, as I discovered when I went to move it. This was ..... no, I really can't describe it. Luckily all the carpet and flooring was coming out anyway. I would still rather deal with those than the current situation of knowing I'm sleeping on top of 300 litres of raw sewage. Whatever the convenience (my butler insists on managing the emptying while I go to work and ignore the process), sleeping on shit is just plain wrong.

Police on towpath for Conservative Party Conference called in the fire it seems - them politicians have their (very indirect) uses sometimes! If the place hadn't been crawling with security, it might not have been noticed till too late for the dogs. Apparently the fire still works just fine today...