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  1. Athy
    My choice of the estate's name was of course completely random.
  2. Athy
    Well, perhaps it's mildly pretentious, but no more than that. I've heard it used with reference to buildings too, but generally with reference to 300-year old farmhouses rather than 1980s semi's on the Bum Street estate. You have got me musing now....if you buy something brand new, would the term "custodian" be appropriate? Probably not. It tends to be something you've taken over from someone else and that you'll sell on eventually. It rather smacks of estate-agent speak.
  3. Athy
    It's a word which I've seen several times applied to the owners of boats. I suppose the implication is that they look after it.
  4. Athy
    He's not especially tall or short, is he?
  5. Athy
    Very good they sound too - but they ar Sabb (Norwegian) rather than Saab (Swedish) engines.
  6. Athy
    Crikey!
  7. Athy
    Or perhaps from water gushing through the "riveted hole".
  8. Athy
    You may be a ray of sunshine and a dab hand at these jokes, but this is not the plaice. So don't make a right turbot of yourself.
  9. Athy
    Revisiting old threads is done quite often, and can be of considerable interest. Why don't you like people doing it? The link worked fine for me.
  10. Athy
    Welcome to the forum. It sounds a long shot - but I have heard of pubs where chess is played, whether any of them are waterside I don't know. But somebody on here will know.
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  13. Athy
    Not to me: I learned years ago how to unplug a kettle from its wall socket, making such transportation easy. I also learned how to position the cups close to the kettle. For a chap who's not especially practical, I reckon I've done quite well.
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    We had one like this, not sure if the brand name was the same but it looked virtually identical to the one in your picture. They're usually sold as "travel kettles" because they're compact enough to put in your luggage, as we did when we used to travel abroad. I don't quite gwt the O.P.'s "cordless" requirement; if the kettle itself doesn't have a cord or lead, it fits on to a base which does, so what's the difference?
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    Is it actually a narrowboat? The superstructure looks quite broad.
  18. Athy
    Waterside vistas.....mature trees.....open air swimming pool.....an estate agent might say. Oh, and the interior doesn't look very exciting, so add "blank canvas".
  19. Athy
    Ideal for anyone wishing to commute out of London. No interior view available, unless I missed the appropriate button. Isn't Battlebridge Basin very close? At least I think that's what it's called: you can see the moorings from the train when leaving St. Pancras or King's X.
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  23. Athy
    All your own work?
  24. Athy
    Yes, and yes. I was one of several people who queried the sudden disappearance of post numbers but we never got to the bottom of why it had happened.
  25. Athy
    It's fine where it is.
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