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On 14/04/2021 at 16:47, cuthound said:
Perhaps @Ray T could ask his tame "old boatman" for the correct proNOUNciation?
Being as we are talking spelling its ProNUNciation
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Just now, Morningmist said:
At least the ash is better than plastic bag hung on the branches of trees! our ash is kept till we can bin it.
All ash should be kept for the bins.
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Just now, Morningmist said:
Not to sure about burning plastic not good for the environment defiantly unpleasant for passers-by and probably a bit messy in the stove. Hence, we use disposable waxed paper composting bags
I get that but its in a bag any way. Never did like burning plastic on the stove. But a lot of people do. as can be bourne out in the piles of ash in the hedgerows.
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Just now, ditchcrawler said:
What about a Cinderella toilet?
Good question, what about a Cinderella toilet?
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43 minutes ago, Morningmist said:
Getting rid of the solid wast of a composting toilet has anyone considered burning small amounts on their wood burner/ multi stove. Surely this would be a practical solution to the problem.
We have a composting loo and given the latest advice from CRT we have been experimenting with burning small amounts placed in waxed paper bags on to our multi stove when it has a good glow going 200c. After about 10 minutes it's all gone, and in the morning we have just ash. I hope I am not missing anything as it seems a good solution to the problem.
SO what would think about doggie doo in a plastic/poly bag. Coz it gets picked up in a plastic bag that everyone says is bad for the environment! Never liked burning plastic on the stove.
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11 minutes ago, Morningmist said:
Getting rid of the solid wast of a composting toilet has anyone considered burning small amounts on their wood burner/ multi stove. Surely this would be a practical solution to the problem.
We have a composting loo and given the latest advice from CRT we have been experimenting with burning small amounts placed in waxed paper bags on to our multi stove when it has a good glow going 200c. After about 10 minutes it's all gone, and in the morning we have just ash. I hope I am not missing anything as it seems a good solution to the problem.
What about the neighbours or people walking past the boat. They might be thinking I love the smell of burning word then snort in you Poop smoke.
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1 minute ago, Tracy D'arth said:
Stupid. What makes you think that anyone wants to see your face? I have seen enough of your Mr Angry face thank you. And Its Tracy D'arth 76 years old with terminal brain tumors so I am wasting no more time talking to you. Good Day.
Right Sam OK I gotcha! So we have never met?
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Just now, Morningmist said:
Getting rid of the solid wast of a composting toilet has anyone considered burning small amounts on their wood burner/ multi stove. Surely this would be a practical solution to the problem.
Funny you should say that, I was thinking of doing that with my doggies doo doos!
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Just now, Tracy D'arth said:
A shame you ever came back!
Blame them arabs they didn't like me I was too fast for them. ?
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3 minutes ago, Tracy D'arth said:
Another delude fool who thinks he is Columbo. Sam is stuck in the far east and son is working on trade deals. Neither will be seen dead on this forum and I am beginning to understand why.
You are odious. And your language on a public forum is disgraceful.
At least I am not afraid to show my face, Sam!
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1 minute ago, Tracy D'arth said:
Another delude fool who thinks he is Columbo. Sam is stuck in the far east and son is working on trade deals. Neither will be seen dead on this forum and I am beginning to understand why.
You are odious. And your language on a public forum is disgraceful.
The Far East wouldn't stop you Sam. I did my first three years on this forum from Riyadh!
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51 minutes ago, Jon johan said:
So you are the odious little twerp off Milly M. Do you always shout at people going past you? May be you should get a berth in a marina fella, or try moving yourself.
You certainly make a lot of noise for a dwarf.
Oh dear another one jumping on the band wagon.
Don't you ever get tired of your bullshit?
You sound really tough behind ya keyboard!
Take a look at my profile?
You see me (photo) and my boat name.
Its clear for all to see!
I'm not scared!
I've been threatened by bigger turds!
Where as you and Tracy Who are you!
Nobodies I should think!
But bring it on you can add assault of an OAP a 70year old to your resume!
That'll make you feel big!
I thank you for your advice but I have never wanted to stay in a marina.
And as for 'moving', with the exception of last year, I usually do about 600 to 800 miles a year. You?
You may call me Maffi or Sir if you are not going to be friendly, but never fella!
I might be a dwarf, but at 5'8" I was the biggest dwarf at dwarf school. ???
Bed time for you Sonny, run along!
On 01/04/2021 at 18:35, Tracy D'arth said:It does of course take one to recogniZe another! Irony?
Sam do you have any idea what irony is?
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On 01/04/2021 at 19:04, Tracy D'arth said:
Whatever gave you the idea that I send Christmas cards to anyone? I am not a Christian.
Nor am I a rectal orifice licker like some, especially with the mufti, oh, maffi, Freudian slip.
You are not a Tracy either, are you Sam?
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2 hours ago, Ray T said:
There is a story attached to this pic. The lady that took the pic phoned the company and complained. The company called her back and said they had spoken to the crew onboard and they said they hadn't realized they were going so fast. If you zoom in there are two people looking back and one might even have a camera in his hand!
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3 hours ago, noddyboater said:
I really don't know how you can suggest someone who rides around on a Hardly Davidson with tassels on the saddle bags isn't the sharpest tool in the box.
Simple I've met him. He is one of the worlds odious people.
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3 hours ago, Steilsteven said:
You're supposed to stick your head out and scream blue murder at them for having the nerve to make your boat gently rock a little.
Keith
What's a centre line?
Keith
A center line Keith is a handling line
1 minute ago, Mike Todd said:Clearly missed (a) date and (b) the sarcasm!
That ends at Noon
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57 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said:
People do boaters dont?
Are the chap that pulled away just after I had passed his butty
You actually saw one of his boats move!
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1 hour ago, DaveP said:
No, but I might use my centreline....
Bad Maffi, you need a new spoolchuck to go with the new title....
No I think my spoolchuck is fine. Centerline - definition of centerline by The Free Dictionary
Some people do make distinctions between the words. For instance, some prefer to treat center as the word for a place or institution and centre as the word for the middle point of something. But while these preferences may be taught in some schools and are perhaps common among careful English speakers in Canada, the U.K., and elsewhere, they are not broadly borne out in 21st-century usage.
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Just now, Steilsteven said:
I was also joking.
I know. I just thought I would that in for somebody else. ?
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2 minutes ago, Steilsteven said:
You're supposed to stick your head out and scream blue murder at them for having the nerve to make your boat gently rock a little.
Keith
Yeah but what's the point? I dont need that stress in my life. Much easier to check my lines.
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20 minutes ago, Arthur Marshall said:Many, many do. I always enjoy cruising at a sensible speed past Golden Nook moorings listening to the crash of breaking crockery.
You are a bad man.???
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Just now, Athy said:
We generally don't. But we moored for three or four years at Clattercote Wharf, and Gregg Klaes insisted that all the boats on his moorings should be tied with bow, middle and stern ropes.
Maybe but Greg isn't the sharpest tool in the box is he! CRT, RYA, & BMF all advise against it.
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1 minute ago, Tracy D'arth said:
No, but you are not ironic, just arrogant, loud, self promoting, ignorant, rude, pompous, argumentative. Oh, and wrong.
Truth not to your liking? Tough, that's ironic!
You totally missed the point.
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3 minutes ago, Tracy D'arth said:
Cauldron calling kettle black come to mind.
A decent boater would not have bothered to comment as he would have been tied up properly with springs set already.
Now you know what all the other boaters in your wake experience.
Remember, you started it.
Irony lost on you then?
Banbury Lift Bridge 164 Oxford Canal.
in General Boating
Posted · Edited by Lord Maffi of Oxford
Location clarity!
Last year the Lift Bridge in Banbury started to be come stiff. CRT in their capacity as the 'Maintainers of the Holy Grail' engaged contractors to "fix the Bridge". So about six months ago the contractors came and changed most of the hydraulics (they didn't change the hand pump). When the said contractors finished the job the bridge was still a bit stiff. "Never mind," they said, "It will wear in". If you know anything about Hydraulics you will know this is B*ll*x. I worked in the aviation industry from 1971 until 2006, 35 years), and never has that been the case for Hydraulics!
It is getting progressively harder and harder to raise and lower.
I or Tooley's call or Tweet CRT every week to tell them that the bridge is b*gg*r*d. I ask those that struggle to operate the bridge to contact CRT and complain. So far the needed repair hasn't come to fruition. I am often told the local staff will be out to assess it. Well one of the local staff came to assess it and didn't even bring a windlass with him! So any report he made was bogus.
Ok I am 70 but reasonably fit! I can just about get the bridge up but cannot not wind the bridge down. Other people, of my age group (50-70), are leaving the bridge up a few inches because they have had enough. This makes it a trip hazard, especially for the old dears living in the block next to the bridge!
Can we please, whether or not you have been to Banbury, contact CRT and tell them the Bridge is b*gg*r*d. The more complaints we make the better the chance they will fix it. Thank you!