Maffi

You could say too many! More unlicensed boats that Genuine CCer's. I think BW say it is the higher figure on the west end of the K&A and one or two other places If you approximate 5% at £500 a boat, thats about £700,000 a year. If you approximate 7% at £500 a boat, thats about £980,000 a year. So if you say somewhere less than midway about £800,000 that is roughly equal to half the extra income that will be generated by the proposed 147% CC increase.

Three points: 1. The fuselage is only one part of the conducting path for the lightning. 2. If you have ever looked out of the window at the trailing edge of the wing and seen what amounts to small stick or wicks mounted on the trailing edge these 'static wicks' release static in to the air. 3. Aircraft tyres are made with a high carbon content that will allow any residual static charges built up in the airframe to discharge to earth on landing.

Not many Sam. Somewhere between 5% and 7% ish. It depends who is giving out the figures. 5% is about 1400 boats give or take a few.

There is far more for youngsters to do today than there ever was in the 50's and 60's. I don't really recall being bored. Did we not make our own entertainment. Maybe what is missing is the clearly defined stereotypes of good people and bad people that we used to have in Westerns. Good people wear white hats and bad people black hats. Often today the goody is just the one who is not as bad as others. That is something that has changed in the last 40+ years, no westerns. They were certainly part of my growing up and a lot of others that went to Saturday Morning Pictures. It didn't matter how hard you thought you were, everyone sang to the dancing dot. ABC minors lapel badges were worn by many, even the toughies. Somehow I can't see young un's today all joining in like they did then. What ever the cause I will hold firm on what I have said before. Come to my house to steal from me or harm me and mine, don't expect me to talk.

Made sense before. If you had a "2 ft. 6in deep" shower tray you would normally call it a bath

When I was at school 5 to 16 was only 11. How things have changed. The making of a child is the first seven years. Everything a child is to become will be set in those years. A lot of it is in the genes. Any genetic trait (good or bad) is set within a few hours of conception. How you can say Webchem is to blame unless he does house calls before conception? Holy Joe Bustens fails AGAIN!

Wooden legs are out, but Big COL has been espied hobbling around on a crutch. No parrot though.

Not according to Sir Ian Blair. He seems to think think that you can if necessary shoot someone if they are on your property committing a crime, however if they are making for the door to leave you should only restrain them until the police arrive. If you turn the other cheek as the 'good' book tells us chances are you will get a second smack in the face.

Is that rectangular or offset quadrant?

Of course not he had a free mooring in Venice.

Surely it's the non-conformists that are responsible for all the great scientific advances over the history of mankind. If it wasn't for someone saying "I wonder what would happen if I did this..........................................." we would still be living in caves. Leonardo Da Vinci was often scorned, but he had forward thinking vision that surpassed all others in his generation. This made him, in the eyes of society, a non-conformist.

Where is the fun in that? BTW congratulations on becoming a moderator here at CWF

It's like looking in a mirror

Oh very funny. Like His Highness would lower himself to appear on this lesser site.

Of course you did. Your not very good at this moderator stuff are you?

Nuff sed!

Do not despair citizen, help is at hand. HOLY JOE will fight the itinerants in his quest to rid the waterways of those he has decided to squash under his superhero thumb.

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