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rats and mice do not like garlic. so leave garlic gloves around the boat in winter. this also keeps away any vampires too.

the mesh seems like a reasonable idea. i cant see why that wouldnt work as long as the mesh was pretty wide.

do you think tug style boats with portholes are better at keeping thieves out ? what are the weak points on a boat. im considering a live aboard but only with portholes. i see the boat im looking at already has extra fixing steel beams on the inner side doors. although the laptop and a tv is the best of what could be stolen. living without 'things' has its advantages. also, to keep thieves away have plenty of books. "books be like garlic to a thief."

hullo. im fred (ian). i keep having these dreams that i want to live a pastoral existence in the sanctity of a narrowboat. to indulge in the solace, travel and observations of both nature and time. i keep thinking about it, then going back to the rat race, then thinking about it again. obviously, im back to thinking about it. i have just about enough to buy a boat and have a job where i can work from a laptop, so i should really do it. im 40 !!!!! aieeeeeeeee.........

no. its not a thread about the people of humberside. its about steel hull thickness. im looking at living aboard. im interested in a 54ft boat for sale. 1994. i will get a survey done. its cert is to 2012. when i get the survey, how thick should a good hull be for a boat that age, and at what thickness do they start to need re-plating - (and) is that very very expensive ? i heard that earler boats were made with thicker hulls. i am completely new to losing money on boating, but keen to try. any replies appreciated.

cleaning the poop deck is the worst job

atill. mustnt grumble.....

have you felt any recent torpedoes or explosions under the hull. limpet mines and so on ? have their been any local reports of enemy frogmen on mini subs lurking about ?

you get 1 star per 198 really bad posts.

yes. yes i have. all these points were covered at the public meeting in accrington. if you had concerns you should have raised them through the appropriate channels at this time. all further applications for this system have been closed and the solicitation of the chair or AGM will result in the loss of any BW licences without any process of appeal. the people have spoken. and they want leccy boats.

> auction dead line sorry, wrong thread. i am a telecom engineer and i though you meant you were calling an auction and you kept getting a dead line. my fault. carry on.

thats what i heard from 'Bankside' - the BW tri-monthly online newsletter.

ive selected 'Weavers Triangle" in Burnley as the start point. this is because there are a lot of area facilites and stores in the area. local and regional buses and a national rail link. there is also parking for 1000 cars as well as gambling and fine dining at "T-Bone's Northern Factory Folk Outlet".

you can practice driving a widebeam by sailing a narrowboat through a thin tunnel, only imagining there are no tunnel roofs, sides, and that there is a lot of light and other distractions around rather than simple tunnel blackness.

ok but we are go go go on the electrification then ??