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twbm

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  1. Yep. Local supermarkets sell some drinks at lower prices than our wholesalers as loss leaders to get people in. They thus encourage the pre-drinking culture. We're a fizzy beer outlet in a town centre environment with trade actually increasing against the main trend but are sometimes in the position of having to refuse to serve folk who have just got out of the taxi at the front door 'cause their already pissed. The supermarkets are however never taken to task for any drink related incidents by the police or council as they can maintain a safe distance from the consequences of their discounted alcohol prices. Anyhoo ... you're also right about the landlord and/or staff being able to make or break a place in a few days. We've been through a patch where we had an employee who wasn't a 'good fit' in the place - we got stopped in the street by regulars apologising for not coming in but also saying they weren't going to until he went. We now, by happy accident, have a superb team and the reverse applies. Several remarks about driving to pubs. My kids are in their thirties - traditionally an age where they maybe have some disposable income. When I was that age we would drive out for a few pints, my kids and their mates absolutely won't, so if there's no other attraction like exceptional food, am exceptionally genial host ambiance or a beauty spot nearby, that trade has gone, and has been decreasing for years. The 'sell real ale, keep it well and they will come' brigade are, well, just wrong. We shift an average of around 8 Kegs of Fosters, 20 odd of other lagers and ciders and one cask of ale a week.
  2. Whatever you buy, if the top planks are ever to be walked along set them up a foot or so above the ground and jump about on them before you commit. This may save you an unexpected and painful trip from top plank to bilge. Wish I'd done that about 7 or 8 years ago.
  3. Given the effect of two blokes having a barney on Oxford Circus tube station, running out of Ciabatta and dried tomatoes could have apocalyptic consequences for the South.
  4. A guess .. but possibly piling of sorts to stabilise the bank. The whole length from the motorway bridge at Worsley across to Wigan was / maybe still is prone to significant mining subsidence.
  5. Bottom line? There is eff all you can do in the way of effective preventative or punitive action (and incidentally I don't think any of them actually did anything wrong - there is no statutory offence of 'standing on a gunnel with intent') and talk of hitting people with windlasses or other robust responses is just silly bolleaux. When faced with marauding crowds of, er, children, may I suggest engaging with then in a ferociously proactive friendly manner, seeking to get them to help with the lock whilst giving then a low key warning about where not to stand, asking how school's going for them, have they studied the local history of the canal, have they been on holiday yet, etc etc. This will scare the crap out of them.
  6. No you wouldn't, it would be done either by Direct Debit or BACS. Our staff get paid automatically without fuss or bother every Monday. Contactless is faster than cash and speeds up service at peak times. 'Course the downside of all this is your turnover is recorded in a medium that can be investigated.
  7. I'm learning through work that there's a lot of factors that come into whether or not a mobile phone or wifi works. The O2 mifi might well be picking up a frequency your phone just can't get, for example. The Ofcom Sitefinder database has been closed - this one gives an idea of coverage without showing the cell sites. I'd set it 'indoors' for the best view of what's possibly there. https://checker.ofcom.org.uk/mobile-coverage
  8. ...... however the debate is about the behaviour of a fixed hull shape.
  9. Meanwhile if you have no concept of where the channel is likely to be and can't read the clues the boat constantly gives you regarding your speed and position, you'll still struggle. Bottom line, your boat's a moving hole in the water. If there's not enough space around you for the water to get past and refill it, all calculation and theory is irrelevant.
  10. Mapmywalk might just do it. Same sort of speeds. And you'll know how many calories the boat's burnt off.
  11. I've found out but I've cheated so I'll stay quiet.
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  14. The M62 ..clearly a photoshop mock up, the surface is cobbled from the boundary through to Leeds.
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  17. Nope. The 'go figure' was I believe use of the American for 'yes, odd isn't it?' inferring that you'd expect fresh search results on the Internet would be up to date. You got the 'ump because you went for 'go look for yourself' and weren't offered a link, imposing the onerous burden of having to search it yourself.
  18. Hmm. New member doing the deliberately misunderstanding a post and getting shirty routine... https://lmgtfy.com/?q=scrap+metal+prices
  19. Turnups or Suedes? Hemlock? Button Mushrooms? Seam Tripe?
  20. if you are living on your boat, rather than using a hotel and paying the local taxe de sejour .....
  21. I don't think it's the living that might be an issue, it's the boating. You either have to live on a mooring, in which case you're swapping one static home for another, or keep moving. You need to experience the joy of, for example, having to clear the prop in the rain at dusk where there's no way to get the stern by the bank, then managing to arrive at the pub, moor up in the pitch dark and get there just after the kitchen has closed and no shops nearby to buy food at. Or work out if you are both happy to steer through locks or is one of you doomed to be the lock fairy for ever.
  22. Matty, this may help .. they're in Brighton but evidently sell by post, they seem to have three of them. http://www.cqout.com/item/Flexible-Propshaft-Coupling-BMW-E10-E6-E9-E3-E12-E24-E23/20565442?152352
  23. I'd prefer to see effort spent on either enforcing the rules as they exist or re-writing them to permit the political discussions that now seem to be tolerated. Difficult to know what will be classed as a breach when the rules are apparently only a guide, open to inconsistent application. Were that the case the un-moderated forum would not continue to thrive.
  24. twbm

    Stolen Boat

    If whatever happened has lead to a crown court hearing it could be months before they can talk . As I recall there was enough speculation and negativity interspersed with the good stuff to maybe put them off further engagement.
  25. frygood, this is close enough to give an understanding of the effect. Hands in pockets, walk quietly away and leave 'em with it .... Or ask another question about migratory coconuts.
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