magnetman Posted December 7, 2023 Report Share Posted December 7, 2023 Yes but they don't go in the lavatory in the first place.  Nobody uses my loo other than family and they know the rules.     Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxmike Posted December 7, 2023 Report Share Posted December 7, 2023 Izal used to be great as a musical instrument - put a piece around a comb and it became a "Kazoo", the musical instrument of choice for seven year old kids! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchcrawler Posted December 7, 2023 Report Share Posted December 7, 2023 (edited) 30 minutes ago, manxmike said: Izal used to be great as a musical instrument - put a piece around a comb and it became a "Kazoo", the musical instrument of choice for seven year old kids! Remember it well Edited December 7, 2023 by ditchcrawler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo47 Posted December 7, 2023 Report Share Posted December 7, 2023 (edited) My first canal holiday in 1976 was with a group that hired both of Black Prince's original fleet of two boats (Nelson and Rodney) . One had two sea toilets, the other had two Elsan loos and a spade to be used to bury their contents if there was no convenient sanitary station (which there wasn't mid-week). We had brought our own supply of soft bog rolls, but one of our party who had his own yacht said that the sea toilets ought only to be used with hard bog paper as the soft stuff was liable to block the mechanism. So we bought some of the right stuff, and that boat had a harder time of it!  By the time we hired again the following year, the sea toilets had been replaced. Edited December 7, 2023 by Ronaldo47 typos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
restlessnomad Posted December 7, 2023 Report Share Posted December 7, 2023 19 hours ago, BoatinglifeupNorth said:  One of the biggest blockers of Elsen disposals are the sliding lids/covers of the cassette, last tilme I had to unblock an S blend I found 3 wedged in there. The funny thing was, was that the boater that finally realised it was blocked kept flushing it until it overflowed, before she figuring out her cr@p wasn’t going anywhere 💩💩 why not use a portable bidet or water flosser if you are feeling adventurous  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchcrawler Posted December 7, 2023 Report Share Posted December 7, 2023 18 minutes ago, Ronaldo47 said: My first canal holiday in 1976 was with a group that hired both of Black Prince's original fleet of two boats (Nelson and Rodney) . One had two sea toilets, the other had two Elsan loos and a spade to be used to bury their contents if there was no convenient sanitary station (which there wasn't mid-week). We had brought our own supply of soft bog rolls, but one of our party who had his own yacht said that the sea toilets ought only to be used with hard bog paper as the soft stuff was liable to block the mechanism. So we bought some of the right stuff, and that boat had a harder time of it!  By the time we hired again the following year, the sea toilets had been replaced. The first one we hired had a nice recycling flush loo with blue water Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alias Posted December 7, 2023 Report Share Posted December 7, 2023 4 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said: The first one we hired had a nice recycling flush loo with blue water  At least it started out blue... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoatinglifeupNorth Posted December 7, 2023 Report Share Posted December 7, 2023 (edited) 15 hours ago, restlessnomad said: why not use a portable bidet or water flosser if you are feeling adventurous  Your on a Narrowboat, I😂 Edited December 8, 2023 by BoatinglifeupNorth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Mack Posted December 7, 2023 Report Share Posted December 7, 2023 2 hours ago, ditchcrawler said: The first one we hired had a nice recycling flush loo with blue water I remember hiring a boat with recirculating loo. The bowl itself was blue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alway Swilby Posted December 7, 2023 Report Share Posted December 7, 2023 9 hours ago, MIKE P said: So whats the best, pump out or Cassette Composting 😊 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momac Posted December 7, 2023 Report Share Posted December 7, 2023 21 hours ago, Mike Tee said: Go Greek / Brazilian / loads of others, and put used paper in a bin and dispose with the usual rubbish if you are concerned. If you don't want to put it in the bin 'loose', then use cheap dog crap bags. Or nappy bags which are the same thing really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnetman Posted December 7, 2023 Report Share Posted December 7, 2023 I was amused when visiting the Bounty which is a riverside pub opposite Bourne End on the Thames to note that they had a useful selection of snacks available on approach to the bar. Â Chocolate bars, some packs of crips, pork scratchings and also very cleverly they also had little packets of dog poo bags. Â It sort of put me orf my appetite in a number of different ways but I guess it was good product placement. Â Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusty69 Posted December 7, 2023 Report Share Posted December 7, 2023 Just now, magnetman said: I was amused when visiting the Bounty which is a riverside pub opposite Bourne End on the Thames to note that they had a useful selection of snacks available on approach to the bar.  Chocolate bars, some packs of crips, pork scratchings and also very cleverly they also had little packets of dog poo bags.  It sort of put me orf my appetite in a number of different ways but I guess it was good product placement.   Did they have any chocolate covered coconut snacks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnetman Posted December 7, 2023 Report Share Posted December 7, 2023 No and I did moan to the man at the bar about it. Â Bit of an obvious oversight ! Â No Bounty Bars at the Bounty bar. He saw the point but had other customers to deal with rather than engage in a frivolous conversation with a gentleman of the River such as myself. Â Â 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusty69 Posted December 7, 2023 Report Share Posted December 7, 2023 2 minutes ago, magnetman said: No and I did moan to the man at the bar about it.  Bit of an obvious oversight !  No Bounty Bars at the Bounty bar. He saw the point but had other customers to deal with rather than engage in a frivolous conversation with a gentleman of the River such as myself.   Well, you could have looked for the bounties yourself. Afterall they are in need of hunting iirc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnetman Posted December 7, 2023 Report Share Posted December 7, 2023 For a fistful of dollars? Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusty69 Posted December 7, 2023 Report Share Posted December 7, 2023 The outlaw josie whales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
system 4-50 Posted December 7, 2023 Report Share Posted December 7, 2023 Izal, I remember it well. Â It was 6000 grit wasn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoatinglifeupNorth Posted December 7, 2023 Report Share Posted December 7, 2023 (edited) 12 hours ago, Alway Swilby said: Composting 😊 💦 Edited December 8, 2023 by BoatinglifeupNorth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machpoint005 Posted December 7, 2023 Report Share Posted December 7, 2023 Urine is an excellent compost activator. Â Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanD Posted December 7, 2023 Report Share Posted December 7, 2023 5 hours ago, alias said:  At least it started out blue... I remember those, by the end of a week's hire they were disgusting... 😞 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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