luctor et emergo Posted May 14, 2013 Report Share Posted May 14, 2013 Rrowboat world likes to copy and paste, and then add '*** reports', '***** tells us' , preferably several days after it has been widely reported elsewhere. I'm surprised that on this occassion, they are not claiming to have found the boat, that is what they usually do. NBW = daily snail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sueb Posted May 14, 2013 Report Share Posted May 14, 2013 According to another link on narrow minded world I have also had a sex change! Never mind. If you can't find out the facts just make them up....... He gave me a sex change some years ago. Maybe he has a problem with recognising the difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naughty Cal Posted May 14, 2013 Report Share Posted May 14, 2013 Maybe they didn't feel they could print my name again after the last story! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the grinch Posted May 14, 2013 Report Share Posted May 14, 2013 There is no way you can operate the tidal Trent Locks without if being switched on. Far too heavy and no way to override the hydraulics.never heard of using a key then? I have in the past had access to BW master keys and currently have in my possession an EA master for the river Nene lock reversal padlocks! similarly whilst I accept it may have gone by road there is currently no verification that it did, similarly there is still no 100% proof that it did not in fact make the journey by water although the odds seem to stack in favour of the road option. maybe we'll know soon! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stagedamager Posted May 14, 2013 Report Share Posted May 14, 2013 you can certainly operate the other Trent locks when on amber, but i'm sure the tidal locks aren't self operable?? Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the grinch Posted May 14, 2013 Report Share Posted May 14, 2013 (edited) yes Dan they aren't user operable but who's to say they haven't got access to a master key? Edited May 14, 2013 by hamsterfan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naughty Cal Posted May 14, 2013 Report Share Posted May 14, 2013 None of the tidal locks on the Trent it the Ouse can be user operated. You would have to break into the control towers at Cromwell and Keadby, break into the pedestal and unlock the padlocks on both Stockwith and Torksey. As I said earlier there would not have been enough water over the cill for the boat to have come through Torksey out of working hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven wilkinson Posted May 14, 2013 Report Share Posted May 14, 2013 I suspect the full story won't be known for some time - if at all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza Posted May 14, 2013 Report Share Posted May 14, 2013 never heard of using a key then? I have in the past had access to BW master keys and currently have in my possession an EA master for the river Nene lock reversal padlocks! similarly whilst I accept it may have gone by road there is currently no verification that it did, similarly there is still no 100% proof that it did not in fact make the journey by water although the odds seem to stack in favour of the road option. maybe we'll know soon! The ea key you have in your possession is no use to man nor beast unless you have the lockout key for the guillotine operating panel..... I think all of the locks that are reversed for flood control are now electrically operated, I can't be 100% sure about warmington which is still manually operated, and I only came through there last Thursday! Question is why would you want to tamper with a lock when it has been set for flood control and the river shut for navigation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luctor et emergo Posted May 14, 2013 Report Share Posted May 14, 2013 Ok, so craning it was the only option. How many cranes capable of doing this? I presume they all keep track of what they did, and when? The approx time and date are known, shouldn't take the police to long to check. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starcoaster Posted May 14, 2013 Report Share Posted May 14, 2013 (edited) Nice of him to use my picture! They really are disgustingly brazen, aren't they. Hilariously, the editor of this virtual toilet paper had the audacity to threaten another party with prosecution for copyright infringement earlier on this year after said party posted a copy of a threatening and untruthful email received from their identity-crisis suffering owner/editor. If they ever post on their site again anything that I have written (I would add "without permission", but it's kind of a given that I would never give them permission for any possible reason)! I will bill them for the usage rights at my going rate, and/or issue a takedown notice to their hosts and instigate a civil claim for monies owed. You can also do this for your picture... I really can't stand plagiarism, and I've never come across any publication or website that so openly steals other writers' and photographers' work as Narrowscroat World! Edited May 14, 2013 by Starcoaster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jelunga Posted May 14, 2013 Report Share Posted May 14, 2013 yes Dan they aren't user operable but who's to say they haven't got access to a master key? Whatever. They might also have access to a teleport system. It is about as likely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted May 14, 2013 Report Share Posted May 14, 2013 Whatever. They might also have access to a teleport system. So that's who nicked mine! Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneWolf Posted May 14, 2013 Report Share Posted May 14, 2013 maybe we'll know soon! Well i'm on tenterhooks.... who will WIN ... my money's on NC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naughty Cal Posted May 15, 2013 Report Share Posted May 15, 2013 I have written a very nice email to the editor of Narrow Minded World this morning. I wonder what response I shall get Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luctor et emergo Posted May 15, 2013 Report Share Posted May 15, 2013 Thomasina will probably threaten to sue you for libel or something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naughty Cal Posted May 15, 2013 Report Share Posted May 15, 2013 Sue me for libel for using my pictures without permission. How does that work then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grace and Favour Posted May 15, 2013 Report Share Posted May 15, 2013 (edited) I have written a very nice email to the editor of Narrow Minded World this morning. I wonder what response I shall get Initially a complete denial that they've ever run the article. Followed by 30 minutes of silence Then a strongly worded accusation that you've plagarised their article A further wait of a day Then a boasting article that they knew this boat was going to be stolen, that they have narks working for Leicestershire Police whom had 'a wire' on the crims all the time. a further day's delay A finger-pointing rant, with six by four photographs, accusing the new owners of the boat of over-staying whilst carrying out repairs, and how the Narrow-Lobotomy Team have saved the boating world from certain extinction with over-population of bank-side dwellers (as foretold by Alice's Restaurant) Edited May 15, 2013 by Grace & Favour 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan_fincher Posted May 15, 2013 Report Share Posted May 15, 2013 I have written a very nice email to the editor of Narrow Minded World this morning. I wonder what response I shall get You will be wrong, and he will be right....... (Or that at least is his "norm"). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naughty Cal Posted May 15, 2013 Report Share Posted May 15, 2013 Not far off . Just had a response saying they have not used my picture. They assure me it has been supplied by a regular contributor, who strangely doesn't seem to exist if you look him up. To this I have replied that their crude attempt at cropping my picture to disguise it is little better than the thieves attempt to disguise the narrowboat. Response awaited....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan_fincher Posted May 15, 2013 Report Share Posted May 15, 2013 Just had a response saying they have not used my picture. They assure me it has been supplied by a regular contributor, who strangely doesn't seem to exist if you look him up. This would be the self same "editor" that recently ran an article about CRT managers lying, would it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naughty Cal Posted May 15, 2013 Report Share Posted May 15, 2013 (edited) Probably! No response as yet. I await the legal threats! It is quite frankly amazing that they get away with the clap trap they publish. Their so called reporters can't even look at the pictures they have stolen and come up with a viable story. Does the boat look like it has been professionally repainted to disguise it? Edited May 15, 2013 by Naughty-Cal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_r Posted May 15, 2013 Report Share Posted May 15, 2013 Even to my poor eyesight the reflections of the boat in the ripples on the water appear identical between the two photographs. The chances of replicating the ripple pattern between two passing boaters seem improbabale to say the least. Scoundrels of the first water Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulG Posted May 15, 2013 Report Share Posted May 15, 2013 Not far off . Just had a response saying they have not used my picture. They assure me it has been supplied by a regular contributor, who strangely doesn't seem to exist if you look him up. To this I have replied that their crude attempt at cropping my picture to disguise it is little better than the thieves attempt to disguise the narrowboat. Response awaited....... You can use Tineye to compare two pictures (including modified versions of originals). See http://tineye.com/ It doesn't matter where he got the image from. It's your copyright and you have the right to insist that he takes it down! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanM Posted May 15, 2013 Report Share Posted May 15, 2013 Even to my poor eyesight the reflections of the boat in the ripples on the water appear identical between the two photographs. The chances of replicating the ripple pattern between two passing boaters seem improbabale to say the least. Scoundrels of the first water +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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