The Boat Behind You.......

[vicafloat]

I am sorry you didn't like the replies but you will always get a cross section of views. I would be interested to

know the name of the boat,since many on the cut will know it and will have a view on the way it is

operating on the cut. I would also love to hear the full story of the later incident;it sounds very interesting!

[Tam & Di]

I am sorry you didn't like the replies but you will always get a cross section of views. I would be interested to

know the name of the boat,since many on the cut will know it and will have a view on the way it is

operating on the cut. I would also love to hear the full story of the later incident;it sounds very interesting!

 

You need to go back to about page 3 if I recall.

[junior]

I am sorry you didn't like the replies but you will always get a cross section of views. I would be interested to

know the name of the boat,since many on the cut will know it and will have a view on the way it is

operating on the cut. I would also love to hear the full story of the later incident;it sounds very interesting!

Erm...all done and dusted about 3 days ago. I think it was judged to be a draw.

[Chertsey]

Speaking as a (once) physicist by training and with quite a bit of engineering background, your conflation of the two concepts is a widespread problem and can lead to very considerable difficulties.

 

It also leads to problems in interpreting statistical or stochastic data, in particular whether two measurements represent a difference or not. To take an immediate issue, opinion polls. Media often highlight what are quite small changes in opinion ratings without citing the accuracy, although the numbers are given with spurious precision. In fact, in many cases, the error bar on both readings is such that they may well represent no change in opinion.

I recognise the difference between popular usage and technical terms where the same words often mean different things. However, the point which gave rise to this part of the thread was a technical matter and the distinction is vital, especially if you wish to take action based on the correct or incorrect usage. To repeat, a precise reading of 3.456 mph is very unlikely to be accurate to the scale implied by the readout.

Speaking as a social scientist, yes, well put.

[MtB]

I am sorry you didn't like the replies but you will always get a cross section of views. I would be interested to

know the name of the boat,since many on the cut will know it and will have a view on the way it is

operating on the cut. I would also love to hear the full story of the later incident;it sounds very interesting!

 

And another poster who posts without reading the thread!

Or did you mean the second incident the Op mentioned being involved in?

[gazza]

 

 

12 inches is a foot.

 

I have one and I keep it in the yard.

I've got 6" but don't use it as a rule.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The old uns are the best

[Ray T]

I've got 6" but don't use it as a rule.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The old uns are the best

 

 

When I worked for BT it was said we belonged to the 7 inch club!

 

 

 

This fellah was referred to as "The Dancing Prat."

 

Edited July 20, 2016 by Ray T

[gazza]

 

 

When I worked for BT it was said we belonged to the 7 inch club!

 

 

 

This fellah was referred to as "The Dancing Prat."

 

Dad had an ex BT Bedford HA van of the 7" era.

I hadn't clocked that before, inside info is great

 

As for the dancing prat, yes that makes sense, was he pre or post Maureen Lipman and the ology adverts?

[Ray T]

Dad had an ex BT Bedford HA van of the 7" era.

I hadn't clocked that before, inside info is great

 

As for the dancing prat, yes that makes sense, was he pre or post Maureen Lipman and the ology adverts?

 

Post Maureen.

 

and of course before the 7" logo we had.......

 

 

When BT had the corporate writing in morse code style ie dots and dashes Jasper Carrot did a wonderful sketch as a fitter wearing overalls where the "M" had been altered to a "N."

 

 

When I began working for them it was this:

 

 

As a matter of usless information the idea of the Piper was that he was receiving messages in his right side ear, the raised hand "cupped to the ear." He was then relaying the messages via his "Pan pipes."

Edited July 20, 2016 by Ray T

[gazza]

If I remember right the Morse type font was what was on the bill.

 

Interesting stuff Mr T

[MissMax]

Remember when the Electric and Gasboard had shops you could go into and talk to a person

[Ray T]

Remember when the Electric and Gasboard had shops you could go into and talk to a person

 

Gosh shocking and inflammatory.

[gazza]

Remember when the Electric and Gasboard had shops you could go into and talk to a person

Yes, we had both in the Arndale center. My nan wanted to get a British cooker to replace her English Electric one - nothing wrong with it as I recall, the salesman talked her into a crap slimline Belling that was nothing but trouble. They don't make em like they used to!

 

One of dads mates also went to the counter to pay his overdue bill with a gert big loose change jar.

He was not a popular chap with the poor sod on the counter.

[Mike Todd]

 

 

When I worked for BT it was said we belonged to the 7 inch club!

 

 

 

This fellah was referred to as "The Dancing Prat."

 

I was told that it represented the three different levels of mistake with BT could make.

[alan_fincher]

Dad had an ex BT Bedford HA van of the 7" era.

I hadn't clocked that before, inside info is great

 

If you had asked me, I would have said that logo didn't overlap production of the HA van, but a quick check tells me I am wrong!

 

You don't half pick up some "useful" information on here.

 

(I had an HA van once - what a mistake that was!)

[MtB]

 

If you had asked me, I would have said that logo didn't overlap production of the HA van, but a quick check tells me I am wrong!

 

You don't half pick up some "useful" information on here.

 

(I had an HA van once - what a mistake that was!)

 

 

So did I. I LURVED it, it was insanely fast!

[gazza]

 

If you had asked me, I would have said that logo didn't overlap production of the HA van, but a quick check tells me I am wrong!

 

You don't half pick up some "useful" information on here.

 

(I had an HA van once - what a mistake that was!)

He was a glutton for punishment.

A T reg (79) was followed swiftly by an X reg (82) one

Both supplied by Tanners of Burton Latimer who specialised in ex BT vans. I can remember going there with the old man several times.

Dad had upgraded the load area - a bench seat so us three boys could all travel with him, rear facing with lap belts so quiet safe really and the French thought they gave the world the MPV with the espace!

 

 

So did I. I LURVED it, it was insanely fast!

Less so towing a heron dinghy and 3 bikes on the roof rack.

Went better on the way home with the bikes in the boat.

 

ETA, Insanely fast and the old viva 1057 - 1256cc ohv engine don't often go in the same sentence...

 

Forgot there was a couple of other heady power plants available

Edited July 20, 2016 by gazza

[MissMax]

This page reminds me how old i am

[alan_fincher]

He was a glutton for punishment.

A T reg (79) was followed swiftly by an X reg (82) one

Both supplied by Tanners of Burton Latimer who specialised in ex BT vans. I can remember going there with the old man several times.

Dad had upgraded the load area - a bench seat so us three boys could all travel with him, rear facing with lap belts so quiet safe really and the French thought they gave the world the MPV with the espace!

 

Ah my first vehicle was a Morris Minor Van that was of "ex Post Office Telephones" extraction - from the "Custard Yellow" era that followed the drab olive green. (BVB331D - I can still remember). I bought if off a university friend who assured me it had been put back in good order by a bloke called "Ernie" - that alone should have been a warning!

 

When I took it for the first MOT in my ownership, I explained that my friend had gone with someone to the site where they were sold off, to pick out the one of their choice. The MOT man shook his head, and said "were they deliberately looking for the one with most rust on?"

 

It's one good point was it had a recent Gold Seal engine, and flew along - it's worst point was however the brakes!

[MtB]

This page reminds me how old i am

 

Sounds like an invitation to play the game "I'm older than you are".

 

You start!

[MissMax]

1971

[Guest]

It's one good point was it had a recent Gold Seal engine, and flew along - it's worst point was however the brakes!

Hells teeth, I think I remember 'gold seal' engines.

 

Where they the factory refurbed ones marketed by Unipart and were actually painted gold?

[MtB]

Feck moi. SO young!

 

1955...

Hells teeth, I think I remember 'gold seal' engines.

Where they the factory refurbed ones marketed by Unipart and were actually painted gold?

 

 

Krekt. I remember thems too!

[FadeToScarlet]

I bought if off a university friend who assured me it had been put back in good order by a bloke called "Ernie" - that alone should have been a warning!

 

Was it the fastest telephone engineer's van in the West?

Feck moi. SO young!

 

1955...

 

Both Dan and I are 1987

[Jerra]

1946!

 

First car Morris 1000 traveler 866 ARM or was it the other way round ARM 866