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  1. 650xs

    "Hathor"

    good ole use of the snore hole ...............................
  2. please some one take my nice pic of where I live to attach it to my avatr thinghy as I have tried and ca,nt do it ,...................... this is because I,m full of it ........ and so much is coming out of m e ole trap me wife think its easier to stay in here .............. well made me larf................ she says I,m a toilet ..........
  3. well what with three of those silly narrow boot jobbies now a huge steeli all I,ll need is some Turkish woodie from far away to be on my yard and I,l have a full set .......... got to go as up early to view a 50 something footer woodie lets hope she is all ok ....! :
  4. ahh sadly never finished but only has a little hole or two in her too well spotted mr falcon .........you gain a point today ..... the owner has seen a finished one ..............luck hime I say ,they are rare.... ive got yard full of them .....including my own and customers too....!!!!!! this one soon to be done............... and she will bee not too bad for an ole bruds boot too............
  5. ....how much ....... bloody boat ............... b.o.a.t ...bring out another thousand......!!!!!! afloat ........ etc etc ......
  6. ahh today was eventfull with aquick visit to another marina with an opo in tow we spent a few hours on boot to winterise and sort bad staring on another now then not been ther more than 1 hr or too when fone a blasting hundred of silly ole tuns at me ,it the wiffy demanding stuff and how long etc so at once we headed back to yard or so we thourgth ...... quick word with yard owner and then meet with local crane stuck in mud at entrance sunk to the axles it was too.... with alittle shunt and digger and hymac and chains and more rubble and work moans and groans and pulling and shoving she was out ready to do days work for the marina at last only took and hr or so quick say bye byes and hurtle back to yard to be meet with awaiting customers and a little ole steelie off transport will be a bit bigger than the usual narrow stuff we have got here ...!!!! so stopped transport driver in sisting he had a cuppa to which he refused un less "yorshie TEA " was served with proper buxton waatar..... of coarse we said and sent wiff to do and demand such beverage from the cabin ...... all supped and back to it ..... so back down to yard move hoist to ease turn round of lorry and trailer and easy lift of little ole steeli ....... she was off in a jiffy with some help from boat bulding department too....well some times have to get hem ole hands dirty.... and as luck would have it while moving the little ole large huge thing fit for sea we in turn got a little stuck in a soft bit found by the shear weight of the beast down she went with a gasp and slight lean to starboard and sudden stop as the frame / axle of me own hoist meet the ground for a quick snog ...... only one way to cue this one is to set the monster cruiser down quick ,chock up as is ,where is and move to a good bit of ground and lift again... soon done with the customer mucking in too yippe all done, now where I,m I going to put this ....??????
  7. sad ole day another master of local industry gone ..........
  8. now then i,m off to catch up with me ole mate at loddon see if he has some old christmas dvd s...... and then see if i can get a cheap survey or two from scrolling through the ole web sites .....!!!!!! then quick down the rud to see an old person for a good ole boat boat safety .......... once we have all shared the one fire exstingsher for all of the next ten boats .......... then quick visit to broads authority to see if they will let me orf my next set orf tolls for up to 20 boats or so... well it worked last time .....!!!!! will i,m about it i,ll just take holiday deposit money and mooring monies up front then spend it some where else so me and ere in doors can have a holiday in the largest ,buisest bridge on the broads ....... ramble i may and many a true word said in jest too.................... comments are mine and are my own views too.................read into what yer may ................ then i,m off to rough ole boot yrd at end of ant to give a deposit or two then waist time fiddling around with excuses to not complete sale of boat ..............!!!! just some of what goes on ere and abouts .................... not the so good stuff ............. its a shame ....................... but some of use work hard to give the best we can and many try to come ere and cock it up ...... so i say go away ..................... go nick an outboard some where else,under cut and operate for a year or two and make life hell for us who are here for the long haul ....................... operate for a year or two and change names too.............................grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr....... thats me winge out or the way ............................ happy to be grumpy ............... as is ay befor spend a week with me and then pass comment ................
  9. well thats not a good start .........................orf my land ................ how much .........................???? how long ............................?????? do yer charge for retest ....travel etc ....??//
  10. no good sunday had a case of wuss puss man flu thinghy............... couldn,t operate **** to kick self out of bed and ole black and white morcambe and wise film got the better of me ,so call me " ole lead ****".......... still got women flu thinghy now and welding today poor ole narrow boat yes we do have the silly narrow thinghs ere too ......... just a patch or two then she be back in water ..at last more winterise boot to do and one or two arrived on sunday while ill on me **** ...slip full again lifted a few outboards to store today and got visit from some ole volunteer bobbys to catch up on outboard thefts ...so I showed them the "ziggy " and three dogs in office ,one angry boat yard owner and a wiffy on the edge ,now that's me security dealt with what do yer think ...???? meeting with top local boat sale guy to discuss boot and stuff ,sale not too good but this is norm this time of year, still sell some just nice and slow been searching for three days to find winter cover and found it lost under other cover buried in back of shed number two..... at last ......... several to cover up and got some off yard to do to sort out preheat probs and winterise too I,m sure some will leave it till the first bad frost and ring me in a panic wouldn,t be first time............ little current bunn for zigggs and wade through yard back to find van in dark quick phonecall or two to do some mail orders and sort out boot ins for new customer and orf hum.....
  11. yep great find ,love the film one of my fav the ole christina loved them to bit s good ole man eastwood design rachet roof wide rear deck nice little olegalley and engine choice of ole thoney 160 or great ole huge perkins 4236 or bmc 22/2.5 .............. a great boat to work on for me and nice and strong but those blasted wires could be feed some place silly .... love the slip at malthouse easy acces to drive in t broad in a mini when frosen ...!!!!! was that one of the posh side family day boat i see with its posh royall flag.....????? nice one .................
  12. each to ther own i say all the meeryer ........................ large or small bring them all we welcome all waffis stinkies and those silly boats that don,t fitt too any boat any how any time whcih boat is correct, which one is a runngern????????........... good comments mr birnimham man, each too make an remark and the more reponse and views the better i say why yuo say....... i say why not ........................ bring a canoe or a 80 foot dutch brge to live on it brings a client,hopefull trade and some more pepes to the area too thats why i reckon .....................north or south .............. thers an old sayin any buisness is good buisness................ just my ole thourghts i,m waitin for me bad points too........ remember i comment for a rise and a result ......................... up the boat yards ..........................and the narrow boats tooo.......................
  13. what a great start to the day bright sunshine and a warm sun on me back both me and opo were busy trying to catch up with lifts etc meet some cutomers from up the north which we found out later in day they had dragged with them a little rain shower for this afternoon....... fisher man busy catching pike today and have put pics on the fishy page on ere chocked some boots up , some were high and some set low to suit customers requirments for works etc rudders out and shafts etc we help all yer know .......... sorted aboat sale boat out with a smile and a little help to find light switch etc some regulars not in this week end loverly yacht from over the back arrived with her captian on board and crew for winter moor and later into shed for normal works etc over the winter ,we love having this waffi with us as she is a real beautifool boot too advise on removal of a coupling to a cutomer with a ohhhh that hows it goes once explain why ,how and when ..... just got last boot out for today and got soaked with that NORTHERN RAIN WHICH WAS NOT ON ORDER FROM ANY ONE ..GRRRRRRR.... wet legs and bum from laying in puddle to slide chocks under boots ... quite phone today thank god as busy on yard and no wiffy to ans the telephone thing...... puddle s still large and not low water in site yet.........but ziggy happy bad start today as kippers were rubbish so orf hum to beat wiff and blame the dogs and shout at motherinlaw to blame all .....!!!!!!
  14. well blast me it don,t rain it pours ............. this one was alittle bigger than earlier into double figures yet another one alittle bigger and keen as mustard...... mr and mrs pike and the family have moved in at hum now ...... good ole bruce he is my king pike man........... come on get in yer car and fish the broads its great or hire a boot and some winter fishing in there everywhere.........
  15. I,m in ...................... intilll I get some of those negative numbers .... :
  16. got a nice pic of a little ole pike that was caught today on our own wayford broads as the rest of the day report here were dead re little fish and lots of activityso that explains a lot....!!! I know he / she is not a happy bunny but could of smiled for the pic ....... nice clean day little rain and sunny day too was so warm earlier I was on sweat ...
  17. now then then my biggest concern is the shifting sands of baylon ......?????? ohh ere oppps off topic sorry so rapt up in the moan section i forgot ......
  18. dam and blast got the man flu and family commits so fishing off till later s but will report once all done and pics of me chubb and crayfish too..... nice calm day to go would be nice too.....
  19. I,m just going to sit on me boots and wait for some one ............ ORF ME LAND ...................................... IVE GOT THE BEST ALARM ..................... IVE GOT A ZIGGY ........................
  20. ive been left some money in a will so I,m off to book this boot and prove I can handle her crash her and take as many orf you ole buggers with me .as the ole saying goes ...I,ll go down with me ship ..... up the steelies............. up the canals.......... up ba ...... up the ole boatyards tooo........ come on give it a goo.........
  21. ahh me ole mate ziggy......... nop just bust ere .......... out and about with chasing heaters boot and home life too....... lifting still proceeds must rurnout of space soon and some one else have sum.....!!!!! got the dam man flu thinghy now and still manage to operate little ... got a ole yacht out and put her on her trialor to ship back to north of thetord to that ole palce up north near the humber waters yer know .... nice to meet half the crewe and catch up on ole times ....while I lift the ole mast down for the ole buggers they watched and supervised me so I did it rite .... whilst orf on a boot away from yard I was stuckwith chin on front cabin seat trying to configure me ole body in a hole to fix dam heater was forced to watch mr otter jump in and out of the water and play hide and seek from his hole in the quay heading whilst chasing fish .........ummmmmm big ole hearts boot is just about there and the hipperson is complete bar a coat of varnish or two in the odd place we will be ready to change shed round end of month and start work on one of woods largest ole cruisers from the 1930s "queen of light " will be on water in new year with some alterations and lookin the dogs we hope too.... if the ole owner will allow will do her own resto info on some site or other etc wind is up and down this week and rian still come and goo makes good one day wet ole boot sthe next .... so when it rain hard I,m in the shed with engines or welding some thing ther always something to do .......... if it stop raining I,ll do me ole rud and make her flatt ,iknow it will loose all its character but theres only so many broad s yer can have ere of to some where far away to collect other old woodie this week and she is still afloat, sad ole story too but in good hands now .........and her ole motor run a treat too nice ride back by river next week ........... fishe still a jumping and pike man still a catching,got attacked by king fisher doing his dive bomb routine on me .love it had a my regular scotich couple come see me this week with huge smile s on tar fasces too lost a yacht this summer and gained a little ole posh cruiser so its not true ,,,,,,,they spent it again and more tooo....... met a few last of my local winter last cruiser this week and told me to winterise we have finished so another to add to the list to wrap up ........ back orf to southern climes for them ............. soup week this week to keep me going and whilst out and about I stopped to support the local fish man got me a kipper or two for breeki so I,m off to keep it cool and get that ole fish in my beely in the morn
  22. she look like like a gem good ole boot i say ..... is she the one at thames or bristol ...???? is staying there or coming hum .......????
  23. more boats ...................... good ole narrow boots .................. great will be able to go down the north walsha canal for a visit !!!!!! up the narrow boats ......................... does it matter what it is along as it floats and brings some more people .............. i,m a supporter of all until yer pxxs me orf ................"orf me land" ............
  24. fit new stainless gate valves boys ...... drill one side of ball fine but if it is not done very well ie a counter sink drill bevel edge and still with care it still damages the nylon sleeve in side !!!! switch on and off agian experience tell you when its rite alittle grease of the rite type wil work wonders in them ole gate valves too just a thought .........
  25. ahh mr gancanny what this i see the goblins have been in and yer boot look loverly not as clean as she were when me sis had er.......!!!!!! come polish that ole orange stuff and put a royall flag on it ..............
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