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Usually the EA reports try to show the economic benefits of keeping healthy fish stocks for anglers. They even try to show this by species. I await George Osborne's speech on carp economics with interest.

The Hateful Eight as you may know is a western, perhaps you don't know that the sound track has some pedigree to it having been written by the same Ennio Morricone that composed The Good The Bad and The Ugly only the Hateful Eight is a few decades younger... Hence I thought it might be more appropriate for Robin... Not that I'm saying you're old Griff, nor did I plan to say this of course!

Kedging is controlling the boat's navigation using the anchor. For instance the wherrys used to kedge down under the bridges on the ebb to Yarmouth and then catch the flood up the other way.

This is actually a rather good diary. Especially the bit about it being a sailors dream to sail down the street made real near potter. Looks like following the book really got them a lot out of their holiday.

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The Yare, Brundall

My sister decided to live on the opposite side of the M25 from the rest of the family. I forget why. I either drive the other way around, drive through London or I pay afterwards using www.gov.uk/dart-charge as SwanR posted. Never had a problem paying on the web site other than I shouldn't have to. It's less annoying than the Severn bridge though which should never have been tolled.

Not even to the blaring soundtrack of the Hateful Eight?

Bah the link did not work correctly try this...

Here in the concisely and bravely titled THE VOCABULARY OF EAST ANGLIA AN ATTEMPT TO RECORD THE VUlGAR TONGUE OF THE TWIN SISTER COUNTIES, NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK, AS IT EXISTED, In the last Twenty Years of the Eighteenth Century, AND STILL EXISTS WITH PROOF OF ITS ANTIQUITY FROM ETYMOLOGY AND AUTHORITY Antiquam exquirite matrem.- Virgil By the late Rev. ROBERT FORBY RECTOR OF FINCHAM NORFOLK IN TWO VOLUMES VOL. II. (I would venture that he became late after the first volume or taking Virgil too literally and enquiring of the wrong ancient mother) printed in 1830, you will find the following handy definition: "ROGER'S BLAST s. a sudden and local motion the air no otherwise perceptible but by its whirling up the dust on a dry road in perfectly calm weather somewhat in the manner of a water spout It is reckoned a sign of approaching rain." To the modern anglophone mind of course, this equivocates roughly with a 'whirlwind'. While those with a meteorological bent are of course put in mind of Wade Szilagyi.

If they don't say when they do things then they get accused of failing to engage with and or support the 'community'. If they say too much then the section of the community they actually did engage with may get a get out of jail card. Which will really annoy the wider community.

I am not a plod. But I'll venture two main reasons: Culture Lawyers Culture The first step in most policing is to de-escalate the situation. One incredibly effective way of doing this is to make it as boring for all involved as possible. This includes their own staff. One cultural tool deployed to this aim is standardised language generally only talking about established facts. You may note that if pressed on the scene, officers may resort to using lots of boring ambiguous vocabulary peppered with indisputable facts. The facts make it sound clear while the semi-random and often nonsensical ambiguous officious terms force the target to think which they are often not used to doing. You can tell that a police officer has done this properly when the target looks somewhat stunned and rocks back on their heals with their head up. I have seen particularly effective officers actually make their target fall over backwards by taking a small slow step forwards at this point, giving them many options on contact and excuses for it. In short appearing very boring to the outside world is good policing. Lawyers Everyone knows that any interesting facts should be saved for and from the lawyers.

They effectively already have that in front of Wroxham; doesn't stop em...

After posting above I realised that the very first PC I bought with my own pay and built myself from components was to run 3d studio max and softimage. It was a beast at the time, it had 32MB EDO RAM, a matrox millennium with a 3d daughter card and two pentium pro 166's with 512k cache each which I overclocked to 200 MHz for a blistering total of 400MHz! My colleagues used to love rendering on it while I was doing other things as it was so amazingly fast! Scary to think that machine is now 20 years old. But it did serious commercial work on hardware that was significantly less powerful than a raspberry pi including some pretty cool animation even if I do say so myself

Hi Timbo, This really does come down to what type of work you are doing, how complex the models are and how much tolerance you have for previewing results in low-fi modes (simplified models, no textures, wireframe etc). But from what you have posted I would likely go with a mid range system and put the hottest graphics card (probably a nvidia one although ATI tend to edge forwards on video) I could lay hands on in it. Keep in mind that graphics cards are not just about the 4GB they are also about the number of execution units! I can get a really cheap 4GB card that will not do you any favours in 3d studio or maya. At your price point you do basically need a gamer PC as the ones that are designed for the software you are using usually come in at a multiple of your budget. You may also want to consider a second hand Quadro, again depending on if you need one for what you are doing. For now buy a cheap monitor you can tolerate and plan to upgrade it. (does colour correctness matter for what you are up to?) The posters above mention scan where I buy some things from and PC Specialists. I would also mention Overclockers who do a lot of gaming rigs.

As Robin says generator is very likely a smaller quieter separate little engine. It is also very likely that the hob in the boat is already a gas one. So if anything then just bring the whistle kettle you would have brought with your camping stove. Hookup wise they should probably have one on the boat already, otherwise they are the same standard three round pin external plugs that you use elsewhere. The best people to ask of corse are the boat yard who can confirm (or otherwise) that there is already a long hookup cable supplied and the hob is gas etc. They may even be able to tell you how many full kettles the leisure batteries can boil before asking for a generator top up themselves

Sailing boats are just like cyclists; you are not allowed to hit them no matter how crazy what they are doing is. (Yes they probably do think they are saving the world too.) Fortunately they are a lot easier to spot than cyclists on account of the mast and sails. Like some of the nerdier cyclists they may stick their arms out from time to time, unlike cyclists they probably don't mean that they intend to turn that way, outrageously they probably mean you should turn that way! If you or they don't know what they are going to do next it's best to get over to the right hand bank, slow down and pretend that you are interested in a lesser spotted warbler you just saw. Drive on the 'right' (starboard) hand side. Boat snobs call this 'passing to port' you know the type, they are the ones that know which way to pass the port at the dinner table, are always asking if you know the bishop of Norwich with a snide tone and then insist on pouring it in your glass! I digress. This does not mean that you must stay over on the right side of the river it just means you should pass other boats as if you were driving on the right hand side. So you can enjoy driving down the middle as if you owned the entire river as the oncoming traffic is closing on you at at most a whopping 12 mph. Parked boats and the grumpy fishermen actually prefer this as they can get on with their 'activities' without being unduly disturbed. Boats steer at the wrong end. Like fork lift trucks, boats 'oversteer' all the time. Just like driving the infamous German sports car this can be fun but you do need to stay on top of it to avoid 'shaking that ass' into the scenery or other boats. Not all the bridges are high enough for your vehicle to fit under. They also sneakily change height, something to do with the moon they say. So just because it was fine last time doesn't mean it is this time. You need to figure out if your vehicle will go under a bridge every time you do it. To add insult to injury, some clown has put all the rulers near the bridges upside down. Apparently this is normal for Norfolk. Some bridges are such a liability you have to stop and ask a local to drive for you. Just like in a car you are not allowed to fish and drive. Unlike a car you are allowed to drink and drive however you should keep in mind that getting out of the car does not usually offer a drowning opportunity, whereas getting out of the boat almost always does. Grumpy fishermen, try to steer clear of these ones however if you have to use it, you do have right of way and normally you have the right to park where they are fishing. Just don't use it as a last option as they have a nasty habit of keeping a ready supply of strange things to throw at you if you really annoy them. Parking is a bit more difficult as unlike a car there are no brakes to make it stop or stay where you put it. Before you say it, leaving it in gear doesn't help either. However engine braking does! You should be instructed in stopping and parking when you pick your ride up. Either way you do have to learn and remember to tie it to where you want to find it next time. Just as importantly but more easily forgotten, you need to remember to untie it before you leave. The main thing to remember though is that just like in your car, if you get into a tight spot while parking, flooring the throttle is unlikely to lead to a favourable result. Speed, just remember why you came; to to take it slow for a bit right?

I'm half with you, but I don't want the aesthetics getting trumped by blind application or we end up with a really ugly place to visit. So for instance the low bridge sign should only be used where it may not be obvious that they are approaching a low bridge. For instance one should not be used for Potter as anyone who can't appreciate the evidence of their own eyes will probably not see the benefit of a sign that mars what is left of the good looks of the place.

The thing that irks me about damage waivers is that they lead directly to some hirers not giving a monkeys about hitting others. It literally says you have no financial responsibility to take care of others property including the hire yard's! So if you are ever left dumbfounded by someone who fails to grasp why you should get so het up about them hitting you this is why. In their context it's a zero financial impact which being human they simply assume is the same for you.

Was this the pilot?!

Know your baggywrinkles from your parrel beads. Here is an online dictionary.

I really like the rooftop terrace idea. That's exactly the kind of thinking that creates a new experience and therefore a focal point.

Somerset still stuck in their old ways? You should see what comes over em when they catch the scent of hay. Ooh marster. I say it's all them apples.

Freehold too

I think PH lost it's focal point and postcard looks in the bridge hotel fire 26 years ago. It needs a new focal point near the bridge.