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1 minute ago, Jemaki said:
I'm past the point of sitting in a classroom whilst someone patronises me.
Some of the course I went to was quite interesting but the free tea and coffee suplied was better. The two
guys that lead the course were ex 'old bill' and did not seem to take it too seriously to be honest.
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5 minutes ago, Jemaki said:
Fixed....only my second speeding ticket in 45yrs driving, I need to shut the misses up when I'm driving so I can concentrate 🙃
I got 'done' a few years ago cominng out of Beccles on my way home from the boat. It was a mobile trap, hiding in the trees. Don't now how he could see me because I could not see him until we passed! First one in over 40 years of driving. 5 mph over the limit. I took a speed awareness course to save tne points.
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The Sun did this years ago. Boatyards pulled out all the old s......s and people hired them cheap. The boats were so bad
(as I seem to remember) I am sure it put off new hirers for good. I feel sure it did not do anyone any good!
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2 hours ago, BroadAmbition said:
So, we have recently sold MrsG's ageing Ford Focus, it's gone to a new owner and we will both miss it
MrsG now has a new steed. Its got a lot to live up to. It is also the first Audi we have ever owned
So I was wondering what are forumites experiences with these cars?
The model now sat on our drive is a Q5 2018 quattro sport Diesel 190bhp with only 12'000 miles on it.
It sports an automatic gearbox so she will have to get used to that. There is NO dipstick either - Horrors
Btw - this was MrsG's choice of car. My input was to give it a thorough going over / inspection before we pulled the trigger. My first impressions - I quite like it, in fact I can see me liking it a lot There might be some farkling being carried out in the not too distant future. It'll certainly be capable of carrying mates / guns / dogs on game shooting days especially being 4wd
Griff
Both my Jaguar xf and also the wifes Volvo XC60 have no dip sticks. I originally found this a pita but neither use any oil so not too much of a problem.
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19 minutes ago, BroadAmbition said:
Triumph?
plenty here
Griff
I want to test ride the one in the middle!
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10 minutes ago, MauriceMynah said:
How long has Tesco been in Beccles?
We had our boat in Beccles and sold it three years ago and I am sure Tesco's were there up to two
years prior to that.
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17 minutes ago, grendel said:
if there is structural damage it should be categorised as such, and then the repair should have to be taken to a dvla centre and inspected to make sure the work leaves the car safe to use, I have had one car where minor damage was wrongly categorised as structural and had to experience this process,I have also purchased cars written off under a lessor category, and the reason can be a simple as a small dent in a non replaceable panel (such as an integral rear wing on an estate car) where the repair would entail re- skinning a complete side of he car.
The requirement of taking these cars to a DVLA centre has now stopped!
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1 hour ago, JennyMorgan said:
Strikes me that Americans are even more inclined to write off damaged boats than we are in the UK. I have a good friend who buys US write-off sports cruisers, ships them back to the UK, tarts them up and re-sells, very often needing to do very little work to them. Hurricane season can be rich pickings!
The biggest problem with repaired cars is that as soon as they are catergorised as repaired it does not matter how well they have been repaired the 'marker' stays with them and the values are about 40% less than they otherwise would have been - plus it is illegal not to disclose the marker when selling the vehicle.
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6 minutes ago, FreedomBoatingHols said:
WOW. Gotta recover them first I guess.
I had assumed that the four repairable had somehow been 'rescued'?
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18 minutes ago, dnks34 said:
I would not be prepared to take on any of those wrecked hulls as a project even if it were given to me for free.
Especially having seen what had actually happened to them. I wouldn’t even be prepared to hire one should any miraculously reappear on hire!
Does anyone know weather any have been recovered, or are they still drifting, or all now smashed to pieces?
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14 minutes ago, Vaughan said:
Just thought you might like to see what the Lot looks like in better weather!
These shots were taken in the upstream direction, on the other side of Cahors.
The last two shots are approaching and passing the famous Pont Valentré, in Cahors.
What a difference. Looks great?
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1 hour ago, Vaughan said:
The pontoon was built when the base was opened about 35 years ago. It is a serious piece of engineering with long holding off poles on goosenecks and two substantial gangway bridges leading down from the bank above. So it can rise right up as high as the bank or higher, if necessary. It is anchored by heavy cable moorings, as posts would be impractical in that location.
It was built, however, in the days when the base had less than 10 boats and those that weren't hauled out ashore on the gantry were moored for the winter on the other side of the river, on the town moorings, where there are stone bollards and iron rings, designed for the mooring of 400 ton barges. There were never more than 2 boats on the pontoons in winter.
The new global tour operator owners have their own ideas though. They now have around 30 boats on the base and presumably thought it was safe to leave 21 of them, moored three abreast on the pontoons over the winter, on the river Lot.
Maybe there wasn't an appropriate box to tick on their risk assessment forms?
I assume there is an ex boatyard manager looking for a new job now?
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3 hours ago, trambo said:
From Terry Badrey's Flickr page.
Fred
Is that Calm Waters? My dad hired Calm Waters when I was a kid and that was many, many years ago
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1 hour ago, Hylander said:
You are spot on there. I was earwigging to a conversation between the doctors and I heard them say that this was the last batch they had. So if you get the chance , grab it with both hands while they have supplies. They only book for the vaccine available. Obviously if someone cannot make it for a serious reason then there would be a spare one but it is rare.
I did hear one the news that for some reason a Health Centre could not open (probably due to bad weather) so they took the whole lot around to Care Homes and used them up there so no wastage.
Whilst their pub is closed my daughter in law is doing 'traffic management' at our local Folkestone centre. On her first day she was offered a jab as they had one left, which of course she took rather than it being wasted. At the moment if they have any over it is being used at the Police Station which is nearby so no wasteage there!
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48 minutes ago, andyg said:
Does anyone know why Aston boats closed its doors. It was such a distinctive fleet that seemed so popular, always seemed to add new boats was splitting the fleet over two bases its down full.
Ask Steve at Derby's Quay Beccles. He will know. He worked for them for many years.
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15 minutes ago, WherryNice said:
Hi Alan,
I have both bought and sold props on ebay. There is usually a selection on there of various types.
Out of interest are they outdrive or shaft type?
Thanks for the info. They were outdrives and alloy.
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I have got 2x used but good condition propellors to dispose of. They were fitted to my Fairline Targa 34 fitted with twin BMW diesels.
(From memory I believe she was the 1994 boat show model and BMW engines were an unusual fitting?)
The props were with the boat when I bought her and have been in my workshop ever since. Now for disposal, any idea of best place?
Thanks. Happy. (aka Alan)
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3 minutes ago, Lulu said:
What sort of things could be salvaged from it that would be worth the money? Looks like it will just collapse if it’s moved!
I notice that the two highest bidders have very low feedback - if thats true to e bay form - I reckon
it will still be available after the auction ends!?
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1895?
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10 minutes ago, LizG said:
Ditto to one and all!
Lx
US TOO. Alan and Eve
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29 minutes ago, JennyMorgan said:
Agreed, I thoroughly that.
On the other hand the numerous ladies in my family seem drawn to this channel!
https://www.gemporia.com/en-gb/auction/
Actually even I find it more entertaining than the World at War etc etc.
MM is entirely right regarding Christmas TV but obviously he hasn't found the joy of the shopping channels!!
Oh! Thanks for that. An expense I did not accept. I'll go back to cooking the evening meal now! Cheers.
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1 hour ago, CambridgeCabby said:
One of my pet hates is when food is served on boards/skates or anything other than an old fashioned round plate .
This was my only complaint with my meal at The Sutton Staithe hotel , my gammon steak arrived on an oblong plate , chips were in a mini fry basket and the peas were in a mini galvanised bucket , it (to me) makes a lot of unnecessary washing up .
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they use bl**dy sachets for condiments and the mustard is not Colman’s , it’s a good thing I always take some freshly made mustard when we go out for a meal (Kate carries it in her bag for me )
The condiments have to be in sachets because of covid regs.
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We have just crossed over the M20 at Folkestone. The road is totally clear and all the trucks have gone for as far as the eye can see - progress, maybe? I do hope so for the sake of the drivers.
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2 hours ago, CambridgeCabby said:
Testing the drivers has been suggested , it’s more a case of France using the situation as an advantage in the current Brexit talks (I believe)
Personally I would tell the French Government that all the drivers had been tested and they were all negative
and let them roll.
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Both my Jaguar xf and also the wifes Volvo XC60 have no dip sticks. I originally found this a pita but neither use any oil so not too much of a problem.
I want to test ride the one in the middle!
I assume there is an ex boatyard manager looking for a new job now?
Ask Steve at Derby's Quay Beccles. He will know. He worked for them for many years.
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