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grendel

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  1. I have just checked and its very similar from the mobile view, just start by clicking on the 3 bars then proceed to the account settings from there.
  2. there is a section for notifications in your account settings where you can fine tune your notification settings thats the view from a pc, then if you want notifications you probably want automatically follow new content I post
  3. as I quite unfathomably managed to win by a long head last friday, it falls upon me to present the last quiz of the year this coming friday. to give everyone a chance to brush up their knowledge i present the topics for this coming fridays quiz 1. Cryptic Cathedrals 2. Christmas 3. Christmas Music Break to recover and refresh your glasses 4. 12 days 5. Youtube Boats 6. Christmas Leftovers Start 8,30 ish in the chatroom http://www.nbnchat.com/chat Enter your User Name but leave password blank
  4. I have seen both the anglers with a huge trolley full of gear dragging them great distances along the banks of the Yare, and similarly I have seen fishermen walking along a river with just a rod and a bag, occasionally flicking a line into the water, then moving on. I did wonder at the sheer quantity of gear that some anglers seem to need (ok one time there must have been a match on as there were dozens of anglers with the trolleys of gear), but as a non fisher I dont really understand I guess. also the one that seems strange to me are those that turn up with huge long poles that seem to reach almost to the opposite bank, who then when a boat comes along have to retract the poles to allow passage- its really amusing though when there are fishermen both sides seeming preferring the opposite side to where they are seated. My only ask as a boater is that fishermen make themselves visible more, I try and move more to the middle when there are fishermen, but some seem to delight in wearing camoflage and using rods that are invisible against the bank, so my apologies if I havent moved to the centre of the river in every instance as its more than probable I didnt see you.
  5. not really as while it would hold the tides out, it would also restrict water leaving the system during times of flood even worse than we have already recently seen, and there are concerns that the water would just make its way under the spit of land containing a large portion of Great Yarmouth and wash out under there causing the land to erode into the sea.
  6. https://www.thekingsginger.com/discover
  7. An interesting side note, my daughter found me a ginger liqueur, the kings ginger- 29.9% and its lovely.
  8. Glass raised, plus second glass raised to Uncle Mike, may he ever win the quizzes up above.
  9. I am sure that on top of all the recent flooding certain questions are surely bound to be asked whether the flood alleviation program is working?
  10. my newest car was the lada riva, and that was 5 years old when I got it motorbikes, now lets see if I can remember, peugeot 103 moped, kawasaki z250c, yamaha 100cc, honda c90, honda 400 superdream, cx 500, BMW r80RS. I think thats all the bikes though maybe not in that order.
  11. now I can see why you didnt want to be moored up next to Mark....
  12. surely the problem with the salt surges is that if the incoming salt surge cant properly drain away, the next incoming tide pushes it further upriver, then the next and the next, if the bure freely drained, then the salt would get to a point, then be flushed out, and the next incoming tide it would get to the same point and be flushed out, rather than the current salt surge being pushed further upstream with every incoming tide. Just my thoughts I know, the BA are using your theory as a reason not to dredge, but (and I dont know this for a fact) were the salt surges as bad or worse when the bure was dredged?
  13. my first car was a vw variant (air cooled estate with the engine under the loor in the back) my second was a mk1, and 2 1300/1600 escort (a bitsa gar, bitsa this one and bits a that one cobbled together from 3 cars. then we had the v4 transit parcel van, followed by a lada riva, then a bedford camper, a vw jetta, and then a string of volvos- 340's 440's 850's 940, v70, v40 and finally my current v50- along the way I also had quite a few motorbikes.
  14. my transit parcel van had the blue plastic sun visor- half way up the windscreen (just the right spot to keep the sun out of the drivers eyes - I remember it vividly, as when a lorry flicked a stone up into the windscreen shattering it, the sun visor held enough glass together to wrap around my head when it hit me.
  15. lovely carvings, I used to do celtic knotwork on wooden bowls.
  16. It was a most enjoyable evening- noisy, and hot, but enjoyable.
  17. The plan is being able to scan a part of the boat, bring it into cad and design a part that perfectly fits.
  18. The really good scanners are over £1000, but this was a sub £300 model. This is a printout of the scanned carved duck, at 25% full size.
  19. A lovely morning, time for a bike ride, so off I set, along the river, still swollen and flowing fast, through the areas where the path is flooded. this time I had a purpose, just next to the railway arch crossing the river there is a picnic bench with some carvings of ducks and mice on the top, so on my return journey I stopped there and got my 3d scanner out (black friday present to myself) and set to to capture some of the carvings (and learn the proper settings for this beast) eventually I got a good scan of one of the carvings, then headed home, on a whim I also booked myself a ticket for Aladdin at the Marlow theatre- the only remaining seats were all single seats, so I snapped one up, and am preparing for a good evening at the theatre tonight. the STL file can be viewed using the 3d viewer software built into a microsoft pc duck scan.stl
  20. I see you have made it into a new name same me video at how hill
  21. grendel

    Lifejackets

    I managed to find a contact page and emailed them my suggestion, did anyone else know that there are already lifejacket storage lockers at the yacht station (along the front) not highly advertised then.
  22. grendel

    Lifejackets

    I could not find a suggestions page on their website, so I have tagged Tom in my post for him to pass it on.
  23. grendel

    Lifejackets

    a quick search reveals you could get 36 basic lockers for well under £1000, which could easily be installed under the roofed area by the toilets / showers
  24. grendel

    Lifejackets

    Plus since the BA like signs so much, signs could be placed along the mooring saying please wear your lifejacket whilst disembarking and boarding, storage lockers are available at the yacht station.
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