JanetAnne

Just for a bit of fun, and to give you all a taste of a quiz, here is a round from a recent friday night. How many can you get? ROUND 4 OLD MONEY. CAN YOU STILL TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YOUR TANNER AND YOUR CROWN? HERE'S A FEW TO GET THE GREY MATTER WORKING Q1- HOW MUCH IS A BOB IN NEW PENCE? Q2- WHAT WAS THE SMALLEST PRE DECIMAL NOTE? Q3- HOW MANY THREEPENNY BITS (3d's) IN A CROWN? Q4- WHAT IS THE MODERN EQUIVALENT OF A GUINEA? Q5- YOU HAVE BEEN SHOPPING AND BOUGHT TWO BAGS OF CRISPS AT 6d EACH PLUS A LOAF OF BREAD AT 1'1d. YOU PAID WITH HALF A CROWN, HOW MUCH CHANGE DID YOU GET? Q6- HOW MUCH IN NEW PENCE WAS A TANNER? Answers below...

'Air' dale?

Public Transport. A whole new audience for the Griffin Joke Book....

Never knew it had an official name. Every day is a learning day! That's why we need fenders! A friend once told me that if we were to replace the air bags on modern cars with a carving knife pointing towards the driver, speeding, careless driving and accidents would be all but eliminated! Perhaps we should replace the fenders with five pound notes attached to the rubbing strakes and, at the end of the week, we only get to take the whole ones home again

Griff found his joke book.....

There is a boat jumble on the 11th August at Beccles Yacht Station.

Lots of varnish and get the brasso out. It will look fabulous. As far as whether you should or not, it's yours to do with as you see fit so have what you want.

Different strakes.... These will all be in their original gelcoat at this time of course and one is or appears to be lighter?

Great minds think alike!

If you know the build date I would recommend asking the good people of this forum (who have never let me down yet) to dig out their Blake's and Hoseasons catalogues from the period and have a look at all the entries for Falcon's and ask them to copy them here. I would suggest from 1976 to 1978/9. If you can see the various layouts and oddities in rubbing strakes, deck furniture, hand rails etc. there is a very good chance you will, by process of elimination, identify your boat.

I wouldn't if there is a pub nearby. They may never get to the boat

3.... Impossible to start Christmas before December 1st!

All Broom Skippers seem to be sold as Broom Skippers no matter who by or where they were fitted out.... not even as Aquafibre Skippers! As for the boat in question on here I have seen similar style interior in an Andrews (of Bourne End) build. They used to buy in hulls for their new builds and were quite prolific builders of both cruisers, some sea going, and slipper launches. My first question would be what are the bulkheads made of? You can always tell the quality of a build by the material behind the veneers or formica's. There are a lot of chipboard bulkheads out there! A well maintained plywood top will be better than a poor condition fibreglass one by the way.

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Nuff said!

Fog-X It's Rain-X's mate and works nicely. Then again my mum always cleaned her windows inside with neat vinegar and swore by it for keeping the condensation down on the glass. However, she never has the heating on, preferring a thicker coat, so what's there to condensate?

I was being kind...

London Landmarks?

Oops, Friday (today now) evening in the chatroom 20.30hrs Can someone clever put the chatroom link in for me

Here it is folks - Daves Dodgy Quiz! Its a quick fire quiz this week being run by Lyns in my absence. Cheers Lyns Round 1- Adversaries - Cartoon foes to the fore Round 2- Quiz Show Hosts - Can you remember who hosted 'Ask the Family' or similar? Round 3- Famous Film Quotes - Here are 6 famous film quotes but can you name the film? Break time Round 4 - Old Money - Tanners, farthings and Threepenny Bits, its all in here Round 5- Music Through The Decades - A question from each decade starting with the 60's right up to the 2000's! Round 6 - The Quickfire Finale - Fastest finger first for these quickfire questions to round the evening off. How can you resist....?

She is still Merlin and belongs to a forum member. I shall let him reveal himself should he so choose. He owns three wooden boats so tends to keep a low profile to avoid the men in white coats

I use Alan May

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tales_of_the_Riverbank

Dr Who, The Black and White Minstrel Show. Bullseye, Blake's 7...

I would be tempted to aim a fan heater at it for a few hours and dry it out before forcing it and risking damaging the edges. Once out I would follow the advice above and ease it followed by candle wax on the edges to help it in the future.