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1 hour ago, Bound2Please said:
Well if you and others did like I did as a kid and as my children did, and that was to walk to school, then problem solved. Have kids lost the ability to walk these days, it sure feels like they have to me.
Sadly you don't always get the choice ....... some people don't get their 1st choice school (maybe walkable) and have to settle for 2nd or 3rd choice which maybe a bit too far for tiny legs.
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Speed may not cause the accident but speed definately inflicts the fatal injury.
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Perhaps this topic wasn't/isn't the place to discuss commercialisation of the Broads.
I know threads drift but this one is about celebrating a well deserved award.
I leave the forum every time I close the computer and, like a bad smell, I keep on returning.
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I avoid buying anything in seasonal wrapping it could well be last years leftovers!!
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Call me an old cynic (you're an old b******d cynic) but wasn't Christmas hijacked by the "worship of consumerism" many years ago?
Modern kids just wouldn't get the same buzz from finding monkey nuts stuffed in their yuletide stocking.
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So in a 4 mph speed limit are you permitted to drive at 4.1 - 4.9 mph?
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I have a smart phone (yes even me) but the screen is so small i find it difficult to do anything on it.
I went to the most "grump inducing store ever" Ikea to pick up a purchase and was directed to the computer thing to register that I had arrived. Inspite of there being three helpers doing nothing I had to grapple through the meaninless form. Having finally completed it it said NO NO NO you have entered an invalid mobile phone number!!
A helper finally sussed out that maybe I was having difficulty letting them no that I was there and pointed out that I should enter a mobile phone number instead of a home line. WHY i foolishly ask ..... so we can text you when your package is at the counter.
BUT I'm here, waiting for the package, you can tell me face to face that the package is here.
Yet another unpleasant visit to the most mystifying, grump inducing place ever .....
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22 hours ago, JennyMorgan said:
Bugger that, thinks me, the challenge is on! Hello, says me, hello to the dog too, I make darn certain that they have to respond!
Be very afraid ..... we are moving into a world where it will be inadvisable to pass pleasantries lest they be construed as unwelcome advances!!!
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Not a night to be moored up alone in the wilds of Norfolk. Strange things lurk in the shadows, are those shrieks animals? Those creepy footsteps that pass by your boat in the dead of night leaving no trace in the muddy path!!
Many like to boldly announce that it's a load of twaddle but believe me, on the cold, desolate marshes, strange un-earthly things occur ........ us norfolk folk might pretend to be devout christians but on All Hallows Eve ........ we cavort in wild places showing due reverence to those ancient forces of Evil ..... Whoooeee!!
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When I was a lad if you told sir that a boy was bullying you you got a clip round the ears for telling tales!!
Ahhhh . the good old days ey?
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Just now, Islander said:
Webcam back online again. Seems the camera angle showing the new moorings has been deleted! Shame as it was the best view of the river towards the bridge.
Colin
Hardly surprising given the intense monitoring/reporting/speculation/judgement that they have been subjected to from other places.
Dog with a bone springs to mind!!
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29 minutes ago, Alone1 said:
55 feet long?? I thought the byelaws only permit maximum of 46 feet boats on the broads. Except in exceptional circumstances like coming in from sea for servicing and then only a few times a year. Maybe I have got that wrong.
I must say that that thought crossed my mind as well.
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Bows to mooring is the norm for hire boats in Greece/turkey.
Point the boat towards the quay, Lob the anchor/chain over the stern, When attached to the quay tighten anchor chain to keep bows off the quay. However with this method the anchor lies some way from the boats stern.
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Well looks hopeful and with luck, yours & ours, we can look forward to a new thread ..... Getting to know my new boat and adventures beyond the Norfolk Broads.
Looking forward to the next chapter .......
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Walk towards the car park.
Where the cars go in/out onto the road turn left.
Go round the sharp right hand corner and I think its on the left.
So closer than Morrisons & tescos
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13 hours ago, Timbo said:
Mr Widowson, told my class quite categorically that Santa Claus was a myth and it was just 'some bloke dressed as Santa',
The man is an idiot ....... Santa makes & delivers all the presents .....sadly for the last 50 years I seem to have fallen off Santa's list .... I hang up my socks on Christmas eve & Christmas day ....... NOTHING but holes ......... I guess thats why they call it the holey day?
Please santa of been an
all year!! Love Smelly
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I wouldn't be seen dead in Lidl without my crown jewels!!
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It's a no from me on both counts ...... can't see the point in flags.
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23 minutes ago, Vaughan said:
In addition no money was spent on returning them to a "broads - type" level of water which has left them as ancient, deep, gravel workings in which innocent members of the public have already drowned.
I may be wrong but wasn't the tragic drowning in the little broad outside the cordened off "safe swimming" area?
This has led to a no swimming order. Whilst i don't doubt that the broads at Whitlingham are deeper than most existing broads they are no more dangerous to life than the rivers or Broads of the existing system.
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Putting aside the politics I still feel that whitlingham country park provides an attractive environment, on Norwicj's doorstep, for people who want to experience that "Broadland" experience complete with safe, spacious watersport facilities.
I suspect that many more people enjoy this space now than under it's previous guise as grazing marshes.
I very much doubt that anybody would create such a facility without some kind of monetery return.
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Inconsiderate parking on pavements that force cyclists onto the road in order to pass the vehicle.
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1 minute ago, Vaughan said:
I notice in the EDP article that Whitlingham Gravel Pits (sorry- "Great Broad") is now re-branded by the good Doctor as a Country Park. This, I suppose, is also for marketing purposes only?
I'm not sure if you like/dislike Whitlingham country park but I think it is a great asset for Norwich and I have spent many happy hours walking around it.
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40 minutes ago, Vaughan said:
The best all of course, was Patsy Dashwood. In her day, people were parking in the Rushcutters car park and walking along to the Buck to have lunch!
Couldn't agree more .... Patsy certainly knew how to run a successful pub.
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I have tried really really hard to think of something that annoys me but can't think of a single thing.
I'm happy and love everybody!!
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all year!! Love Smelly
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in The Broadscot Lounge
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Perhaps ..... one day ............ we will all become less selfish and think of others rather than our own self interest.
Imagine if Mr Lenon could write a song about it ..... what would it say?