[Rambling Rosie's Rambles]

No, it should read "alleged". 

[Wroxham Bridge Height]

Tower Bridge? Blimey, London is well under water! 

[Water Pump Faulty, Help Please.]

I note that on the pump body there is a note saying "for marine applications replace with Jabsco . . .". Is there a difference in the pumps? I had a variable speed pump on Sunbird, which this seems to be, and found it remarkably reliable, and gave domestic type performance on the boat. No switching on and off, and smooth delivery at all tap demands. Wish I had fitted one years before I did. 

[Illegal Fishing Fines]

Then why state bream specifically? Surely taking of coarse fish from the river generally would cover the offence? Just seemed a strange statement to me! 

[Illegal Fishing Fines]

I'm not an angler and don't have much knowledge on the subject, so could someone explain the offence of fishing for bream, please? If you dangle your equipment in the river, how do you tell bream to leave it, but others to have a nibble? 

[Water Pump Faulty, Help Please.]

So, if it's an off delay unit, it will keep the pump running after the pressure switch turns off? That doesn't seem logical, Captain. Perhaps we should beam down Scotty for a look! 

[Water Pump Faulty, Help Please.]

What is that thing to the right? Looks like a delay module of some sort. What does it do? 

[Busy Busy Busy]

2 hours ago, MauriceMynah said:

 the place really comes alive with the buzzing atmosphere. 

No, that's just the swarm of flies around your boat, MM. 

[Water Rail Out And About.]

If you boat solo and fit a safety ladder, make sure there's some way of deploying it from a waterborne, floating situation. 

[Are Fender Eyelets Strong Enough For Attaching ...]

Better to ask the question than end up with an unsafe safety device! As Grendel said, I too have seen fender eyes ripped off in minor brushes. Not to say yours aren't bolted through, but it's highly unlikely. 

[Are Fender Eyelets Strong Enough For Attaching ...]

No. You need something bolted right through the fibreglass, with a backing pad. That's what I'd do, if I were me. 

[A Ponder.]

My friend Rene's mum kept chickens in her garden back in the 50's, but couldn't kill one when the time came. So she carried it down to the local butchers at the bottom of the road, who would do the necessary, and then walk back with the deceased and pluck and prepare it for the pot. Was different in those days, I can't see the local Morrisons butcher welcoming a woman with a live chicken under her arm, asking him to despatch it!

[Broad Ambition - TLC Time Again]

I still use a Kleeneze broom in Rene's garden that she bought shortly after moving to Leigh-on-Sea in 1955. And it's not one of Triggers originals - only had three new handles and five new heads! This is original. Made things properly in those days. Oops, thread wander, sorry Griff!

[Lady Ursula]

I presume you have unlimited funds available? . Hearing of other woodie restorations on here, you're going to need them. Welcome, and pics along the way would be most welcome. There's a wealth of knowledge here, and some wonderfully helpful people willing to share.

[How Busy Can It Get?]

Because they wouldn't listen, probably. 

[How Busy Can It Get?]

4 hours ago, ExSurveyor said:

Why are BBC news and weather presenters unable to pronounce twenty,

There's a certain weather presenter on BBC Look East who always pronounces "strong" as "shtrong". Drives me bonkers. 

[How Busy Can It Get?]

The liberal use of the f word is another measure of our declining use of vocabulary. To be fair, it's nothing new. Dave and I asked his pal what was wrong with his car, and got, "F***, the f***ing f***er won't f***ing start, f*** it, for f***ing f***s sake". He'd managed to get 7 swear words in one sentence! 

[How Busy Can It Get?]

So, it is what it is, know what I mean, and lately everythink is incredible. Do you know what, I should of got over myself by now, worrying about grammar, but my bugbear is apostrophe misuse. So, whatever, chillax, dudes. Or is it guys? 

[A Ponder.]

It was my job when I was little staying with my great aunt and uncle to collect the eggs every morning. They didn't live on a farm, but a street in East Ham, London. I would say every other house in the street kept chickens, and some had ducks! Couldn't get fresher than that. 

[Toilets, The Good, The Bad And The Smelly.]

1 hour ago, MauriceMynah said:

When leaving the loo with its river water in, I pour about a pub spirit measure of this diluted blue in

Why do all your liquid measurements relate to alcohol? 🤔😄

[How Busy Can It Get?]

4 hours ago, MauriceMynah said:

The second sign is a sudden and overwhelming desire to clean my boat

When you took your bike-related tumble, did you bang your head? Can't imagine what else could explain these weird thoughts you're experiencing. Be careful out there. No, not you MM, everyone else whilst you're pedalling about. 

[Car Talk]

I can spell properly   -   P-R-O-P-E-R-L-Y. 

AND I'M NOT ANGRY!!

[My Day]

At least you can eat the pigeons. It could be worse - you might get a set of semaphore flags. 

[Raf Museum Cosford.]

It's a flux capacitor from someone's DeLorean. 

[Is This My Boat ? I'm A Frayed Knot !]

I built a similar thing for Sunbird's wipers, using a 555 timer IC. And had to do the diode trick! That stumped me for a while. If you don't know - if you have self parking wipers wired in parallel, as long as any one is still self parking, they all carry on going. In my case all 3 would happily chunder away until they all reached self park at the same time. Could be 30 seconds or more!