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I am no great fan of Hamilton the man but in watching F1 for many, many years I do think he is the best so far. He plays fair like an English man is supposed to, saying that he is 1 point away from a ban! The claim he has the fastest car is just like saying the best footballers play for the best teams. Hamilton's advantage is he races himself no one else, he wins through skill in not giving up unlike his team mate. The only one I can think that was like that was Prost. They never crashed into someone to stop them winning. they never had a team mate crash into someone to let them win. F1 is the ultimate team game, would you drive for 2 hours on a motorway hoping somebody had tightened the wheel nuts properly? The ones to watch, in my mind are Russell and Le Clere, Max needs another 10 years to mature. Max has the second fastest car and the best handling but only wins when his pit crew calls the best tactics. paul

In my defence. I will say, it would have entailled pulling the fuse (illuminated/heated mirror) takeing 8 screws out disconnecting the supply and then the reverse proceedure. I know because I had only fitted it 2 days earlier. Then the executive decided it would look better with the sides tiled. Anyway shower room refitted. paul

'cos I was too lazy to take down the mirror that was restricting access to the corner! It was only 10 tiles above the sink. paul

My day, I cut my left index finger needing a plaster, now I cannot unlock my phone unless I use the pass code. 3 things learnt. Do not use index finger when grouting, it can hurt. Avoid doing any more DIY during any future lockdowns. Must program more fingers into phone. A big plus Jill is very happy with the re-done shower room, new units fitted sink etc. paul

MM we were based on the Southern Broads. We were 8ft 6inch with the canopy up. The low bridges are mainly Thorpe rail bridges and Beccles old bridge. There are some low bridges in Norwich. Never tried Beccles but at low water we would have to drop the canopy down 7ft clearance. The only other bridges causing a problem with the canopy up were Somerleyton or St Olaves but these were passble apart from 2 hours either side of high tide no problem with the canopy down. The canopy was a pain in the backside so it was seldom lowered and anyway the front part was separate. paul

When we had Zimbi, I was told it held 70 litres! When I did a full tank fill, after the tank was removed for steam cleaning (a long story) It had 10 litres put in. We went round to Brooms to fill up. 160 litres later, a groaning credit card was put back in my pocket. I did check halfway that the bilges were not filling instead of the tank. The moral, MM, is try filling it first before you change the tank. paul

Smarty is a rolling 1 month contract, Jill has been on the basic contract for a while. The base line is you pay for internet, as all calls and text are unlimited. I am tied to Tesco for 18 months then may change. paul

Dog guards. When I had a Bearded Collie, I bought one of those for the car. I fitted it into the hatch, pulled and pulled it stayed pit. I put the dog in the boot and walked to the drivers door, opened said door and the dog was sat in the seat! The guard was still in place, unmoved. paul

That's the new section that says. Rule 1 The government is always right. Rule 2 If the government is wrong rule 1 applies. paul

OO'ER Konfessions from the Kitchen. paul

I thought this section was for site internet/computer problems, not for boat problems. Maybe the mechanical/electrical section needs better titling? What is, what does this do? I am not having a go but when I see posts here I think the forum has another melt down coming as happened a few years ago. THAT really caused panic and nearly closure. paul

Ian, thats geat to hear. BUT remember all exercises have to begin slowly. So just a very wee dram of the finest malt to start with. You could also try my favourite, Grand Marinier but take that very slowly. Marina, look after him and yourself, please. I still can not believe we are not going to Cove again and miss our friends there. paul

Don't worry Griff, Purdey will soon have you and the Mrs trained to do her bidding. Then you will know which parts of the house needed repairing. The hardest thing training for a dog, is bringing those that think they are the owners under control although she seems to be winning! paul

So Ian thats the wallet opened, next task is keeping Marina away from it. Glad to hear you are well and the wallet has had it's controlling operation successfully done. Now exercise. That does not mean pulling on a mooring rope it is worse than that. paul

It doesn't matter how big your glue pot is, when you are desperate to finish the job there is not enough for that last square inch to complete the job! Yup been there, (not) finished the wallpapering yet, well it was only 3 years ago and the curtain covers the missing bit. paul

WRC has showers. paul

Think we crossed while posting Howard. paul

Well the Ferry at Reedham has showers that can be used by boaters. paul

You try here https://www.force4.co.uk/item/Force-4/Teak-Hand-Rails/JEA But Norfolk Marine or any other of that kind of shop. paul

Good luck Ian, Yes the planers do not seem to think through things. The respiratory dept. with the longest walk, a bit like when I had leptosporosis, the infectious and tropical disease wards/clinic is on the top floor of the RVI entailing anybody with an nasty condition walk all the way through the hospital. I did question it and was told it was so the really nasty cases could be brought in from helicopter landing above. paul

The problem with mooring is nobody sees the perfect mooring you make BUT the world and everybody else sees the ones that go wrong, It's a bit like parking a car you are perfectly central in the bay but if someone is looking you are not. An old hand once told me, if you have not damaged anything and your boat is still floating it is a perfect mooring! I tried to teach the son in law to moor, he was doing really well until I turned to tell his daughter to step off when he hit the throttle and turned the wheel to the bank, she nearly got an early bath! He never got the helm again when we had a boat. paul

Thanks Ray, My view is I have spent a lot of money on these tools so I need to use them! This is the last model I built. Now acts a room divider between the kitchen and dining room. paul

Sorry to hear about that Ian and hope Marina's neck is better soon. The only time we really got hit hard we had no damage but the other boat did as he tried to do a runner, ramming the quay heading, at high tide, at Reedham the sound of fibre glass scrapping concrete at high speed put me off mooring there again, it was a private boat! paul

I think it is parquetry, these coasters are easy, just .5 or 2mm planking strips left over from building model boats. Jill just says I escape to my shed for any excuse, but the stocking fillers for all the kids and our friends are done. Joy, now my next model has arrived, an Amati Windmill that I intend to electrify to make the sails turn and music plays while doing so I also have my eyes on a cheap radio control to operate it. I think I just have too much imagination and time on my hands. paul

With Zimbi sold and no model boat to build. I decided to do something with the strips of planking left over. So what do you think of these? P&J