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Malanka

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  1. If anyone remembers Fiona and I had a fire involving electricity ( forgive the pedant in me). The galvanic isolator melted due to an internal fault. The unit was sent back to the manufacturer and they found NOTHING UNTOWARD…Despite the fact I had seen with eyeball mark one the thing spitting and dripping larva like materials all down it’s front ( was mounted vertically) which then set alight the insulation material for the high amperage cables….. TBH after I had lifted the deck boards the conflagration increased immediately and I couldn’t breathe at all, the smoke paralyses the diaphragm and you simply can’t breathe. A few gulps of outside the canopies air and back I went with extinguisher and put it out. It took the whole contents of the powder extinguisher to do so. Im not permitted to make safety recommendations HOWEVER, we now have multiple FFF extinguishers onboard. Reason, it clearly states on the powder extinguishers “do not discharge in a confined space” what pray is a boat…? it took us weeks and weeks to get rid of that stench inducing powder. Triple F on the other hand is safe for all likely applications. Wonder why they aren’t mandated rather than the ones we’re not supposed to even use on boats. No I’ve no clue either… Over and Out Viktor……
  2. As we get the new floor into the galley I will send pictures of the galley design, the current one (sink side) reminds me of my Nanas one in the sixties.
  3. Looking good I think M Have to start organising the party soon. Anyone have an evening with Bobs number? They sang at Fiona’s Birthday party and they are 👍 Super good
  4. Then some lovely smooth hull views including the new chine and straightened Iroko rubbing strakes ( They are the original ones) Then some new planks Then some new bearers planks to go in later Then general view
  5. OK folks enough with the Viktor Meldrew isms..… All that stuff may be accurate and to the letter, the enforceable bit however requires. 1. A shedload more rangers than exist 2. Some means of recording all legal like arrive a depart, ANPR for the broads anyone. I really don’t think anyone wants to turn the Broads into the Frinton on sea of Norfolk and Suffolk. IF we go that far I want to see reckless helming prosecuted, starting with the removal of the damage waiver system to be replaced with what worked for decades a meaningful refundable deposit held against damage and good behaviour. Just call me Viktor……lol
  6. My bad got carried away hitting send. It’s toxoplasmosis cats deposit in the flower beds. Funny I even had a conversation about that topic last week. Lots of surfers get lepto. There are human vaccines for lepto but they’re not fantastic. Recombinant Nucleic Acid vaccines are coming ( better ones).
  7. Hi folks just to clarify the dirty mouths left to touch babies faces are the HUMAN ones not dogs or cats. Cats almost universally carry leptospirosis and deposit routinely in other peoples flower beds, which if contracted when pregnant, by planting bulbs for instance, may give rise to encephalic babies ( born sans functioning brain). The last reported case of toxoplasmosis from doggie poop from the available literature, was 1984, there are hundreds of leptospirosis cases every year. IMO all cats should poop in their own gardens or in a cat litter tray, not in my flower beds. Derailed again …lol
  8. No sterile is an infinite quantity like pregnant or dead. What surprises me about parents of young children is that they allow the most filthy area of any mammal on the planet to regularly come into contact and pass bodily fluids on their baby’s face.. Told you microbiology was fun. Parents with cats allowing their babies into the garden shock me too… lol M
  9. My grumpy old git sense tingles every day on many topics, my newly purchased dashcam enables me to indulge myself endlessly. It will be coming to the broads soon on my freshly purchased portable 12 v powered mounting. Hitting and driving away will no longer be invisible and I will ( I promise ) take action against each and every one. “It’s not my fault I’m a beginner”, an excuse I’ve heard multiple times, and “ that’s what insurance is for “ being another. The latter after being hit 5 times in quick succession by someone who tried mooring with the tide and the wind…What makes that one worse was standing next to the idiot was a very experienced round Britain sailor, who stood and did nothing. Yes Victor says Fiona lol 😂 Does that really require a #Sarc tag ?….. M
  10. Sorry however I would suggest that most responsible dog owners who “pick up” will not be concerned about a little pee. Yours mine or their animals. It is after all is said and done sterile mildly warm water. If you’ve ever been in a swimming pool and had stingy eyes that’s because you were opening your eyes and swimming in a dilute pee solution. He he microbiology is such fun.
  11. I would also have said something and offered her a sopping wet mop to aid her endeavours. I would also add one little point about “control”. when living in Switzerland where dog laws are extremely strict, control does NOT mean being on a lead. It means a dog under your control does what you want NOT what it wants. That is exactly the case here. I don’t need a lead to stop Monty peeing on something I don’t want him to pee on. She obviously didn’t care, in which case, she will continue unless circumstances make it too uncomfortable for her to continue. Confrontation is a very strong word, however don’t leave it to someone else, we know where that leads… Be polite, and firm. Say what you wish to say then either keep repeating it in an even tone or just say nothing more, most folks in todays society simply can’t cope and usually start screaming. Having a smartphone out will always help.
  12. They are my fav ground attack planes. Indians are still or were up until recently still building em. One of the first with moving map display was it not? Overwing sidewinders very cool only on international export ones until gulf war 1 I believe too. Would have been alpha jet pants if we (uk) hadn’t insisted on it being supersonic. French version was never as good as ours IMO. I would love to hear some stories over a beer sometime… An interest in Military Aviation kindled by my father many moons ago. I have an extensive library of Military aviation books I still read. Met a few typhoon jockeys too. Never been nerd enough to hit the Mach Loop though. I’ve probably frightened you off by now lol. Best and loudest thing I ever saw RAF wise was 10 Harriers taking off vertically and simultaneously at RIAT ( mid nineties) was incredible. M
  13. I believe from personal experience there’s a huge amount of truth in what you say. For all sorts of reasons a few years ago I used to drive a 200mph capable cabriolet vehicle ( ok 195). Travelling at 150+ on the Ohne Geschwindichskeit Controlle autobahn. De-restricted motorway. Takes huge concentration and after a while everything slows down and it gets easier. However when one slows in the 130kph zones (81mph) it feels like you are literally standing still and it takes maybe thirty minutes until the senses re adjust. So yes I think you are right. Nowadays still have a cabbie but my fun is now getting 55mpg out of it so I get almost 750 miles from a tank. Hypermiling is great fun…
  14. You can’t beat old woodies for low wash… The displacement in very shallow bits is another matter though. All that weight does mean something after all.
  15. I remember the hoo haa a few years back when everyone deemed to be in breach of the then “new but not new” registration display rule update received little red paper notices in the wet shed. Everything eventually calmed down. It’s too much hard work to be angry and pedantic about everything all the time, great fun watching it though …….
  16. Oh dear you appear to have assumed I was referring to BA rangers. I think you’ll find that’s an error.. oh well more meds for me Please read the second part of the sentence. I refer to THEM, you know the ubiquitous excuse of them.. M
  17. It’s not naming and shaming if there’s incontrovertible evidence. It’s when they’re ( you know THEM) seen to be above reproach that stuff happens. i.e. No you may not debate that “ cos I say so” lol M
  18. Fiona has started calling me Victor. “ I don’t believe it ! “ M
  19. Anyone want to know anything about back flushing bacterial pond filters? No boat pushes me over the edge…. Nurse!!!!!! MEDS
  20. We moor, not withstanding having a boat that floats. In Horning in October , November , March etc. Way too many folks with rev itis, turning at that spot to risk our refurbished old/ new lady moving forwards. I remember the immense whack granted to Royal Tudor when moored behind us opposite the staithe. Not from the usual suspects but one from PH on that occasion. I actually heard the timbers crack. I nearly dropped the pork loin steaks I had left over and had cooked for breakfast and was in the process of handing them out.. more meds required
  21. When we had a boat that floated I had begun to take photos, I have quite a selection. Reporting them to a certain boatyard has proven pointless as it’s hard to get past the front desk ( what does he expect me to do brigade) Well what I expect is them to receive a warning from said boatyard and if they get two or notified by broads beat they get kicked off. Huge step to sorting the problem. Broads beat has ALWAYS listened to when I mention speeders. ( mainly based on wash not actual speed) Twice they had words with miscreants during our last season. Don’t be passive or nothing will change about anything we find ourselves concerned about. One of my current list is the use or misuse of the word amount. This should be restricted to non measurable items. Amount of vitriol is a case in point. Every other item has an associated QUANTITY. Number of people, Number of cars not amount fgs. One more whilst on a roll, idiots walking down roads disrupting lives quoting “indeterminate sources ( non official ) “ using a phrase never used in any official report or scientific paper referenced by the UN IPCC, or the UNFCC (the parent organisation based in Bonn Germany- ) the one you’ve never heard of lol . Not once in the Output of thirty years has the phrase “ climate crisis” been used by the relevant bodies. Ahh well. Back to bed and take some meds.
  22. Probably the same one that filled our garage
  23. My bad it’s a pent roof shed not cant lol. From Empire sheds ( direct from supplier) as you can see from their website I swapped the windows to be at the low edge so the water fell away from the house off the roof. https://www.empiresheds.co.uk/product/empire-2600-pent-garden-shed/ Was fairly easy to put up apart from the area it was in was 1.5 m wide and we assembled a 1m wide shed 4 m long in it. Lots of squeezing. Adding the roof was tough, however the roof felt quality was superb. It has floor bearers so no rot issues. It isn’t a premium shed but it does the job of being a tardis very well. We added shelves and a wooden work bench started filling it up and it’s simply amazing how much we put in. I may at some point actually be able to put a car in the garage… woo hoo Thanks for the comments re the pond. Our latest wheeze is to drop price reduced water cress in to provide oxygen and eliminate the blanket weed we picked up with a pond plant addition. Works great. the fish love it as well they hang around underneath and ambush the water boatmen from beneath in a huge splashy flourish. we are using fish sticks now as it’s hilarious to watch the chaos at feeding time. See you all soon. Oh and down 10.5 kg now woo hoo, 11.3 kg left to go. The food to achieve this easy going and fun so I’m really enjoying eating and losing weight it’s amazingly easy. I have a programmed daily calorie deficit of 1000kcals. However with sufficient exercise ( dog walking and gardening ) this can go up to 3000kcals per day. Gives me a deficit of 7000Kcals a week which equates to 1kg weight loss. Lemon squeezy, the NHS resources are good. M
  24. My / Our day. As I am currently between contracts, I am at home getting under Fiona’s feet. Moving things she doesn’t want moved and not putting away things she wants putting away, basically rubbing against each other in a rather romantic 🥰 pleased I married you kind of way. This morning leaped out of bed at 06:50 to support Fiona as she let the Bosch engineer in to replace a ticking bearing on the new Series 6 Graphite Bosch condensing heat pump tumble drier ( for all techy nerds). He came fixed it then spent as much time looking at the new pond set up as fixing the drier. He was looking to move and was interested how speedy was the set up! After he departed it was nip upstairs get kit off and jump on the scales. DOWN 10.3 kg or 1.6 Stone since May 11th after being told I was obese had ridiculous triglycerides ( turned out to be 1Mmol over threshold) and had fatty liver disease. Joy. So on the diet no booze at all since that day and this is the result. As you can see huge improvement. So after a scrawny breakfast of gerbil food, which I can’t add sugar to make more palatable it was on to the shed door. Fiona and I assembled a 4x1m Cant roof shed a while back, but didn’t put the door on!!! Doh….. So on with the door. After much swearing and screwing and lifting and pivoting on it went. The shed is very useful as it occupies the side bit of uselessness left by the builders. It fits in all the garden gubbins Fiona doesn’t want in her potting shed The potting (She Shed) is Fiona’s retreat to basically get away from me when I’m just “in the way” As you can see it has carpet, lights and a stool. I’m sure if she could get the coffee maker in there she would. Anyway after all that I sat and perused the forum where I chanced across this opportunity to while away some few minutes writing up my day so far… The remainder of the day planned includes mackerel for dinner with Broccoli and wholemeal bread. Several litres of water, walking the doggies and repeating all that except the tumble drier and the shed door tomorrow. I have new blood tests next Thursday followed by a follow on visit to the doc who expects me to have lost 5 kg. However, hopefully by then it will be over 11kg and a BP under control that she will see ( last time it wasn’t). this is the new one. So fingers crossed she will give me another Q risk 3 score that doesn’t frighten the bejesus out of me! So life shez nous is a fun packed and as diverse as I could wish for.. See you all soon Martin
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