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Your lucky, recently it asked me is I wanted to open or save a .json file!! I politely declined and immediately ran a virus scan which came up clean. Never had it happen before though.
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Is it something like Cottessey Pits? Close to the Wensum. Nice spot.
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Local boat builder wins contract to build the first hybrid pilot boat for the PLA
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15 minutes ago, vanessan said:
Mardi Gras wasn’t there when we passed a couple of times recently. That’s the sedan that has been moored on the bank just below Acle for many years. Any good?
Absolutely correct. Always seemed such a shame. Been moored in the same spot for many many years. Never seen it used or moved. Over the years it has gradually shown signs of wear and neglect. Torn and eventually missing covers. Such a nice and really smart looking boat when I first saw it at least 14 years ago.
The mooring spot has also stood out because the boat was moored on its own along a very rough piece of steel piled mooring with no proper quay heading. Probably one of the last places I would have moored the boat if it had been mine. Almost like the farmer who owned that stretch was a friend and let them moor there for nothing.
We have often passed the boat and wondered how it came to be there and why it never seemed to have any life on board, or ever get used.
Been there so long it seemed to have become part of the Broads furniture if you know what I mean. Passed a couple of times recently and was surprised, no shocked to see it had gone.
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3 minutes ago, Vaughan said:
I was thinking of Reg Morgan's Mississippi river boat, but I don't think that goes under Acle bridge. Is it in for a re-fit?
Not the thing I was thinking off, I believe it is still out and about doing trips at the moment. Lets move the bar slightly lower, below Horning waterworks and Stracey Arms.
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3 minutes ago, VetChugger said:
"Please don't throw stones at this sign"???
I think its still there, so not the thing I'm thinking off. Let's narrow it down a bit more by saying somewhere between Horning and Stracey Arms
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8 minutes ago, Philosophical said:
If it was still operating early 60's, it could well have been.
This picture of the new bridge being constructed was taken in Aug 1960, so the old bridge would still have been there early 60s.
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2 hours ago, Philosophical said:
I have a childhood recollection of passing under a bridge on the broads and paying the bridgekeeper by putting half a crown or whatever the charge was, into a large net he held out as we passed. Was that the bridge?
Would this be the bridge you are thinking off? Interesting to see the new one under construction in the background
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4 minutes ago, kingfisher666 said:
Since the 1970's a few 'things' have gone missing, on the River Bure between Stracey Arms and Wroxham bridge. Jack Powles, Ernest Collins, Smiths, Porter & Haylett, Southgates Main yard, Wilds, Ferry Boatyard and Chumley & Hawke, to name just a few of the old yards that are gone and sadly missed...
Mostly replaced by quick build, ordinary looking holiday homes or private moorings, a great pity really.
Very true, but the item I'm thinking off has gone missing this year!
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OK, so lets start to narrow it down a little. North Broads above Stracey Arms and below Wroxham bridge. That should make it easier
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56 minutes ago, MauriceMynah said:
Now the thread you started turned a little fractious so let's not go down that avenue barring the relevant aspect to this thread "When is a person "Drunk".?
I think this thread is starting to go round in circles! You ask for opinions on what constitutes a drunk, and those have been given by various people, including myself. You have also asked direct questions about what definition the ranger should have gone by, to which I referenced the byelaw, which received a friendly warning if you like, which has got me feeling like I'm walking on egg shells here. You've now gone full circle back to really just wanting an opinion so having already answered that, I'm out of this thread.
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35 minutes ago, JennyMorgan said:
In law, John, the only definition I can think of is that of a blood test as used by the police. In the meantime perhaps BA Rangers should carry breathalisers.
But what limit would they apply?
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15 minutes ago, Bound2Please said:
16th is the first day of the season
Aah but the 15th is when many get the strimmers and lawn mowers out and start cutting back their patch of turf in preparation for the open season, thus shattering the peace and quiet on the 15th, he says rapidly back tracking.
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7 minutes ago, BroadAmbition said:
Is it the old boot on one of the posts on the lower Bure? We went past there twice at end of May but I didn't particularly look for it
Griff
Thinking about it, I don't remember it being there when I went past either. I believe the BA often stick an old boot up there from time to time to keep up the tradition, so It will probably be back. Something that has almost become part of the furniture of The Broads scene is what I'm thinking off. It's not a piece of furniture by the way :-)
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1 hour ago, MauriceMynah said:
A ranger came under fire not so very long ago for sending "a dayboat full of drunken people" on their way. Apparently it seems, he should have stopped them and done something about it. So I wondered... Maybe he didn't think they were drunk, by his definition.
What definition should he have gone by?
So many questions were raised in my mind that I wondered what other members thought. Especially as some members have such strong views on the subject.
Which is why when I made my first post on this thread I said the following,
"I guess the more pertinent question here would be what constitutes being under the influence of drink to such an extent as to be incapable of taking proper control of the vessel?
I think we have all seen sober people that appear to be incapable of taking proper control of the vessel!
And that then poses the question, what is taking proper control of the vessel?
Having more than 35 micrograms of alcohol for every 100 millilitres of breath is very specific and with the right equipment enforceable, not so sure how you legally quantify being incapable of taking proper control of the vessel?
I chose some of those words, no copied some of those words very carefully because they were lifted from the relevant BA byelaw. To answer one of your questions, that is the definition he should have gone by, but as I think a few of us agreed, there are some sober people who are incapable of taking proper control of a vessel. The police at least have a prescribed limit when it comes to drink driving.
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24 minutes ago, Smoggy said:
Is it the peace and tranquility missing since silly season started?
It may have gone for now, and I'm sure on the 15th is due to get even worse, but come Winter the peace will return, so sorry but not the thing I'm thinking off. I will add it is a physical thing, not a feeling or sentiment.
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56 minutes ago, Londonlad1985 said:
Is it the famous light in the old boat moored in a chalet at Potter? I couldn't see it when I went past a few weeks ago.
Last time I went past there a couple of weeks ago it was still there, but someone had changed the bulb to a newer style. Again not the one I was thinking off.
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1 hour ago, BroadAmbition said:
Shop at Acle?
Griff
Whilst the shop has closed, I believe the building is still there, so not what I was thinking off.
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1 hour ago, Broads01 said:
I'm exactly the same, Howard. I get the week swapping thing but it's just not the same and the thought of being stuck with weeks I don't want fills me with dread. I think Southern Crusader has it right and I believe Ranworth Breeze has a rotation system which could be OK but both boats are too high for where I'd want to cruise.
Anything that doesn't make it under Beccles old bridge is I suspect going to be a problem for NN. A trip to Beccles without venturing to The Locks Inn.
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17 minutes ago, JennyMorgan said:
Democracy?
I was thinking of more of a physical thing or object!
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11 minutes ago, Jayfire said:
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Too cryptic for me, not what I was thinking of!
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Just now, Betty1 said:
The
Sent from the Norfolk Broads Network mobile app
The sun comes and goes, but it hasn't gone missing. Perhaps missing is not the best word. The thing I am thinking of is just no longer there!
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8 minutes ago, Philosophical said:
Don't think you have to be disorderly just drunk
But can you be in charge of yourself if drunk?
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No last time I checked it was still there, unlike the thing I am thinking of.
Bit Of A Stretch
in Where was this Taken ?
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Bump, perhaps another clue is needed?