floydraser

Doesn't help the argument about boats not putting out much in the way of emissions either.

Many years ago a group of youths tried that around here, coming round before the Scout's Father Christmas parade. Some of us noticed they were using 1 pint oil tins (remember them?) scavenged from the local garage. We caught them, recovered the tins and made them empty their own pockets into them. They claimed it was their own money so we invited them to call the police. Still waiting.

There's a big difference in price between domestic fridges and mobile ones. If you need the fridge for cruising then you'll need a 12v jobby. If it's just for shore power a small domestic one may do. There's also the absorbtion/compressor option to consider; on a small boat the noise from a compressor may be annoying. I'm no expert so if any of that is wrong someone will be along in a minute to correct it, but I recommend doing a lot of research before spending your pennies.

Unfortunately, that's not a very exclusive club.....

Agreed. But when all the replies are collated I wonder if the unedited replies will be available through a freedom of information request? Probably only after all the guilty parties have retired with benefits.

I think jist of what Robin means is what I have said before on here: to someone who has never had a holiday on the Broads, the National Park title is an attraction. Look at all the other NPs and they are all attractive places to go, so why wouldn't the Broads be? Strangers have no idea about the politics of how it's administered and probably care even less. A lot of businesses use the NP reference in their marketing too.

I never watched it but the score suggests that whatever the reason, it was a close result. At that level it's about fine margins as they say, and that's as it should be. It will be a motivation for the next World Cup. Weird though: We didn't know the result so at 1pm we put independant "Global" radio news on, not a mention of the World Cup at all. They did say something about the World Athletics championships though???

Now I've had time to think about it, I was onboard the Denham Owl at the time and I remember a freaky moment when all the boats in the marina behind where ExSurveyor moors, started pitching around as if in a gale. Thankfully there are plenty of fenders between me and the steel dredger parked next door!

Well I managed to get over and start work on 14th June and then things got a bit busy at home so once again progress halted. I just nipped over on Wednesday and fitted the last of the new side panels so now all the rotten side panels have been replaced. I even managed a to get some undercoat on so a few more trips and she should be ready for a hose down test for water leaks. Goods news: no details as I don't want to put the kiss of death on it - I have been approached by potential buyer.

Today we are recovering after sadly, our duties of care came to an end at around 01.30 yesterday morning. My kids will be getting orders that should my end become unpleasant, they shouldn't hesitate to put me into care and remember me in my element: acting like an idiot at the bottom of a pile of grandchildren.

So drowning lambs in coffee is acceptable is it?

They are a shining example of what of what good customer service is all about and it costs them nothing extra to provide it. Other businesses should look to them and learn.

Probably a sign of the times but during alterations, my son put stuff outside his house and anything that wasn't rubble was removed, mostly after people had knocked the door and asked if they could take it. On the other hand we have an ongoing job of clearing out my inlaws garage and shed. At the local tip, rubble is charged at £3 and bucket load. Flat window glass is charged at £3 a sheet and we had 7 sheets. Having arrived there I didn't want to take it home so I agreed reluctantly, to pay the £21. What a shame their card reader wouldn't work. Eventually they said I wouldn't have to pay and they told me to dump it in bin 31. In that bin was all the bricks and other rubble; no recycling then? Is it something about the type of glass? Anyway, I quickly nipped back to get another load of rubble before they fixed the card reader! Is it any wonder that stuff get dumped in skips and lay-bys?

They don't escape, it's ethnic cleansing; they chuck 'em out. That's how we made Australia.

I'm sure there's a country song about this. Hope this helps.

Do you have a strong accent? If so, they probably wondered where YOU were from!

A word about the Travelodge at Acle: During the winter months when I first started on my boat, staying there helped me get on with the work. I would leave home Friday evening and get there for about 21.30. Shower, tv, beer and crash out in a warm bed. Usual price was about £29 - £32. I would take my own food but nip over to the service station next door for a pint of milk and be onboard around mid morning. I then had time to warm the boat up for the Saturday night if I was staying over. The only gripe is the same with all hotels, people who can't read the "please be considerate..." signs asking them to be quiet at night.

Yesterday - went to the E-Prix at the Excel, London. Warning: it's for youngsters with very robust eardrums; I reckon a Formula 1 startline would have been quieter! But they're electric??? Unfortunately, so is the PA which was turned up to 11 and blasting out thump-tish thump-tish music constantly. Even behind the commentary. Only until they announce the drivers on the grid though, boxing style with elongated names, then they crank it up a bit more to absolutely ear-splitting volume. Good day out though. I've never been called shorty but I reckon I'm shrinking as I now have to look upwards when I talk to my 14 year old grandson!

I think having a dog off the lead is showing a lack of respect for others, so if I see one I will confront the owner. Try, "Your dog's just done a pile over there". Then leave them looking for it. Proves they haven't been keeping an eye on it. I confronted one such owner in our marina, asking how he could see when his dog did a pile if it was out of his sight. After a frank exchange things cooled and he and his mate invited me to go with them on a cruise up to the Ferry House!

Erm.. in an emergency?? Prop should be stopped.

Temu: I watched a video on Youtube the other day by an American guy who was comparing listings on Amazon against listings on Temu. It seems that Temu are trying to compete directly with Amazon and look to be making a good fist of it for now. The Youtube video featured workshop tools. The listings on both websites used the same manufacturer's photos but Temu's prices were slightly more than half those of Amazon. Over here Temu have free postage and free returns. We put an order together and part of it was this rope ladder: It was delivered on time by Evri but if it's late you get £5. Anyway, about this ladder, what does the team think? It's a very simple but clever design; one of those “I wish I'd thought of that” ideas. The stitching is very solid and causes the loops to form the “steps”. I still have an RSJ across the underside of my garage roof so I hung it up there for a test. There's no video so don't ask, but I was for a while, swinging like a monkey trying to climb up this thing and to make it even harder (in the name of scientific research), in my gardening “crocs”! I did manage a couple of rungs. It said it's 2m long: That fence is a 1ft gravel board, 4ft panel and 1ft topper. While not in the Premier League with Griff's on Broad Ambition, it'll be better'n nowt! I just need to work out a good way of emergency deployment and I can't do that until I get over to the boat again. In an emergency situation I would think it easier to hang to the loops than a plain rope. https://www.temu.com/goods.html?_bg_fs=1&goods_id=601099517307861&_x_sessn_id=n88hyk6ltg&refer_page_name=bgt_order_detail&refer_page_id=10045_1690108699491_r0w1wvv794&refer_page_sn=10045 Edit: just checked the price. I paid £10.34. Best to search because sometimes the same item is listed more than once at different prices!

Just a thought: here in Leicestershire the buses have a C shaped card reader - you put your card into the C and a readout on the top syays, "Reading card" then "card accepted" and off you go to find a seat. You don't have to speak to the driver although we think it's only polite to do so, often most of them are miserable and don't respond. They don't need to know a destination and there's no ticket issued. In the Lakes you put your card on top of a reader and the driver wants to know your destination. He/she then issues an ticket with destination on it and the fee paid. Most of the drivers were cheerful types. I wondered if different areas have other ways of working? Didn't see Blakey once!

We think that advert is very funny but we'll see it differently from now on...

Day 4 – Windermere. We were in our 40s when we discovered this campsite and as we walked into town past the bus station we used to say, “Look at all the pensioners waiting to use their bus passes”. Well what goes around as they say... I got my bus pass in January but Mrs Raser had to wait until mid June, after we had come home. Note: we usually book early in the year and have a good choice of dates but the legacy of Covid lingers on and suitable dates were harder to come by. Free for me but only £2 each way for Mrs Raser. I've driven the A591 from Keswick to Ambleside many times but never as a passenger, and what a difference! I could really get used to this non driving lark. I thought the bus wouldn't stop once we left Keswick, until we got to Grasmere but how wrong was I? It stopped at all the best places from which to start a walk, including the expensive National Trust car parks. Noted for next time. I always thought Grasmere was just a tiny village where someone wandered lonely as a cloud and built a house with a blue plaque, and a gingerbread shop. Wrong again; the bus went right into the village centre where quite a few shops and eating places have sprung up over the years. And a gingerbread shop. At Ambleside we bought a “Walker's Ticket” for the Lake Cruisers which gave us: a launch trip to Wray Castle, a 4 mile walk along the shore to the Ferry Terminal, an old wooden launch accross to Bowness where we boarded the new, hybrid powered “steamer” (???) back to Ambleside. 20230608_132240.mp4 Day 5 we took the bus back to Grasmere to smell the gingerbread being cooked. Had lunch in a converted chapel and saved £1.20 on toilets while we were there, as they were 60p a go otherwise! Inside St Oswald's church. I've never seen an old church with white rendering before. Some of it dates from around ad900 I believe, but not the scafolding. St Oswald is having his organ refurbished. Form an orderly queue here: In conclusion: one of the best holidays we've had up there but these free bus passes are proving to be quite expensive, although it's nice not to have to drive home after eating and drinking out.

I thought that in these wokey days it was discriminatory not allow goups of the same gender. No question mark, don't answer.