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28 minutes ago, Berty said:
Have been on holiday last week, pub due to open today , Monday 24th Oct. Drinks only at the moment, food later in the year, so I was told. Peered through window, it looks very bright and clean.
That it is, new, bright and very clean.
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2 hours ago, Meantime said:
Not at all. I found it amusing. We should remember that The Thin White Duke himself referred to them as The Norfolk Broads. A point if anyone knows who I'm referring to!
The Thin White Duke did refer to The Norfolk Broads but wasnt it under the aka of Ziggy Stardust.
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48 minutes ago, Roy said:
Before some members shoot me down I have never ran a hire boat business but I have ran my own business for a few years and I can’t understand why woods would wait for brake downs to happen then send an engineer out when boats could be checked though on a change over day as it’s all time and money surly a more costly way to send an engineer around the Norfolk countryside?
especially when people having a good holiday and not braking down every few minutes should be their priority as a unhappy customer won’t return. And bad publicity spreads so far especially with social media in this day.
Thats just my take on running a business.
My parents used to run a small fleet of six wedding cars. Rolls Royce and Jags in the main, these werent new cars by any standards but were well looked after and every time they went out my parents were praying nothing would happen causing the bride to be delayed on their big day.
We all know about Murphys Law dont we!
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Went to the Shoulder of Mutton with family visitors and a well behaved collie dog last night around 7pm, we didnt pre book a table and were told to order the food early as there would be delay in serving due to them being busy which wasnt a problem to us.
Three different meals arrived before we had finished our first drinks which suprised us all and everyone enjoyed their meals. Chips were chunky homemade chips and the bill didnt make me weep.I`ll drink in the Ram and eat in the Mutton.
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Doesnt appear to be visitor moorings yet and hear that they are still looking to hire cook/ chef.
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47 minutes ago, Ray said:
Nothing beats an apple crumble.. the big point of debate of course is the custard. Hot crumble must be accompanied by cold custard! Yes? 😁
Cream for me, any type will do. Rather eat apple crumble without cold custard tbh if that is the only choice.
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3 hours ago, Mouldy said:
Eh? A quick visual check should provide the necessary answer, Helen!! 😉😁
That vet is a braver man than me.
Hello Mr Wolf with the big teeth, now you dont know me but would you mind awfully if I had a rumage around err, underneath, to see if you have had the snip?
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4 hours ago, Vaughan said:
How true.
Never approach a strange dog if it is attached by a chain or a lead, so that it cannot escape if it thinks it needs to. Especially outside a supermarket, where it doesn't know where its owner has gone, so it is stressed and will want to defend itself.
If you need to approach a strange animal, there is a procedure :
2/. Hold out your hand in front of you, so that the dog can smell it. Your smell will always tell a dog if you are friendly.
But please, never approach anyone's dog if it has been left outside a supermarket tied up on a lead. You are just asking for trouble.
All I might add to 2/ a folded hand like a clenched fist with the fingers underneath encourages a dog to sniff under the hand and is harder for a dog to bite than an open palm
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Always best to ring ahead but Swancraft, Brundall is £1.70 something a litre, (sorry Ive forgotton exactly how much) and £20 for a pump out plus they also stock Calor bottles.
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It is very difficult to find a full residential mooring but I hear that a few marinas have been invited to be considered. I thought Cove was leisure moorings and as for traveling time a lot depends on how, what time of day and where in Norwich you want to get to.
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3 hours ago, Smoggy said:
How do you go about transferring microchip details over without a previous owners say so? Or is that sorted by the rehoming place?
Think the vet does it - for an admin fee of course!
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29 minutes ago, Smoggy said:
If you get a big waggy tail when you collect that will be a good sign.
Yep and a dog biscuit or two helps a lot
Do not do what my sister did once with a new rescue dog on its first day home. She collected it on a Sunday and for its first meal she treated it to the scraps of the Sunday roast, not much, just little bits of meat, peas and gravy.
Well, it had been fed dry dog food for a couple of months whilst being behind bars and promptly threw up all over the kitchen floor!
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Yep outside and both on leads so that they can be seperated if it kicks off. Start from a short distance apart before closing the distance between them both. Ears and tails might give a clue as to how the meeting is going.
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1 hour ago, Cheesey69 said:
Has anyone noticed a downward trend to services provided to boaters in general?
I’m on the southern Broads and getting diesel was a lot harder than past years.
Did you try Swancraft.
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I understand the salt is washed off before serving but how would you say that it make a difference during cooking.
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21 minutes ago, Vaughan said:
On the Norfolk Broads?
I think some would say yes when crossing over from north to south or going the other way of course!
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50 minutes ago, Chelsea14Ian said:
Oh dear.Lots of water bring to the boil,then add salt and a little olive oil.Add pasta reduce heat slightly. DONT overcook or burn!
Is that one bag or two of salt Ian?
On a more serious note I cook mine with zero salt as I cant stand the stuff in or on any food, does it really make a difference when cooking.
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26 minutes ago, MargeandParge said:
The boats seem to be charged for by size now and not per head as they used to be.
Regards Marge and Parge
Did charging by the number of people onboard really take place?
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59 minutes ago, ranworthbreeze said:
Helen how does Graham manage to eat in McDonald's ?
Same as you and me, with teeth! Oh sorry you meant being vegan didnt you.
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Thinking:
Going Off Air
Until Further Notice
Out.
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Wasn`t aware of any installment arrangements being accepted by BA.
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1 hour ago, zoufry said:
Hi everybody.
Does anyone have some technicals information about his motor; THORNYCROFT, n° de série 3293, power 22,82kw ?
Thanks by advance to your help.
IF we take the 22,82kw and convert that figure to old horsepower units then that equates to 30.6 hp and using the Thornycroft link above you could have a T-75 engine & 31hp or the T-80 & 32 hp but as you can see the T-75 is closer.
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9 minutes ago, FlyingFortress said:
I believe that when the first GRP Boats were laid up no one really understood how strong GRP really is so went overboard and laid them up really heavily. Later on when there was a better understanding of the properties of GRP they then did a lighter lay up.
As OBB said earlier it is more to do with the age than anything else.
Im afraid you misunderstood, my belief is that now all boats are built to standards (classes) based on their intended use. So a sea going boat is built to a different standard than that of an inland river boat.
Then again I could be wrong.
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7 minutes ago, CeePee1952 said:
I must admit, I know the hulls etc come out of moulds but I didn't realise just how thin that hull is
makes me wonder how thick the hulls are on the GRP boats that go out to sea, coastal or otherwise?
Chris
Believe that is all about the class of the boat when built, different classes to different standards.
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makes me wonder how thick the hulls are on the GRP boats that go out to sea, coastal or otherwise?
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