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MaceSwinger

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  1. There's been far too much of the "ah but if I can get away with it" attitude and it's infuriating. Since the beginning of this debacle last March I've stuck rigidly to the rules (I honestly can't think of a single time I've knowingly broken them, though that's not to say I haven't done it accidentally!) and it makes it all the more frustrating when I see people still carrying on as normal. With that in mind I can understand how some people, who had previously made the sacrifices required, are now chinning it off. As for "dobbing people in" there are a few I've seen decrying such a policy, and as being encouraged to "grass on your neighbours", the people who you should keep on side because they're the ones who keep an eye on your house when you're away etc. To that I say they're also the ones putting your community at risk and extending the lockdown over and over. Of course those people are likely to have their own agenda.
  2. Really lovely. I had the pleasure of mooring up near Water Rail at Beccles back in August. Lovely looking boot.
  3. I absolutely love seeing everyone's pictures. I'm to the point of using Google Maps on satellite just to look at the Broads. I may be incredibly jealous of those that live there and have their own boats to use when they wish (current restrictions not withstanding) but I would never in a million years not want to see photos
  4. I still don't love navigating it, especially in anything with a bit of length. I love Loddon though, so it's worth it.
  5. This, it's always been this. The single biggest cause of most of the hassle associated with this bloody pandemic has always been the press, be it terrestrial TV from BBC & ITV, sat and cable thanks to "Our Beff" on Sky news, or the newspapers, the worst so far being the "impartial" Guardian and the anything-but impartial Daily Fail, er, Mail. I'm all for freedom of the press, but that freedom should come with a responsibility to act, well, responsibly. So far we're seeing anything but, with stories that are, at best, sensationalised, and at worse outright lies.
  6. I usad to the term The Weirs on here and got an absolute rinsing for it I have a bang up-to-date OL40 that annotates "The Weirs" only as the small channel that links the "inner" broad to the "outer". I believe Google maps annotates it differently (which was the cause of the disagreement when I previously used that term) and calls the entire outer broad The Weirs. Personally, I'd never heard the term until I saw it on Google and my OS map.
  7. I can't remember where I heard it, now whether it was a considered plan or just a suggestions, but was there not talk of a cut between Barton Broad and Catfield Dyke at one point?
  8. It was indeed, penned by the wonderful Rogers and Hammerstein. It appears twice, once in the second act after the leading lady's beloved has died, and again as a reprise for the finale. One of my favourite musicals, whether to watch, appear in on stage (as I did as a teenager) or to play the music from either in "the pit" or in concert. The opening piece, simply called "The Carousel Waltz" remains one of my favourite waltzes ever written. It was also my late Nan's favourite piece of music. Play her that whilst moored up at Reedham, her favourite place, and she was a happy lady! It'll always be more than just a football song to me for those reasons. I'm rather too much of a sprog (at a spritely 36 years old) to have known loads of his music, but Ferry Across The Mersey was fantastic. His death truly is a loss.
  9. Loving this so far Robin, I genuinely can't wait to see what you post next!
  10. Welcome Robin, I'm looking forward to seeing what you have for us!
  11. They'll not be fitting it! They're pricing cabinets only and we've already noted a lot of "extras" they've added without being told to, cheeky sods!
  12. Interestingly we had a kitchen appointment at B&Q booked for tomorrow, which has now been moved to an online meeting. Certainly in the early lockdown (last March/April time) our local B&Q drew considerable fire for not restricting people from visiting.
  13. I feel you've hit the nail on the head there Jean. I won't begrudge a couple going into Tesco together. Chances are they live together so I doubt there's much of an increased risk. For some people that weekly trip to the shops is the only chance they get to be around other people. Humans are social creatures and the last 9 months have asked us all to do things that are entirely against our evolved human nature. In the same hand, those that are flagrantly flouting the rules should be dealt with vigorously. They make a mockery of the vast majority of us who've made the sacrifices expected. I can understand the odd breach, people are thoroughly sick of it all now, but heading to a rave is just downright selfish. I was very please looking up and down my cul-de-sac on Thursday night to see lots of lights on but no big parties, even if there were a few people staggering around the streets by 9pm when I went to pick our takeaway up!
  14. Whilst I don't disagree with "Happy Wife, Happy Life", I do also subscribe to "Mildly Irritated Wife, Entertaining Life".
  15. To be honest, my unit hasn't been called on much this year, and I really feel for the guys who were crashed out on Christmas Eve. Moving into the new year we're likely to get busier, although I can't go into detail!
  16. A happy new year from me, and I'm saying it thankfully as me and mine have come through with our health at the very least, and we even managed to get away to Norfolk twice in the midst of all this. My other half an I had a lovely week on Silver Mystaire (aside from some unpleasantness with the yard) and a lovely family long weekend at Burgh Castle, and I'm eternally thankful that we managed it. I genuinely don't know how I'd have got through this year without a week to decompress on the Broads. The new year is likely to get very busy for me, with my "employer" being employed as it does to plug gaps all over, but I'm genuinely confident things will improve rather quickly over the next few months. And in the meantime I'm still searching for that spare £50k behind couch cushions and under my car seats so I can buy a nice little boat and not have to worry about hiring anymore! Cheers to you all!
  17. I'm on my second attempt and still not learnt. I'm starting to think I might be the problem...
  18. Working for me now, maybe just a glitch this morning.
  19. Interestingly their website doesn't appear to be working. It redirects through to www.broadshols.co.uk which then fails to load. Their Hoseasons page is live though, showing Sunway and Far Horizon, with the addition of Swiftway using a generic picture of what looks like a Silverline 40. Whatever's going on I really hope this virus hasn't scuppered another new venture.
  20. I had a sneaking suspicion it might have been Griff. I can certainly see the benefit, although I'm looking firmly at fully-Tupperware! Wood looks brilliant, but from what I've seen the cost and time taken to maintain them would be ghastly for me. And the absolute last thing I'd ever want would be to take on one of those beautiful old boats and watch it rot because I don't have the time, money or skillset to properly look after it.
  21. I have the Red Ensign my late grandad bought for the boat he one day hoped to own (but sadly never did) and it will absolutely go on my boat when I one day (hopefully) own one! For now the ensign is safety tucked away in a box waiting for that day, along with the one random rhond hook he'd bought at a boat jumble! That's a lovely looking boat @AndyTBoater, I do love the old woodies.
  22. I feel your pain. I'm a bit of a stickler for appearances on things too (I blame over 18 years "in green" for that one) regardless of serviceability! I think @ZimbiIVl suggested it, but Fablon or an automotive vinyl wrap might smarten it up and keep future moisture off it. I vinyl wrapped some tatty parts of centre console on an old car and it worked a treat.
  23. I suspect there's a lot of room for interpretation on 'first use' too. I find it staggering that they used to take commercial vessels down it though, it's not exactly wide!
  24. The Haddiscoe Cut (I've always known it just as the New Cut, at Reedham) was fist used in 1833 and built to provide a shortcut for vessels heading from Lowestoft to Norwich and back, but didn't work as well as hoped, was sold off within 10 years and was almost shut altogether in the 1950s. As far as I know both swingbridges run on electricity. Edit: Crikey @Vaughan, you beat me to it!
  25. Not to split hairs, but the wording of the byelaw is slightly different. Byelaw 83 states "A person shall not navigate a vessel whilst under the influence of drink or drugs to such an extent as to be incapable of taking proper control of the vessel." The difference to me being go ahead and have a couple, but really know your limits. And then stop a couple or more pints before you hit that limit!
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