Poppy

Wasn't it Arthur Ransom who wrote about ' hullabaloos' , who spoiled the peace and gave no regard to the wildlife of the Broads in persuit of their own selfish enjoyment, regardless of others ? Yes Robin, it has been ' going on for years '.

Thank you all for your good wishes. Unfortunately I'm smitten with a particularly nasty bout of manflu, which I caught from SWMBO! She won't tell me where she caught it though......

Very good point well made!. Of course we mustn't forget that all that kit allows for higher charges !

All of 18 months

.... I met my wife Lesley. We married in 1968 and are still (despite all the jokes ) blissfully happy.

Lewis wouldn't stand for that !

The Broads Society had a member's forum. It was closed, as officers disliked some of the opinions being posted.....

Vaughan, I doubt that you will receive a supportive reply, sadly.

Meanwhile they are worried that they are not attracting new members.......

I thought this thread was about 'Strictly', not Formula 1 and Lewis Hamilton

It would be far more interesting if the drivers had to drink a pint and a whisky chaser at every pit stop.

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That's a myth.... based on my experience with her indoors

My wife has a slight speech impediment. She has to stop talking in order to breathe!

For those chaps who aren't getting enough hanging, there is now a telephone help service.

Cash machines. Customers will be able to withdraw cash without leaving their vehicles. To enable customers to use this new facility, the following procedures have been drawn up. Please read the procedure that applies to your own circumstances (i.e.MALE or FEMALE), and remember them when you use the machine for the first time. MALE PROCEDURE 1. Drive up to the cash machine. 2. Put down your car window. 3. Insert card into machine and enter PIN. 4. Enter amount of cash required. 5. Retrieve card, cash, and receipt. 6. Put window up. 7. Drive off. FEMALE PROCEDURE 1. Drive up to cash machine. 2. Reverse back the required amount to align car window to machine. 3. Set parking brake; put the window down 4. Find handbag, remove all contents onto passenger seat to locate card. 5. Turn the radio down. 6. Attempt to insert card into machine. 7. Open car door to allow easier access to machine due to its excessive distance from the car. 8. Insert card. 9. Re-insert card the right way up. 10. Dig through handbag to find diary with your PIN written on the inside back page 11. Enter PIN. 12. Press cancel and re-enter correct PIN. 13. Enter amount of cash required. 14. Check make up in rear view mirror. 15. Retrieve cash and receipt. 16. Empty handbag again to locate wallet and place cash inside. 17. Place receipt in back of cheque book. 18. Re-check make-up again. 19. Drive forward 2 feet. 20. Reverse back to cash machine. 21. Retrieve card. 22. Re-empty hand bag, locate card holder, and place card into the slot provided 23. Give appropriate one-fingered hand signal to irate male drivers in line behind you. 24. Restart stalled engine and pull off. 25. Drive for 2 to 3 miles. 26. Release handbrake.

Tip for men Your wife won't start an argument when you are cleaning the house...

A woman goes to the Doctor, worried about her husband's temper. The Doctor asks: "What's the problem? The woman says: "Doctor, I don't know what to do. Every day my husband seems to lose his temper for no reason, and it scares me." The Doctor says: "I have a cure for that. When it seems that your husband is getting angry, just take a glass of water and start swishing it in your mouth. Just swish and swish but don't swallow it until he either leaves the room or goes to bed and falls asleep." Two weeks later the woman comes back to the doctor, looking fresh and reborn. The woman says: "Doctor that was a brilliant idea! Every time my husband started losing it, I swished with water. I swished and swished, and he calmed right down! How does a glass of water do that?" The Doctor says: "The water itself does nothing. It's keeping your mouth shut that does the trick...."

For once, I'm in FULL agreement with MM. Whilst I'm far from the BA's greatest fan the real responsibility for this fiasco is central Government and it's agenda of cuts in services!

I'd like it if they took over coastal defence too !

Such as?

Indeed - and they would appear to be in breach of OUR Government regulations , to whit :- "Key conditions The waste must be deposited as close as possible to where it was dredged from. The waste must be deposited either: on the bank of the waters from where it was dredged or on land next to the water it was dredged from (the dredgings must be removed from the waterway and deposited mechanically in one operation) This means that you can’t deposit onto a bank and then move it further away by the same or another machine." https://www.gov.uk/guidance/waste-exemptions-disposing-of-waste How much were those new 'wherries' ?

That's why I added Netherlands, and Flemish Belgium. I was being a little naughty, knowing JM's views on the EU and Brexit. "the EU has not dealt specifically with dredged material regulations, nor does it currently intend to do so" http://www.european-dredging.eu/pdf/05-0271_Dredged_Mat_and_Env_reg_EU.pdf And this https://www.gov.uk/guidance/waste-exemptions-disposing-of-waste "This exemption allows you to deposit dredging spoil (dredgings) on the banks of the waters it was dredged from and to treat it by screening and removing water. " So what ever the Mail, The Express or The Broads Authority - Espeecially them! - It's NOTHING that The EU have done!

My father served in N. Africa and then Palestine. He had almost nothing to say, so did my father in law who was also in N. Africa and then Italy. He was similarly silent. It's my impression that in many cases it's empty vessels who make the most noise .