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Note to self, I must sort out a jukebox for home, after thinking about all of these 70's records. Regards Alan

Hi Grendel, I am looking forward to the stages a little further on when you are laying out all the frames and fixing the hog etc. Are you going to save all the pictures to make a time lapse of the build? Regards Alan

Sadly I can remember Cliff Richard records on 78's. ELO on a jukebox, all those coloured vinyal 45's, they did sound good, likewise Joybringer by Manfred Mann. Regards Alan

Hello MrBlueSky, Welcome to the NBN forum. Are you an ELO fan? Regards Alan

Hi Em, I am sure your friends will love it, every time we have guests on board they can not wait to get back on the water. Regards Alan

Hello Em, Welcome to the NBN forum. Please let us know what boat you are hiring and from whom. Regards Alan

Hello Eddy, Welcome to the NBN forum. Try and take in Womak Staithe in your visit and only a short walk (even for Norfolk) up to the village and pub. Sadly we are not on the Broads until late November. Regards Alan & Tan

To commemorate her birthday , actress/vocalist, Julie Andrews made a special appearance at Manhattan's RadioCityMusic Hall for the benefit of the AARP. One of the musical numbers she performed was 'My Favorite Things' from the legendary movie 'Sound Of Music'. Here are the lyrics she used: Try singing it for the full effect. Botox and nose drops and needles for knitting, Walkers and handrails and new dental fittings, Bundles of magazines tied up in string, These are a few of my favorite things. Cadillacs and cataracts, hearing aids and glasses, Polident and Fixodent and false teeth in glasses, Pacemakers, golf carts and porches with swings, These are a few of my favorite things. When the pipes leak, When the bones creak, When the knees go bad, I simply remember my favorite things, And then I don't feel so bad. Hot tea and crumpets and corn pads for bunions, No spicy hot food or food cooked with onions, Bathrobes and heating pads and hot meals they bring,These are a few of my favorite things. Back pain, confused brains and no need for sinnin', Thin bones and fractures and hair that is thinnin', And we won't mention our short shrunken frames, When we remember our favorite things. When the joints ache, When the hips break, When the eyes grow dim, Then I remember the great life I've had, And then I don't feel so bad. Regards Alan

Hi Marshman, It is a prime location with regards to boats but little else. Unless the road to it and the rental properties has improved, it used to be dire when we were moored at Ferry Marine. Regards Alan

Hi Griff, A birthday on a boat, sunshine and the promise of a beer or two and a bite to eat, assuming someone else is standing your tab it could no better Regards Alan

It almost looks like one that Robin may have missed Regards Alan

Hello Comfortably Numb welcome to the NBN forum. Please let us know a little about yourself and your times on the Broads. Regards Alan

Hi Fred, I assume the stern mooring will be opposite the car park? To be honest the length of some of the boats mooring at the New Inn should also be restricted, the river at Horning is not wide enough for stern mooring other than boats under 20 to 25 foot. Regards Alan

Hello Paws, Welcome to the NBN forum. Regards Alan

Hi Grace, The translation comes out at "I Better Shoes" Maybe this is better for you:- Gratia est collector calciamentis Regards Alan

I think most yards allow for one car to park but there may be additional charges for multiple cars. Regards Alan

We have not hired on the Broads, but we have hired all over the country including Scotland on the Canals. Most boats are clean, we have had a few exceptions during the years. Our crew clean the inside of the boat daily and outside weather permitting and we feel we hand over an as clean if not cleaner boat on the change over day. we also do any little jobs on board such as bolts & catches not correctly fitted. On board Ranworth Breeze each owner has to refuel and pump out the boat and leave the water tank full for the next owner. We also have to clean the inside and outside of the boat or employ the services of a cleaning company. I tend to do the cleaning of the outside while Tan tackles the inside, it takes around three hours to clean the outside of the boat, but I like to do this so I can clean off any marks and make a note of any defects ready for the Winter Service during which any gel coat repairs are done. A few years ago when Glenn was managing the syndicate, he arrived at 9.00 am on the dot, it had been raining overnight and asked why had I not cleaned the outside of the boat, needless to say I put him into the picture of how many hours I had spent cleaning the boat. Sadly with weeks of wet weather boats never look as good as they should do and the green between joints and on decks soon takes hold. Regards Alan

Almost Grace Regards Alan

Hi Paul, That sounds like a good idea. Regards Alan

Hi Peter, Just goes to show TV's have come on since the 60's/70s the downside is that there is nothing on the TV's other than ornaments and the reception is just as bad. Regards Alan

Hi Stuart, My guess is after the first few drinks and lazing about your thoughts will be of your missing your workshop and all the work you have planned. Regards Alan

With my customers, I have set pricing for certain electronic repairs or I charge an hourly rate for internal work or off site. For people who just call in the workshop it is the hourly rate plus cost of any parts plus VAT. My advice is never to call in certain establishments with a flashy car, it can put more than a sharp intake of breath on the bill Regards Alan

Hi Simon, I am not sure when it closed, but a quick search on the forum suggests it was closed prior to August 2014. I am sure some forum members will know exactly. Regards Alan

Hi Iain, What about the introduction of Scotch Tape in the 60's in those metal tins, I had seen nothing like that before, it must have cost a fortune at the time, so much better than the cloth based tape, of course we were also using screwits or pot connectors. Stardrills and Rawl tools were the order of the day with the associated hammer rash, electric drills were rare on site and somewhat heavy duty, assuming you had the guts to use one, they usually snatched and wrists were at risk. I still have my joist brace (and other braces) and a roll of bits, these however have never see the light of day for many years. No neon testers back then, just a test lamp or if you were lucky a Martindale tester for testing 415 volts, my BA spanner set cost me small fortune, likewise any of the other tools you had to buy, not many tools were provided by companies back then. I guess you will have made some of your own tools, there was the rotary strippers for Pyro; but in many cases especially on smaller diameter cables the cutter could cut into the cores, we used to use a tool we made, it was almost like a corned beef tin key, but between 6 inches to a foot in length with a slot in the end in order to put the out copper sheath of the Pyro into. Of course we have spoken of the wooden block for slight bends in conduit before, for bigger jobs of course we used to bender/pipe vice. Looking back on some of my early installations we seemed to take forever just making the fixing runs for conduit or Pyro or using a stardrill for the Rawl bolts that would hold the heavy cast fuse boards onto the walls. Sorry for drowning on but any job just seemed to take ages. Regards Alan

Hi Richard, Here is the weather from the BBC Norwich:- http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/2641181 Regards Alan