ExSurveyor

The total has been revised, 31 hurt with 21 in hospital. It must have been horrendous.

It was a scheduled server upgrade apparently.

Twenty five injured, fifteen in hospital. That is one heck of a list, hopefully it is now stable.

I have ended up needing the tooth rebuilding, Total cost is £130 including the original consultation. I don't think that is too bad for a private dentist.

A friend of mine belongs to the Voice Project based in Norwich. They sing original works rather than choral.

Stick with the 8 track

Dear all, Notice is hereby given that the second phase of works to Somerleyton and Reedham Swing bridges has been delayed. The previously advertised closures between 13 March 2023 until Saturday 29 April 2023 will now not take place. The bridges remain operational as normal. A further notice will be issued when a date for this work has been agreed. Best, Tom Tom Waterfall Senior Communications Officer Direct dial 01603 756034 Broads Authority Yare House, 62-64 Thorpe Road, Norwich NR1 1RY

It is difficult to form a judgment on this, There are some who won't pay and a few who can't pay. Local authorities have an obligation to provide a certain number of serviced traveller pitches, funded from council tax, do we really want that to come out of the toll account. The BA have a responsibility to collect tolls and it isn't for them to decide who doesn't have to pay, the courts decide how and over what timeframe the fines are paid. I suspect the CaRT and EA folliw the same guidelines. It is not uncommon to allow someone 9 months to pay before it is taken to court, a court date could take 2 to 3 months to be heard. My biggest concern would be a lack of insurance and BSS on these boats.

I have had one of those telescopic ones with the plastic end for years. I have never used it and is only there to fish things out of the water (twice). It's main use is to hang cleaning clothes on to dry.

I use a boiler engineer for all maintenance. He is of an age that he refuses to do installations. His view is that if spares are available it is ripping off the customer to replace the boiler. During Covid he was out of action for a month and I had to call a heating firm in for a breakdown on a rental property. New boiler recommended as spares not available, this was a 10 year old boiler. I would get a individual boiler engineer in rather than a local heating firm and avoid any firm with the name 'Swale' in it.

Do we have any members who may know when Alans funeral service is ? If so can you message me please.

I split a tooth in half the other day and have an appointment for monday. I had a check up a few weeks ago and he said it had a fracture, I guess it isn't fractured any more. I haven't found an NHS dentist with an open list locally for 20 years.

No idea, sometimes fat fingers hit the wrong button and we then have to undo it. It hasn't been discussed by the mod team so would be an error.

We have sadly just been advised of the sudden passing of our much respected fellow member. Alan was a moderator for so many years, dispensing sound advice to new mods as we joined the team. When the change over happened, Alan offered me great advice. Alan was the Chairman of the Ranworth Breeze syndicate, for over 20 years, I know how much effort he put into making it run smoothly. Alan will be greatly missed by the many people who knew him, either in person or online. As a group, we send our deepest condolences to his family and friends.

It is worth trying local phone repair shops as the buy used phones.

A diesel is fine, it needs to be a more modern model, about two years newer than both my cars. ☹️ Just another reason to avoid London, if it can't be avoided I use the train and that is as rare as hens teeth these days. When I was working we refused jobs in London, too much hassle to park and then sending technicians up was always a problem. Blackheath was the limit, that was a goldmine.

In 2029 I will buy a nearly new diesel car and hope it lasts me until I give up driving because, at the moment, the only electric vehicle I will ever drive will be an electric disability scooter.

The Royal Naval memorial in Chatham is on a large open historic fortification known as the Great Lines, overlooking Chatham town, surrounded by the Royal Engineers base and museum, Fort Amherst, the old naval dockyard, the former Royal Naval hospital and my old secondary school. Whilst at school the Great Lines were used for cross country running, ( I hated it ). The furthest point was the memorial. I appreciate the memorial more now than I did all those years ago.

In the Broadcaster sent out with my ' great value ' toll renewal it says that charges at Reedham and Ranworth are proposed, other areas the charge is specified. Brace for some back tracking I think. Year 7 grandson's geography this term covers tourism, Norfolk Broads is listed with the real National Parks. He did explain to the teacher it is only a member of the NP family and the title can only be used for marketing purposes. He got awarded two house points for extra knowledge. He does listen to his grandad sometimes.

Don't worry Helen, its electric vehicles, it won't last long

I noticed the original link to the tide table but took a practical view that it was not linked to members content. Mods took the same view. I also look in on the Norfolk Broads Forum, it doesn't make me or anyone else a bad person 😁 The no cross links of content was agreed many years ago and is a courtesy to both sets of members and is an adult agreement.

The toll rises are nothing in comparison to the rises in mooring fees, £200 to £300. I haven't seen any complaints about that being unreasonable considering they are mainly renting out land and quay headings with much lower staffing levels. Both are unwelcome.

Flares might be back but there is no sign of my teenage waistline making a comeback.

It all goes in a cycle, I am still waiting for kipper ties and flares to come back. 😁 In reality change tends to swing between extremes before settling in the middle. It is becoming an alien landscape to many of our generation at the moment.

That is looking good Ian, is it a two part paint.