How Busy Can It Get?

[BroadAmbition]

nothing better at 4.30am than listening to the rain pattering on the roof

Assuming of course that there are no rainwater leaks and more importantly they are not above your chosen bunk

Griff

[vanessan]

On 28/07/2023 at 11:14, MauriceMynah said:

A lady walked past Nyx, exercising 4 dogs, 3 of which were on leads. The fourth she was watching as it peed on my stern mooring line via the post it was tied  to.

Peemails are very important to a dog and need a lot of attention. However, owners who allow their animals to read Peemails in inappropriate places, like on ropes tied to a post, need to be remonstrated with imo. It’s thoughtless and inconsiderate. 

[grendel]

perhaps the answer is to say when this happens, something along the lines of- excuse me, I was just about to leave, could you give me a hand casting off my mooring lines, then they might realise the implications of what their pooch has just done, and consider their actions the next time the pooch decides to water the mooring post.

[Malanka]

Sorry however I would suggest that most responsible dog owners who “pick up” will not be concerned about a little pee. Yours mine or their animals. It is after all is said and done sterile mildly warm water. 
 

If you’ve ever been in a swimming pool and had stingy eyes that’s because you were opening your eyes and swimming in a dilute pee solution.

He he microbiology is such fun. 
 

[MauriceMynah]

You may be right Martin, but if I were to pee on their mooring ropes, my best guess is that they would say something. And given the amount of alcohol in my pee, their ropes would be more sterile than before.

 

Can something be "more" sterile?

[MargeandParge]

It always makes me laugh at say Ranworth (or it used to). Someone comes from a boat with the dog and walks round and round with it till its empty. Next thing that happens someone else brings the baby off the boat to crawl all over the same spot.

Kindest Regards Marge and Parge 

[Malanka]

No sterile is an infinite quantity like pregnant or dead. 
 

What surprises me about parents of young children is that they allow the most filthy area of any mammal on the planet to regularly come into contact and pass bodily fluids on their baby’s face..

Told you microbiology was fun. Parents with cats allowing their babies into the garden shock me too… lol 

 

M

[YnysMon]

I agree with the cat pee thing.  I’m also wary of being licked on the face by a dog that sticks his nose into every other dog’s scent. Even worse, our previous dog Marvin had a penchant for eating horse poo. Euck!

On a different tack, why is it that most people nowadays seem to have some allergy or what not, whereas (for those of us who are getting on a bit) allergies used seemed to be a fairly rare thing when we were young.
I read about a study that suggested that avoidance of nuts during early childhood resulted in an increased risk of allergy, rather than the established view. Are we all being too cautious?

I was going to say this thread is going downhill, but have managed to add to the momentum.

[Ray]

Yep, you were allowed to have hay fever if you must but anything else was all in the mind 😂 

[Mouldy]

23 minutes ago, YnysMon said:

I agree with the cat pee thing.  I’m also wary of being licked on the face by a dog that sticks his nose into every other dog’s scent. Even worse, our previous dog Marvin had a penchant for eating horse poo. Euck!

On a different tack, why is it that most people nowadays seem to have some allergy or what not, whereas (for those of us who are getting on a bit) allergies used seemed to be a fairly rare thing when we were young.
I read about a study that suggested that avoidance of nuts during early childhood resulted in an increased risk of allergy, rather than the established view. Are we all being too cautious?

I was going to say this thread is going downhill, but have managed to add to the momentum.

Maybe there was a health benefit to chew on a lump of coal as a child.  Who knows, but it certainly appears that the more hygienic we’ve become over the years, the young have become more susceptible to allergies and other ailments as the result.

[Regulo]

I spent a great deal of my childhood either A) in summer, scouring the local dump for parts useful to make buggies and bikes (or anything mildly dangerous) or B) in winter, sitting in the gutter, making dams with stones and lolly sticks, to float paper boats. At any time, I could be found in some level of general filth with other members of the gang, usually involving mud, and often open wounds. If the road was ever being re-laid, we'd be told to go and breathe in the tar fumes, as it was "good for our tubes". The only allergy I've got is to modern life.

[Ray]

A good set of pram wheels and you were set up for the whole long summer school holidays 👍👍👍

[ExSurveyor]

My childhood was spent catching tropical fish in the storm drains outside the house, setting off  firecrackers in dog turds ( then running away), playing on the waste land next to the Kampong, that was stopped when a boa constrictor killed a local, wandering around the locals market and swimming in the RAF open air swimming pool. We were all kept in and the gates locked when the nationalist uprisings got a bit close and had armed guards supplied by the Royal Marines and Airforce Regiment to escort the school bus. We had a huge tent made from a parachute then to keep us amused.

School was a thatched roof classroom and no windows or doors. The only time I remember being cold was during the monsoon when we had been out playing all day in just swimming trunks. Those 4 years in old Singapore were magical.

We came back to England in March to deep snow, a house wrecked by the tenants and only coal fires but no coal, no shoes and only shorts and Tshirts. That was a cold 10 days until we got kitted out and coal delivered. It was strange to go to school in,

A brick two storey building,

with a tarmac playground not just grass and a stream,

wearing a thick coat and two jumpers,

but at least it had heating.

Life seemed very restricted and drab in the UK in comparison to Singapore.

I went to a discotheque once, I was asked to leave because I wanted the disc jockey to turn the volume down.

The only nightclub I went to, in Norway, turned out to be a drag club. That was a bit confusing

 

That has absolutely nothing to do with the topic but it stirred some nostalgia in me reading the previous few posts.

 

Back on topic,

It has been busier on the river, more hire boats, especially Brooms and a few more northern based boats.

I have noticed more newbies from Brooms on  Monday and Friday afternoons. The short break appears to be getting more popular.

More private boats are out and about during the week.

[Ray]

2 hours ago, ExSurveyor said:

My childhood was spent catching tropical fish in the storm drains outside the house, setting off  firecrackers in dog turds ( then running away), playing on the waste land next to the Kampong, etc.

Great post 👍

[MauriceMynah]

I have yet another trivial problem. I have a clock that also gives me the state of the tide. This is wonderful, but sadly owing to going back and forth with gmt and bst, whilst I know what time high tide is, I no longer know WHERE. Today for example, high tide is at 12:15 somewhere. Is there any way of my finding out where?

[Regulo]

17 minutes ago, MauriceMynah said:

I have yet another trivial problem. I have a clock that also gives me the state of the tide. This is wonderful, but sadly owing to going back and forth with gmt and bst, whilst I know what time high tide is, I no longer know WHERE. Today for example, high tide is at 12:15 somewhere. Is there any way of my finding out where?

Wherever you get stuck under a bridge - hope that helps?

High water at Gorleston was 09:08 BST according to the BA, so if you can work it out from there. I reckon Potter, Ludham bridge would be high at about 12:15. Probably wrong.

[Ray]

 

19 minutes ago, MauriceMynah said:

I have yet another trivial problem. I have a clock that also gives me the state of the tide. This is wonderful, but sadly owing to going back and forth with gmt and bst, whilst I know what time high tide is, I no longer know WHERE. Today for example, high tide is at 12:15 somewhere. Is there any way of my finding out where?

Low water for Potter, Ludham, Oulton, Brundall, Horning & Beccles (on the online guide I use) was approx 07:05 which unless I'm much mistaken would indicate High Tide at these locations of approx 12:15

Hope this helps (also hope I'm right 🤞)

[MauriceMynah]

Whoops, my error here, I should have said "11:15" but thanks Ray, from your figures I might be able to work it out.

[Ray]

Double checking it looks like I accidentally allowed for the hour difference! I'd say my first answer is possibly right anyway otherwise Lodden/Acle 👍
 

[Happy]

45 minutes ago, MauriceMynah said:

Whoops, my error here, I should have said "11:15" but thanks Ray, from your figures I might be able to work it out.

Folkestone high tide was 11.14 today.  Does that help? 

[MauriceMynah]

Thank you Happy, yes it does. Now I will always know that high water at Folkestone is about the same time as high tide at Potter Heigham.  You never know when such data will be a life saver.

I've been looking at the BA tide table and wondering why a vital piece of information is not there.

It gives the expected  clearance at "average" high water, but not the figure for average low water. The tidal range at Beccles is very different from that of Potter Heigham. This information would tell the helmsman if it was worth waiting for the tide to drop.

Or, am I being stupid here?

Don't answer that last bit.  :-)

[RegalSafari]

Well my sister is heading to the boat for a few days, with the family for the first time in around 15 years. So meeting up to provide some pointers but if you see them struggling on the river I sure she would appreciate some advice. I am a little nervous about it but they should be OK I just hope they have good weather as not looking great. Then my dad is on the boat from for a week. So the boat will be busy in August hopefully everyone is enjoying the summer so far.

[MauriceMynah]

Well !

My time here at Fleet dyke seems to be raising loads of questions, faster than libations can handle. I sort of know the answer to this next one but would like your opinions.

Last year there was an incident at Sutton staithe where a private boat and the crew from my old boat had a disagreement which ended up with raised voices and one or two hand gestures. The rights and wrongs of this was of no interest to me. I kept well out of it. 

I later discovered that the crew of the private boat went to Richardson's and complained about my behaviour to the yard and to the boats moored close to me.

It was the crew on the boat next door to me who informed me of this, wondering what had made me behave so out of character. 

I decided other than explaining my neighbours,  that I would take no further action. Least said, soonest mended. All this was last year. 

Now I find the private craft is moored up just a few boats along from me, and am tempted to explain their error, perhaps fairly pointedly.

I shall do my washing up while I have a think on it.

Your views please !

[Meantime]

4 minutes ago, MauriceMynah said:

I decided other than explaining my neighbours,  that I would take no further action. Least said, soonest mended. All this was last year. 

Unless something has changed, this still seems the best course of action, life is too short to stress out over old grievances!  

[Happy]

17 minutes ago, MauriceMynah said:

Well !

My time here at Fleet dyke seems to be raising loads of questions, faster than libations can handle. I sort of know the answer to this next one but would like your opinions.

Last year there was an incident at Sutton staithe where a private boat and the crew from my old boat had a disagreement which ended up with raised voices and one or two hand gestures. The rights and wrongs of this was of no interest to me. I kept well out of it. 

I later discovered that the crew of the private boat went to Richardson's and complained about my behaviour to the yard and to the boats moored close to me.

It was the crew on the boat next door to me who informed me of this, wondering what had made me behave so out of character. 

I decided other than explaining my neighbours,  that I would take no further action. Least said, soonest mended. All this was last year. 

Now I find the private craft is moored up just a few boats along from me, and am tempted to explain their error, perhaps fairly pointedly.

I shall do my washing up while I have a think on it.

Your views please !

It would probably benefit them to get the record straight - Go for it