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Post by Jim on Jul 31, 2017 5:56:59 GMT
I prefer scones (with a long "o") , lots of jam on ,sprinkle with sugar and pile cream on top.
Trouble is Pile cream makes your lips numb.
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Post by thebfg on Jul 31, 2017 11:09:50 GMT
Sounds awesome, is there a recipe available for them? My daughter loves making brownies (the recipe for which dogless has now π) Gazza this is soooooooooooo easy it isn't funny. The receipe is: 2 eggs 5 tablespoons of all purpose flour 1/2 jar Nutella + and 1 extra tablespoon I added some crushed walnuts Mix it all together until well blended Now instead of pouring the mixture into a square baking pan, I used 12 silicone cup cake / muffin thingy's I put a heaping teaspoon of the mixture in the bottom of each muffin holder, then a 1/4 teaspoon of smooth peanut butter and then topped each one with the remaining mixture (about another teaspoon in each one) added some sprinkles on top Rather than being gooey they are more cake like, but at 12 minutes they are still quite moist in the centre Enjoy!! gas mark 4 for 12 - 15 minutes I'm going to try adding Nutella to Bananna Bread tomorrow - I'll let you know how it turns out....can you tell I've just discovered Nutella? Β I love it! Thank you. No doubt like Gazza, I will be making this with the youngest. She eats it straight out of the bar. She even has home made hot chocolate made from it. My sister and her kids love it and as they are in the states there are a few of us that post some out quite regularly.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2017 12:24:32 GMT
Dad came and stayed this weekend, just before he left he gave me a little task to do for him. The orignal wheel on the Mayland is a round car type thing, it does the job of pointing the boat where you want to go but is not exactly nice to hold or very boaty. It's taken 26 years to get round to changing it....! The pile of bits : - The helm unit came for a Β£10, the wheel was left over from a previous stalled project. The major obstacle to get the wheel to fit the shaft was a slight difference in the tapers, I had a result there as the brass wheel hub had a major diameter identical to that of the shaft but a smaller minor diameter, running a 17mm hand reamer through it was enough to get the tapers to match. All that was required then was to drill the shaft to take a 3/16" x 1" dowel for the drive dog rather than machining a keyway n the wheel hub Job sorted. The only other cost was Β£2.38 for 2 off 5/8" UNF half nut nylocs from Spalding fastners, one for the wheel one for stock,
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2017 11:56:49 GMT
Back to the Elysian. I've been buggering about replacing odd bits of tired ply. Fridge enclosure top finished, the awful hole in the bulkhead is for a radio speaker, not my work, and luckily you cant see it when the speaker is fitted. I took the chance to blitz the old varnish off while i was replacing the battens, much easier to do it like that and give it a quick stain before the rest is done, although there is now dust and shite everywhere! the rest of the enclosure will get done in the paint dock later in the year. Helm position with new ply top I was quite pleased with how the angle edging trim turned out - it's been unfinished around the instrument panel for donkeys ages It needs the rest of the varnish stripping too - but again, that will have to wait till paint dock time. Henry is coming with me and the dwarf after work to give the cockpit a good deep clean, it was gone 8:30 when i was wrapping up last night. A little touching up with some blue paint and the off white i used to cut glare down and we are good to go. No more jobs until after our holidays, Mrs Gazza will bloody well brain me if I do start anything else! The disk is an old 99/00 pleasure boat certificate and the square notice a drowning/resuscitation notice from her days in hire, the PBC will go when I do the woodwork, the drowning notice will go back up, simply for the fact shes had it for 50 odd years!
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Post by patty on Aug 3, 2017 14:27:38 GMT
That looks good...
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2017 14:28:50 GMT
She's death us do part, I couldn't contemplate doing another! Still plenty to do though.
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Post by patty on Aug 3, 2017 17:07:40 GMT
She's death us do part, I couldn't contemplate doing another! Still plenty to do though. I guess its one of these 'once in a lifetime projects'.....bit like Horror House....never ever ever again!!!!!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2017 18:25:29 GMT
She's death us do part, I couldn't contemplate doing another! Still plenty to do though. I guess its one of these 'once in a lifetime projects'.....bit like Horror House....never ever ever again!!!!! To be fair she's always been useable, ive spent most of the last 8 years either undoing the rubbish efforts of previous owners, or improving and modifying where we could have lived without the niceties of the extra work. The big stuff like the cockpit rebuild and sterngear work I've done over the last 2 years should never need revisiting - at least not if I keep up the fussy mollycoddling maintenance regime she now has the luxury of! Only major stuff left to do is retrim the interior, the headlining etc is getting a bit passed its best, think that will be next year's effort though! I've also got to think about replacing the rubbing strakes in the future - a job for when we are on hardstand for the winter. Other than that it's keep on top of the paint and woodwork.
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Post by JohnV on Aug 3, 2017 18:30:16 GMT
Undoing "improvements" of earlier owners has been my main job on Shapfell. Although being totally ignored (on hardstanding) this year and possibly most of next she would only require a couple of hours work to get her ready to go, maybe 3 days to get her fully back smart again.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2017 18:41:08 GMT
You guys are like magicians to us numpties. I love seeing these photos and reports on what you've done. We all have our skills. I think mine's drinking Rog
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Post by JohnV on Aug 3, 2017 18:50:14 GMT
Main thing with boating is remember the KISS principle (Keep It Simple Stupid) (When I told someone that on 'tother place a certain person got into a choleric fit about me insulting the other poster ... he obviously wasn't an engineer * as I don't know of one that hasn't heard that before) * I think I know his (ex) occupation but I'm not going back there to try and check it out )
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Post by patty on Aug 3, 2017 18:51:43 GMT
Dunno if Id describe actions of previous occupants as 'improvements'..decided to-day to dig out one of those 'mile a minute' bushes and what lie beneath...let me tell you...plastic, batteries, glass, tinfoil..they were total and utter numpties...now all cleared out..jeepers some folk..Id like too post it all to them..cept they never left forwarding address..never sorted out forwarding mail..so i still get all their post..3 years down the line..all now returned to sender with tasteful comments dependent on my mood sprawled on
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2017 19:02:32 GMT
You guys are like magicians to us numpties. I love seeing these photos and reports on what you've done. We all have our skills. I think mine's drinking Rog I have to admit wood is not my favourite medium to work with - mainly because if you cock it up you can't weld it back together! Thankfully the majority is simple enough, a fair bit of metal fabricating crosses over, particularly measure twice cut once! Much like John's Ormelite the original joinery inside is superb, I couldn't get anywhere near close to that quality, good job it's in reasonable nick! My dad has a MkII elysian with the glass fibre aft cockpit, much easier to look after but it doesn't have that tactile quality wood has. For all the hassle of either replacing or looking after it I'm glad ours is an early one with a wooden cockpit, feels nice to touch and walking on the deck boards with bare feet feels right.
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Post by larkboy on Aug 4, 2017 8:00:46 GMT
Well, we are now moored on the GOBA moorings near Aldreth on the Old West, having picked the boat up yesterday evening from the dry dock at Stretham having had her blacked this week. Ken, the owner of the dock has once again done a Stirling job and she looks mighty fineπ. We now have a long weekend out and will endeavour to refurb and re-seal the remaining 3 fender eyes and hang new fenders, also attempting, time and weather permitting, to do the final coach line. Hopefully, other than a lube and filter service this should mean all jobs for this summer ticked off before heading out for our two week cruise on August bank holiday Monday. This winter we start improving and freshening the interior!
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Post by patty on Aug 4, 2017 17:14:29 GMT
Again nowt to do with boating but Im having a little celebration....KNOTWEED treatment completed this afternoon...hurrah..3rd year...now we go onto watch n wait...oh yes zeee chilled vino a must have to-day...
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