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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2018 19:18:36 GMT
On the waterpoint thing you are perhaps being a little harsh. Obviously your “chat” left you with a bad impression, but is using a water point to clean your boat forbidden somewhere? Is there a fundamental difference between being on a water point to fill your tank vs to wash your boat? Perhaps the latter lasts a bit longer but either don’t seem too unreasonable, compared say to just mooring there and going to the pub (ie not using the water point, just blocking it). I think there is. I will use a water point to wash my boat, or to do my clothes washing if there is nobody else waiting to use it but I would consider it impolite to cause another boater waiting to fill his water tank to be delayed while I did so. This is simply good manners, something one is taught when one goes to proper school. Twat
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Post by IainS on May 21, 2018 20:02:18 GMT
On the waterpoint thing you are perhaps being a little harsh. Obviously your “chat” left you with a bad impression, but is using a water point to clean your boat forbidden somewhere? Is there a fundamental difference between being on a water point to fill your tank vs to wash your boat? Perhaps the latter lasts a bit longer but either don’t seem too unreasonable, compared say to just mooring there and going to the pub (ie not using the water point, just blocking it). I think there is. I will use a water point to wash my boat, or to do my clothes washing if there is nobody else waiting to use it but I would consider it impolite to cause another boater waiting to fill his water tank to be delayed while I did so. This is simply good manners, something one is taught when one goes to proper school. I agree, and I'm pretty sure Nick would as well (Him having been to a proper skool, and that) It's the ones who moor at a water point to do the shopping or go to the pub that annoy me. Sometimes they will leave a hose connected, so obviously aware of their anti social behaviour.
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Post by Telemachus on May 21, 2018 20:14:02 GMT
I think there is. I will use a water point to wash my boat, or to do my clothes washing if there is nobody else waiting to use it but I would consider it impolite to cause another boater waiting to fill his water tank to be delayed while I did so. This is simply good manners, something one is taught when one goes to proper school. I agree, and I'm pretty sure Nick would as well (Him having been to a proper skool, and that) Indeed, as I said earlier (not that anybody actually reads what I said, of course!)
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Post by Trina on May 21, 2018 20:14:03 GMT
I saw a boat on a water point with the hose connected & water gushing everywhere.We were told that the boaters had gone to the pub & 'forgotten' to turn the tap on.Another boater on the nearby long term moorings decided to help by turning it on for him...No,it wasn't us but we did snigger.
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2018 20:12:43 GMT
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Post by Telemachus on May 23, 2018 20:29:56 GMT
I wonder how much washing a boat uses.... No much. We washed our boat for the first time this year, yesterday. And, shock horror, on a water point too! One half-filled bucket of water with washing juice per side, one for the roof. Perhaps 20 litres total. Then a scoosh down to rinse with the hose with spray attachment, maybe same again. We may well repeat a couple more times this year, so an ANNUAL total of 120 litres. Just slightly more than ONE BATH! Sorry, you are not going to solve the nation’s water issues by banning boat-washing. Oh and by the way, no boats came past whilst we were hogging the water point, let alone any boats wanting water.
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2018 20:52:31 GMT
I wonder how much washing a boat uses.... No much. We washed our boat for the first time this year, yesterday. And, shock horror, on a water point too! One half-filled bucket of water with washing juice per side, one for the roof. Perhaps 20 litres total. Then a scoosh down to rinse with the hose with spray attachment, maybe same again. We may well repeat a couple more times this year, so an ANNUAL total of 120 litres. Just slightly more than ONE BATH! Sorry, you are not going to solve the nation’s water issues by banning boat-washing. Oh and by the way, no boats came past whilst we were hogging the water point, let alone any boats wanting water. Based on this information you can't be a selfish knob then. Unlike the chap I met on Sunday.... On a more serious note, it's a sobering thought that water could become a scarce resource. We take it for granted it arrives plentifully and with minimal effort for the end user - bar for paying the bill! On demand in the home (land or floating) at the workplace, in our schools and hospitals with no restrictions (bar for paying the bill...) I'm a miserly git so am not too wasteful with it at home (see bar for paying the bill, there's a theme developing...!) Regular Car washing has dropped off due to having a dwarf in tow so less time to spend on that particular distraction. I reluctantly wash the boat, infrequently and generally with a mop and river water. Fresh water only when it's being prepped for paint. Freshwater, many think it just falls out the sky.
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Post by Telemachus on May 23, 2018 21:07:35 GMT
No much. We washed our boat for the first time this year, yesterday. And, shock horror, on a water point too! One half-filled bucket of water with washing juice per side, one for the roof. Perhaps 20 litres total. Then a scoosh down to rinse with the hose with spray attachment, maybe same again. We may well repeat a couple more times this year, so an ANNUAL total of 120 litres. Just slightly more than ONE BATH! Sorry, you are not going to solve the nation’s water issues by banning boat-washing. Oh and by the way, no boats came past whilst we were hogging the water point, let alone any boats wanting water. Based on this information you can't be a selfish knob then. Unlike the chap I met on Sunday.... On a more serious note, it's a sobering thought that water could become a scarce resource. We take it for granted it arrives plentifully and with minimal effort for the end user - bar for paying the bill! On demand in the home (land or floating) at the workplace, in our schools and hospitals with no restrictions (bar for paying the bill...) I'm a miserly git so am not too wasteful with it at home (see bar for paying the bill, there's a theme developing...!) Regular Car washing has dropped off due to having a dwarf in tow so less time to spend on that particular distraction. I reluctantly wash the boat, infrequently and generally with a mop and river water. Fresh water only when it's being prepped for paint. Freshwater, many think it just falls out the sky. It’s a very regional thing though. No doubt it is a big deal in the “Home Counties” where already, they have to drink other people’s recycled piss. But in less densely populated areas, including Wales and Scotland, it isn’t an issue. In Scotland we still have nationalised water supply, bills are pretty reasonable and people don’t tend to have meters. In the swamps of the Fens/Northamptonshire/Cambs I’m sure it is the same. You only have to place a foot on the soggy ground for gallons of water to come up around your webbed feet, surely? i was pissed off when, after spending ages fitting our new (house) bathroom, the new lavatory (which had dual flush thingy), was incapable of dismissing even a moderately sized set of jobbies even on the “big flush”. 2 flushes were required, which rather defeats the point of water saving bogs. I had to spend ages tinkering with the adjustments in order that one flush did the business. Or rather, sunk the business.
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2018 21:14:24 GMT
From wiki I'm afraid!
The climate of East Anglia is generally dry and mild. The region is among the driest in the United Kingdom with many areas receiving less than 700mm of rainfall a year[1]and locations such as Lowestoft less than 600 mm on average.[2] Rainfall is fairly evenly distributed throughout the year.
Maximum temperatures range from 5–10 °C (41–50 °F) in the winter to 20–25 °C (68–77 °F) in the summer, although temperatures have been known to reach 35 °C (95 °F). Sunshine totals tend to be higher towards the coastal areas.[3]
It does seem to have pissed it down almost continuously from the end of October 17 to the end of April 18. The recent dry spell has seen my winter quagmire garden rapidly dry so that large cracks are appearing and the lawn and path edges are moving apart like continental drift.
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Post by mouse on May 23, 2018 22:16:27 GMT
Winter here in Lewstuff ( right on the edge of East Angular) seemed wet, but according to the Royal Nobs & Snobs weather station, we have only had 3.38 ins of rain so far this year. We are dehydrating here as that is about 15% of our yearly average.
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Post by Stumpy on May 23, 2018 23:02:13 GMT
We're all doomed ! Doomed I tell ya........ LINK
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Post by JohnV on May 24, 2018 6:39:58 GMT
Lots of interesting reading there Gazza ......... maybe I'll look into the cost of a watermaker after all
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2018 7:17:11 GMT
Lots of interesting reading there Gazza ......... maybe I'll look into the cost of a watermaker after all Apparently filtration systems are pretty good if you are on relatively clean water. I know someone living on a narrow boat on the Thames who uses a multi stage filtration plant for all his domestic needs including misses and teenage kids. He said he even drinks it but as he also drinks cheap lager I guess he can handle it. I'd baulk at drinking river water but would be happy to use moderately filtered and UV treated water for everything else.
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Post by bills on May 24, 2018 12:19:45 GMT
Based on this information you can't be a selfish knob then. Unlike the chap I met on Sunday.... On a more serious note, it's a sobering thought that water could become a scarce resource. We take it for granted it arrives plentifully and with minimal effort for the end user - bar for paying the bill! On demand in the home (land or floating) at the workplace, in our schools and hospitals with no restrictions (bar for paying the bill...) I'm a miserly git so am not too wasteful with it at home (see bar for paying the bill, there's a theme developing...!) Regular Car washing has dropped off due to having a dwarf in tow so less time to spend on that particular distraction. I reluctantly wash the boat, infrequently and generally with a mop and river water. Fresh water only when it's being prepped for paint. Freshwater, many think it just falls out the sky. i was pissed off when, after spending ages fitting our new (house) bathroom, the new lavatory (which had dual flush thingy), was incapable of dismissing even a moderately sized set of jobbies even on the “big flush”. Was it the length, or was it the diameter which caused the problem?
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Post by Mr Stabby on May 24, 2018 12:22:57 GMT
Well, I've been up eight locks this morning so I've used around a million litres of water just today.
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