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Post by Jim on Oct 26, 2021 13:20:10 GMT
Yes we have magnetic fishermen oop north. It's our personalities.
Notice Alert
Calder & Hebble Navigation
Location: Lock 3, Salterhebble Bootom Lock
Starts At: Lock 3, Salterhebble Bottom
Ends At: Lock 3, Salterhebble Bottom
Tuesday 26 October 2021 14:00 until Tuesday 26 October 2021 18:00
Type: Navigation Closure
Reason: Police Incident
Original message:
Magnetic fishermen appear to have recovered munitions of an unknown type from waterway. Police are on site dealing with incident.
A short section of towpath leading from lock through tunnel under road is closed. You can bypass the closure by crossing the road, taking care while doing so, and re-joining the towpath downstream of road bridge.
The navigation is currently closed to boat traffic from lock to approx. 50m below road bridge.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2021 21:23:36 GMT
I think these magnet danglers are mostly pia, especially those who abandon scrap on towpath.
I thought CRT discouraged it, but there are no blue notices, so by default, they encourage it.
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Post by Mr Stabby on Oct 26, 2021 21:36:02 GMT
I think these magnet danglers are mostly pia, especially those who abandon scrap on towpath. Personally I think they are doing good by getting metals from the canal bed to the towpath. There should be some system in place to move it on from there into recycling but overall it's better out than in. |
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Post by JohnV on Oct 27, 2021 16:32:49 GMT
I think these magnet danglers are mostly pia, especially those who abandon scrap on towpath. Personally I think they are doing good by getting metals from the canal bed to the towpath. There should be some system in place to move it on from there into recycling but overall it's better out than in. unless you are on our way back from the pub in the dark, walk into a heap ..... and end up in the cut |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2021 16:35:57 GMT
Leaving scrap on the towpath is wrong. When I was chucking "the beast" in the canals before anyone else knew what a neodymium magnet was I always put the shite back in the cut in a sensible place.
People using the towpaths do not want to encounter this waste. Not interesting.
I also avoided bridges.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2021 16:42:08 GMT
This is "the beast":  76mm X 50mm N50 neodymium magnet from a food processing line. Must have been around 2005 I bought it. £200. The bloke did mention that it would break my hand if I got trapped. I put it into an old brass shell casing with a coach bolt and a big eye nut. Had a lot of good gear out with that before the idiots turned up !! |
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Post by JohnV on Nov 2, 2021 20:59:22 GMT
never had a neodymium magnet .... I had a horseshoe magnet from a 50 Kw WWII Radar magnetron that was seriously strong ..... but weighed 8 or 9 pounds on it's own
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Post by Mr Stabby on Nov 2, 2021 21:12:08 GMT
I'm so old that I can remember when magnet fishing meant this...  |
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Post by patty on Nov 3, 2021 6:47:54 GMT
I'm so old that I can remember when magnet fishing meant this... Remember that.. very irritating as the cardboard 'pond' kept falling over |
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Post by phil70 on Nov 3, 2021 21:08:01 GMT
I'm so old that I can remember when magnet fishing meant this... Remember that.. very irritating as the cardboard 'pond' kept falling over Yes it jolly well did, a right PIA as I recall |
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Post by patty on Nov 3, 2021 22:05:51 GMT
Remember that.. very irritating as the cardboard 'pond' kept falling over Yes it jolly well did, a right PIA as I recall I was almost tempted to buy it for grandson.... then remembered However have told family we want family games here for him...his 'mum' lets him play on her phone.. his 'dad' an x box.... he's only 4. I've taught him draughts, we play snakes n ladders ..I want proper board games for him |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2021 22:15:46 GMT
Oh yes the kids and the old toys.
I recently sat on a large tomb outside St Dunstan's church and explained to them (my own offspring units) the awfulness of death and the pointlessness of life and how the tomb reminded me of the old coffin moneybox I had as a kid.
Turns out it was a creepy coffin bank..
Really good actually and the younger kid now wants one and asks me about it.
It was a funny toy to be fair
I suppose in these covid days it adds up "it's the coffin that carries you off not the coffin they carry you off in".
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