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Post by Aloysius on Mar 17, 2023 21:54:53 GMT
The used to be a coal yard that backed onto the Castle Mill Stream; several times I went over to it in a dinghy and filled it up. One dark night I was startled by someone else there, but it turned out he was doing the same thing. π€£ I know of a few places like this where you can still go and dig real coal. There must be some in your locale...a punt-shaped thing powered by an outboard is remarkably like a small narrowboat...also very flexible in it's load-carrying capabilities...
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Post by kris on Mar 17, 2023 21:56:26 GMT
I know of a few places like this where you can still go and dig real coal. There must be some in your locale...a punt-shaped thing powered by an outboard is remarkably like a small narrowboat...also very flexible in it's load-carrying capabilities... Yes Iβve just acquired a new tender. Very handy for collecting wood etc.
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Post by Mr Stabby on Mar 17, 2023 21:56:46 GMT
Columbian doubles are my favourite illegal burny burny things. I prefer Colombian Gold.
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Post by β on Mar 17, 2023 22:01:38 GMT
I remember Yubba Gold. This was many many yars ago. Over 30 in fact.
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Post by Jim on Mar 18, 2023 9:32:59 GMT
SO - on Monday I got an invoice email from CRT for 70 quid for next years booking (made before they announced the charges)... I paid it and shrugged it off. Today I got this letter - fair do's ... when the refund is made, I'll make a contribution cause they've done the right thing. Too right! The result of your fluttering golden eyelashes?
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Post by Aloysius on Mar 18, 2023 19:42:59 GMT
when I reached the bottom lock it was chained. Being at this point low on options, I spent the night in the lock chamber. In the morning there was some activity; a BW vehicle had turned up so I went in search of the driver. I asked to go through, and when I told him the boat was in the bottom lock he just smiled and unlocked the gate. They weren't all jobsworths once. Buy a lock pick set for Β£10 on ebay and watch a few instructional videos on YouTube and you'll be able to open any CRT padlock in 30 seconds. This sort of thing was trickier back then, ebay and youtube both having begun less than a year before. It's amazing to reflect on how much t'internet has changed everyday life.
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Post by naughtyfox on Mar 18, 2023 20:46:29 GMT
Interestingly, I booked Ellis into Liverpool a couple of weeks ago for NEXT year... before this announcement was made - I'm going to see what happens and whether they honour bookings made BEFORE they implemented the charges... although to be honest, I don't mind paying for it - doing a guest change over (3/4 loads of washing and then tumble drying, the immersion on rather than engine for hot water etc) it's good value. Likewise with Llangollen - although that DOES need to increase from 6 quid a night as that has been too low for a while. Kris does make a valid point about how Much (well LITTLE when you think of all the longer term closures through in season works, water losses and over running works) you can use - last year many of my booked trips with customers were curtailed due to no notice closures... ONE Of which actually involved being trapped IN a closed section that was apparently impassable - despite the fact we'd just done the whole thing (with a little help from boots on the ground), only to get LOCKED in at kidsgrove and not allowed OUT of the heartbreak hill 'as it's closed due to water shortage' - it took a whole load of making a fuss on twitter for them to get the man out of the van with the keys who'd been paid to sit in it and wait for 4 hours for someone to say "yes"... great use of my THIS years Β£2300 licence fee to have a business license ... and I have to work out how to run said business around their lack of being able to provide a stable platform on which to operate it. so I started down, but when I reached the bottom lock it was chained. Being at this point low on options, I spent the night in the lock chamber. What a thickie. Haven't you heard of a 'hacksaw'? Gawd.
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Post by naughtyfox on Mar 18, 2023 20:50:49 GMT
Buy a lock pick set for Β£10 on ebay and watch a few instructional videos on YouTube and you'll be able to open any CRT padlock in 30 seconds. It's amazing to reflect on how much t'internet has changed everyday life. It's certainly enabled you to do a great amount of trolling on several forums and tell many people to "Fuck off".
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Post by kris on Mar 18, 2023 20:52:39 GMT
It's amazing to reflect on how much t'internet has changed everyday life. Β It's certainly enabled you to do a great amount of trolling on several forums and tell many people to "Fuck off". Yes you wouldnβt be able to annoy as many people either.
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Post by β on Mar 18, 2023 20:52:43 GMT
Will there be another one?
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Post by Aloysius on Mar 18, 2023 21:00:05 GMT
It's amazing to reflect on how much t'internet has changed everyday life. It's certainly enabled you to do a great amount of trolling on several forums and tell many people to "Fuck off". Telling you to fuck off is definitely one of the more positive aspects.
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