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Post by JohnV on Sept 27, 2022 13:07:49 GMT
Toast without Marmite XO is just burnt bread.
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Post by JohnV on Sept 27, 2022 11:39:23 GMT
I had a look at the Waverely paddle steamer details and it turns out its an oil burner. That is rather disappointing but I guess not surprising. A steam vehicle doesn't seem the same without the coal smoke and that wonderful coal smell. The Alaska steam launch on the Thames seems to be burning compressed wood briquettes. Not the same at all. I really like the coal smell ! The first trip I did on a training ship was a coal burner and the first job we had when we arrived was coaling and trimming.
(My grandfather had at one time been a trimmer so I had some idea what to do)
It's a bloody hard and incredibly dirty job and the coal dust gets everywhere and takes days to get rid of.
During the trip as well, us trainees took watches as stokers
The second time I was on that ship, she had been converted to oil, so although I agree about the smell of a coal burner, it was a much more civilised trip
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Post by JohnV on Sept 27, 2022 10:19:34 GMT
Anyone tried burning peat briquettes? Ideally I'd like to get less dust off the fire. I know they are not authorised for use in smoke control areas but I am not authorised for use in the inner city either. Seems to be an interesting option. Less BTU but that is a Good Thing in this tiny little cabin. About the same price as the cheap and nasty smokeless stuff. I used to burn tons of it when I lived in Ireland. The guy whose farm I stayed on used to go eel fishing in the summer and sell logs and turf in the winter. So in summer whilst our nets and lines where soaking we would go and foot turf. Stacking it in little piles on the bog so it dries. Then at the end of the season weβd go and collect it. Iβd rather burn it than coal. But itβs not very good for the planet apparently. It makes a lovely fire though, with a great smell. burns nice but as you say it is a (very) finite resource
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Post by JohnV on Sept 27, 2022 7:23:25 GMT
I see the lovely paddle steamer tripper boat WAVERLEY is back on the Thames. Just radioed on 14 for barrier clearance. Excellent. Not been on it but looks like a nice idea for a trip to Sarfend with the offsprings sometime in Autumn. We can get the C2C train back to Limehouse. That would probably be quite a nice boat trip. Paddle steamer !! How cool. as Patty has said, a trip on the Waverley is a great day out, I have been twice and thoroughly enjoyed it.
I have always intended to try and get on one of the longer trips they do, when they are moving from one area to the next.
but somehow I always hear about it too late.
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Post by JohnV on Sept 27, 2022 7:15:02 GMT
My dad used to prop the toast up till it chilled enough for the butter not to melt then thick coating of marmalade just back from shopping so toast and tea for brekkie .... toast cooled off enough then buttered but with ginger preserve not marmalade
(sacrilege I know but the ginger is nearly empty and needs finishing and there isn't a jar of marmalade open)
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Post by JohnV on Sept 26, 2022 22:05:08 GMT
don't eat butter very often. or spreads except for that walnut cheese one.. I tend to eat dry toast I let toast get cold & then slather butter on-has to be enough butter to leave teethmarks after each bite !π agree .... hot buttered toast just means most of the butter melts and ends up on the plate
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Sept 26, 2022 21:57:43 GMT
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Post by JohnV on Sept 26, 2022 21:57:43 GMT
I haven't looked but assumed Bizzard was still there. Narrow boat dweller on the Stort I think. He is. An asset to the forum too. Bizzard, a great character, I used to look forward to his posts and wizzard ideas.
Yes a Stort dweller, Sawbridgeworth area I believe
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Post by JohnV on Sept 26, 2022 21:46:08 GMT
just a little note about these extremely rare events in the 1880's, I was talking to peterboat about this and wondering what might have caused such extreme storms.
It seems odd that they should both have occurred in just that short time span.
He commented "wasn't Krakatoa about then" we checked and it was, 1883 .... that was certainly big enough to have had an effect on climate for a few years !
More than a bit odd.... Don't they say there's no such thing as a coincidence? How IS peterboat ? He's fine, just very busy and not been on line much
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Post by JohnV on Sept 25, 2022 22:29:54 GMT
931 is astonishing. Anything below 950 is very rare.
When I heard that figure being quoted I went and did a bit of looking up, there has been two records of pressure below that in the UK
both in the 1880's 927mb in Belfast in 1886 and 925.6 near Creiff in 1884 !!!
just a little note about these extremely rare events in the 1880's, I was talking to peterboat about this and wondering what might have caused such extreme storms.
It seems odd that they should both have occurred in just that short time span.
He commented "wasn't Krakatoa about then" we checked and it was, 1883 .... that was certainly big enough to have had an effect on climate for a few years !
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Post by JohnV on Sept 25, 2022 20:45:54 GMT
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Post by JohnV on Sept 25, 2022 20:30:05 GMT
One for the children. Mine love it ! I somehow think that your children must have an unusual but very sound grounding in life skills
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Post by JohnV on Sept 25, 2022 19:08:57 GMT
I have just been watching tv reports from Newfoundland and the Maritimes in Canada.
They have been hit by a truly massive storm 931 mb which is record breaking deep.
some of the destruction they are showing from Port aux Basques is horrendous
931 is astonishing. Anything below 950 is very rare.
When I heard that figure being quoted I went and did a bit of looking up, there has been two records of pressure below that in the UK
both in the 1880's 927mb in Belfast in 1886 and 925.6 near Creiff in 1884 !!!
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Post by JohnV on Sept 25, 2022 18:53:02 GMT
there is not much that comes out of the Russian invasion of Ukraine that is amusing ..... but I was just watching something when it was pointed out that the letter Z that they love to paint on their tanks must be a signal to Ukranian farmers (The letter Z in International flag signalling is "I require a tow" and incidentally their other favourite letter "V" means "I require assistance") Whatever that symbol is, it's not the letter Z as there isn't one in the Cyrillic alphabet. there is an archaic form of Cyrillic letter which is a Z with an odd little squiggle below the base line. it's Ze which corresponds to the Latin Z
in modern common script it is often shown as 3 but in some fancy scripts it is often Latinised as Z
Z = Ze
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Post by JohnV on Sept 25, 2022 16:02:38 GMT
I thought this was weird shit when I first heard it ...... can't see any reason to change that view now Nothing wrong with weird: but that was weirdly brilliant !!!
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Post by JohnV on Sept 25, 2022 15:55:54 GMT
I have just been watching tv reports from Newfoundland and the Maritimes in Canada.
They have been hit by a truly massive storm 931 mb which is record breaking deep.
some of the destruction they are showing from Port aux Basques is horrendous
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