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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2017 19:06:50 GMT
Over the years I have found some really useful stuff thrown into the hedge by other boaters.
The highlight was a couple of Supataps (gooogle it!) which were in perfect order attached to a really shit quality sink which I threw back into the hedge.
I fitted the taps in the boat I had at the time and I have to admit they were the best taps I have ever interacted with. Great taps.
I also had a Chappee French stove which to be fair was actually scrap and assorted other things including a stainless steel fuel tank. And other stuff..
So maybe throwing stuff in the hedge is actually a form of socially responsible recyling?
HTH !
Has anyone else had any really good shit out from canalside hedges?
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Post by Andyberg on Oct 18, 2017 20:01:11 GMT
I found a one wheeled fold up trolley on the ditch bank ( obviously thrown into the hedge but bounced off!) and found the missing wheel on the towpath about 100 yards away.. all fixed up and in use to this day!
Also found a tenner stuck to the hedge side one blustery day whilst walking to the pub... I pissed it back up same hedge a few hours later!!!
I tend to chuck more into the hedge nowadays than find in them👍
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Post by phil70 on Oct 19, 2017 0:03:26 GMT
I wonder if this gave rise to the term Hedge Fund?
Phil
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Post by patty on Oct 19, 2017 5:44:02 GMT
Only think I've seen in hedges is countless bags of dog poo...guess I'm not looking in the right hedges.....
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Post by quaysider on Oct 19, 2017 6:15:35 GMT
I'm with Patty on this - although I have found Sloes... trouble is, I like my gin FAST! ;-)
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Post by bodger on Oct 19, 2017 7:47:23 GMT
so sad that an experienced secret agent has become so alienated from society that he enjoys interacting with taps.
MM, do you interact with them separately or as a threesome?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 19, 2017 8:17:11 GMT
Thats classified.
Its OK to attempt to introduce some humour but just don't try to faucet.
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Post by JohnV on Oct 19, 2017 9:10:40 GMT
I like seeing people tap into a current theme  However ...... sort of back on subject ..... I found my electric outboard in the skip at the boatyard ..... a quick strip down and clean and grease and the leaking gasket on the motor housing repaired .... Bingo !!! a nice little working Min Kota 38lb thrust unit |
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Post by patty on Oct 19, 2017 17:49:06 GMT
I guess i'd better start lurking watching hedgerows cos u never know when you'll find something truly useful
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Post by thebfg on Oct 19, 2017 20:22:58 GMT
I guess i'd better start lurking watching hedgerows cos u never know when you'll find something truly useful Be careful, according to the other hedge threads there maybe some disgusting things in there to. |
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Post by patty on Oct 20, 2017 6:35:33 GMT
I guess i'd better start lurking watching hedgerows cos u never know when you'll find something truly useful Be careful, according to the other hedge threads there maybe some disgusting things in there to. Not getting to close as I do not think there is anything I need but you never know there may be the end of a rainbow resting there... |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2017 7:30:18 GMT
You do have to be a bit circumspect when looking in canal side hedges.
I have found a lot of varying things.
A pistol (turned out to be a broken BB gun!)
Wood
Television
Wood stove
Supataps and sink
Cookers
Fridges
Motionless male human (drunk asleep in hedge)
Dog shit
Cat crap
Boaters crap
Ash
Other things.
Years ago I saw the Holy grail in a bush and I couldn't reach it. When I returned with my long shaft someone had taken it. Sadly.
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Post by bodger on Oct 20, 2017 7:35:38 GMT
Years ago I saw the Holy grail in a bush and I couldn't reach it. When I returned with my long shaft someone had taken it. Sadly. don't you carry your long shaft with you wherever you go? I know that I do. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2017 7:37:36 GMT
Its an offence to use it in public.
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Post by Andyberg on Oct 21, 2017 8:46:56 GMT
Well I woke up yesterday afternoon to find someone had left a short, pretty knackered looking twin walled chimney on my front deck?  Lazy feckin boaters can't even be bothered chuck their shite in a hedge oop narth!! |
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