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Post by patty on Jul 14, 2018 12:42:55 GMT
I expect they are speeding because they are desperate to get past the smell of your bog. Anyway, what is this all about? I've met you and you seemed decent enough, I've met Nick and he seemed decent enough. I'm sure you wouldn't talk to each other like this if you met each other so what's with all the "Billy Big Bollocks" keyboard hero stuff? I would be quite happy to be nice to Kris if I met him in person. Well not nice exactly, just my normal self. Unfortunately I really don’t think the reverse is true. Although I do have a strategy to seek out Kris and engage him in polite conversation without revealing my identity. Then, right at the end, reveal who I am and see how quickly he can switch on the hate! Err not sure how well that'd work cos youv'e posted a pic of yourself..suppose you could disguise yourself...
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Post by Telemachus on Jul 14, 2018 12:51:08 GMT
Yeabut he is quite dim. He’ll be looking out for someone in mid transition to a black and white minstrel. He’ll never recognise me in my kilt!
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Post by kris on Jul 14, 2018 12:52:16 GMT
Twat.
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Post by Telemachus on Jul 14, 2018 16:28:07 GMT
Anyway made it to lock 11 Marple flight. Lovely day and really enjoyed the Macc even though it was a bit of a whilstlestop. It is so good that CRT have rebranded, now we get a lovely view of their logo instead of some cruddy old stone lock. “Making life better by water”. By closing the canals, presumably! We’re going to be nearly as naughty as Theresa May running through wheat fields - we’re going to spend the night moored on a lock landing!
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Post by thebfg on Jul 14, 2018 16:46:32 GMT
whilst we all know you can stay there. I hope someone local comes along and takes a photo with their back to the lock and sticks it on moored like a twat.
😁
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Post by Telemachus on Jul 14, 2018 16:55:17 GMT
whilst we all know you can stay there. I hope someone local comes along and takes a photo with their back to the lock and sticks it on moored like a twat. 😁 Probably. But since I don’t do Facebook I’ll never know! Interesting chat with the lady whose house is alongside the lock. Used to have a boat so she has some idea what she’s talking about. She says CRT injected foam in behind the stones as part of void-filling. The next day the foam was continuing to expand and she could see it was pushing the stones out. She called CRT to tell them about it more than once, but no-one was interested. A few months later when they opened the canal, surprise surprise boats couldn’t get through! Seems a fairly common story - the locals know something is wrong but CRT ignore it, then there is a crisis.
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Post by kris on Jul 14, 2018 20:22:23 GMT
If I didn't know better, I'd think Nick is slagging cart off.
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Post by Telemachus on Jul 14, 2018 20:41:30 GMT
If I didn't know better, I'd think Nick is slagging cart off. Does this mean you now love me?
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Post by thebfg on Jul 14, 2018 20:59:41 GMT
it does seem to be getting quite regular now.
The public and boaters reporting things to Crt, nothing happens and then major closures to canals with very costly fixes.
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Post by kris on Jul 14, 2018 22:03:32 GMT
If I didn't know better, I'd think Nick is slagging cart off. Does this mean you now love me? No
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Post by Telemachus on Jul 14, 2018 22:15:43 GMT
Does this mean you now love me? No .
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Post by naughtyfox on Jul 14, 2018 23:39:03 GMT
whilst we all know you can stay there. I hope someone local comes along and takes a photo with their back to the lock and sticks it on moored like a twat. 😁 Interesting chat with the lady whose house is alongside the lock. Used to have a goat so she has some idea what she’s talking about.
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Post by Telemachus on Jul 15, 2018 9:06:59 GMT
Well we made it through lock 11, but it was TIGHT! Boat stopped moving fore and aft even with the application of some power, but it only stuck an inch or so of drop, then dropped through. I have to say the Marple flight is one of the prettiest, probably THE prettiest urban flight.
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Post by Telemachus on Jul 15, 2018 9:40:05 GMT
Generally the flight is in very good nick but Lock 7 is a bit leaky, wouldn’t like to full length
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2018 10:20:45 GMT
When a lock flight has been closed for seven months for major repairs, is it just me that expects it should now be in good working order?
what price it closes again within the next month.
Rog
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