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Post by Mr Stabby on Aug 21, 2021 19:07:29 GMT
I've come to realise that eventually people do understand that trying to get me to change my ways is just a waste of breath. Yup, you ain’t ever going to go grey. Never going to go grey, never going to become sufficiently proficient at Classical Greek to pronounce things properly.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2021 19:08:58 GMT
Well what can I say? Nice walk with the dogs .. however vino post walk glass of vino proved not a gud idea...normally vino is an excellent idea until its accompanied by one of those 'lectures'... Apparently I had not made an effort down here..I should be inviting all n sundry into my home for f=drinks etc(never done that in my life) ..apparently I should not be concerned about my cancer etc etc.... I found myself apologising and promising to do better... Ive come home and thought summit not right... What happened in my past in that some folk trivialised everything that was wrong seemingly has now resurfaced to affect my life now. I just don't get it though I guess its not surprising I do not share much with 'nearest n dearest' Take care out there. Anything you want to get out if your head just put it on here and I'm sure someone will be able to do a joke about it. Cancer sounds nasty. Not got any experience of that in my family as our speciality is depression and suicide and nasty plane crashes burning people to death. Hopefully you will be ok. More vino perhaps.
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Post by Telemachus on Aug 21, 2021 19:14:42 GMT
Well a bit of excitement at FMM, we returned to find the famous Felonious Mongoose moored on the opposite pontoon. Well famous for being the first hybrid boat with lots of batteries and an electric /diesel propulsion system. Now under new management. Nice guy bought it about 2 years ago but mostly stuck due to lockdowns. Anyway he is temporarily in the marina due to breaking down. Turns out he used to work offshore on the Claymore as a butcher, so I probably flew him offshore and he probably fed me.
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Somewhat alarmed to find a bit of steam coming from a small skin fitting at the back, along with a fairly loud gurgling noise. I mentioned it to the chap. He said it did it sometimes but he didn’t know why / what it was. Which seemed a bit alarming.
We checked the magazine article from when it was first built and the skin fitting was where the large 2v battery cells are, which according to the article are “externally vented and watered”. After the chap went out to the shops I had a look at his leccy bollard, it was pumping about 3kw into the boat and he had been plugged in for a couple of days.
When he came back I suggested that the batteries might be boiling and maybe he should check to see if they were hot. They were! nearly too hot to touch and the system reported battery temperature 58C …which is HOT for batteries! He’s unplugged from shore power now, so I’m hopeful his boat isn’t going to explode next to ours.
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Post by Trina on Aug 21, 2021 19:31:58 GMT
Well what can I say? Nice walk with the dogs .. however vino post walk glass of vino proved not a gud idea...normally vino is an excellent idea until its accompanied by one of those 'lectures'... Apparently I had not made an effort down here..I should be inviting all n sundry into my home for f=drinks etc(never done that in my life) ..apparently I should not be concerned about my cancer etc etc.... I found myself apologising and promising to do better... Ive come home and thought summit not right... What happened in my past in that some folk trivialised everything that was wrong seemingly has now resurfaced to affect my life now. I just don't get it though I guess its not surprising I do not share much with 'nearest n dearest' Patty-it's your life,your choices,you are in charge of what you want ! Tell them to bog off unless they have something supportive to say/do !😡
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Post by Trina on Aug 21, 2021 19:35:58 GMT
Well a bit of excitement at FMM, we returned to find the famous Felonious Mongoose moored on the opposite pontoon. Well famous for being the first hybrid boat with lots of batteries and an electric /diesel propulsion system. Now under new management. Nice guy bought it about 2 years ago but mostly stuck due to lockdowns. Anyway he is temporarily in the marina due to breaking down. Turns out he used to work offshore on the Claymore as a butcher, so I probably flew him offshore and he probably fed me. ANYWAY… Somewhat alarmed to find a bit of steam coming from a small skin fitting at the back, along with a fairly loud gurgling noise. I mentioned it to the chap. He said it did it sometimes but he didn’t know why / what it was. Which seemed a bit alarming. We checked the magazine article from when it was first built and the skin fitting was where the large 2v battery cells are, which according to the article are “externally vented and watered”. After the chap went out to the shops I had a look at his leccy bollard, it was pumping about 3kw into the boat and he had been plugged in for a couple of days. When he came back I suggested that the batteries might be boiling and maybe he should check to see if they were hot. They were! nearly too hot to touch and the system reported battery temperature 58C …which is HOT for batteries! He’s unplugged from shore power now, so I’m hopeful his boat isn’t going to explode next to ours. We knew Charley-the original owner well through the BCNS society,a really lovely bloke.😁
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2021 19:45:35 GMT
Well what can I say? Nice walk with the dogs .. however vino post walk glass of vino proved not a gud idea...normally vino is an excellent idea until its accompanied by one of those 'lectures'... Apparently I had not made an effort down here..I should be inviting all n sundry into my home for f=drinks etc(never done that in my life) ..apparently I should not be concerned about my cancer etc etc.... I found myself apologising and promising to do better... Ive come home and thought summit not right... What happened in my past in that some folk trivialised everything that was wrong seemingly has now resurfaced to affect my life now. I just don't get it though I guess its not surprising I do not share much with 'nearest n dearest' Take care out there. Anything you want to get out if your head just put it on here and I'm sure someone will be able to do a joke about it. Cancer sounds nasty. Not got any experience of that in my family as our speciality is depression and suicide and nasty plane crashes burning people to death. Hopefully you will be ok. More vino perhaps. I'm quite shocked ... that's quite a caring post for a man in a rafia hat. Rog
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2021 19:47:38 GMT
Well we've left Stone for waters new... before our departure, there was another wedding and another hot-air-balloon went up. Never mind balloon rides - I'm going to suggest what a newly married couple REALLY need is a spin around the marina in a "live aboard experience" boat... and see if I can make a few quit when we get moored up over winter lol. Heading south ,it was a nice enough day and once beyond Great Haywood, all new to 'Ellis'... Deciding to make use of the promised shopping, we stopped for the night in 'post apocalyptic' Rugeley! - no sooner had I turned the engine off and open the side hatch did a 'posh boat' turn up from behind... it turnd out to be telemachus (probably spelled that wrong cause I didn't go to proper skool) and it was nice to see the'd give the butler the afternoon off - (he appeared , the butler that is) to be dozing on the bow)... I DO have to say, I was a little disappointed at how normally sized Nick's head is but it was nice of them to shout a "hello" and have the briefest of chats as they began to drift into the shallows. Still, it was good to put a face to the names and I did rather like Geoff's socks. Having walked the town (reminds me of Castleford but without the glamour), I found home bargains and stocked up on instant lighting fuel logs... after which, we spotted a music shop (David's electric violin has arrived and now he needs other things to go with it) - alas , said shop was closed until 9 am thus morning... which means we're hanging around until then to make SURE we get wet chugging the rest of the day... forecast is grim Yup good to meet you too Mark, albeit very briefly. Sorry if I seemed slightly dopey at the start, I am a bit deaf, was standing on the engine and was struggling to understand you. Then it twigged I had to adapt to northern type accent (pretty obvious really, because I know you’re from the north, even though you don’t write with a northern accent) and after that was fine! Yes butler and maid were on day off lounging in the front. They are getting a bit past it and I think we will need to consider sacking them and replacing with younger models. Jeff is always complaining about the droopy thing and I can see from your photo it is pretty bad. The stern fenders, I mean. Maybe if I place some little blue pills on them they will perk up? Never mind this battery excitement ... the BIG issue of the day is whether that's you or Jeff at the helm ? Rog
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2021 19:56:22 GMT
Take care out there. Anything you want to get out if your head just put it on here and I'm sure someone will be able to do a joke about it. Cancer sounds nasty. Not got any experience of that in my family as our speciality is depression and suicide and nasty plane crashes burning people to death. Hopefully you will be ok. More vino perhaps. I'm quite shocked ... that's quite a caring post for a man in a rafia hat. Rog raffia And less of the insinuation please. I am only 11 years old so hardly a man!
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Post by Mr Stabby on Aug 21, 2021 20:01:12 GMT
Well what can I say? Nice walk with the dogs .. however vino post walk glass of vino proved not a gud idea...normally vino is an excellent idea until its accompanied by one of those 'lectures'... Apparently I had not made an effort down here..I should be inviting all n sundry into my home for f=drinks etc(never done that in my life) ..apparently I should not be concerned about my cancer etc etc.... I found myself apologising and promising to do better... Ive come home and thought summit not right... What happened in my past in that some folk trivialised everything that was wrong seemingly has now resurfaced to affect my life now. I just don't get it though I guess its not surprising I do not share much with 'nearest n dearest' Patty-it's your life,your choices,you are in charge of what you want ! Tell them to bog off unless they have something supportive to say/do !😡 Exactly. My last-but-one girlfriend said "You've got two choices. You either move in with me and sell the boat or it's over between us". So I'm like "Errr, can I have two seconds to think about it?""
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Post by Clinton Cool on Aug 21, 2021 20:06:34 GMT
Made it back alive, if a bit muddy. Discovered a large shoal of (sea) bass chasing (sea) sandeels. Hammering them they were, the (sea) eels scattering everywhere across the surface as the (sea) bass chased them. Only in a foot of water over a sandbank. Hope they are there tomorrow, the fly rod will be making an appearance. Will you be using sea flies ? A sandeel fly, tied by myself. Sandeels only live in the sea but to avoid any possible ambiguity let's call it a sea sandeel fly.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2021 20:08:19 GMT
I'm quite shocked ... that's quite a caring post for a man in a rafia hat. Rog raffia And less of the insinuation please. I am only 11 years old so hardly a man! Sorry, I was dazzled by the blazer Rog
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Post by Telemachus on Aug 21, 2021 20:17:25 GMT
Yup good to meet you too Mark, albeit very briefly. Sorry if I seemed slightly dopey at the start, I am a bit deaf, was standing on the engine and was struggling to understand you. Then it twigged I had to adapt to northern type accent (pretty obvious really, because I know you’re from the north, even though you don’t write with a northern accent) and after that was fine! Yes butler and maid were on day off lounging in the front. They are getting a bit past it and I think we will need to consider sacking them and replacing with younger models. Jeff is always complaining about the droopy thing and I can see from your photo it is pretty bad. The stern fenders, I mean. Maybe if I place some little blue pills on them they will perk up? Never mind this battery excitement ... the BIG issue of the day is whether that's you or Jeff at the helm ? Rog As I’m sure you know, it’s Jeff. If it were me I’d be ducking to avoid banging my head on the clouds. And I never wear shorts. 5 years at prep school where I had to wear shorts was quite enough for 1 lifetime.
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Post by Trina on Aug 21, 2021 20:20:36 GMT
Those of us who've met both you know it's Jeff just because of his butch muscles...😁
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Post by Telemachus on Aug 21, 2021 20:20:56 GMT
Well a bit of excitement at FMM, we returned to find the famous Felonious Mongoose moored on the opposite pontoon. Well famous for being the first hybrid boat with lots of batteries and an electric /diesel propulsion system. Now under new management. Nice guy bought it about 2 years ago but mostly stuck due to lockdowns. Anyway he is temporarily in the marina due to breaking down. Turns out he used to work offshore on the Claymore as a butcher, so I probably flew him offshore and he probably fed me. ANYWAY… Somewhat alarmed to find a bit of steam coming from a small skin fitting at the back, along with a fairly loud gurgling noise. I mentioned it to the chap. He said it did it sometimes but he didn’t know why / what it was. Which seemed a bit alarming. We checked the magazine article from when it was first built and the skin fitting was where the large 2v battery cells are, which according to the article are “externally vented and watered”. After the chap went out to the shops I had a look at his leccy bollard, it was pumping about 3kw into the boat and he had been plugged in for a couple of days. When he came back I suggested that the batteries might be boiling and maybe he should check to see if they were hot. They were! nearly too hot to touch and the system reported battery temperature 58C …which is HOT for batteries! He’s unplugged from shore power now, so I’m hopeful his boat isn’t going to explode next to ours. We knew Charley-the original owner well through the BCNS society,a really lovely bloke.😁 Pretty sure he was on the BCN 24hr challenge we did in 2014. Do you know why he sold it?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2021 20:22:41 GMT
raffia And less of the insinuation please. I am only 11 years old so hardly a man! Sorry, I was dazzled by the blazer Rog If you were about 26 and female and good looking I would take that as an enormous compliment !
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