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Post by Mr Stabby on Sept 29, 2016 17:12:33 GMT
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Post by JohnV on Sept 29, 2016 17:19:06 GMT
No personal experience but there is a chap on the moorings here that uses what looks to be the same thing. (He stands it on the jetty when he is using it which is where I saw it) I'll ask him about it next time I see him.
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Post by naughtyfox on Sept 29, 2016 17:21:54 GMT
You need 28 pairs of underpants, 28 pairs of socks - and a date with the launderette once a month Or double the figures and go once every 2 months Strange to say we are packing a new Moomins quilt cover and pillow case to take to the boat.... as I spilled red wine over what's there now.
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Post by Mr Stabby on Sept 29, 2016 17:37:32 GMT
You need 28 pairs of underpants, 28 pairs of socks - and a date with the launderette once a month Or double the figures and go once every 2 months Could do, at the moment I'm doing it by hand, which is ok but laborious. There is a launderette a few miles away but obviously it would be £15-odd a time, and I am very mean. Life is easier when I'm cruising and change my clothes once a week whether they need it or not.
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Post by loafer on Sept 29, 2016 17:39:43 GMT
Yes, the nagger uses one. It's brilliant for the price. We are on our second one, the first lasted about 3 years, the current one is in its 4th and showing no sign of ageing. I must add that our second one isn't transparent blue, but opaque white and seems to be much improved. Look for a white one that looks the same. Should be about 90 Merlot vouchers.
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Post by PaulG2 on Sept 29, 2016 18:07:04 GMT
You need 28 pairs of underpants, 28 pairs of socks - and a date with the launderette once a month Or double the figures and go once every 2 months Could do, at the moment I'm doing it by hand, which is ok but laborious. There is a launderette a few miles away but obviously it would be £15-odd a time, and I am very mean. Life is easier when I'm cruising and change my clothes once a week whether they need it or not. Change once a week, eh? Aren't you a prima dona? Sometimes I read your posts and just have to laugh....... I remember on the other channel how you were often depicted as the epitome of a racist bigot. Even back them I remember thinking that you were being condemned because people were trying to read things into your comments, when there was really nothing more to read into them, you simply meant what you said. Once the censorship was gone, and you could just discourse with people, it turns out you're actually a pretty nice guy. But back to the topic at hand, as long as you are going to be a liveaboard, perhaps you should think about improving your infrastructure. You can get a compact washing machine for not too much dosh, if you have the power to run it. Why not invest in some solar panels and batteries and start making your boat more adept to your circumstances?
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Post by Mr Stabby on Sept 29, 2016 18:50:56 GMT
Could do, at the moment I'm doing it by hand, which is ok but laborious. There is a launderette a few miles away but obviously it would be £15-odd a time, and I am very mean. Life is easier when I'm cruising and change my clothes once a week whether they need it or not. But back to the topic at hand, as long as you are going to be a liveaboard, perhaps you should think about improving your infrastructure. You can get a compact washing machine for not too much dosh, if you have the power to run it. Why not invest in some solar panels and batteries and start making your boat more adept to your circumstances? I may get another solar panel next year, I would like more leisure batteries but my boat is comparatively small and there wouldn't be room to fit them in the engine bay, where the other two are. The only place I could fit more would be beneath the bed, and I'm not entirely sure that would be safe. Ideally I would like shoreline mains power, which I had when I was in Brinklow Marina, but the offside mooring I have now costs half as much, and more importantly is a lovely little community so I'd be very reluctant to leave, so for now I'm just going to try to make the clothes washing situation a bit less labour intensive...
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Post by Mr Stabby on Sept 29, 2016 20:07:26 GMT
Could do, at the moment I'm doing it by hand, which is ok but laborious. There is a launderette a few miles away but obviously it would be £15-odd a time, and I am very mean. Life is easier when I'm cruising and change my clothes once a week whether they need it or not. I remember on the other channel how you were often depicted as the epitome of a racist bigot. These insinuations came about because,when political discussion was allowed, I stated that I intended to vote for the UK independence Party in the 2015 General Election. This had nothing whatsoever to do with racial hatred, simply a belief that the UK government should be more able to control UK policy than a parliament built purely on its own financial self-interest. The CWDF owner, DHutch supported eu membership, and rather than debate it in an intelligent and adult manner, chose instead to silence any member whose views on eu membership did not tally with his own. The vast majority of us here were banned from CWDF simply because we opposed eu membership, not because we had broken any forum rules. Stalin would have been proud of him. As the referendum proved, we Brexiters were in the majority. It's a shame that control of CWDF fell into the hands of such an inadequate and immature administrator, but it did, and so we just have to get on with this new community, where members are not banned simply because the administrator has no sensible or logical response to their opinions.
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Post by loafer on Oct 2, 2016 19:15:42 GMT
But back to the topic at hand, as long as you are going to be a liveaboard, perhaps you should think about improving your infrastructure. You can get a compact washing machine for not too much dosh, if you have the power to run it. Why not invest in some solar panels and batteries and start making your boat more adept to your circumstances? I may get another solar panel next year, I would like more leisure batteries but my boat is comparatively small and there wouldn't be room to fit them in the engine bay, where the other two are. The only place I could fit more would be beneath the bed, and I'm not entirely sure that would be safe. Ideally I would like shoreline mains power, which I had when I was in Brinklow Marina, but the offside mooring I have now costs half as much, and more importantly is a lovely little community so I'd be very reluctant to leave, so for now I'm just going to try to make the clothes washing situation a bit less labour intensive... I can't see why not, unless you're in the habit of doing a desulphation charge while you're asleep. I believe Hydrogen isn't toxic in small amounts, but can explode without an ignition source once it reaches its sweet spot when mixed with the right amount of oxygen. Won't be a problem if you have a couple of holes drilled into the under-bed structure for a bit of ventilation. At the top, 'cos H2 is lighter than air.
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Post by tadworth on Oct 10, 2016 20:28:08 GMT
You have to factor in having a full size washing machine in the fit out stage if you want to live on board, and a generator to run it. I have no idea why some boaters still have no washer on board.
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Post by fred on Oct 28, 2016 20:58:03 GMT
You have to factor in having a full size washing machine in the fit out stage if you want to live on board, and a generator to run it. I have no idea why some boaters still have no washer on board. We didn't have a washing machine or generator as going to a launderette was cheaper and kept the wet washing off the boat. Everyone to their own.
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Post by bargemast on Oct 29, 2016 10:45:03 GMT
You need 28 pairs of underpants, 28 pairs of socks - and a date with the launderette once a month Or double the figures and go once every 2 months Could do, at the moment I'm doing it by hand, which is ok but laborious. There is a launderette a few miles away but obviously it would be £15-odd a time, and I am very mean. Life is easier when I'm cruising and change my clothes once a week whether they need it or not. You could easily stretch that to once every two weeks, and you'll notice that your clothes won't wear out as quickly.
Washing machines are killers !
For socks, there's no real need to change them until they become to hard to get them off your feet without the risk of breaking them.
But the easy solution in that case is to put your feet still with the socks on in a basin to get them thoroughly wet, and after a 5 minutes soak, you can take them of your feet without any damage, and as a bonus, your feet will be washed at the same time.
Peter.
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Post by Mr Stabby on Oct 29, 2016 11:09:54 GMT
OK, just a quick review, I did buy the twin tub, and I'm pretty pleased with it. It does the job, it does still require my input but nowhere near as much as doing it by hand. Also, it's very compact so it fits down the side of the sofa bed when not in use where it acts as a table.
When reading reviews of these, several said that the spin drier stopped working fairly quickly, and this did happen to mine after half a dozen washes, but when I took the back off, all that had happened was that the bolts securing the drum spindle had vibrated loose, so I tightened them up gorilla-stylee and it's been fine ever since.
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Post by lampiniafloat on Oct 31, 2016 10:35:37 GMT
OK, just a quick review, I did buy the twin tub, and I'm pretty pleased with it. It does the job, it does still require my input but nowhere near as much as doing it by hand. Also, it's very compact so it fits down the side of the sofa bed when not in use where it acts as a table. When reading reviews of these, several said that the spin drier stopped working fairly quickly, and this did happen to mine after half a dozen washes, but when I took the back off, all that had happened was that the bolts securing the drum spindle had vibrated loose, so I tightened them up gorilla-stylee and it's been fine ever since. This is proper useful - we're getting out of the marina and onto an online mooring - shhhh - they're like hens teeth round here! The Marina laundry is terrible Anyway and we've been looking at one of these... Can I ask, how are you filling/emptying? Cheers!
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Post by Mr Stabby on Oct 31, 2016 10:45:11 GMT
OK, just a quick review, I did buy the twin tub, and I'm pretty pleased with it. It does the job, it does still require my input but nowhere near as much as doing it by hand. Also, it's very compact so it fits down the side of the sofa bed when not in use where it acts as a table. When reading reviews of these, several said that the spin drier stopped working fairly quickly, and this did happen to mine after half a dozen washes, but when I took the back off, all that had happened was that the bolts securing the drum spindle had vibrated loose, so I tightened them up gorilla-stylee and it's been fine ever since. This is proper useful - we're getting out of the marina and onto an online mooring - shhhh - they're like hens teeth round here! The Marina laundry is terrible Anyway and we've been looking at one of these... Can I ask, how are you filling/emptying? Cheers! It sits on the kitchen work surface and is filled using a plastic pipe which connects to the mixer tap, and it drains into the sink via gravity through another plastic pipe- there's no pump to empty it. I'll post some pics next time I use it.
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