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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2020 11:02:49 GMT
Met an historic boat on the Middlewich last week, he firmly planted himself in the middle and wouldn't move, I had to go right over to pass, when I passed him he wouldn't look at me, proper twat all in the gear. Probably following the tradition of working boatmen not doing eye contact. Apparently they would look over the shoulder after passing to ensure everything was ok but during the passing there would be no friendly nod or anything like that. Attention paid to boat handling not pleasantries. Correct procedure if someone is taking too much of the cut is to do the same. See if they fancy a little glancing blow. Most would not. Of course you may not like to do this if you have a collection of fine china figurines in a glass cabinet, which is something I have slightly ridiculously seen on a narrow boat. How's the air-horn coming along?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2020 11:45:04 GMT
I got one plumbed in all working on a fire extinguisher and a tyre compressor.
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Post by Clinton Cool on Oct 14, 2020 12:15:18 GMT
Having just emptied a very full ash pan resulting from not very much 'Brazier' apparent fuel, I've come to the conclusion that it's at least 50% sand.
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Post by Jim on Oct 14, 2020 13:24:05 GMT
I got one plumbed in all working on a fire extinguisher and a tyre compressor. We need a video...
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2020 13:38:16 GMT
I'll have a go next time I am on the boat with all the gear (and no idea).
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Post by Jim on Oct 14, 2020 19:32:46 GMT
I'll have a go next time I am on the boat with all the gear (and no idea). We expect nothing fewer π
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Post by Mr Stabby on Oct 14, 2020 20:10:27 GMT
Two nuns are walking past an abandoned coal working.
The first one says "Mine's smelly today".
The second one says "Mine too".
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2020 20:10:56 GMT
I'm sure I read a coal joke here don't ya know.
Maybe it was de black reference dat got it tooken down.
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Post by twbm2 on Oct 15, 2020 12:02:58 GMT
Iβve met Jason, heβs a nice chap and not one of those historic boat snobs who thinks heβs better than anybody else just because he has a very old boat. Met an historic boat on the Middlewich last week, he firmly planted himself in the middle and wouldn't move, I had to go right over to pass, when I passed him he wouldn't look at me, proper twat all in the gear. A thank you wouldn't have gone amiss, but when you're out on a trad boat you eventually get bored of explaining how you really can't leave what's left of the channel without getting stuck, potentially for hours, whereas yer average modern boat can get past in the shallow bit.
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Post by thebfg on Oct 15, 2020 12:07:19 GMT
This stuff is called 'Brazier Multi Purpose Smokeless Fuel'. There is a reference to CPL on the back of the bag. I usually use 'Oxbow Red', another budget fuel but 10 times better than this stuff. It really is shit, now way does it contain the petcoke and anthracite suggested. I get the feeling cpl supply most of the coal on these shores.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2020 12:37:18 GMT
They do seem to have a big market share but there are others such as Applied Industrial Materials who make Excel and Pureheat which are quite popular.
It would be interesting to know what market share CPL actually do have.
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Post by JohnV on Oct 15, 2020 15:17:49 GMT
Met an historic boat on the Middlewich last week, he firmly planted himself in the middle and wouldn't move, I had to go right over to pass, when I passed him he wouldn't look at me, proper twat all in the gear. A thank you wouldn't have gone amiss, but when you're out on a trad boat you eventually get bored of explaining how you really can't leave what's left of the channel without getting stuck, potentially for hours, whereas yer average modern boat can get past in the shallow bit. same thing when you are going round a tight right hand bend hugging the left bank in a barge drawing 5 foot and a narrowboat tries to get between you and the bank
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Post by kris on Oct 15, 2020 15:21:11 GMT
A thank you wouldn't have gone amiss, but when you're out on a trad boat you eventually get bored of explaining how you really can't leave what's left of the channel without getting stuck, potentially for hours, whereas yer average modern boat can get past in the shallow bit.Β Β same thing when you are going round a tight right hand bend hugging the left bank in a barge drawing 5 foot and a narrowboat tries to get between you and the bank Yes but the narrowboat is going to lose.
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