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Post by Jim on Jul 3, 2022 16:47:10 GMT
Tony says there's no need to use the ladder. It's not just uphill, how do you get on your boat going downhill, jump? Nah, it was a 10 ft drop to the roof at Lemonroyd a couple of weeks ago. But let's be fair, give the expert a chance to tell us the method that works on all locks, single handed, without using a ladder. I'm genuinely interested to know. Well, are you suitably satisfied with the answer given? was it worth the wait? Still waiting. Would have been quicker for tony just to come up with the goods, insult free.
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Post by Mr Stabby on Jul 3, 2022 16:56:06 GMT
Tony says there's no need to use the ladder. It's not just uphill, how do you get on your boat going downhill, jump? Nah, it was a 10 ft drop to the roof at Lemonroyd a couple of weeks ago. But let's be fair, give the expert a chance to tell us the method that works on all locks, single handed, without using a ladder. I'm genuinely interested to know. - and partially for the convenience and use of noddy-boating prats who haven't a clue about how to work locks properly. I know how to work locks properly. First, you need a boat...
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Post by Jim on Jul 3, 2022 17:05:14 GMT
- and partially for the convenience and use of noddy-boating prats who haven't a clue about how to work locks properly. I know how to work locks properly. First, you need a boat... Floating? Or scuppered?
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Post by naughtyfox on Jul 3, 2022 17:05:45 GMT
Maybe there is an access difficulty to get the mowing machine onto the other side of the lock? Anyway, in the great scheme of CRT’s maintenance failures, I think it is fairly low priority. Strimmer and rake... although the strimmer would use petrol and that's quite expensive these days - but not a problem if CRT were to raise licence fees. A scythe would be petrol-free but, there again, a 'Health & Safety' issue, scythes are dangerous things. Plus there could be ticks in the long grass - another Health & Safety issue. Perhaps the grass-cutting folk should just stay at home all day to... you know... stay safe... well, it worked for Covid, right?
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Post by naughtyfox on Jul 3, 2022 17:09:15 GMT
How else do you get to or from the ladder? You don't, . . not if you working the lock - single or double, uphill or downhill - in the correct way. You're putting a boat through a lock, . . you're not taking part in a ladder climbing exercise Eh? I've done locks on my own and found ladders very handy to get up from the boat to the ground beside the lock so's I can open the tap-thingies to let the water in... or to get back down to the boat once it's gone down.
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Post by naughtyfox on Jul 3, 2022 17:14:14 GMT
What's the problem ? If you don't want to walk through the long grass, then don't ! Stick to the towpath side of the lock, . . there's no need to walk along the other side of the chamber at all. How else do you get to or from the ladder? If you had a boat and were single handing? Stilts. "His name is Jim Riley, and the unique combination of these two very ... he also was an accomplished skater who often amazed crowds by skating on stilts." sabr.org/journal/article/jim-riley-a-unique-two-sport-athlete/
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Post by Jim on Jul 3, 2022 17:21:48 GMT
AHH, another expert without a boat. Or jabs. Good find about the other Jim Riley, not tried the skates though.
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Post by Mr Stabby on Jul 3, 2022 17:27:26 GMT
Tony says there's no need to use the ladder. It's not just uphill, how do you get on your boat going downhill, jump? Nah, it was a 10 ft drop to the roof at Lemonroyd a couple of weeks ago. But let's be fair, give the expert a chance to tell us the method that works on all locks, single handed, without using a ladder. I'm genuinely interested to know. Single locks - like the one in Alice's photo - can be, and were, with the exception of top and bottom paddles, operated entirely from one side and without any need to get on or off whilst the boat's in the lock chamber. But you still haven't explained how you close both bottom gates without walking along both sides of a lock if you are not inclined to cross from a closed gate to an open gate by stepping across the void. Does the Magic Gate Fairy close it?
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Post by naughtyfox on Jul 3, 2022 17:31:55 GMT
AHH, another expert without a boat. Or jabs. 2013-2021 round the inland waterways of England (+ Wales!).... never cilled, never a problem, hundreds of locks gone through. Fairly expert, yes. No boat now = saving lots of money! No 'Covid' jabs = saving my immune system. I just don't understand how I haven't died of 'Covid' - after all, Johnv reckons it's wiped out half of India! Maybe it's because I have superior genes?
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Post by Jim on Jul 3, 2022 17:34:38 GMT
AHH, another expert without a boat. Or jabs. 2013-2021 round the inland waterways of England (+ Wales!).... never cilled, never a problem, hundreds of locks gone through. Fairly expert, yes. No boat now = saving lots of money! No 'Covid' jabs = saving my immune system. I just don't understand how I haven't died of 'Covid' - after all, Johnv reckons it's wiped out half of India! Maybe it's because I have superior genes? So do you know how to work any lock single handed without using ladders? Seems it's top secret.
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Post by naughtyfox on Jul 3, 2022 17:44:45 GMT
2013-2021 round the inland waterways of England (+ Wales!).... never cilled, never a problem, hundreds of locks gone through. Fairly expert, yes. No boat now = saving lots of money! No 'Covid' jabs = saving my immune system. I just don't understand how I haven't died of 'Covid' - after all, Johnv reckons it's wiped out half of India! Maybe it's because I have superior genes? So do you know how to work any lock single handed without using ladders? Seems it's top secret. You seemed to have missed my post-as-a-reply to Tony D. No idea how I would have managed without ladders. I have been told how boats would pull the gates behind them shut when I was first doing Tardebigge downhill by myself (42 locks in a row), but have never seen this in action not being 150-200 years old. I do know the trick about having the boat in forward gear when going up, having its nose against the rubbing board, so it stays put and doesn't get thrown about (southern Oxford locks especially vicious). Midsummer Murders just started, and an 11-year-old to look after this week. Back from a long drive to Lahti with a trailer full of stone samples - left trailer there and continued to Helsinki - back to Lahti to collect trailer and up through central Finland 29 Centigrade outside most of the way. It was time to get rid of my Finnish building stones samples collection, and all my research work into Finland's stone industry (from 1997-2005)... gratefully received by the Finnish Stone Assocíation who represent all the major stone companies here. More room in our car garage now; had just been sitting there for 11 years doing not much. Petrol 98-octane (which is what we use) now 2.70 Euros/litre.
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Post by Mr Stabby on Jul 3, 2022 17:44:54 GMT
2013-2021 round the inland waterways of England (+ Wales!).... never cilled, never a problem, hundreds of locks gone through. Fairly expert, yes. No boat now = saving lots of money! No 'Covid' jabs = saving my immune system. I just don't understand how I haven't died of 'Covid' - after all, Johnv reckons it's wiped out half of India! Maybe it's because I have superior genes? So do you know how to work any lock single handed without using ladders? Seems it's top secret. Most of the locks here on the SU can be ascended single-handed without using the ladders as you can cut the power as you enter the lock and then step off of the counter onto the stone steps provided in the wing wall for that very reason.
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Post by naughtyfox on Jul 3, 2022 17:48:13 GMT
Sort of like a 'stone ladder' then?
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Post by Mr Stabby on Jul 3, 2022 17:52:07 GMT
Sort of like a 'stone ladder' then? No, because by definition, a "ladder" is a series of bars or steps between two upright sidepieces of wood, metal or rope.
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Post by metanoia on Jul 3, 2022 18:01:45 GMT
Single locks - like the one in Alice's photo - can be, and were, with the exception of top and bottom paddles, operated entirely from one side and without any need to get on or off whilst the boat's in the lock chamber. But you still haven't explained how you close both bottom gates without walking along both sides of a lock if you are not inclined to cross from a closed gate to an open gate by stepping across the void. Does the Magic Gate Fairy close it? If you're single handing you just get on with being inclined to step/jump across - waiting for a Magic Fairy would take far too very long (in my personal experience).....
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