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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2022 21:46:19 GMT
And so you're back from outer space I just walked in to see you there with that sad look upon your face I should have changed that stupid lock I should have made you leave your key If I'd have thought for just one second you'd be back to bother me Rog
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Post by Telemachus on Jul 3, 2022 21:52:21 GMT
And so you're back from outer space I just walked in to see you there with that sad look upon your face I should have changed that stupid lock I should have made you leave your key If I'd have thought for just one second you'd be back to bother me Rog And Alice becomes Gloria… still, the neighbours will be happy, who would want to live next door to Alice?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2022 22:11:43 GMT
Thought you'd flounced for good and all.
Rog
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Post by Jim on Jul 4, 2022 7:06:33 GMT
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. Every single lock throughout the whole English canal system can be worked single handed without using the ladders that have been put in the lock chambers. They were constructed without ladders in the chamber walls, . . they were used for the best part of two centuries without ladders in the chamber walls. The necessity for lockwall ladders only came about when the canals became playgrounds for the likes of you, . . and the rest of the pleasure boating prats who think they know all there is to know about canal boating and working locks. Too busy avoiding the question and repeating yourself, you have forgotten the question, perhaps you've forgotten the answer too How? Perhaps a bullet list for brevity and clarity. Otherwise we will think you don't actually know. I know locks used to be worked without ladders, have heard tales of climbing the gates etc. So what is the method for doing all locks single handed without using ladders.
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Post by JohnV on Jul 4, 2022 7:08:07 GMT
AHH, another expert without a boat. Or jabs. Maybe it's because I have superior genes? maybe because you are as mad as a box of frogs
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Post by JohnV on Jul 4, 2022 7:17:35 GMT
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)..... The safer alternative - especially in wet or frosty weather - to stepping or jumping across the gap to the other side bottom gate on a single lock with two bottom gates is, or rather was, to carry what was known as a "cabin shaft" and use that to open or close the other side bottom gate. A 'cabin shaft' was a shortened version - anywhere from 8' up to about 12' overall length - of the long shafts (15' to 16' boathook) carried on every pair of working boats, and was always kept ready to hand on the side-bed side (righthand side looking ahead) of the motor's cabin top, . . which was how it got its name. I have been trying to get my hands on a suitable pole for a long shaft for ages.
I've got a suitable blacksmith forged head and a wooden pommel but so far have not been able to find a source of good ash poles long enough and also close enough for me to drive to collect.
John Dean Senior got one a couple of months ago for one of his tugs and he gave me the phone number of his source but they didn't have any more long enough at the moment.
One will turn up one day
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Post by JohnV on Jul 4, 2022 7:26:17 GMT
on the theme of working boats don't travel single handed .... I would say "no but yes but no but"
It maybe usually correct but is misleading, a pair was often worked by two which means that the lock working was done by one, the other person on one of the pair depending on what stage of locking.
I'm certainly willing to be corrected as it maybe that the occasions when I was gongoozling when I saw this were exceptional but in my experience, to state that single handing didn't happen is probably false.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2022 7:36:00 GMT
It's not really relevant to today's policy on grass cutting at locks though is it.
Surely today's policies should reflect today's usage ?
Rog
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Post by Mr Stabby on Jul 4, 2022 7:42:15 GMT
It's not really relevant to today's policy on grass cutting at locks though is it. Surely today's policies should reflect today's usage ? Rog I don't know how much is due to policy and how much is due to the grass cutting contract having been taken over recently and the new contractor taking time to get up to speed, that was something suggested to me recently by a CRT ground crew.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2022 7:53:18 GMT
Yes, I've been told the same ... and I understand that there's much bigger issues than grass around locks.
But I wondered if the towpath side cutting was an error by a new contractor or a new policy.
The reality of today's boating is that lock working is done by oldies (like Jane and I) or kids, not fully fit working men.
Rog
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Post by Telemachus on Jul 4, 2022 7:54:17 GMT
Thought you'd flounced for good and all. Rog Perhaps you were mistaken.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2022 7:56:58 GMT
Obviously so.
I wondered if Police advice had been for you to stay away from your 'attacker' hence your absence ?
Rog
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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2022 8:02:48 GMT
Boggs lock on the Staffs & Worc ... slightly concerning in that the towpath side has clearly been cut but the offside deliberately untouched ... looks like Brick-kiln lock is the same. Rog There are various explanations as to why only one side has been cut: 1. It was getting close to knocking off time. They simply went home. 2. The mower broke/ ran out of fuel. 3. They did it to see what the reaction would be from the assembled thundercrew. 4. It's part of a job share initiative, someone else was to do the other side. 5. They didn't know the other side needed doing because there was a boat in the lock obscuring the view. 6. The extension lead would not reach to the other side. 7. The RCD tripped on the mower power supply. 8. It is a sight of preservation for the lesser spotted naked mole rat, and hence protected. 9. They dropped the mower in the lock when crossing to the other side. 10. There was a couple sunbathing in the long grass, and the contractor didn't want to disturb them. 11. I'm sure I can think of another dozen or so answer.. Which is why I raised the question here (to see if this has been observed on other parts of the system) and with C&RT (who can explain if it's their policy, or find out from the contractor if not). Rog
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Post by Telemachus on Jul 4, 2022 8:03:19 GMT
Obviously so. I wondered if Police advice had been for you to stay away from your 'attacker' hence your absence ? Rog Police did not give any such advice, the question is more around whether I want to be in the “virtual company” of bigots and liars, and those who condone such behaviours.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2022 8:04:21 GMT
Ah I see.
And obviously you decided you do.
Rog
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