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Post by Mr Stabby on Aug 21, 2022 6:54:24 GMT
I must admit, I for one can't wait for the results. I'm anxious to know how TD will vote, and probably won't sleep until the results are revealed. It's like the run up to Christmas, only in the summer. I've barely slept for the past 48 hours. When are the results of this poll revealed? I feel there may be a clue in this bit... "This poll will automatically lock on Aug 22, 2022 at 12:00pm. The results of this poll are hidden until it is locked or expires".
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2022 7:44:31 GMT
I did notice on TonyDunkley's Millenium Ribble Link thread that he STILL has to mention me even though I haven't posted on it. I feel quite sorry for the guy ... he created a thread of his own and still feels compelled to insult me and Mr StabbyRog
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Post by kris on Aug 21, 2022 7:55:14 GMT
Being insulting to people is the reason for Tonyβs exsistance. Well that and hating crt.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2022 8:01:58 GMT
Sadly that appears so ... I shall not be visiting the thread other than to read it. Perhaps that would be best for you kris and Mr Stabby ... maybe he'll forget about us π Rog
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Post by kris on Aug 21, 2022 8:09:48 GMT
Sadly that appears so ... I shall not be visiting the thread other than to read it. Perhaps that would be best for you kris and Mr Stabby ... maybe he'll forget about us π Rog Which thread?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2022 8:37:18 GMT
Who ?
Rog
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Post by Tony Dunkley on Aug 21, 2022 8:52:42 GMT
I did notice on TonyDunkley 's Millenium Ribble Link thread that he STILL has to mention me even though I haven't posted on it. I feel quite sorry for the guy ... he created a thread of his own and still feels compelled to insult me and Mr Stabby Rog If this is the "mention" you're talking about - "As the authoritative expert on the Ribble Link that Alice insists he is, . . you would have expected Shit-for-Brains to have noticed what was happening, . . and to include a mention of it in the drivel he's posted on here." - perhaps you should ask him why he's been so careful up to now to avoid mentioning that C&RT do in fact allow, and operate, two-way working on the non-tidal section of the Ribble Link.
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Post by Mr Stabby on Aug 21, 2022 9:03:03 GMT
I did notice on TonyDunkley 's Millenium Ribble Link thread that he STILL has to mention me even though I haven't posted on it. I feel quite sorry for the guy ... he created a thread of his own and still feels compelled to insult me and Mr Stabby Rog If this is the "mention" you're talking about - "As the authoritative expert on the Ribble Link that Alice insists he is, . . you would have expected Shit-for-Brains to have noticed what was happening, . . and to include a mention of it in the drivel he's posted on here." - perhaps you should ask him why he's been so careful up to now to avoid mentioning that C&RT do in fact allow, and operate, two-way working on the non-tidal section of the Ribble Link. I know they do, they were doing two-way working on the day I went northbound because a couple of days' crossings had been cancelled due to adverse weather. I haven't been "careful to avoid mentioning it". The lock keepers at Tarleton said it isn't done routinely as it makes for a longer day for everyone and there isn't sufficient demand for the crossing to make it necessary.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2022 9:06:50 GMT
Yes but what you didn't know is that people are queueueing around the block to do the Link. In both directions!
The demand is there but the useless CRT management can't see the wood for the trees.
It's a sorry state of affairs. I've been wanting to "do the Link" for decades.
The pent-up demand is incredible. Someone could get rich here.
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Post by kris on Aug 21, 2022 9:07:00 GMT
Oh well there goes this thread.
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Post by naughtyfox on Aug 21, 2022 9:28:20 GMT
quite frankly I've wasted enough of my time already writing out this comment My schedule for today: 4:00 wallow in self-pity. 4:30 stare into the abyss. 5:00 solve world hunger... tell no one. 5:30 jazzercise. 6:30, dinner with me. I can't cancel that again. 7:00, wrestle with my self-loathing. I'm booked. If I bumped the loathing to 9:00 I'd have time to lay in bed... stare at the ceiling and slip slowly into madness. Saved to file.
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Post by Tony Dunkley on Aug 21, 2022 9:39:54 GMT
If this is the "mention" you're talking about - "As the authoritative expert on the Ribble Link that Alice insists he is, . . you would have expected Shit-for-Brains to have noticed what was happening, . . and to include a mention of it in the drivel he's posted on here." - perhaps you should ask him why he's been so careful up to now to avoid mentioning that C&RT do in fact allow, and operate, two-way working on the non-tidal section of the Ribble Link. I know they do, they were doing two-way working on the day I went northbound because a couple of days' crossings had been cancelled due to adverse weather. I haven't been "careful to avoid mentioning it". The lock keepers at Tarleton said it isn't done routinely as it makes for a longer day for everyone and there isn't sufficient demand for the crossing to make it necessary. That's absolute rubbish, . . the length of time for which a tide lock is, or can be, operated is governed entirely by the tide, . . having boats penned though in both directions instead of only one-way doesn't affect the time period over which the lock can be operated. Besides which, . . operation of the 8 locks on the Ribble Link is NOT dependent on tide times. All 8 locks on the Ribble Link can be operated - ie. boats penned through - at any time. When the half-tide gate in Savick Brook is in the raised/closed position there is 1.5m or 5' of water over the bottom/outer cill of Lock No.8 -- independently/irrespective of the height or state of the tide in the Ribble.
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Post by Mr Stabby on Aug 21, 2022 9:45:07 GMT
I know they do, they were doing two-way working on the day I went northbound because a couple of days' crossings had been cancelled due to adverse weather. I haven't been "careful to avoid mentioning it". The lock keepers at Tarleton said it isn't done routinely as it makes for a longer day for everyone and there isn't sufficient demand for the crossing to make it necessary. That's absolute rubbish, . . the length of time for which a tide lock is, or can be, operated is governed entirely by the tide, . . having boats penned though in both directions instead of only one-way doesn't affect the time period over which the lock can be operated. When traffic is one-way and operating northbound, say, once the boats have been let out at Tarleton the lock crew there are finished for the day. When there is two-way working they are required to be back there later to let the southbound boats back in.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2022 9:52:19 GMT
Only 15 interested enough to register a vote ... I'm actually surprised it's that many.
Surely all the hoards of none posting members, driven away from thunderboat by my presence, would wish to register their protest that the Millenium Ribble Link openings are too restrictive ?
Maybe even they're uninterested.
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Post by Tony Dunkley on Aug 21, 2022 9:57:52 GMT
That's absolute rubbish, . . the length of time for which a tide lock is, or can be, operated is governed entirely by the tide, . . having boats penned though in both directions instead of only one-way doesn't affect the time period over which the lock can be operated. When traffic is one-way and operating northbound, say, once the boats have been let out at Tarleton the lock crew there are finished for the day. When there is two-way working they are required to be back there later to let the southbound boats back in. Being in attendance when the state of the tide makes lock operation possible goes with the job of lock keeping at a tide lock. Besides which, again, . . it isn't the number of boats, or the direction they're going, that determines the period for which a tide lock is operable -- it's the state, or level, of the tide.
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