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weeksy wrote: Wed Dec 30, 2020 3:21 pm
Yambo wrote: Wed Dec 30, 2020 3:18 pm
Wreckless Rat wrote: Wed Dec 30, 2020 1:50 pm The two happy days of boat ownership...

The day you buy it....
The day you sell it....

Old but true....
Not true if you've made the boat yourself.

There is only one thing better than being a couple of miles offshore in a boat you made yourself. :)
Making it back to dry land without sinking?
Aye, that's the one! :lol:
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Yambo wrote: Wed Dec 30, 2020 3:18 pm
Wreckless Rat wrote: Wed Dec 30, 2020 1:50 pm The two happy days of boat ownership...

The day you buy it....
The day you sell it....

Old but true....
Not true if you've made the boat yourself.

There is only one thing better than being a couple of miles offshore in a boat you made yourself. :)
One with no holes in it?
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Helped starting to clear a ruin on spawn's croft and then down to the tip with it

Came back from the tip with another pressure washer, a CO2 fire extinguisher, a couple of 600x400mm eurocrates, a plastic pallet and a couple of roasting pans.
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Tried to figure out why the roof is leaking in the summerhouse*. I can see it's damp at the rear, but looking at the bitumen shingles and guttering I can't see owt wrong. Weird.

I suspect the spring may see me pulling all the shingles off and doing the whole thing again. Another arse ache I really don't need.





*or 'shed' if you're working class like me.
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Noggin wrote: Wed Dec 30, 2020 11:52 am I made a bacon and egg sandwich for breakfast - gurt lush!!

And I tried to make fudge. Not sure it's worked though :( Might try a different recipe later!! LOL
Awesome - the fudge worked!!! There is even a hint of the Genepi flavour :D Maybe next time I'll add more Genepi! LOL :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Skub wrote: Wed Dec 30, 2020 3:31 pm
One with no holes in it?
Most boats have lots of holes in them Skub. My rowing boat has a long hole in the bottom of it - about 40 mm long x 12 mm wide - I can sail it if I take the notion and that hole/slot is where the dagger board goes. My big boat has holes in the hull for the toilet - inlet and waste, sink waste, bilge pump, anchor locker drain etc. Both of my kayaks have 3 big holes in the deck. On of the big holes is so that the user can sit in the boat. :lol:

Another joke: Do you want to make a small fortune? Start with a big fortune and buy a boat! :lol:
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Yambo wrote: Wed Dec 30, 2020 4:28 pm
Skub wrote: Wed Dec 30, 2020 3:31 pm
One with no holes in it?
Most boats have lots of holes in them Skub. My rowing boat has a long hole in the bottom of it - about 40 mm long x 12 mm wide - I can sail it if I take the notion and that hole/slot is where the dagger board goes. My big boat has holes in the hull for the toilet waste, sink waste, bilge pump, anchor locker drain etc. Both of my kayaks have 3 big holes in the deck. On of the big holes is so that the user can sit in the boat. :lol:

Another joke: Do you want to make a small fortune? Start with a big fortune and buy a boat! :lol:
That's put me off boats even more. :shock:
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Skub wrote: Wed Dec 30, 2020 4:30 pm
That's put me off boats even more. :shock:
Royal Navy Submarines are like sharks.

Prowling silently through the deep, mercilessly hunting prey? No...if they stop moving, they sink and die. :D
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Mr. Dazzle wrote: Wed Dec 30, 2020 4:34 pm
Skub wrote: Wed Dec 30, 2020 4:30 pm
That's put me off boats even more. :shock:
Royal Navy Submarines are like sharks.

Prowling silently through the deep, mercilessly hunting prey? No...if they stop moving, they sink and die. :D
That's kinda like me,except even when I move I sink and die. I specialise in the anchor stroke.
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Apart from that's not true about all sharks.
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cheb wrote: Wed Dec 30, 2020 4:41 pm Apart from that's not true about all sharks.
Its not true about all submarines either.
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This has become Blackadderesque.
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I made fudge for the first time in a million years!!!

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It even has a little hint of the Genepi I flavoured it with :D

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Harry wrote: Tue Dec 29, 2020 5:22 am
Yorick wrote: Sun Dec 27, 2020 9:35 pm This may, or may not, be me today :(

More front rebound so the front doesn't tuck and more throttle, at the exact point you fell off you should have been WOT.
Took Penny there today as she'd not been before. Hit some deep sand on straight, so WOT.

I just crashed faster. Fuck, I'm in pain now. Chest hurts like fuck.

I'm supposed to out with the boys tmrw :(
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cheb wrote: Wed Dec 30, 2020 3:38 pm Helped starting to clear a ruin on spawn's croft and then down to the tip with it

Came back from the tip with another pressure washer, a CO2 fire extinguisher, a couple of 600x400mm eurocrates, a plastic pallet and a couple of roasting pans.

And the pressure washer worked. It had been condemned because of a damaged flex. It now has a slightly shorter, but undamaged, flex.

The fire extinguisher works too. Time to teach the spawn how for use fire extinguishers. On real fires. Just need to buy a holiday cottage in Wales.
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Yorick wrote: Wed Dec 30, 2020 5:33 pm
Harry wrote: Tue Dec 29, 2020 5:22 am
Yorick wrote: Sun Dec 27, 2020 9:35 pm This may, or may not, be me today :(

More front rebound so the front doesn't tuck and more throttle, at the exact point you fell off you should have been WOT.
Took Penny there today as she'd not been before. Hit some deep sand on straight, so WOT.

I just crashed faster. Fuck, I'm in pain now. Chest hurts like fuck.

I'm supposed to out with the boys tmrw :(
Arse over the back wheel when you hit the boggy stuff!
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Taipan wrote: Wed Dec 30, 2020 7:16 pm
Yorick wrote: Wed Dec 30, 2020 5:33 pm
Harry wrote: Tue Dec 29, 2020 5:22 am

More front rebound so the front doesn't tuck and more throttle, at the exact point you fell off you should have been WOT.
Took Penny there today as she'd not been before. Hit some deep sand on straight, so WOT.

I just crashed faster. Fuck, I'm in pain now. Chest hurts like fuck.

I'm supposed to out with the boys tmrw :(
Arse over the back wheel when you hit the boggy stuff!
The front tucked :(
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I've just sold one of my lads Pokémon cards for £65 for him.

Seriously! £65 for a bloody card. Wtf

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cheb wrote: Wed Dec 30, 2020 7:15 pm
cheb wrote: Wed Dec 30, 2020 3:38 pm Helped starting to clear a ruin on spawn's croft and then down to the tip with it

Came back from the tip with another pressure washer, a CO2 fire extinguisher, a couple of 600x400mm eurocrates, a plastic pallet and a couple of roasting pans.

And the pressure washer worked. It had been condemned because of a damaged flex. It now has a slightly shorter, but undamaged, flex.

The fire extinguisher works too. Time to teach the spawn how for use fire extinguishers. On real fires. Just need to buy a holiday cottage in Wales.
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I'm on all week, try the rarebit.