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  2. Or people should clear up their dog shit, PPE being the last line of protection with the reduction or removal of the risk being the primary aim of risk assessment No amount of practical risk assessment or PPE can remove the sheer unpleasant aspects of being sprayed by dog shit, apart from of course the basic good manners of removing your dog shit from the local environment
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  3. The Railways & Transport Act of 2003 DOES apply to the canals. Non-professionals (1) This section applies to a person who— (a) is on board a ship which is under way, (b ) is exercising, or purporting or attempting to exercise, a function in connection with the navigation of the ship, and © is not a person to whom section 78 or 79 applies. (2) A person to whom this section applies commits an offence if his ability to exercise the function mentioned in subsection (1)( b ) is impaired because of drink or drugs. (3) A person to whom this section applies commits an offence if the proportion of alcohol in his breath, blood or urine exceeds the prescribed limit. Prescribed limit (1) The prescribed limit of alcohol for the purposes of this Part is— (a) in the case of breath, 35 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres, (b ) in the case of blood, 80 milligrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres, and © in the case of urine, 107 milligrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres. (2) The Secretary of State may make regulations amending subsection (1). Enforcement 82 Penalty A person guilty of an offence under this Part shall be liable— (a) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, to a fine or to both, or (b ) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum. Interpretation (1) In this Part— (a) “ship” includes every description of vessel used in navigation, and (b ) a reference to the navigation of a vessel includes a reference to the control or direction, or participation in the control or direction, of the course of a vessel. The 1965 Canal Byelaws also apply as the following section shows : No person shall navigate any vessel on any canal or take any part in the navigation, mooring or handling of any vessel on the canal whilst under the influence of drink to such an extent as to be incapable of having proper control of the vessel.
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  5. It can't be - it's on the roof. OK, the positive voltage bubbles will rise up and dissipate safely, but the negative ones can fall into the cabin causing depression. Such vents MUST discharge overboard at gunwale level Richard
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  6. If you really do believe that, then you're probably one of the minority still clinging to the belief that the Earth is flat and that it's possible to sail a boat over the edge of it. Back in around the mid 2000's BW raised the crest of Beeston Weir on the Trent with the aims achieving an acceptable navigation channel depth and increasing the head and volume of water available for the recently installed Hydro-electric plant at Beeston, but without having to revert to the regular routine dredging that they had abandoned some years earlier. Raising the weir cill had two immediate effects. The 'normal' or 'minimum retention' river level was raised proportionally, and, contrary to your beliefs, flooding levels then occured after less rainfall than previously. The normal level to high level range of the flooding was unchanged, but the peaks were proportionally higher because the initial level was higher, and necessitated the raising of flood banks and walls in the area. As for not applying your argument re. moored boats contributing to the upkeep of the river, both I, and those who drafted and passed the 1971 BW Act, seem to agree that any boat kept moored outside of the MNC in the Trent between Cromwell and Gainsborough should not be contributing to the [navigational] upkeep, such as it is, but C&RT take the predictable alternative view that any such vessels must be 'licensed' like any other.
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  7. Deepest darkest london, smelled like dog shit teasted like dog shit looked like dog shitAll appropriate PPE All appropriate risk assessments completed Look even on a normal none shit in the mouth day, it was normal to go home covered in pulverised dog shit, other shit is available of course. Its foul, its disgusting and can people pick it up please Oh just to add how I can I be to blame for doing my job and ending up being covered in other peoples dog shit, thats some odd thinking, its your dog so pick up its shit
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  8. Well never thought i would get here but done it at last, its been a pretty tough 6 years but decided retire Christmas get my boat start living the dream, went out looking this weekend for a boat got it, best of all it has everything and more than we ever wanted,its a beauty [in our eyes anyway] so deposits paid mooring deposits paid offer accepted, can't wait to get her and go for a cruse,after all this time its unbelievable we now can look forward to travelling the network.
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  9. With a few conversations about Emergency Ladders I thought i would buy one and try it out, i do carry an aluminium ladder on the roof which is useless up there, so bought one off these http://www.piplers.co.uk/emergency-ladder-134cmfor £33 inc postage. I added a 1/2 kilo diving ankle weight in the bottom step to make it fall quicker, mounted it on the top handrail. I donned my drysuit and jumped into the water and gave it a go 3 times, once approaching from the front off the boat, and found it quite easy to climb up, in fact easier then the aluminium ladder which made your foot slip off when your foot hit the back off the boat. It stays out all off the time when out on the canal and when back at the marina it just unclips and stows away, no use in the marina its against the pontoon. we took a video off it in action I hope it can be off use to some.
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  10. ... it may not be a narrowboat but it is rather nice... DSC_0051 Freebody Slipper by Tony Quinsee DSC_0055 Freebody Slipper by Tony Quinsee DSC_0237 Freebody Slipper by Tony Quinsee Tony
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  12. I can do that without drinking. Lets face it, this year 1 may be drunk ( not proven yet) has cilled a boat, another 20 who have not been drinking have done the same thing. So is drink to blaim or just people getting it wrong. Banning drink wouldn't improve things much.
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  13. My claim to fame is that Nigel Farage once described me as 'mad as a box of frogs' in the Guardian. Made me very happy.
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  14. I'd imagine if pressed, she might suggest only leaks when its raining....
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  17. Panic over! Spurred on by the prospect of a huge bill from RCR/Burton Waters I spent a long time down the weed hatch yesterday, using a little tool called a Prop Mate that I picked up at Crick a few years ago. That managed to get the rest of the material off, and then the wire could be unwound with a pair of mole grips and some brute force. All seems to be running OK today and I have stood RCR/Burton Waters down accordingly. Huge thanks to all the contributors to this thread.
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  18. I think we are making the same point but from different angles. Some rools can be bent, worked round or simply ignored, usually small, insignificant rools, giving an unauthorised break and leftover bacon roll to a poorly paid shift worker for instance. Publishing a new set of rools whilst having a thread almost diametrically opposite to those rools on the first page of 'find new content' cannot be sending out the right message. I've said my bit and will now withdraw
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  19. I hope I'm not talking out of turn here but the situation you describe is not comparable. You are presumably managing your staff to maintain operational effectiveness and team morale. The food consumed would be written off and so long as the work IS covered no one much cares. It's at no cost to the business,no one mentions it and everyone's happy. It is quite another matter to introduce hard and fast rools involving issuing warnings and suchlike whilst running a thread completely at odds with it's published rools, especially one instigated by a moderator. I'm sorry but there it is.....
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  20. Sorry, but I still agree with MtB view. We all have rules in our day to day lives, whether it be driving, work, sport or other leisure activities. Can I honestly say that I follow all of them all of the time? Of course not, I'm human. For one, sometimes I forget, I sometimes forget a rule and break it, and other times I choose to "bend" a rule I find has no real purpose. For example: 4 managers all run catering units on one large site, the break rule for staff is, 4 hour shift = no break, 6 hr shift = 20 min break & 8 hr + shift = 1/2 hr break. The casual staff didn't have a home location and worked for all 4 of us depending on who had what events on at the time. When they worked for me I'd give them a choice of either having a 20 min break or 2 x 10 breaks and the same with the 1/2 hr breaks; naturally the smokers would chose to have the 2 shorter breaks so they could get in a couple of cigs throughout their day - yes I relaxed "the rule" but it did no one any harm and the staff always seemed just that little bit happier when working in my areas. Also the staff who only worked a 4 hour shift weren't entitled to anything to eat, if we had bacon or sausages left at the end of breakfast the Chef and I would put it to the side so they could have a butty at the end of their shift, it would only have been thrown away anyway - again breaking the "rule", but I felt human decency and common sense prevailed. On the same hand I wouldn't break the 8 - 8 rule for running a engine or genny - that rule makes sense to me and could disrupt someone else. Again, common sense prevails So yes, some rules are important and should be followed, others are in place to make somebody elses life easier to the detriment of others As with a lot of other folk, I agree something needed to be done, but I think what has happened is far beyond "overkill" BTW - I liked it when the MOD's used to contribute to the threads with their incite, not as MOD's but as fellow boaters, the only ones I see still doing that are Fade to Scarlet, Lady Muck & Theo, maybe I'm just not reading the right threads? ETA - I forgot Theo
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  21. I think that's true. One point I always bear in mind is that If I am not prepared to open and close every single gate (I boat "single handed") then perhaps its better not to be boating on the cut. This applies to closing up afterwards and also to opening gates people have previously closed &c If one is not happy to do all the potentially required work then maybe canal boating is the wrong activity. Any time gates are left open (or closed) in my favour it is just a bonus really I am not a gate closer overall I tend to leave them open unless there is bad leakage but I only go on wide canals now as I no longer have a narrow boat.
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  22. I'd assumed you to be a person operating with some degree of common sense and self-determination, but I appear to be mistaken. You are giving the impression of someone who would rather be given a rigid set of rules which must be obeyed come what. It may be that your experience of canals is limited to some small sample of those operated by CRT, but you seem happy to ignore all instances where even CRT make exceptions to the "close all gates and lower all paddles" dictum, and also those other navigations where there is no such rule/recommendation.
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  23. There isn't anything resembling logic in what you've said, and it's very evident that you haven't even begun to understand the 'argument' at all. It's a fact, and NOT a 'belief', that boats kept and used on the Lee don't have to be licensed. The Lee is one of the river navigations listed in Schedule 1 of the 1971 BW Act, and as such, the law requires only that vessels kept or used within the MNC must be registered by means of a Pleasure Boat Certificate [PBC]. I don't know how many of your three and half hours worth of boats ever leave their moorings and make use of the MNC, but those that do merely require, not a Licence, but a PBC in order to comply with the law. Only such boats as are permanently moored out of the MNC, and never make use of it at any time are relieved of the obligation to hold either a current PBC, or a current Licence.
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  24. But that is not the issue although the result of the court case could well make it one. There seems to be an argument worth airing and get resolved that CaRT are acting without lawful authority and exceeding their powers. . As Parliament have demonstrated they will not clear up the mess they made get involved it has been left to individuals to take on that argument. When a definitive ruling is given THEN CaRT and Parliament may well have to sort the mess out but first CaRT's decisions need testing in court.
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  26. Of course I can, but my point was well balanced adults are able to tolerate occasional inconsistencies in life especially when a benefit accrues. I find it logically inconsistent that lots of people opposed the politics ban yet when the rule was introduced and one exception is granted, they proceed to oppose the exception! (Spell checker edit.)
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  27. I have a bit of experience with this having dealt with over 3,000 wasps nests during my 10 years as a pest controller until I retired last year. In this situation that the OP has, the powder would be the best bet. Although preferable, it doesn't have to be pumped right down the hole into the nest but can be scattered sparingly around the entrance and any others that can be seen. Perhaps all around the base of the stump too. The idea being that the wasps will get the powder on them and take it into the nest, thus infecting the queen. It doesn't need to be much, i.e a fine covering rather than piled up around it. In fact too much and it can put the wasps off going in and encourage them to find another way round it. There is a small chance they will do this anyway. A spray or foam would kill a few but wouldn't kill off the whole nest as they only work where most of a nest is exposed. Be aware that the powder treatment will take a couple of hours before it completely kills off the nest and initiallly there will be a lot of angry wasps (another reason for not trying to pump it down the whole as that would aggravate them more). Please check the active ingrediant and if it is bendiocarb (which it probably is and is the most effective) it is extremely harmful to fish and other aquatic life so be very very careful not to let any get into the canal/river or you will get a lot of dead fish. What others have said is right in that the nest will die off anytime from the end of this month, however this does depend on the weather and in mild autumns I've known them to still be active at the end of October. Contrary to what has been said, the queen doesn't survive. She dies along with all the males and most of the females. But between 10 and 20 of the mated females do survive and they fly off and 'hole up' somewhere to hibernate for the winter before emerging next spring to search out a place to begin new nests. They will never re-use an old nest but may sometimes choose the same location in which to build their own nest. Edited to add - that I've now re-read the OP. I'd thought the block of wood was on the ground by the boat and not actually on the stern. This means that the nest will almost certainly be somewhere in the engine bilge. This makes it far harder to deal with as there would be lots of other places where they could bypass any treatments such as air-vents and between deck boards. You could remove the boards and use a spray/foam directly onto the nest but IMO the risk of getting stung would be hugely increased and there's a good chance the nest will be attached to the other side of one of the deck boards. I really recommend calling in a professional for this one, and if so you should be expected to pay no more than £70 and make sure they guarantee their work. Also make sure they are members of either the NPTA or BPCA,
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  28. who mentioned debating? the thread itself was against the forum rules.
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  29. Yes Mike. Some consistency has been achieved. The brexit thread was an anomalous nonsense.
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  30. yes, you can't have one rule for mods and another rule for members.
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  32. Change from when? When we had Current Affairs? from before then? from when Politics was banned (but the owner could have a political avatar)? I was happy with the CA section I dont think the forum was 'dominated' by religious & political threads - Firstly they usually had obvious titles or were in CA section so could be easily ignored and secondly most of the contention seems to have been about immigration not 'politics'. Mirroring whe whole brexit thing going on IRL The problem wasn't 'politics' it was individuals bringing up immigration whenever they could and continuing disagreements from those threads elsewhere and making things personal. This forum has always had it's share of f**kwittery - posts that are unhelpful/excessively rude/belittling where the poster appears to be trying to score some sort of cheap point for their own self validation No, i dont think we should have a no politics rule that is a 'backstop' as you suggest. For the reasons already given by Alan & MJG. In your analogy the landlord could just tell the tenant to get rid of the cat despite the cat not changing its good behavior and it not being a problem before just because the landlord has taken against the tenant for some unrelated reason. It would be better for them to have an agreement that the cat is OK unless it starts destroying the place - then both are clear on the situation
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  34. I simply don't understand the logic here. It seems bonkers to me to suggest that you have a rule that says "no religion or politics", but that people could start threads on these topics, and unless they go awry, they are then tolerated, and mods only get involved if it gets unpleasant. That mods will get involved if it gets unpleasant applies to all the topics that are allowed by the rules, so if you were to follow the above logic I see no difference between the "allowed" and "non allowed" topics, and hence absolutely point in having introduced a "no politics or religion" rule. Creating and continuing to permit the Brexit thread to me completely muddies the waters around the new rules, which, if you are to have them at all, should in my view clear and unambiguous, and not totally disregarded for one particular thread, (whether that thread remains largely good natured or not). As Lone Wolf points out, you are specifically now forbidden tentatively post stuff to see what does end up getting allowed, and what does not. If we are to have this detailed set of rules, that forbids certain things, if a thread is very obviously about one of those certain things, with no ambiguity, then I still feel that thread should not be there.
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  35. I think a few of us are a bit torn on this one, including me (though I didn't vote up that post). I think many of us feel that everyone should contribute to the cost of upkeep of the inland waterways - no freeloaders please! In your case it seems you kept your boat out of the MNC and thus it wasn't really "using" the facilities as a navigation. According to your version of the law this is perfectly legal (yet to be proven in court) however it does create a problem for CRT in that if loads of people did the same, it would be very difficult to police licensing - it would be very easy for someone to claim they were permanently bankside whilst in fact sneaking out for a cruise whenever they felt like it, knowing the chances of being spotted were slim. So to my mind the primary problem lies in the inadequacies of the legislation. But of course if you and other win, it could in fact be the precipitator of new and more draconian legislation that would not be in the interests of the majority. Who knows? Set against that is of course the strong dislike of CRT making up the law to suit their agenda, applying bullying tactics and ultimately therefore acting unlawfully (yet to be proven in court of course). As I said, I'm torn on this issue. But it nevertheless is very interesting to follow, and looking forward to the court cases.
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  36. It was a statement written so it could be taken as a question. It would be nice to have an answer but i'm not really bothered if i get one My question isn't about discussing or posting content from the other place, it's about mentioning it. so for example someone posts something too political, perhaps because they dont bother to read the tedious rules and expect them to be sensible. Is it ok to say, no politics here but if you want to discuss politics with boaters you can go to the place we may not be able to mention but we can name the place
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  38. If your Gardner has a hand start and your gearbox is mechanical. You could decompress the cylinders, engage forward and turn the engine over on the handle.
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  40. You can take a horse to water but a pencil must be lead.
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  41. I think its a desperate shame that any answers here that attempt to explain why Amps/hour is wrong and a meaningless term technically, now gets jumped on and subverted by the 'anti-pedants' on here. One cannot help people here now with electrical questions without getting called a pedant, simply for wanting and needing to get the details right. Getting the details right is critical when answering technical questions but sadly the anti-pedants here now seem to treat baiting the pedants as an amusing sport.
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  42. Dean, did you spot Trout and Dove travelling together? They were on the Bridgewater this morning.
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  43. Terrible, is the punch line I use. A bit like, what do you call a deaf dog? Anything you like he can't hear you.
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  44. He can't - he hasn't got a nose, silly Richard
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  46. Good. It's a canal forum, not a politics and religion forum.
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  47. The you need to let them off in order or you aren't IMO being a responsible dog owner. If you can't keep an eye on them and clear up after them then perhaps you have too many.
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