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frahkn last won the day on March 10 2020

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About frahkn

  • Birthday 24/12/1953

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  • Gender
    Male
  • Location
    Birmingham
  • Occupation
    Retired
  • Boat Name
    Twisted Reach
  • Boat Location
    Alvecoat

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  1. The guy who replaced my batteries last month told me that he would take the old ones to the scrappy but that he now got very little for them because he had to pay a "hazardous waste" levy which covered most of the receipt. I can't really be bothered to research this but was he lying?
  2. The late Bruce, once a regular contributor here, posted that if you had never read War and Peace, filling at Fradley was the ideal opportunity to do so. But hunger is more urgent than culture so it's your decision.
  3. I only know one forum member and I have not knowingly met any. So, no not forum members particularly. Indeed they are only people and some are not helped by being celebrities but some (or perhaps more the circumstances of the encounter) will be interesting. Possibly, meeting as a landlord should be excluded.
  4. There was a thread today that wandered off topic (as threads often do) into an (to me) interesting area. Basically "who would you/have you had a pint with"? Having spent the odd hour or two in various pubs over the last 54 years or so; I would be interested to hear of any interesting encounters which fellow members might have had. If there is any response I will mention one or two of my own.
  5. Well they get a mooring, in a marina or on line, obviously! They have no choice as they cannot honestly say they are continuously cruising, can they?
  6. Seconded, I only met him once (in Castlefield basin). I was aware of his reputation so I too, was surprised.
  7. There was water last time I was there, but best to use it early in the morning or late at night because you have to run your hose over the service road, which is always busy in the day.
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  10. At each renewal my insurance company asks me to make a choice between a) the insurance covers me for any boat (subject to limitations) and b) the insurance covers the boat but any competent person can be in charge of it I always pick (b) as my daughter and her partner sometimes use the boat. I suspect that I could have both for an extra premium.
  11. I'll have you know that I've never spoken a bad word about Apelles or any other Greek painter.
  12. Of course you can, why not? A potentially more successful argument might be "they were alien demons about to take over the world". If you are going for an insanity defence you may as well make it a bold one.
  13. Are they there to mark the spring and the estuary?
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