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cliveshep
Thailand
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 Posted - 17 Jan 2018 : 02:51:57
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Can't you organise a sinking or two? How about piracy on the Macclesfield? Arms smuggling and people-trafficking on the Llangollen?
Something must be happening surely Shirley?
It's Winter when everyone dreams impossible Springtime and Summer type dreams of implausible events on impractical trips and tries to cure leaky windows with bubble gum or otherwise fettles or destroys their boats while awaiting warmer weather.
Here we are suffering our Winter too, freezing overnight temperatures of 20C or less, only reaching 33C daytimes. The rains have eased off for a bit so skies remain blue with no cloud. Why, for 3 nights we didn't use the aircon - only a fan. Look how we suffer.
Went out and bought another motor-bike, goes like the proverbial off a shovel, downside is it was registered in another province and our province is within the Bangkok area even thought we live amongst farmland, so repeated trips into Metropolitan Bangkok to change registration, go back to pay tax, go back to swop number-plates to Bangkok ones.
Ok - not very exciting but the bike trips through Bangkok morning rush hour are terrifying to say the least.
So what are you lot up to? Hibernating?
Finally living the dream!
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stratford4528
United Kingdom
414 Posts |
Posted - 17 Jan 2018 : 08:17:54
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| I was thinking the same what has happened to every one. I am the same,My 32 snug in the barn. Thinking of selling my 25 my 22 and my Calumcraft. Because I am hoping to move I won't have time to renovate them. |
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trevork
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Posted - 17 Jan 2018 : 14:24:15
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Most boaty forums tend to quieten down this time of year as folk get cabin fever! Won't be long before the snowdrops and crocus start to appear and folk will stir!
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df
United Kingdom
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Posted - 17 Jan 2018 : 15:34:57
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What sort of idiot would want to go boating this time of the year, oh I remember now we were on the boat last weekend and probably will be this weekend as well, that will be the type of idiot!
NBAS--The communal colostomy bag of the boating community.
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philihun
United Kingdom
283 Posts |
Posted - 17 Jan 2018 : 18:29:29
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What bubblegum did you find worked best Clive. Probably better than some of the crap i tried.
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IanM
United Kingdom
2238 Posts |
Posted - 18 Jan 2018 : 06:39:20
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| Yeah, we were on ours last weekend too although I've spent most of the winter building a canal rather than boating on one. |
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cliveshep
Thailand
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Posted - 18 Jan 2018 : 15:03:57
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What canal were you working on Ian? Many years ago, like 45 or more, i belonged to the WRG - Waterways Recovery Group (North London Commando).
I worked on the Wey and Arun Northern Section mostly but also Southern Section, and the Basingstoke.
Finally living the dream!
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IanM
United Kingdom
2238 Posts |
Posted - 18 Jan 2018 : 17:23:46
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Cotswolds. And since my latest mid-life crisis last year it's my day job as well as a volunteer thing. I earn less, work harder and get cold and dirty most days but I'm loving it.
We're hosting WRG BiTM this weekend. We had London WRG last weekend. |
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tigtog
United Kingdom
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Posted - 18 Jan 2018 : 21:36:52
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| just had a new BSS on mine,need to get down to her and clear out the food cupboard and start doing bits for when lifting back in comes. |
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tigtog
United Kingdom
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cliveshep
Thailand
1324 Posts |
Posted - 20 Jan 2018 : 03:52:12
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Bjork is now 52!
Looks scary too but sings well.
Finally living the dream!
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Gone very quiet on here.....................?
