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May
22
2013

Broken Prop Shaft

by Skippy

A while ago (it has taken me a while to post this) there was a horrible crunching noise coming from under our back cabin floor. normal it makes less horrible whirring noises, as under there lives our prop shaft. It turns out that we had taken out the bearing on our prop shaft, according to [...]

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May
22
2013

The Duck is back for sale

by Skippy

There has been some bad news from Amy, and James of nbLuckyDuck: Unfortunately we learned last night that the person (whose offer we accepted on the Duck back in late February) has changed his mind about buying the boat for personal reasons. So the Duck is back on the market. Tonight we are moving it [...]

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Apr
28
2013

A tail of two Fram’s

by Skippy

A while ago I did an oil change on nbStephen’s BMC (Leyland) 1.8 litre Diesel engine. Taking the code off the side of the filter I went to the lovely people at Direct Filter Supply’s (0161 330 5538) to get a new Fram PH2857A. Unfortunately not all FRAM PH2857As are born equal. And they only [...]

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Apr
22
2013

Do I look like GoSkippy?

by Skippy

I am not sure why I get people filling in my contact form like this: From: Evangeline Gonzales Subject: cost for additional driver Message Body: Hi, Rick or Chris,i wonder if i can add my husband to my excisting policy with you,how much it will cost me?you have my mobile number or you can send [...]

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Apr
08
2013

Leaving WordPress

by Skippy

I have been thinking about moving Skippy.org.uk and my 365 away from WordPress, as WordPress is a bit overpowered for myself as a lone user, and causes my server to run hard when hit with a lot of users. I am poking my 365 at the moment with a view to making it more automatic. I am looking [...]

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Apr
07
2013

On Continues Cruising and JSA

by Skippy

my contract with FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology) has not been renewed, so for fun I am now without a job, one of the things however I am allowed to do in the UK while applying for work is apply for JSA (Job Seekers Allowance). I am trying to do this without ending up claiming [...]

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Mar
27
2013

Dealing with TrackBack Spam

by Skippy

  Skippy.org.uk is quite an old blog, and while my 365 Blog is not as old; one of the things that is getting old is TrackBack Spam, Both Blogs are hosted on the same WordPress MultiUser / WordPress Networks install at JustVigilantes.co.uk. WordPress makes it easy to turn off TrackBacks on all new articles in the [...]

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Mar
26
2013

Dispute with Northern Rail over GLaDOS PPN

by Skippy

Last week GLaDOS (Genetic Lifeform and Disk Operating System (or more commonly known as the bike I sometimes ride)) was parked at Marple Station, She was located in the hatched area to the left of the Staff Only Space, in the corner, the hatched area is in place because the space is too small for [...]

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