Category Archives: Friends

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
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
26
2013

Harry Beck Style Canal Map

by Skippy

The first diagrammatic map of London’s rapid transit network was designed by Harry Beck in 1931.[3] Beck was a London Underground employee who realised that because the railway ran mostly underground, the physical locations of the stations were irrelevant to the traveller wanting to know how to get to one station from another — only [...]

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Jan
25
2013

Boat for Sale

by Skippy

Amy and James’ of nbLuckyDuck, are putting nbLuckyDuck up for sale; nbLuckyDuck is an awesome boat, and would make a great first boat Summary Lucky Duck is a 48ft traditional stern narrowboat first registered in 1986, with a reliable BMC 1.8 engine. It sleeps 2 + 2 on a sofa bed, makes a great live-aboard [...]

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Dec
14
2012

Go Skippy Insurance

by Skippy

I have been at skippy.org.uk for a while now, after posting about my eCar insurance problems, I started seeing more traffic for search terms such as: Go Skippy Insurance Skippy Insurance Skippy car insurance and even just: Go Skippy It seems that for Go Skippy Insurance I come up second in google to GoSkippy, who [...]

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Oct
17
2012

Excerpts and why they fail

by Skippy

I read blogs, and news sites, either on my Mac, or my iPhone; but on both of these devices I use an RSS reader (linked to my Google Reader account), on my Mac I using Reeder and here (this post is being written on my iPhone) on my iPhone also using Reeder. (On the iPad [...]

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Oct
17
2012

Review – Black Speck SeeThru Satin for 13″ MacBook Pro

by Skippy

At the same time as I was sent the Ballistic Hard Case (which I have reviewed here) I was a received a Speck SeeThru Satin for 13″ MacBook Pro in Black to review from GearZap.com. When I bought the MacBook Pro I looked at slip cases and couldn’t really see the point of them, and to [...]

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