Category Archives: Transport

Jun
05
2013

Canal Post

by Skippy

The Grumpy Boater from Rose of Arden recently wrote a blog post about a fun way of sending mail around the canal: Its a sort of message in a bottle, that has been cast adrift via any number of unknown routes. What a wonderful idea for bit of boating fun. Thought up by Simon Greer. Basically [...]

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May
31
2013

Magic Numbers – TOCs

by Skippy

I have no landline, however most companies who want you to phone them insist in using 0845 / 0870 / 0GodWhereDidMyMoneyGo numbers, that are even more expensive from a mobile. Some of the oddest offenders of this are transport companies, you know the people who you want to ask the time of their service while not at home? Over the [...]

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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

Update: nbLuckyDuck has been moved to Hartford Marina (website / details), details can also be found on Apollo Duck. The Duck is priced at £23500, and has a recent hull survey. 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 [...]

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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
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

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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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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Mar
24
2013

I am not Go Skippy!

by Skippy

I just got the following via my contact me form: From: S***e L**l Subject: Cancel insurace Message Body: hi this is S***e L**l i want to cancell my car insurance because i am going on holiday thnakyou. 07777 777 777 – This mail is sent via contact form on Skippy’s Blog Now I know lots [...]

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