Recent content by daviddb

Well, to quote a song lyric, two outta three ain't bad. It would be caning it a bit for me to claim distress....

Fines schmines.... I 'd like some PPI style compo. The whole thing took around 2hrs30m to sort, And I'm still stuck without a card. Say £150?? *the sound of breath not being held *......

An unhappy coincidence that both Force 4 AND Asap customers should suffer at the same time. Are the two companies connected in any way? Or do they both use the same third party data handling company??? D.

Yup, my card was trashed after using it for a Force 4 order in early August, card was finally blocked by Natwest Visa mid Sept by which time I was abroad on holiday and had the card refused by a merchant. Thankfully not at a petrol station but huge faff trying to sort everything out. In...

Only thing of any substance I can recall buying at t'boat show was, ooh, at least twenty years ago. A steel, roll-up, electric, remote controlled, garage door. Never regretted it.......

Sadly t'binternet doesn't seem to work like that......Hey-ho.

Lovely prose Bob. I shall subscribe..... David (steamy in Pembrokeshire)

Sitting on the rocks watching a deep swell breaking and hearing that seething sucking sound it makes as the water falls back into the deep

Out and about a genuwine Tilley can't be beat. But for footling around t' dock always a sky blue pork pie for effect..... One does try to cut a dash.

There seems to be a presumption / convention call it what you will when buying a house in France that you get whatever is in it included. Your purchasers may be making the same assumption. But then I am of an Eeyore disposition....

Fabulous way to spend a holiday, some of our best. Personal tactics include exuding supreme confidence and unwarranted inner zen-ness even when assuaged by all manner of challenges. Sounds like you are already 90% there. God speed to the whole sty......

But on the bright side she's equipped with the latest all singing all dancing version of Windows Xp. Or so claims the ever meticulous BBC. David (grey in Pembrokeshire)

An afterthought about the Milford Locks. During the daily 'free-flow' period seals come in for a mooch about the marina- no doubt it's the faint whiff of fish and chips that calls them. While I have no doubts that Bitbaltic Junior is a very sensible, well grounded and cautious chap here's what...

Hi Andy, I'm at Milford Marina at present (IP 24 configured as a gentleman's launch) and like it sufficiently to want to stay there although in many ways Neyland would be more convenient. Big plus for us is the amount of sun it gets compared to Neyland, especially in the evening, when the...

+1. The day the state takes over supervision of the RNLI is the day my (admittedly modest) contributions cease and general taxation can take over. At present, for all I know, it may not be perfect, but it works and is solvent. And apart from taxis and pubs not that much else in this benighted...