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  1. I need a small tank say about 2.5 to 3 gal' complete with fuel line for my auxliiary O/B. Idealy with OMC conectors rather than Mercury. Quite happy to pay a reasonable sum. Any one got a spare one floating arround? Mad Mike
  2. Charlie ponders......... Nice to have you aboard Paul, we will try again when more tope are around. I am not sure why with so much bait in the water the Tope decided not to play, but it was not for the lack of trying. Shoulda taken Helen and left Paul at home is the answer. Mad Mike
  3. The Warrior at the brokerage firm by the leavel crossing at Lymington has had a hard old life and I think is well expensive. We looked at and rejected it, but may be it's been repriced now. Mad Mike
  4. took me a wile to work out but I suspect this may have been 'don't venture forth'.............. Oh for goodness sake!! Benching a Forth is an age old Scottish custom of ripping up park benches and hurling them into the Firth of Forth. Marks are given for the tidyness of removal, style of hurl and length of throw. Of course the highest macks are given on the size of the splash. Current world record holder it Tiny Mc Basturd a grossly malformed female midget with 48" biceps. She is expected to hold the title for some time to come. Mad Mike
  5. Actualy Mr Smarty pants...... Try a fresh strawberry sandwich with a little freshly ground black pepper on the fruit. Suprisingly appetising! Mad Mike
  6. Sam you've just reminded me about the way we 'harvested' peelers way back in the stone age when I was a kid. And the area around PYC is ideal as not too many bait gatherers get down there what with it being Yottie territory. What we did was get som old curved ridge tiles and place them in rows on the mud hollow side down. Now Mr crabby come along lookin' for a shelter to change his skin in and begger me there's this perfect little cave We used to place them so that they would 'show' at low springs. All you had to do was walk down the line of ridge tiles lifting them up to see what had made it's home underneath. Pick the crabs and put the tile back. But you need to be there early on just as they start to show through the water to make sure no one else tries to pinch 'your' crabs I bet if you give your dad 50p he'd pop out and do the collecting for you Mad Mike
  7. Oh for goodness sake Charlie!! You coulda said summat earlier! Pauls just moved the steering consul aft! Mad Mike
  8. You jammy jammy ting you! Well done they are a lovely reel. Well worth having it serviced and checked over. And certainly a 'keeper'. I i give you a quid will you buy me a lottery ticket? Luck like that needs sharing round Mad Mike
  9. Does that thing about wild and savage creatures hold true for wimmin too. I mean it might explain a thing or two. An east wind and PMT has lead to the end of several relationships |I reckon. And who suffers the most? Yes the boat that's who!! Mad Mike
  10. http://www.met-office.gov.uk/weather/europ...alsouthern.html Forecast Sat' cool and grey rain and strong easterly 25mph wind Sun' bright and sunny but maintaining the cool easterly but now down to 5mph. I have always been told that an East wind is no good for fishing> Is there any truth in this I wonder? Mad Mike
  11. So are you saying your nuts are between your ears or on your wrist? Mad Mike Youtryandhelpablokean'wotappens?everyonetakesthebloodypi55that'swot
  12. Sam says......... im not sure if we are going out yet might be toping.................. Will it be topping to top up your topeing? OR What about a mark thats a palace for plaice and certainly the place to place your bait. OR Listen to some soul music and catch a sole in the Solent. It depends on which one you would ask a witch to cast a spell to have? Aren't words wonderful eh Sam Mad Mike
  13. If you can laugh at your self the your OK mate and that's for sure! And as for..... f*****g lure in to the top of my head....... Did you put up much of a fight? Were you weighed in front of a witness? Were you put back alive? And do you wish to be recorded as your 'personal best' you? Mad Mike
  14. Now that IS an idea. Mad Mike
  15. I was watching all the 60th anniversary of VE day progs' when I noticed the way the RAF fighter planes had sorta rows of little swastika, one for each Nazi plane shot down............... Well then I had this idea Worrabout getting little black sticky silhouettes of sinking jet skis and similar for dive RIBs and mounting them on the side of our boats? Carol says I am being contentious again? Any way it'll be a sure conversation starter at the slip way Mad Mike
  16. Oh to be young and fit! Sounds like a nice day A little tip If you feel a bit sea sick pinch an earlobe* hard with your nails. The pain disrupts the 'sick' message going to the brain and replaces it with an 'ouch' one, but it stops you feeling sick. Another point* is a soft area on the inside of your wrist just after the line in your skin where the hand joins the arm. It's about a quarter to half an inch back from the hand/wrist joint. Press gently and/or massage. * Both are acupuncture points Mad Mike
  17. Afishionado

    Piemeister

    Hi Piemeister and welcome to the club. You don't say if your local or not? Anyway even if you are currently boatless you'll find lots of help and advice here. AND SOME OF IT IS EVEN ACCURATE AND USEFULL! Mad Mike
  18. He's keeping the fish on Maverick............. Now he's going to have a tubot charged outboard.!!! BoomBoom! Mad Mike
  19. http://www.fish4fun.com/ Makes an interestin read if your wanting to waste 10 min' or so. Mad Mike
  20. HaHa! I am going to Malta for one of the sisters in law wedding in June. Please let me know any info on the fishing as I have a feeling that apart from the wedding it could all be a bit of a dead loss. Mad Mike
  21. Certainly on the Ka's 1.25 injection engine. It's most economical engine speed will be a lightly loaded 3250 to 4000 RPM. Top gear and 2500rpm will kill the little fast reving efficient engine. Also you will notice that you are depressing the gas pedal less for the same or better effect by using a higher rev band. Let the engine get up to its best rev range by using a LOWER gear in necessary. Is the van diesel? Cos' they're a different case. As they actualy prefer to slog away in a high gear and a lower rev'. But then again if you look at how the car makers are designing high reving diesel engines for the passenger car market that is not always the case these days. All in all as a general thing, modern engines are best lightly loaded at a higher rev than you use normaly and in a lower gear to give flexability of drive. Except of course on a motorway type road when every one will be in fith. Mad Mike
  22. Quote........ always using the highest gear possable Ahhhhhhhg! Murderer!!! And by golly it dates you. Back before the war the government came up with a road tax formula based on the bore and stroke of the engine (to limit big bore powerful engines). Now one could fairly ask what the heck has that got to do with 2005. Well this taxation formula affected British engine design for the next 30 odd years. Because of this in the 30's engines were developed with small bores and long strokes. Loads of low rev torque but no ability to rev much over 4200rpm. Therefore a culture of going for the highest gear as soon as possible developed as the norm for driving. The legacy of these engines were to be seen in the appaling engines made by BMC/Leyland and Roots groups. Neither had the money to totaly design new modern big bore short stroke engines as Ford did with their Kent and Essex engines. These factors actualy lead to the demise of both BMC/Leyland and Roots they just had crap old engines. An up to date big bore short stroke petrol engine needs to be doing at least 2000 rpm before it even starts it's power/economy 'best band'. And develop best efficiency at about 4000 to 4500rpm (which was just about the limit on the older pre war designed engines). So use all the gears (I had an engine wrecking uncle, who swore first gear was only for steep hills towing caravans, and used to judder along at 30 in fourth.) and hold each gear until at least 3500 to 4000 RPM is there. If you are at a steady speed with only 2500 to 3000 rpm showing, change down to increase efficiency and economy. Mad Mike
  23. Well done! What sort of fight did it put up and just how heavy did 170 odd pounds of a big flat fish feel like? Strewth fancy seeing that beast show up through the water for the first time! Mad Mike
  24. If you get a splinter I bet you'll feel a bit of a prick! Ohoooooooo ! Matron!!! Mad Mike
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