Screwdrive? or is this some rare piece of kit of which I am not familiar? Paddington
David Cragg wrote: > > Heading up north we have found a screwdrive useful as some handcuff > locks tighten the metal piece onto the metal of the paddle casing and > you need the screwdrive to prize it off. > > --- On Mon, 15/2/10, Baz Juniper <[email protected] > <mailto:baz%40junipers.co.uk>> wrote: > > From: Baz Juniper <[email protected] <mailto:baz%40junipers.co.uk>> > Subject: Re: [canals-list] Re: Considerate Boaters guide - lift bridges > To: [email protected] <mailto:canals-list%40yahoogroups.com> > Date: Monday, 15 February, 2010, 11:33 > > > > On 13 Feb 2010, at 00:01, Sean Neill wrote: > > > David's method wouldn't work reliably where the bridges have to be > > padlocked since you have to close a BW padlock to release your key > > and, like most folk, I am inclined to leave my keys in the padlock > > (even when the padlock is on the towpath side and I'm on the off- > > side, which I suppose would be risky in some circumstances) . > > Baz > > > > As I have my BW key on a chain, I tend to lock the padlock in mid- > > air and come back to it if time and the boiler permit. If BW can't > > trust boaters to act responsibly I have no hesitation in putting my > > own safety first. > > I should think that the safety of others might also be at issue if > boiler management was unduly neglected :-) > > Its a fair point, though, Sean. Not even BW seem to put much store > by the padlocks on the western end of the K&A. Of the 8 swing > bridges between Bath & Foxhangers, I think only one had a useable > padlock for most of last summer. > > Baz > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
