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[Pigmy Pony]

Diving or bombing off the canal bridge behind my local pub used to be popular on drunken summer nights. Not by me, I was always a bit wary of the dumped bicycle frames and supermarket trolleys hiding in the depths, not to mention the odd bobbing turd or dead rat.

You were right to be wary - don't know what your canal was like, but the ones local to us (Leeds Liverpool canal and Lancaster canal) have an average depth of 3 to 4 feet. You'd prob be ok with Manchester Ship canal, which averages 28 to 30 feet. Nice bit of useless information there.

[Pigmy Pony]

our new pool..

Nice and clean looking and modern. I bet all that glass gets steamed up on cold days.

[struth]

union canal near here is about 4/5 ft deep i think too.. the clyde one which the union goes into is slightly deeper at about 6ft.. a lot of folk fish them

[Pigmy Pony]

They don't like tall diving platforms and springboards these days, somebody might get hurt .

I doubt any municipal pools will have diving boards any more - too scared of getting sued by parents of idiot kids.

[struth]

I doubt any municipal pools will have diving boards any more - too scared of getting sued by parents of idiot kids.

no they usually have diving pools separate these days which is sensible i think. in old days it was dangerous at time up at deep end(mostly due to kids tbh).

[Macca]

I used to use the Liverpool University pool and looking it up I notice that it's been refurbished and they have got rid of the diving boards. Used to be a big concrete tower with three platforms, the top one was very high.

Also you could walk down a sloping corridor that ran parallel to the pool and at the end was a window level with the bottom of the deep end. Don't know if that is still there but it was quite fun so they've probably bricked it up.

[Pigmy Pony]

I used to use the Liverpool University pool and looking it up I notice that it's been refurbished and they have got rid of the diving boards. Used to be a big concrete tower with three platforms, the top one was very high.

Also you could walk down a sloping corridor that ran parallel to the pool and at the end was a window level with the bottom of the deep end. Don't know if that is still there but it was quite fun so they've probably bricked it up.

Rolf Harris would have loved that.

[Mikeandvan]

Now Biden is saying they're gonna help Ukraine target Crimea, there's gonna be war soon between the US and Russia, and you know what that means.

https://archive.is/xNMl1

[Pigmy Pony]

You know I've been dreading the day when we have to redecorate and get new carpets in the lounge and dining room, and all the upheaval that would entail, but now that time has come it's really not that bad... that's a lie, it's a bloody nightmare!

All of my hifi gear, records, CDs and associated audio crap have completely filled the spare bedroom (our only available space), while the a/v stuff is sharing our bedroom with us, with the big telly leaning on the wardrobe. I got the telly off the wall this morning, and inadvertently unplugged the heating's 'Hive' unit. Which now refuses to go bacl online... fortunately Mrs. P was able to get heating on manually.

And two days ago we left the house for a few hours while the painter sanded the lounge and dining room's window boards ready for painting, a process I'd assumed would involve some sandpaper sheets and elbow grease. Turns out he'd used an orbital sander with a torn dust bag. So I returned to find my speakers and hifi units looking like the aftermath of Pompeii's worst day. The painter was apologetic and offered to clean them with his rag, an offer I politely declined with a smile on my face even though I'd died a little bit inside Seeing the little radio he brought with him that looked like, well, a painter's radio should have set off warning bells

Through all this Mrs. P is still having packages delivered from Amazon etc., one of which I sent to a fellow forum member. Contained a selection of hoover parts instead of the record sleeves he was expecting So there's that as well...

I've been tempted to come out of my semi-retirement and go back to work to get away from all this, if only a while. But then I'd be leaving Anita to deal with all this on her own. And who knows what fresh hell I'd be coming home to?

Can't wait for next Tuesday to come, when the carpets have been fitted, and I can begin the unenviable task of putting all this stuff back together. And if it still works I'll show my arse in Woollies' shop window. Onwards and upwards eh?

[struth]

thats why my house hasnt been decorated for a while