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8.5/10 for that. Very good 🤣

Motion carried! We all have our crosses to bear on here, and that can be his! 👁🔍🧐🤣🤣👍

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Yep, I reckon Ian's eye surgery can't come soon enough...

Don't care who fixed it as long as it wasn't Jim.

Fixed that for you 👍

Never mind the Council... should have called the Spelling Police. 🙄

Agreed Ian. It smells of butt-coverage and unenforceable but well intentioned recommendations.

Love the names of the crayons themselves 🤣

TBF so did I. Looks like Fishy is regressing back to play-school.

Hold on, I've got some crayons for you here somewhere...

Looks mint. And I bet it goes forever on a teaspoon of fuel?!

Looking great Luke! Very nice indeed. What length?

You boys have certainly had it bad over there with one form of lockdown or another. Fingers crossed for you all. 🤞

🤣🤣👍 Wishful thinking Neil?

FFS... no, you gotta wrap your fishing buddy's head in tin foil! Duh! 🤣

Go and wash your mouth out Geoff! 🤣 I suspected it came from PBSBAC but couldn't be sure. Well done for posting Neil and thanks for sharing PBSBAC 👍

Good friends where Neil? That part seems to have escaped your post!

Re-read the first paragraph of my OP.

I received the below from Ofcom today. The long and short of it is that as a "spectrum user" I have an obligation to protect the general public from any potentially harmful EMF emissions when I use my VHF at 25W (which in practical terms will only be in emergencies). Not sure how enforceable this will be in reality though... Anyone else get one of these... or are you all unlicensed VHF users? 😉 Dear Licence Holder, We are writing to make you aware of some important changes that we are proposing to make to your Wireless Telegraphy Act licence(s) issued by Ofcom. In February and October last year, we issued two public consultations on our proposal to formally require licensees to comply with the internationally agreed levels in the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) Guidelines for the protection of the general public from electromagnetic fields (EMF). We refer to these levels as the ICNIRP general public limits. In October, we also issued a Statement setting out our decision to formally require licensees to comply with the ICNIRP general public limits and we recently published an update on how we propose to implement that decision. We are now writing to you to inform you of our proposal to vary the terms and conditions of your licence(s) to require you to comply with the ICNIRP general public limits. In accordance with the Wireless Telegraphy Act and your licence(s), we are giving you notice of our proposal by publishing a General Notice on our website. We’ve put all the relevant information about our proposal including the General Notice on a dedicated EMF webpage ofcom.org.uk/emf. Here you will find details of the licence variation process alongside the background to the changes and lots of FAQs to help you understand what our proposal means for you. If, after reading the above information, you wish to make a representation to Ofcom in relation to our proposal to vary your licence(s), you have up until the 18 April 2021 to do so. However, if you do not wish to make a representation you do not need to take any action at this time. More information on the representation process can be found by visiting the Ofcom EMF webpage. We will consider all representations before coming to a final decision on the variation of your licence(s). We will publish our final decision on the EMF page of our website by 18 May 2021. We will explain whether we have decided to vary your licence(s) to include the EMF condition. If your licence(s) has been varied we will send you an update of it or information on where a new version can be obtained from. In future we intend to make greater use of General Notices published on our website and may not individually contact you to inform you that we have published one. We would therefore urge all licensees to regularly check the Ofcom website or subscribe to email spectrum updates by going to the following page on our website ofcom.org.uk/about-ofcom/latest/email-updates. If you have any questions about this change and what it means for you, further information can be found on the dedicated EMF webpage using the address provided above. Yours faithfully, Ofcom Guidance and Enforcement details here: https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0025/214459/guidance-emf-compliance-enforcement.pdf

Bet that'll fly then!

Looks great Mick. Very smart. 👍 What size engine is on the back?

Me too! Rod looks top notch 👍

This is clearly true.... Back on the subject of swivels though, I don't know anyone who uses a swivel for their anchor. I wonder if it would be worthwhile for Mike to wait until he's able to go out again so he can drop & retrieve the anchor a few times to see if it still tangles. If no tangles then there's nothing to fix and we can all chalk it up to that one in a million occurrence...?

What about if the swivel was just upline from the cable ties - it would work as a swivel then and yet not interfere with tripping. @mike farrants, I would definitely avoid using a D shackle to connect rope to chain. Splicing is usually the done thing for this.