Posts by PKYo@poweredbygay.social
 (DIR) Post #AddtEsQqPjg2QqOd2e by PKYo@poweredbygay.social
       2024-01-08T17:07:18Z
       
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       @MishaalRahman In addition to airplane boarding passes, can your watch display barcodes or QR codes for retailer loyalty cards?#LoyaltyCards #DigitalWatches #usability
       
 (DIR) Post #Aj3dWsOJlAvcvxku48 by PKYo@poweredbygay.social
       2024-06-18T16:23:25Z
       
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       Canals aren't natural. They were built to move heavy and fragile goods on an industrial scale. Wildlife that's there now is opportunistic or was introduced (fish).You might think boats disturb the wildlife, but regular boat movement prevents stagnation that can lead to floating scum, blue-green algae blooms, and gassing sediment.So on low-traffic canals, it actually takes aeration (video) to keep things balanced.#CanalLife #canal #boat #boating #narrowboat #WaterQuality #aeration #wildlife
       
 (DIR) Post #AjCDV09UKiKGbdok4G by PKYo@poweredbygay.social
       2024-06-22T19:48:47Z
       
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       Cignet: "Hey! Look blub blubblub…."Swan: "Oh! I see blub blubblub…."A photo taken outside the aptly named swan doors of the narrowboat.#CanalLife #canal #boat #boating #narrowboat #SwanDoors #swan #aquatic #bird #waterfowl #wildlife #VanLife #UK #nature
       
 (DIR) Post #Aswqw5VTA4klpi0rjc by PKYo@poweredbygay.social
       2025-04-10T09:32:00Z
       
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       Here's the layout inside the boat, left to right:LOUNGE: Step up to the forewell. Table slides in alongside the fridge. Sofa and footstools convert to a bed. Wood stove.GALLEY: Oven, sink, hob/stovetop, fridge, upper cupboards over ½ the worktops/counters.CABIN/OFFICE/LAUNDRY: Washer below a single bed. Desk folds out.TOILET. Drop-through to brown-water tank.WET ROOM. Shower, sink.CABIN: Bed pulls out for two. Steps to stern deck.#CanalLife #canal #boating #boat #narrowboat #plan
       
 (DIR) Post #AuIJ9qXtTzC7ircB60 by PKYo@poweredbygay.social
       2025-05-20T18:20:59Z
       
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       In the past week, 3 times the boat crossed an elevated aqueduct that passed OVER other canals. Twice there were 4-way level junctions.There was money to burn in the late 1700s and early 1800s…!It's amazing that—however briefly—it was profitable to build all this infrastructure in order to move goods by barge and power the industrial revolution.#CanalLife #canal #history #infrastructure #profit #trade #transport #transportation #barge #boat #boating #economics #IndustrialRevolution #UK
       
 (DIR) Post #AuoEJL0I3fQcARAN4C by PKYo@poweredbygay.social
       2025-06-04T13:28:42Z
       
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       Bradley Workshop is where Canal & River Trust uses oak, steel, and plastic to make its "smaller" lock gates weighing up to 1½ tonnes (1⅔ tons). Lock gates hold back the water, so that canals can step up a hill using water-filled chambers.Within each lock gate is a plastic paddle (photo)—a vertical, underwater door that boaters wind up to partly drain or fill a lock chamber with a boat in it.https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/specialist-teams/engineering/building-lock-gates#CanalLife #canal #boating #narrowboat #lock #gate #paddle #LockGate #CRT #UK
       
 (DIR) Post #AxfasE6WHIOblkr69Y by PKYo@poweredbygay.social
       2025-08-28T23:09:23Z
       
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       I went to a horse show.They had shire horses done up like the horses that used to tow boats from the canal towpaths.A horse of 800 kg could pull 100× its weight, because the load floats relatively friction free on water. These big horses were for fully loaded, massive barges.The photo shows a woman in traditional attire leading a shire horse. Its tack has bobbins so the rope would roll without rubbing the skin off the horse.#CanalLife #canal #horse #narrowboat #boat #barge #tow #towpath