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Re: Tales of the river bank: Nick's all new 2025 lock-keeping adventures thread
« Reply #285 on: October 26, 2025, 10:56:36 AM »
Some of the questions ( written by “consultants “) made no sense.

“What would you do in an emergency?”

Me: What sort of emergency?

Him: I have no idea!
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Re: Tales of the river bank: Nick's all new 2025 lock-keeping adventures thread
« Reply #286 on: October 26, 2025, 11:17:40 AM »
And now, in near freezing wind











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Re: Tales of the river bank: Nick's all new 2025 lock-keeping adventures thread
« Reply #287 on: October 26, 2025, 11:50:33 AM »
And now, in near freezing wind











Hokey Cokey time?
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Re: Tales of the river bank: Nick's all new 2025 lock-keeping adventures thread
« Reply #288 on: October 26, 2025, 11:51:07 AM »
Some of the questions ( written by “consultants “) made no sense.

“What would you do in an emergency?”

Me: What sort of emergency?

Him: I have no idea!
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Re: Tales of the river bank: Nick's all new 2025 lock-keeping adventures thread
« Reply #289 on: October 26, 2025, 05:35:04 PM »
One of my fellow lock keepers failed today  eeek:

She has to be retrained. She reckons she won’t bother  noooo:

Mind you, when she told me why she failed I thought, “You did WHAT?!”
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Re: Tales of the river bank: Nick's all new 2025 lock-keeping adventures thread
« Reply #290 on: October 26, 2025, 06:03:55 PM »
One of my fellow lock keepers failed today  eeek:

She has to be retrained. She reckons she won’t bother  noooo:

Mind you, when she told me why she failed I thought, “You did WHAT?!”
noooo:
Well, whatever, nevermind

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Re: Tales of the river bank: Nick's all new 2025 lock-keeping adventures thread
« Reply #291 on: October 27, 2025, 06:21:24 AM »
One of my fellow lock keepers failed today  eeek:

She has to be retrained. She reckons she won’t bother  noooo:

Mind you, when she told me why she failed I thought, “You did WHAT?!”


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Re: Tales of the river bank: Nick's all new 2025 lock-keeping adventures thread
« Reply #292 on: October 27, 2025, 10:10:09 AM »
One of my fellow lock keepers failed today  eeek:

She has to be retrained. She reckons she won’t bother  noooo:

Mind you, when she told me why she failed I thought, “You did WHAT?!”


Popcorn:
She let the Trent run dry?
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Re: Tales of the river bank: Nick's all new 2025 lock-keeping adventures thread
« Reply #293 on: October 27, 2025, 12:22:42 PM »
One of my fellow lock keepers failed today  eeek:

She has to be retrained. She reckons she won’t bother  noooo:

Mind you, when she told me why she failed I thought, “You did WHAT?!”


Popcorn:
She let the Trent run dry?


Brick in the microwave... facepalm:
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Re: Tales of the river bank: Nick's all new 2025 lock-keeping adventures thread
« Reply #294 on: October 27, 2025, 12:32:21 PM »
One of my fellow lock keepers failed today  eeek:

She has to be retrained. She reckons she won’t bother  noooo:

Mind you, when she told me why she failed I thought, “You did WHAT?!”


Popcorn:
She let the Trent run dry?


Brick in the microwave... facepalm:
emailed everyone saying the stupid inspector is coming to call?
Well, whatever, nevermind

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Re: Tales of the river bank: Nick's all new 2025 lock-keeping adventures thread
« Reply #295 on: October 27, 2025, 12:36:41 PM »
Did something that on a real day could have done hundreds of thousands of quid damage and possibly killed people.
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Re: Tales of the river bank: Nick's all new 2025 lock-keeping adventures thread
« Reply #296 on: October 27, 2025, 01:06:14 PM »
Did something that on a real day could have done hundreds of thousands of quid damage and possibly killed people.


It WAS the brick in the microwave then!  cloud9:
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Re: Tales of the river bank: Nick's all new 2025 lock-keeping adventures thread
« Reply #297 on: October 27, 2025, 01:57:36 PM »
Did something that on a real day could have done hundreds of thousands of quid damage and possibly killed people.


It WAS the brick in the microwave then!  cloud9:
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Re: Tales of the river bank: Nick's all new 2025 lock-keeping adventures thread
« Reply #298 on: October 27, 2025, 02:08:41 PM »
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Re: Tales of the river bank: Nick's all new 2025 lock-keeping adventures thread
« Reply #299 on: October 27, 2025, 02:36:29 PM »
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