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Old 14-04-2012, 21:18   #61
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I always thought it would be common sense to have to install a quid in em, returnable when brought back to bay, Airports do it, but it seems beyond those numpties.
Well all our local supermarkets here have a deposit slot for a pound coin or a trolley coin in their trolleys.
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Old 14-04-2012, 21:20   #62
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Well all our local supermarkets here have a deposit slot for a pound coin or a trolley coin in their trolleys.
Yeh but were talking accy here, They may get around to it in the next millennium. Bet far less of yours get dumped susie?
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Bet far less of yours get dumped susie?
One doesn't do, that sort of thing in Morecambe !

They take 'em home, turn them upside down & use them as BBQ's
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Old 14-04-2012, 21:40   #64
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One doesn't do, that sort of thing in Morecambe !

They take 'em home, turn them upside down & use them as BBQ's
Dave's probably right - you don't see many on the streets - or in the sea!!
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Are they not used as lobster pots in Morecambe?
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Crabs mate ! Crab pots.
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I know they have been placed in some rivers for man made "reefs" they do have algae all over them if they have been in the water long enough.
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I know they have been placed in some rivers for man made "reefs" they do have algae all over them if they have been in the water long enough.

Here is one placed in the River Hyndburn, as you can see a reef is starting to form.
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Yeh but were talking accy here, They may get around to it in the next millennium. Bet far less of yours get dumped susie?
We'll have to get agent Moss on the job, solely for environmental reasons you understand
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Here is one placed in the River Hyndburn, as you can see a reef is starting to form.
Is that a super sized bra in the water Dave
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Not sure what you are looking at , I thought they were plastic bags.........no pun intended
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Crabs mate ! Crab pots.
What size of crabs do you catch in Morecambe?
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You may be right, MargaretR. Frightening thought for Morcambe folk!
It's just that I was always told a nit comb was all you needed.
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It's just that I was always told a nit comb was all you needed.
So a handline with a bit of bacon fat on it isn't any good then ?
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