tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20974756.post7784923632459728689..comments2024-03-27T10:09:12.524+00:00Comments on HERBIE!: Taking the plunge and not taking the plungeNeil Corbetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06198251427537653059noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20974756.post-58651551290908785152015-06-08T15:05:58.265+00:002015-06-08T15:05:58.265+00:00Hi Eric, good to know you are still out there some...Hi Eric, good to know you are still out there somewhere. I know Oakmere well from when it was on show at Crick. lovely boat.<br /><br />Herbie Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16159526146136750929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20974756.post-32469355774380626412015-06-08T13:40:10.215+00:002015-06-08T13:40:10.215+00:00Hi Neil,
Long time since I've been in touch! ...Hi Neil,<br /><br />Long time since I've been in touch! As a fellow tug lover, we looked at <a href="http://www.bcbm.co.uk/boatsaledetails?domain=N&boat=78" rel="nofollow">this </a> at the Braunston boat share sale but, being on an SCC pension merely drooled for a few hours!<br />We have just had a full repaint on Kingsley (our shared boat) looking forward to scraping her along the Caldon in about 11 days time!<br /><br />Best regards,Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12189592425577775279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20974756.post-51638930782125668482015-05-31T14:51:59.893+00:002015-05-31T14:51:59.893+00:00Hi Jaq
Reading your posts on the Airhead was a vi...Hi Jaq<br /><br />Reading your posts on the Airhead was a vital part of our research! I'm sure we'll get used to it pretty quickly and it will be nice to reclaim the space we take to store our current three cassettes too.<br /><br />We'll keep a look out for you on the cut when we finally manage to get out cruising. This year we have done less than ever because of other commitments but we can see light at the end of the tunnel.<br /><br />Neil<br />Herbie Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16159526146136750929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20974756.post-70422420021758677912015-05-31T11:36:04.410+00:002015-05-31T11:36:04.410+00:00Yes!! Welcome to our world!! Freedom from Elsan po...Yes!! Welcome to our world!! Freedom from Elsan points, changing the cassettes every couple of days, lugging 50 pounds of extremely nasty, foul human waste around in a soup of noxious bacteria, and the use of chemicals. You will be amazed at how simple and elegant an Airhead is to use and keep up. Les empties the urine bottle every day and half, and I clean out the solids compartment once a month. It smells like wet peat moss and the bottom has begun composting. For tips on how to keep your composting loo working at its best I recommend a read of my posts: What Every Woman Wants,and the Airhead Composting Toilet: One Year on. Just use the search bar on the upper left of our blog and type in Airhead. It will bring them both up.<br /><br />Here's hoping we actually meet up on our boats sometime soon. <br />JaqXXMrs. Jaqueline Biggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14248541763708771727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20974756.post-60731508374109775952015-05-31T08:51:49.159+00:002015-05-31T08:51:49.159+00:00Yes John, but I don't mind that. I'll rep...Yes John, but I don't mind that. I'll report on the installation.<br /><br />Val, they are not cheap here either! If I was relying on my book sales it would take fifty years to save up :-)<br />Herbie Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16159526146136750929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20974756.post-37464870450967869362015-05-31T07:45:53.552+00:002015-05-31T07:45:53.552+00:00I'd like one of those, Neil. I'm just savi...I'd like one of those, Neil. I'm just saving up though as over here, they are quite pricey. Sad to hear the Darlingtons are giving up. My neighbour here is 84 and still goes cruising on a big dutch barge...good for him! He's a former commercial skipper though, so I suppose that wou;d be like giving up breathing...Vallypeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08309284606572565277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20974756.post-1521628009969489082015-05-30T21:52:35.248+00:002015-05-30T21:52:35.248+00:00I look forward to reading how you get on with the ...I look forward to reading how you get on with the installation and use of the Airhead, Neil. But surely there will still be emptying to do, of the liquid waste?Halfiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00167481543065324357noreply@blogger.com