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Blake Patterson<p>Picked up my first ever amber monitor at the INIT HELLO vendor/swap room on day one. Adjusted a little and it looks great!</p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/INITHELLO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>INITHELLO</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/SystemSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SystemSource</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputing</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputers</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/computers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computers</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/computinghistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computinghistory</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/vintagetech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vintagetech</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/vintage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vintage</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/museums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>museums</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/CRT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CRT</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/AppleII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AppleII</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/apple2forever" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>apple2forever</span></a></p>
Red the Trans Vampire<p>My Star Trek terminal game has been bug tested<br>Playable to the end without crashes or game breaking bugs but minor bugs out the ass.<br>Played on my CRT in terminal for extra immersion and fun</p><p>After I get the bugs fixed I'll make the source code available somewhere</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/startrek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>startrek</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/gamedev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gamedev</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/retro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retro</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/crt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/photo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/roguelike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>roguelike</span></a></p>
Jake in the desert<p>If you play modern PC games on a CRT monitor, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@rootcompute" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>rootcompute</span></a></span> runs a Steam Curator group called 'Does It 4:3?' (I'm a member!) with reviews and information regarding how well newer games support 4:3 resolutions.</p><p>Check it out and join up: <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/curator/43078746-Does-it-4-3" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">store.steampowered.com/curator</span><span class="invisible">/43078746-Does-it-4-3</span></a></p><p>Also, there's a submission form for guest reviews to help contribute here: <a href="https://app.formly.so/f/urPmfA" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">app.formly.so/f/urPmfA</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/Steam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Steam</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/CRTGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CRTGaming</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/CRT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CRT</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/RetroGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroGaming</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/SteamGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SteamGames</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/PCGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PCGames</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/PCGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PCGaming</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/CRTMonitors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CRTMonitors</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/SteamGroups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SteamGroups</span></a></p>
Katti<p>Ein bisschen Retrobright, dann geht der noch.</p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/dell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dell</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/crt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crt</span></a></p>
Blake Patterson<p>This is fascinating, the Computer Devices' DOT, the a portable that was the first computer to ship with Sony 3.5-inch disk drives and it had a *widescreen* CRT display (which supported 132x25 textmode!). </p><p>And the video ... has some surprises...</p><p>Well worth a watch.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AR5i9BnJqlA" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=AR5i9BnJql</span><span class="invisible">A</span></a></p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/DOT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOT</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputing</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputers</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/computinghistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computinghistory</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/computers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computers</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/CRT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CRT</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/floppydisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>floppydisk</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/vintage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vintage</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/vintagetech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vintagetech</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>video</span></a></p>
rootCompute:\<p>Hey fedi friends! If you happen to follow my Steam Curator group "Does it 4:3?", you may be interested to learn that we recently created a submission form for guest reviews. </p><p>We're looking for contributions from people who enjoy playing certain modern PC games on old CRT and LCD displays—yes, we exist! If you'd like to participate, just carefully read the instructions throughout the submission form. Thanks!</p><p><a href="https://app.formly.so/f/urPmfA" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">app.formly.so/f/urPmfA</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/steam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>steam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/crt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/crtgaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crtgaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CRTuesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CRTuesday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pcgaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pcgaming</span></a></p>
Ari [APz] Sovijärvi<p>Revenge from Mars (Bally, 1999) attraction mode was just so damn mesmerising when I first saw the game back in '99. The image kind of floats over the playfield, but you can still see through it.</p><p>Technically the game has a special (and very expensive) semi-mirrored glass and a CRT hanging above the playfield, with a similar trick Asteroid Deluxe had the pretty background image added. </p><p>The game integrates the CRT pretty well, there's virtual targets the game projects over existing playfield parts and uses them to register hits. This way you can see a martian on the playfield and hit them with the ball, even when in real life the ball hit the standup target behind the projection.</p><p>But as Marge Simpson would say, I just think it's neat. </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/pinball" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pinball</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/arcade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>arcade</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/retrotech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrotech</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/crt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crt</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2232210/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2232210/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Preview of 2028? Gavin Newsom knocks ‘anti-Black’ laws pushed by Ron DeSantis <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/2028PresidentialRace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>2028PresidentialRace</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/america" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>america</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CRT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CRT</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ESG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ESG</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GavinNewsom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GavinNewsom</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ImmigrationProtests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ImmigrationProtests</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LAImmigrationProtests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LAImmigrationProtests</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LAProtests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LAProtests</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LosAngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LosAngeles</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NationalGuard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalGuard</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RonDesantis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RonDesantis</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SouthCarolina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SouthCarolina</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStatesOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStatesOfAmerica</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USNews</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USANews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USANews</span></a></p>
🧿🪬🍄🌈🎮💻🚲🥓🎃💀🏴🛻🇺🇸<p>It's wild to me that <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CRT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CRT</span></a> came before <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LCD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LCD</span></a>. How was it easier to make an electron gun in a vacuum tube scan back and forth across hundreds of times a second than to make a bunch of shutters open and close?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/electronics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>electronics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tv</span></a></p>
Amgine<p><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/DYK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DYK</span></a> Did you know one of the first Online Dispute Resolution <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/ODR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ODR</span></a> system incorporated into a public justice system is the Civil Resolution Tribunal <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/CRT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CRT</span></a> in <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/BritishColumbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BritishColumbia</span></a>, <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a>? It was implemented in 2015, and its jurisdiction has been enlarged in small increments. It now adjudicates for 6 statutes, and lists others on its website.</p><p><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wikipedia</span></a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Resolution_Tribunal" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Re</span><span class="invisible">solution_Tribunal</span></a></p><p><a href="https://civilresolutionbc.ca/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">civilresolutionbc.ca/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/LawFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LawFedi</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/BCPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BCPoli</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/CdnPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CdnPoli</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/strata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>strata</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/SPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SPA</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/societies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>societies</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/SA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SA</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/cooperative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cooperative</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/CAA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CAA</span></a></p>
maerchen1313 on Twitch<p>As an <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23academic" target="_blank">#academic</a> teaching critical theory, I left the US in 1999. Tempted to sign up for these interviews that want to 'talk to us'. Lol. Oh ... you mean people moving to <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Canada" target="_blank">#Canada</a> 26 years *after* W? I'm well past <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Canadian" target="_blank">#Canadian</a> academe now bc WTF. At the top it's also WAY conservative. Buyer beware. <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23CRT" target="_blank">#CRT</a></p>
Imperfect GeometryChrono Trigger continues on.<br> <br> I was pretty shocked by the events of the first picture when I was a kid, and it still hits.<br> <br> Ayla continues to be MVP. Picking every pocket, bashing every skull.<br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/crt?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#crt</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/retrogaming?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retrogaming</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/chronotrigger?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#chronotrigger</a>
DOSBox Staging<p>LucasArts games emulator DREAMM 4.0 is in beta and it's time to give it some more attention.<br>Run all retro LucasArts games on Linux/Mac/Windows.<br>If you want to help and especially if you are a fan of any of the games below, please try them out.</p><p>NEW network feature in 4.0!<br>Play cross-platform against each other!</p><p>Outlaws<br>Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight<br>Mysteries of the Sith<br>X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter<br>X-Wing Alliance<br>Rebellion<br>Star Wars: Racer</p><p><a href="https://dreamm.aarongiles.com/beta" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">dreamm.aarongiles.com/beta</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://discord.gg/vMRXAfKH" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">discord.gg/vMRXAfKH</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://corteximplant.com/tags/LucasArts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LucasArts</span></a> <a href="https://corteximplant.com/tags/Emulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Emulation</span></a> <a href="https://corteximplant.com/tags/Win98" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Win98</span></a> <a href="https://corteximplant.com/tags/Win95" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Win95</span></a> <a href="https://corteximplant.com/tags/DOSBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOSBox</span></a> <a href="https://corteximplant.com/tags/MS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MS</span></a>-DOS <a href="https://corteximplant.com/tags/Lucasfilm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lucasfilm</span></a> <a href="https://corteximplant.com/tags/Games" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Games</span></a> <a href="https://corteximplant.com/tags/DOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOS</span></a> <a href="https://corteximplant.com/tags/Adventures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Adventures</span></a> <a href="https://corteximplant.com/tags/StarWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StarWars</span></a> <a href="https://corteximplant.com/tags/Retro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Retro</span></a> <a href="https://corteximplant.com/tags/RetroGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroGaming</span></a> <a href="https://corteximplant.com/tags/CRT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CRT</span></a> <a href="https://corteximplant.com/tags/Shaders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shaders</span></a> <a href="https://corteximplant.com/tags/RolandMT32" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RolandMT32</span></a> <a href="https://corteximplant.com/tags/RolandSC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RolandSC</span></a>-55 <a href="https://corteximplant.com/tags/86box" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>86box</span></a> <a href="https://corteximplant.com/tags/PCem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PCem</span></a></p>
Imperfect GeometryAlisia Dragoon<br> Sega Mega Drive, 1992<br> Game Arts<br> <br> One of the best looking and sounding platformers on the system, making full use of the particulars of the Mega Drive aesthetic and sound chip flavor. However, I think it's way too difficult. Abused save states hard.<br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/crt?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#crt</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/retrogaming?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retrogaming</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/scanlinesunday?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#scanlinesunday</a>
Bobbing Boat<p>Tens of thousands of UK boats are in good shape, but occasionally, people do abandon a boat.</p><p>Last fiscal year (2023/2024), Canal &amp; River Trust removed 106 boats, mostly white fibreglass ones—built 40 to 50 years ago—which cost it £6,000 to £10,000 each to do.</p><p>The 36,000 steel narrowboats are seldom the problem: steel recycles. It's the white "yoghurt pot" boats: no facilities to dispose of fibreglass.</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn41zg7p1ddo" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn41zg</span><span class="invisible">7p1ddo</span></a></p><p><a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/CanalLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CanalLife</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/canal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>canal</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/CRT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CRT</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/boating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boating</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/boat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boat</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/PleasureBoat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PleasureBoat</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/narrowboat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>narrowboat</span></a></p>
Phil Thane ✅<p><a href="https://toot.wales/tags/CRT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CRT</span></a> Staff and volunteers got us through Grant's Lock this morning. Stopped at <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Cropredy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cropredy</span></a> now as we're both tired. <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/BoatsThatToot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BoatsThatToot</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Boating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Boating</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/OxfordCanal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OxfordCanal</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Seren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Seren</span></a></p>
Bobbing Boat<p>Blissworth tunnel is long, but at least I can see the pinpoint of light at the end of the tunnel right from the start—as soon as my eyes adapt to the dark. (Amazing engineering, when you think about how straight that tunnel is.)</p><p>Tomorrow it's a visit to Canal &amp; River Trust's canal museum, then right back through the tunnel.</p><p>I have a work call in the afternoon and the mobile signal is better on the north side of the tunnel.</p><p><a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/CanalLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CanalLife</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/canal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>canal</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/boating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boating</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/boat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boat</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/narrowboat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>narrowboat</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/tunnel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tunnel</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/CRT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CRT</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/museum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>museum</span></a></p>
Bobbing Boat<p>Instead of "it's raining cats and dogs!" Brits say "It's pissing down!"</p><p>It turns out they also say that when a drained lock chamber is leaking onto their boat.</p><p>I shared a lock with a crane-boat operator, today, and his stern is getting SOAKED.</p><p><a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/CanalLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CanalLife</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/canal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>canal</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/CRT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CRT</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/crane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crane</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/boating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boating</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/boat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boat</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/narrowboat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>narrowboat</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/lock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lock</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/leak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leak</span></a></p>
Bobbing Boat<p>Last summer we got trapped on the Lancaster Canal when it breached. Last month that was fixed.</p><p>Two boats with us there boated from Lancaster onto the Leeds &amp; Liverpool Canal, up to Manchester on the part of Bridgewater Canal that didn't breach. They couldn't go south on the Macclesfield Canal because it breached this spring. So they got ship-certified to go down the Manchester Ship Canal to Ellesmere, to the Shropshire Union Canal.</p><p><a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/CanalLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CanalLife</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/canal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>canal</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/breach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>breach</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/boating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boating</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/boat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boat</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/maintenance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>maintenance</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/CRT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CRT</span></a></p>
Bobbing Boat<p>Bradley Workshop is where Canal &amp; 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.</p><p>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.</p><p><a href="https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/specialist-teams/engineering/building-lock-gates" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">canalrivertrust.org.uk/special</span><span class="invisible">ist-teams/engineering/building-lock-gates</span></a></p><p><a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/CanalLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CanalLife</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/canal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>canal</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/boating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boating</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/narrowboat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>narrowboat</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/lock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lock</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/gate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gate</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/paddle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paddle</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/LockGate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LockGate</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/CRT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CRT</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a></p>