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  2. By ymu; ""A day's cruising is nine hours (on average, over the year). We rarely move more than 2-5 miles, because we keep a car with us and it saves a lot of cash if I can walk back. And there is nowhere on the cut that this is not in accordance with the guidelines. So we do the equivalent of a day's cruising (excluding stops for water and rubbish, which are lengthy, another reason we don't often do long days), every 6-8 weeks. Or 15 days a year with visitors."" So if I understand this correctly, if you do say 5 miles a day then even at 3mph you actually only navigate for, at most 2 hours? Who says a days cruising is 9 hours? When we have been out our day is more like 6 hours. I doubt even many hire boaters do 9 hours every day! You seem to be implying that just because you do "short days" that are less than this so called average then you can moor with impunity.
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  4. Someone here might even show up and buy it. Edit: Apolloduck says it's sold already.
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  5. I feel your hurt. I have an old English Bull Terrier and it will be his turn soon. I would bring the ashes on the maiden voyage and scatter them in the water. I have no idea of the legality of this. It was just my instant thought. Then he will be with you where ever you go. Then I'd go look for a mongrel. Not to replace a friend. That is impossible. But life is a series of friends. And the more friends we are lucky enough to have, the more we learn. Good luck on the waters!
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  6. I have no problem with anyone living on a boat provided they like boats and know what it's all about. By which I mean understanding the lifestyle, making room for people, taking your time, appreciating the environment. It is odd when people move onto boats and then try to change the way the canals work in order to meet their expectations, rather than changing their expectations to match the reality. These folk can be hard work. I do have a particular problem with anyone so selfish that it's one law for them and one for everyone else - blocking visitor moorings for months on end, for example. It's not that common around my normal boating area but I've experienced a fair amount of it on the lower GU and quite frankly I can do without the hassle. Trying to persuade others to do what they should be doing in the first place, i.e. boating with genuine consideration, can be a thankless task. I don't wish to lump everyone into the same category, I'm talking about the small number of idiots who think they deserve sympathy and special treatment ("everybody picks on us 'cos we're different") whilst at the same time making no allowances for anybody else ("it's a free country, innit, so I'll do what I like"). You can't expect to have it both ways. If you're nice, it's likely you'll be treated nicely. If you act like a git, don't whinge when the complaints start coming in, because you had it coming. What makes you so special that the designated 48hr mooring is your God-given right for 48 days? I do think that those with no interest in boating, or the lifestyle and sense of community that goes with it, really ought to be housed elsewhere. How anyone would ever assess or implement that, though, is a different debate entirely. And not one I particularly wish to get embroiled in, either! *gets popcorn*
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  7. Hi John, Very sorry to hear of your loss. Ben will live on for quite a while in your heart. 2 years ago, give or take a day or two, I cried my eyes out when we had to put Max, our Border Collie Cross, to sleep. I still miss him. Within a week I could no longer stand the quiet so off we went and found Zebedee, another collie cross, and then a year ago, we added Mopsey, another collie ........ I think that is enough All our dogs come from rescue centres. I love em to bits. Max only lasted till he was 10, and though I wish it had been longer, his time though shorter than hoped for, was filled with happiness. So I keep the memory and we plod on with our latest 2 additions in the knowledge they giving us as much enjoyment as we are giving to them. Being a confessed Border Collie addict, I am happy to share my addiction .... my sister has spaniels, and she just bought another only to find it really does have a personality disorder! Having said that, it more to do with taking the dog away from its mother far too early and nothing to do with the breed. Whatever dog you choose to get, it will receive love and attention, and you will receive the same. I wish you well in your quest to fill the space left behind. You'll never forget Ben, so don't delay, go off and take a look round your local rescue centre, you won't regret the visit, no doubt Ben will guide you ..... Best Wishes, Stewart
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  8. Yes you won. Quit while you are ahead. After some 400 posts this forum has (almost) unanimously decided that the group responsible for overstaying problems is not CC'ers but overstayers.
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  9. The interesting point is that whilst Carl and I don't agree on many things, we do both seem to enjoy the verbal sparring with each other. From my point of view, I enjoy it because I feel we both take a very similar line when it comes to being very precise with language. I supect that the problem here is that Carl is being precise in his use of words, whilst you aren't. You say "Fraud", meaning "being economical with the truth, so as to mislead somebody else". Carl uses the term in its strict legal sense. So, going to BW and saying "I am not going to live on the boat", even if it is a stonking great lie does not amount to "fraud" as defined in law.
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