doratheexplorer

How do you connect your phone to the tv?

*thRush I know having spelling corrected can be hard to swallow.

I don't think you're right. Those are the ones you're aware of. I know of boaters who've read this forum for years and never even joined up.

Still crowing over my cowardice?

Lurkers don't have names. But if I did, I would have been LucytheLurker. GertrudetheGuru?

I went for a wander up the canal at dusk last night for about 2 miles. Set off at about 8.30 and got back sometime after 10. I walked past 3 boats running their engines. Maybe it is becoming normal? I'd have thought that more boats having solar would mean this happened less. Maybe they all have lots of electrical gubbins on their boats which they are trying to use.

I'm moored on pins at the mo with my lines at 45 degrees. My boat is moored pretty well and not moving much, but there's always a bit of a drop on one side as the water is pulled out from under me as boats go by too fast. I'm not really too fussed about it. I worry more about pins being pulled out. Luckily the ground is really hard here so the pins are rock solid, but the passing boats don't know that, do they? A bit further up from me the ground seems softer and I can see a couple of boats gradually having their pins loosened by boats going too fast past them. Thanks for the advice anyway. it's not just me who reads these useful posts and learns from them. There are lots of newbie lurkers on here who read this stuff, I know, I used to be one of them!

I don't share my Poldark!

I had lots of chats with them, as I've already said. The engine was being intentionally started and stopped. I think in the same situation I would have either; 1. Just cried and run away. 2. Made a sort of eeek sound, and run away. 3. Jumped in the canal. 4. Asked if they had any spare milk (and then run away)

That's what I keep telling myself. But also, I think if I'd said something then it's less likely that they'll do it to someone else.

I'm in a lovely spot now yes. But now I have a different problem which always happens when I'm moored on my own. Boats go by far too fast. I think it's because they knock their revs down slightly when their bow comes alongside my boat and there's no time for the boat to slow at all. It probably happened around ten times on the day I decided to leave.

Actually I didn't. I was asked to moor there. As I said it's complicated.

Strange that they kept making more hot water every hour or so. There was the boat in front. There were also boats a bit further away which were in earshot but wouldn't have had it as loud as me. There was a pretty complicated reason why I needed to be moored there which I won't go into here.

A few days ago I moored up next to a boat with a lovely couple and a slightly scary looking Staffy dog. There was another boat moored on the other side of them but with nobody on it that I saw. We had some nice chats and I was introduced to the dog which then stopped barking and growling at me and became a little less scary. They were a fairly 'rough edged' pair though, if you know what I mean? All was fine for the first day or so. Then they started regularly running their engine for about half an hour at a time. Then turning it off for an hour or so before running it again. I'm no technicalator but even I know thats not a very good way to charge batteries. So the problem came when one night they didn't turn their engine off until about 8.30. I didn't worry about it too much because their engine isn't mega loud but I was a little annoyed because I'm super good at that and always turn off before 8. After that, it got worse, running engine after 8 every night. Then on Sunday, the worst yet - engine went on at 9.10 and off at 9.40. Yesterday I moved on to get some peace. I feel cross with myself for not saying anything to them. But in my defence - they were really nice and friendly to me and i don't like making enemies. If I had said something and they turned on me, there were two of them and a dog but theres only me (and I'm quite ickle) and I might have felt quite vulnerable. I thought about phoning CRT about it, but didn't becase they would have known it was me, which would have properly narked them off. Am I a coward? What could I have done different?

I have three leisure batteries and a 2000 watt inverter. Works fine.

The Staffs & Worcs actually, but I'll overlook that.

I'm not in a bubble. You're looking at me through a porthole silly. And my head is very nicely shaped.

I would think my avatar is smiley enough

Good one. You win again.

like on tv sitcoms with a studio audience where people have to hold up cards saying 'laugh' or 'clap'?

I must have a strange sense of humour. I started this topic as a joke, but it must have been a bit off because it's led to a serious discussion. I'm new, so I don't know if that is normal on this site.

In the modern sense, yes. In the 100 years ago sense no. Have you?