Another Sunk Boat.....Banbury

[dmr]

4 minutes ago, MtB said:

 

I always imagine the bog cassettes one sees on boat roofs must actually be full. As a pump-out user perhaps you won't be aware of how easily the wind takes an empty cassette away! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We recently shared many Rochdale locks with a London boater who was moving North. She had a composting bog and did it properly, storing her waste in containers in a roof box for many months till they composted.  She said one night the whole lot got stolen.  Somewhere in London is a very disappointing thief. 😀

[Alan de Enfield]

3 minutes ago, dmr said:

 

We recently shared many Rochdale locks with a London boater who was moving North. She had a composting bog and did it properly, storing her waste in containers in a roof box for many months till they composted.  She said one night the whole lot got stolen.  Somewhere in London is a very disappointing thief. 😀

 

Always a good idea to swap over your Diesel fuel cap and your pump-out cap when mooring in London (and similar undesirable areas)

[MtB]

3 minutes ago, Alan de Enfield said:

 

Always a good idea to swap over your Diesel fuel cap and your pump-out cap when mooring in London (and similar undesirable areas)

 

And an even better idea to swap over the labels too...

[Alan de Enfield]

5 minutes ago, MtB said:

 

And an even better idea to swap over the labels too...

 

I was working on the principal that all 'caps' are marked with their contents - maybe it is not as common as I thought ?

 

 

Edited January 1, 2022 by Alan de Enfield

[MtB]

5 minutes ago, Alan de Enfield said:

 

I was working on the principal that all 'caps' are marked with their contents - maybe it is not as common as I thought ?

 

 

"Assumption is the mother of all cock-ups."

 

 

(To quote one on my own aphorisms!) 

 

 

 

[Alan de Enfield]

Just now, MtB said:

 

"Assumption is the mother of all cock-ups."

 

 

(To quote one on my own aphorisms!) 

 

 

 

 

Or "Assume" makes an ASS out of U and ME

[MtB]

Just now, Alan de Enfield said:

 

Or "Assume" makes an ASS out of U and ME

 

Ah so you've been on one of those patronising, intelligence-insulting sales training courses too eh?

 

The other one widely quoted on such courses is "Don't accept what the experts say. Remember an 'ex' is a has-been, and a spurt is a drip under pressure". I've encountered this tripe being put forward in all seriousness and without a hint of irony on a number of occasions over the decades.

[manxmike]

"There is no I in team" was always one of my favourites. Along with "let's run it up the flagpole and see who salutes" that one was used by an advertising rep with multi coloured frames on his glasses, a see through brief case and a strong line in bulls**t, for some reason he wasn't impressed when I responded with "let's put it in the toilet and see if it flushes".

This was during the late 70s, he had a nifty pony tail, a very brightly coloured suit and was an absolute wank*r.

[Richard T]

2 hours ago, PD1964 said:

 I wouldn’t fancy any of those moorings in a bad flood to be honest.

The moorings are fine - our boat is moored at the stern of the fat boat. We never have any problems - the boat yard owner checks that all the boats are safe on a regular basis - he lives on site. It can be fun getting into our mooring if there is a bit of fresh in the river as there is a lot of strange currents in the pool, it is effectively a whirlpool with water entering at two points and it can be entertaining watching boaters who are new to the area winding in the pool!!

[Mike Tee]

2 hours ago, MtB said:

 

Ah so you've been on one of those patronising, intelligence-insulting sales training courses too eh?

 

The other one widely quoted on such courses is "Don't accept what the experts say. Remember an 'ex' is a has-been, and a spurt is a drip under pressure". I've encountered this tripe being put forward in all seriousness and without a hint of irony on a number of occasions over the decades.

or the other favorite 'there is no I in team' to which I always reply  'no mate, but there is a me'

[Mike Todd]

2 hours ago, Richard T said:

The moorings are fine - our boat is moored at the stern of the fat boat. We never have any problems - the boat yard owner checks that all the boats are safe on a regular basis - he lives on site. It can be fun getting into our mooring if there is a bit of fresh in the river as there is a lot of strange currents in the pool, it is effectively a whirlpool with water entering at two points and it can be entertaining watching boaters who are new to the area winding in the pool!!

and why there is an (uncommon) extra barrier(?) at the lock tail, I guess to help enter the lock in strong flow conditions.

 

(and I can vouch for the care given by the marina to boaters/boats)

[dave moore]

Years ago, I taught at a West Midlands school under a very ambitious head. We were awarded Beacon status in the 90s and the staff room notice board often carried such news as “ 6 teachers from Abu Dhabi coming to view the IT suite this morning “ or “ Chris Woodhead visiting on Friday” sort of stuff. I was underwhelmed for much of this. One morning management mantras appeared around the picture rails in the staff room. This sort of stuff....Team...together Everyone Achieves More.   “ Where there is no vision the people perish”. There were lots more. I pondered them awhile and then reached for pen and paper. I responded

Condescending

Rubbish

Appears

Periodically

 

 

i think it lasted a couple of hours before being taken down. Ah well....

[David Mack]

9 minutes ago, dave moore said:

There were lots more. I pondered them awhile and then reached for pen and paper. I responded

Condescending

Rubbish

Appears

Periodically

All in carefully crafted shaded lettering?

[Bewildered]

On 30/12/2021 at 18:48, tree monkey said:

Put this monkey in the poshest suit and within about 10mins I look like l scrounged it out of the reject pile from oxfam, I have now accepted this as a talent 

You must have the same Taylor as me

[Dyertribe]

4 hours ago, manxmike said:

"There is no I in team" was always one of my favourites. Along with "let's run it up the flagpole and see who salutes" that one was used by an advertising rep with multi coloured frames on his glasses, a see through brief case and a strong line in bulls**t, for some reason he wasn't impressed when I responded with "let's put it in the toilet and see if it flushes".

This was during the late 70s, he had a nifty pony tail, a very brightly coloured suit and was an absolute wank*r.

The response to “ there is no I in team” is: “yeah, but.  there are two Is in idiot”

Edited January 1, 2022 by Dyertribe

[Ray T]

Many moons ago a company called Gemini from the good ole US of A was employed by BT to give the management a good shake up and have a "refreshed" thinking view.

Two thirds through the presentation a manager to my left said to the presenter "All you are doing is operating "The seagull principle."

The somewhat mystified yank asked what that was.

"You come in here flap around, $h1t on everybody and fly off." 

[cuthound]

6 hours ago, manxmike said:

"There is no I in team" was always one of my favourites. Along with "let's run it up the flagpole and see who salutes" that one was used by an advertising rep with multi coloured frames on his glasses, a see through brief case and a strong line in bulls**t, for some reason he wasn't impressed when I responded with "let's put it in the toilet and see if it flushes".

This was during the late 70s, he had a nifty pony tail, a very brightly coloured suit and was an absolute wank*r.

 

Ah but there is, look at the diagram below.

 

 

Edited January 1, 2022 by cuthound
Spillung

[ditchcrawler]

7 hours ago, manxmike said:

"There is no I in team" was always one of my favourites. Along with "let's run it up the flagpole and see who salutes" that one was used by an advertising rep with multi coloured frames on his glasses, a see through brief case and a strong line in bulls**t, for some reason he wasn't impressed when I responded with "let's put it in the toilet and see if it flushes".

This was during the late 70s, he had a nifty pony tail, a very brightly coloured suit and was an absolute wank*r.

When I returned from a course in Aberdeen my line supervisor want to know what I thought of the course on a questioner. I put down, very interesting but a waste of time and money. Needless to say it wasn't long before I was in the office to explain how it could be both. My reply was, if you had sent me to watch porn for a week I would have found it interesting but a waste of time. I don't think that chap ran any more management courses for the company. His philosophy was, You can do what you like in life, its your choice and he could sell anything to anyone. He sold himself to our training department for sure.

[LadyG]

On 28/12/2021 at 09:37, Athy said:

That's good news- the name suggests that it benefits only other people's boats, e.g. when involved in a collision.

That's car insurance. 

[LadyG]

On 30/12/2021 at 10:43, Up-Side-Down said:

But then remember that SC actively discourage boats ¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥!

 

Corrected that for you. 

[MtB]

16 hours ago, Ray T said:

Many moons ago a company called Gemini from the good ole US of A was employed by BT to give the management a good shake up and have a "refreshed" thinking view.

Two thirds through the presentation a manager to my left said to the presenter "All you are doing is operating "The seagull principle."

The somewhat mystified yank asked what that was.

"You come in here flap around, $h1t on everybody and fly off." 

 

Lol, how very true. I bet that 'refreshed' the mood in the room an absolute treat!!

 

How did the rest of the presentation go?

 

 

[Ray T]

1 hour ago, MtB said:

 

Lol, how very true. I bet that 'refreshed' the mood in the room an absolute treat!!

 

How did the rest of the presentation go?

 

 

 

Downhill from there on.

 

Those attending refused to be "bought in" knowing it would not work.

 

"A man whose opinion is changed against his will is of the same opinion still."

[TheBiscuits]

On 01/01/2022 at 12:05, Alan de Enfield said:

 

Or "Assume" makes an ASS out of U and ME

 

On 01/01/2022 at 12:11, MtB said:

Ah so you've been on one of those patronising, intelligence-insulting sales training courses too eh?

 

 

That one gets trotted out at the start of a sales training course but by the end of the course they want you to know how to recognise and use the "assumed close" technique.  

 

Querying this upsets the person presenting the course ...

[TheBiscuits]

 

The other old favourite was "Ham and eggs - the chicken is involved but the pig is committed!"  Pointing out that the pig is a one shot wonder and the chicken can do it again and again is frowned upon.

[tree monkey]

2 hours ago, Ray T said:

 

Downhill from there on.

 

Those attending refused to be "bought in" knowing it would not work.

 

"A man whose opinion is changed against his will is of the same opinion still."

Worst I had was a whole company conference organised after we were bought out, the chairman or whatever he was got on stage and told us how wonderful he was and then told us again and then moved onto how amazing he was, followed by an inspirational speaker telling us how he nearly died and went onto to make a career telling people how he nearly died.

Finally the wonderful chairman got on stage again and reinforced how amazing he was and then demanded we all sign a pledge to never have an accident again, the "pledge" was sent to every table to be signed, most did apart from my table because how the hell can anyone pledge to never have an accident, this upset the awesome chairman who then in a spirit of openness, honesty and free speech which was a cornerstone of his business, subtlety threatened to make life difficult, so we signed it, although I never did change my name to micky mouse in the end