SLOW DOWN! or maybe not…

[beerbeerbeerbeerbeer]

Just now, MrsM said:

I think some miserable old gits just can't go to bed until they've had a good moan about something! 😄

hey if it weren’t for the boats passing fast I’d never get outta bed in the afternoon 😃

[hider]

1 minute ago, MrsM said:

I think some miserable old gits just can't go to bed until they've had a good moan about something! 😄

There are several on this forum.   

[beerbeerbeerbeerbeer]

Just now, hider said:

There are several on this forum.   

What’s life without a good grumble and a moan?

 

[hider]

3 minutes ago, beerbeerbeerbeerbeer said:

What’s life without a good grumble and a moan?

 

Peaceful.

 

But then an all out rant is very calming.

[Bargebuilder]

56 minutes ago, MtB said:

 

I'm currently of the opinion the best response is to yell back "fcuk off".

An even better responses is to smile, wave, and accelerate vigorously!

[TheBiscuits]

2 minutes ago, Bargebuilder said:

An even better responses is to smile, wave, and accelerate vigorously!

 

Nah, full emergency astern alongside their boat, then smile and ask "Is that better?” if they've not already scuttled off.

[Clanky]

I sing back to them ‘you move too fast , you gotta make the morning last’ in a Simon and Garfunkle stylee 👍

[beerbeerbeerbeerbeer]

I have only shouted “slow down” once,

from the towpath,

and that was for a laff,

then ducked down so whoever I was with got the blame,

(I could have been with dmr, can’t remember 🤢)

[DandV]

3 hours ago, Mike Todd said:

There are circumstances when a heavier-than-water fender is helpful - like with the Shroppie shelf.

That was their only use.

10 hours ago, Rob-M said:

We have similar fastening points, I put a soft shackle through one and set a spring from that when required.

We used the same arrangement.  I still have our soft shackles for extending our clothes line here.

[Midnight]

20 hours ago, dogless said:

...I'm sure I'm not the only person who's cruised in tick-over by a long line of moored boats (Golden Nook being one such place where this happened) chatting happily to occupants, exchanging salutations etc., to be then confronted by a resident bellowing 'slow down'.

 

 Yes that's the chap did same to me in 2021 and I'm going back up to Chester next week - gulp!!

[IanD]

34 minutes ago, Midnight said:

 Yes that's the chap did same to me in 2021 and I'm going back up to Chester next week - gulp!!

You could always smile sweetly and say "Oh dear, I'm sorry you seem to have problems with passing boats -- would you like some advice on how to moor up to prevent this?"... 😉

[MtB]

3 minutes ago, IanD said:

You could always smile sweetly and say "Oh dear, I'm sorry you seem to have problems with passing boats -- would you like some advice on how to moor up to prevent this?"... 😉

 

You could explain to him all about PM2.5 particles at the same time! 

 

 

[IanD]

5 minutes ago, MtB said:

 

You could explain to him all about PM2.5 particles at the same time! 

 

 

Why, does he have a woodburner and is moored in a town? If so, I'm sure he'd be happy to know he was personally responsible for the deaths of thousands of innocent children... 😉

 

/s

[SLC]

We were passing through Braunston where it is very narrow near Midland Chandlers and got a verbal volley for going to fast. My other half who was driving (!) said afterwards that she was in neutral and couldn't go any slower. Moose is heavy, travelled along Thames and is ballasted accordingly, all this before our time. 

How do you go slowly, slow down yet steer as you have to in Braunston and not upset other boaters who may, or not  be reasonable in their comments.

My other half is at a loss to understand what she could do differently and is very careful not to create a bow wave at all times.

 

[MtB]

10 minutes ago, IanD said:

 

Why, does he have a woodburner and is moored in a town? If so, I'm sure he'd be happy to know he was personally responsible for the deaths of thousands of innocent children... 😉

 

/s

 

Given he seems not to understand about how to moor his boat, he is probably also unaware of the risks of PM2.5s in city centres and how thousands of innocent children are being killed by them.

 

Don't you think you should make him aware? Just like you do everyone on here? 

[IanD]

16 minutes ago, MtB said:

 

Given he seems not to understand about how to moor his boat, he is probably also unaware of the risks of PM2.5s in city centres and how thousands of innocent children are being killed by them.

 

Don't you think you should make him aware? Just like you do everyone on here? 

You do know what /s at the end of a post means, don't you? 😉

[Alan de Enfield]

I don't.

 

Unless it means /s (which seems to be meaningless) why do you not write it out in full ? Is it a norty word ?

 

Is it some facebook shorthand used by children ?

Edited July 27 by Alan de Enfield

[IanD]

13 minutes ago, Alan de Enfield said:

I don't.

 

Unless it means /s (which seems to be meaningless) why do you not write it out in full ? Is it a norty word ?

 

Is it some facebook shorthand used by children ?

Go and look it up -- you could have done that in less time than it took you to write that post... 😉

[Ex Brummie]

A variation of speed criticism that I had last week from an angler fishing off his boat was "you're making an awful lot of splashing".

I suspect he is not conversant with the set up of raw water cooling as the only splash was from the exhaust with now bow wave or wash on the banks.

[IanD]

6 minutes ago, Ex Brummie said:

A variation of speed criticism that I had last week from an angler fishing off his boat was "you're making an awful lot of splashing".

I suspect he is not conversant with the set up of raw water cooling as the only splash was from the exhaust with now bow wave or wash on the banks.

Unless you were taking a p*ss off the stern while steering... 😉

[David Mack]

45 minutes ago, Ex Brummie said:

A variation of speed criticism that I had last week from an angler fishing off his boat was "you're making an awful lot of splashing".

I suspect he is not conversant with the set up of raw water cooling as the only splash was from the exhaust with now bow wave or wash on the banks.

I like having a raw water cooling outlet in the side of the hull. Although it can be a bit embarrassing when you soak bystanders toes on the lockside, or worse if you are sharing a lock with a boat which has low set side doors...

[Alan de Enfield]

1 hour ago, IanD said:

Go and look it up -- you could have done that in less time than it took you to write that post...

 

Why should I have to go an look something up because of your inability to communicate in plain English ?

[peterboat]

On 25/07/2024 at 16:36, Ewan123 said:

If it is Giant Hogweed, not just Common Hogweed, I urge you to report it to CRT please. I'm sure they have a duty of care to remove hazardous plants where people might come into contact with them, and Giant Hogweed can have nasty effects lasting for years.

 

Just checked and they do want it reported:

 

This is that online link: Ways to contact us | Canal & River Trust (canalrivertrust.org.uk)

Never going to be actioned I am afraid 

[MtB]

2 hours ago, IanD said:

You do know what /s at the end of a post means, don't you? 😉

 

I don't know or care. I thought it was just your poor typing ability. 

 

 

[IanD]

1 hour ago, Alan de Enfield said:

 

Why should I have to go an look something up because of your inability to communicate in plain English ?

Because this is the Internet, and it has been a widely-used abbreviation on message boards and forums for many years?

 

Do you also shout loudly at foreigners in English instead of learning their language?

 

Get with it, daddio... 🙂

1 hour ago, MtB said:

 

I don't know or care. I thought it was just your poor typing ability. 

 

It's shorthand for "end of sarcasm", because / is the delimiter for the end of something in Internet-speak -- or http HTML (and other scripting languages) to be more precise... 😉

 

P.S. You do know what "http" "HTML" stands for, I assume? 🙂

Edited July 27 by IanD
stupid mistake corrected...