Should ducks be banned from quacking between the hours of 8pm and 8am?

[Pretty Funked Up]

What is wrong with canal boaters these days?

 

I've never heard such a whining load of old rubbish anywhere else!

 

that said... It does keep one entertained

Edited December 8, 2008 by Pretty Funked Up

[Naughty Cal]

What is wrong with canal boaters these days?

 

I've never heard such whining load of old rubbish anywhere else!

 

that said... It does keep one entertained

 

They dont all quack, females sqeek would they be part of the ban or are they free to make noise.

[Denis R]

Yeah, and at the same time they can stop nibbling the b****y algae off the side of my boat in the middle of the night. Can't they keep regular eating hours like normal people?

[Naughty Cal]

Yeah, and at the same time they can stop nibbling the b****y algae off the side of my boat in the middle of the night. Can't they keep regular eating hours like normal people?

 

Antifoul is what you need, no more algae

[fuzzyduck]

Should ducks be banned from quacking between the hours of 8pm and 8am?

 

 

Kiss my feathery butt

[RLWP]

Antifoul is what you need, no more algae

 

If it's for ducks isn't it antifowl?

 

Richard

 

Coat please!

[John Orentas]

They dont all quack, females sqeek would they be part of the ban or are they free to make noise.

 

 

They will need to watch their E's and U's

Edited December 8, 2008 by John Orentas

[Smelly]

Well I've heard it said that a duck's quack doesn't echo, but a randy duck, sat on the cavitation plate of a butty with very little in it certainly, errr reverberates, especially at 5am.

 

So glad I've got a counter these days! (and a weed hatch too!).

 

Don't ban 'em though

[Athy]

Drat, you beat me to it!

Our local ducks all go "wak wak wak" regardless of gender. It is the ducklings which go "sqeek", though the more literate ones go "squeek" to prove that they're posh. But all these pale into insignificance compared with our security moorhen which raises Cain whenever anything apart from itself moves. The poor thing always looks so worried, too.

[mayalld]

Antifoul is what you need, no more algae

 

Nasty stuff is antifouling.

 

Poisonous to the marine environment

[fuzzyduck]

Nasty stuff is antifouling.

 

Poisonous to the marine environment

 

Isn't that the point???

 

Mind you I use an eroding antifoul which is much kinder.

[Chertsey]

Is this one of those irregular verbs?

 

I have a justified grievance

You whinge

 

and so on....

[RLWP]

Is this one of those irregular verbs?

 

I have a justified grievance

You whinge

 

and so on....

 

I have a justified grievance

You whinge

He doesn't half go on

 

Richard

[denboy]

Never mind the ducks what about the swans committing GBH when i am working in the engine room and bite you on the rse

[Naughty Cal]

Nasty stuff is antifouling.

 

Poisonous to the marine environment

 

Nah modern antifoul paints are less harmful. We use the erdoing ones which just shed some paint every so often. It is a pain though as it starts to look tatty and faded very quickly.

[estwdjhn]

I have a justified grievance

You whinge

He doesn't half go on

We say that somthing should be done

[Boatgypsy]

Never mind the ducks what about the swans committing GBH when i am working in the engine room and bite you on the rse

Any ducks found quacking round my boat in the next few weeks had better watch out - I fancy a change from turkey this year!

[greywolf]

What is wrong with canal boaters these days?

 

I've never heard such whining load of old rubbish anywhere else!

 

that said... It does keep one entertained

 

yes it interfere with the listening to the vintage engines sounds and the enjoyment of loud pop music and drunken arguments allegedly :lol: .

[charles123]

Nasty stuff is antifouling.

 

Poisonous to the marine environment

 

Another fallacy, narrowboating has a few. Mine is in black antfoul, been on a year, I use it on the hull above and below the waterline so looks like ordinary blacking above waterline. As far as I can see through the water only small amounts have rubbed off, there is no week growth I can see except where it has worn off in a few places, what you get is a thin layer of mud below the water line, on the rudder etc this will wash off if you can be bothered to brush it off as far as you can reach

 

Charles

[RLWP]

We say that somthing should be done

 

I have a justified grievance

You whinge

He doesn't half go on

 

We say that something should be done

You are an unpleasant bunch of moaners

 

Richard

[churchward]

What is wrong with canal boaters these days?

 

I've never heard such whining load of old rubbish anywhere else!

 

that said... It does keep one entertained

 

Is whining about boaters whining, still whining?

Edited December 8, 2008 by churchward

[Pretty Funked Up]

Never mind the ducks what about the swans committing GBH when i am working in the engine room and bite you on the rse

 

Yer what is it with those swans??

I think they think were all gingerbread 'people' or at least something edible

 

Maybe we should try and ban all wildlife between those hours (or should that be wildtimes?)

Edited December 8, 2008 by Pretty Funked Up

[fuzzyduck]

I think they think were all gingerbread 'people' or at least something edible

 

I hate to break it to you, but you're made of tasty meat.!

[Pretty Funked Up]

I hate to break it to you, but you're made of tasty meat.!

 

Not as tasty as those rabbits that float past

 

Edit: only kidding i been a veggie for 20yrs now, dont view meat as 'tasty' in anyway

Edited December 8, 2008 by Pretty Funked Up

[Odana]

No more than six quacks per bird, per hour, during the hours of darkness.

All Canada Geese to be shot when they stop being cute fluffy yellow things that go cheep or when the average excretion reaches a size larger than a 5p piece, whichever is earlier.

And definitely no fowl gangbangs against my hull at dawn!

 

Seems perfectly reasonable to me. Shall we get BW to introduce a new regulation covering this? Or should they carry out a full consultation with all waterway user groups first?