Guest Posted May 9, 2009 Report Share Posted May 9, 2009 Take it on the chin and get on with your life. I'm not sure what a "twonk" is (cuddly toy?) but I assume it is a child who would struggle to meet any sort of CCJ repayments. Stupid people do stupid things. I tend to agree. I doubt if you would win a claim anyway. We have insurance for these very reasons. It is very annoying and unjust that you should suffer financially, but nobody was killed. As Carl says "Stupid people do stupid things." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibbo Posted May 9, 2009 Report Share Posted May 9, 2009 I'm not sure what a "twonk" is (cuddly toy?) but ............... It's a cross between a tw@t and a plonker. Gibbo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twocvbloke Posted May 9, 2009 Report Share Posted May 9, 2009 a tw@t and a plonker. Gibbo Describes a certain Prime Minister to a T... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlt Posted May 9, 2009 Report Share Posted May 9, 2009 Describes a certain Prime Minister to a mrs T... Couldn't agree more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canalfreak Posted May 9, 2009 Report Share Posted May 9, 2009 (edited) Bw were immediately informed and twonk is known to them I really do sympathise as this reflects one of my nightmares....but then your niece is probably far too polite and nice to shout at somebody looking likely to do this sort of thing in the way I would do. I'm afraid your niece probably has to take this on the chin, extremely unfair as it is. As "twonk" is known to BWB and clearly this is not a one-off incidence of stupidity, please do us all a favour and name and shame, as Sueb asked, so that we can all be forewarned. There is a saying, which I am searching my memory for, along the lines of "Revenge is a dish best served cold". (Other forum members will probably be able to supply the correct quote). Your (niece's) time will come, I hope. Bob. Edited May 9, 2009 by Canalfreak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbo Posted May 9, 2009 Report Share Posted May 9, 2009 Did your niece have any legal cover with the insurance cover? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stickleback Posted May 9, 2009 Report Share Posted May 9, 2009 Couldn't agree more! I think he meant the present incumbent (encumbrance??) NOT the most successful PM we've had for decades. (Mrs T) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlt Posted May 9, 2009 Report Share Posted May 9, 2009 I think he meant the present incumbent (encumbrance??) NOT the most successful PM we've had for decades. (Mrs T) Successful? She was certainly the most successful destroyer of communities this country has ever seen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 9, 2009 Report Share Posted May 9, 2009 I think he meant the present incumbent (encumbrance??) NOT the most successful PM we've had for decades. (Mrs T) So successful that she was booted out by her own? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 9, 2009 Report Share Posted May 9, 2009 (edited) Well I've read some utter bollocks in some forums since I've been on t'internet but the last two posts take the hob nob.... And what on earth do they have to do with canal boating??? As a general comment it's been a number of years since I was last in here but looked back in as I've just booked our first canal holiday in 4-5 years and popped back here just to see if I could pick up any hints or tips. Have to say the tone of this forum and the quality of the posts has gone southwards since I was last here, think perhaps I need to look elsewhere. Edited May 9, 2009 by MJG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan_fincher Posted May 9, 2009 Report Share Posted May 9, 2009 Well I've read some utter bollocks in some forums since I've been on t'internet but the last two posts take the hob nob.... And what on earth do they have to do with canal boating??? Slightly bizarre comment, since you have singled out the last two posts, which were a response to post #28. Did post #28 have any more to do with canal boating ? It's the nature of this forum, (and it always has been since I can remember), that these "asides" regularly get thrown in. There are, of course, other canal lists and forums where this kind of thing maybe happens less. The problem with them though, from what I have seen of them is they are damned boring by comparison, (and not much happens either). Nobody makes anyone join a particular one , so I suggest you go with the one you get on with best. (Oh, and I am no lover of either Thatcher or Brown, but still reckon the latter has a long way to go to do as much damage to this country as the former.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlt Posted May 9, 2009 Report Share Posted May 9, 2009 Well I've read some utter b*****ks in some forums since I've been on t'internet but the last two posts take the hob nob.... Have to say the tone of this forum and the quality of the posts has gone southwards since I was last here, think perhaps I need to look elsewhere. Well the language has certainly gone downhill since you got back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 10, 2009 Report Share Posted May 10, 2009 Well the language has certainly gone downhill since you got back. Indeed :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 10, 2009 Report Share Posted May 10, 2009 Well I've read some utter bollocks in some forums since I've been on t'internet but the last two posts take the hob nob.... And what on earth do they have to do with canal boating??? As a general comment it's been a number of years since I was last in here but looked back in as I've just booked our first canal holiday in 4-5 years and popped back here just to see if I could pick up any hints or tips. Have to say the tone of this forum and the quality of the posts has gone southwards since I was last here, think perhaps I need to look elsewhere. What has your post got to do with canal boating? What has it added to the topic? Or did you just drop in to pick a fight? If you feel the comments are off topic (which they are) then why not do something positive and bring the thread back on topic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlt Posted May 10, 2009 Report Share Posted May 10, 2009 Indeed :lol: Your contribution to the debate is as off topic as mine was. The difference is yours is totally pointless, too. What puzzles me is, after criticising the forum and saying you weren't coming back, you're still here? We can't be that boring! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 10, 2009 Report Share Posted May 10, 2009 Your contribution to the debate is as off topic as mine was. The difference is yours is totally pointless, too. What puzzles me is, after criticising the forum and saying you weren't coming back, you're still here? We can't be that boring! I think to be totally correct what I said was.. "think perhaps I need to look elsewhere." I don't I think I said I wasn't coming back.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlt Posted May 10, 2009 Report Share Posted May 10, 2009 I think to be totally correct what I said was.. "think perhaps I need to look elsewhere." I don't I think I said I wasn't coming back.... My apologies. Sometimes we just see what we want to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 10, 2009 Report Share Posted May 10, 2009 My apologies. Sometimes we just see what we want to see. No problem, after looking elsewhere it's apprent there ain't much out there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odana Posted May 10, 2009 Report Share Posted May 10, 2009 Getting back on topic... Most household insurance covers 'public liability' or similar. For negligence, such as if your dog savages the postman or whatever, but I THINK it also often covers the insured being stoopid off the property. I'd say that would be more relevant than boat insurance - may be worth checking if you can find the twonk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5thHorseman Posted May 10, 2009 Report Share Posted May 10, 2009 Why not suggest to your niece that she should have kept her front door(s) closed when going through a lock (particularly when sharing a lock with another boat). 5th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 10, 2009 Report Share Posted May 10, 2009 I think that even if said twonk is found, that it will be very difficult to get any form of compensation. All the twonk has to say is that he/she misheard you, and thought you said "open the paddle." Not very encouraging I know, but that is likely what will happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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