Flying items due to passing boats

[Naughty Cal]

Should make things much clearer.

[alan_fincher]

What about if things have fallen off somewhere, but not actually made it as far as the floor ?

[Nine of Hearts]

What about if things have fallen off somewhere, but not actually made it as far as the floor ?

 

If things fall off shelves and then land on the ceiling, you really are in trouble. Then you'd be well within your rights to shout "slow down!" (but it would probably come out as "blub-ub-glub-bub!").

Edited July 28, 2011 by Nine of Hearts

[soldthehouse]

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Are you having a liquid lunch Phylis?

Edited July 28, 2011 by soldthehouse

[LoneWolf]

i have voted no

 

My phone, which i prop in the porthole, falls off sometimes when a boat goes past fast but i dont count that cos i can make it fall off by standing on the opposite gunnel.

 

secure your lose valuables properly people - no balancing that camera over the washing up bowl!

[saltysplash]

I voted yes,

 

I had an airfix model of darwins ship the beagle.

 

I will name and shame the ship, it was MV Scot Trader heading down stream on the Medway past Chatham dockyard from Rochester. Fair made the goodship Beagle wobble and the fall off its plinth loosing several guns and springing the bowspirit

[alan_fincher]

If things fall off shelves and then land on the ceiling, you really are in trouble. Then you'd be well within your rights to shout "slow down!" (but it would probably come out as "blub-ub-glub-bub!").

 

I really can't believe anybody would be so prepared to take the Mickey on such a serious topic.

 

People like you really should be barred from keeping a canal boat, if you can't treat a subject like this in a very earnest manne.............

 

 

 

Bugger ! - A passing speeder has just had my lap-top off my lap!...............

[RLWP]

Most of our falling things are glasses dropping into the sink from engine vibration

 

Richard

[LoneWolf]

Most of our falling things are glasses dropping into the sink from engine vibration

 

Richard

 

when i was a hireboater it was glasses & other things being swept off the roof due to an unexpected visit to the offside foliage

[RLWP]

when i was a hireboater it was glasses & other things being swept off the roof due to an unexpected visit to the offside foliage

 

Oh, we still do that one too

 

Richard

[alan_fincher]

Should make things much clearer.

You do realise that quite a few people are going to vote "Yes", even though they have been involved in no such incident, solely because that will not be able to bear the thought that you might win an argument, don't you ?

 

Difficult one, this one!......

[Naughty Cal]

You do realise that quite a few people are going to vote "Yes", even though they have been involved in no such incident, solely because that will not be able to bear the thought that you might win an argument, don't you ?

 

Difficult one, this one!......

 

Yes i am well aware of that fact

[Guest]

Oh, we still do that one too

 

Richard

 

and here - my daughter recently took us through a rather dense weeping willow and in the process we lost the chimney hat, mop and the TV aerial.

[Terence]

I did see a funny sight whilst on our journey.

 

A lady was wearing a T shirt and on the back written upside down it read. 'If you can read this then I've just fallen in and in trouble'.

 

Terence

[Naughty Cal]

I did see a funny sight whilst on our journey.

 

A lady was wearing a T shirt and on the back written upside down it read. 'If you can read this then I've just fallen in and in trouble'.

 

Terence

 

A friend of ours has one on a similar format but with "If you can see this please put me back on the boat" adorned on the back.

[deletedaccount]

Yes i am well aware of that fact

 

If it goes your way it's because the poll is fair and if it goes against you it's because the poll is rigged. Get a grip.

[Naughty Cal]

If it goes your way it's because the poll is fair and if it goes against you it's because the poll is rigged. Get a grip.

 

You and I both know that there are a certain group on here who would lie through their teeth rather than admit that I was right. The poll will show whatever it shows and was posted in the hope that people would be truthful rather than petty.

[alan_fincher]

The poll will show whatever it shows and was posted in the hope that people would be truthful rather than petty.

Not gone well so far then, has it ?

[Naughty Cal]

Not gone well so far then, has it ?

 

Give it time. Once the petty few have got their votes out of the way, the numbers should speak for themselves.

[RLWP]

You do realise that quite a few people are going to vote "Yes", even though they have been involved in no such incident, solely because that will not be able to bear the thought that you might win an argument, don't you ?

 

Difficult one, this one!......

 

Thanks Alan, I was unsure if I wanted to contribute to this poll, but now you've made it clear which way to vote

 

Richard

[carlt]

Do FrigateCaptain's lumps of coal count?

 

Because Im normally lobbing lumps of coal at them.

[Chickadee]

I've never had anything fall off thanks to a passing boat. Me steering into tight locks does that quite well enough. We do however spend most of our time on a rather wide canal and only venture on to the narrower ones out of season when most days we don't see othe boats moving I can however see how it can happen particularly when the boat is going fast enough to pull the water from the bank and hoof it back again.

 

What would you lot do if you couldn't find anything to bicker about...

[cotswoldsman]

You do realise that quite a few people are going to vote "Yes", even though they have been involved in no such incident, solely because that will not be able to bear the thought that you might win an argument, don't you ?

 

Difficult one, this one!......

 

Oh no I have been found out!!!!

 

rather than petty.

 

Holding my head in shame

[alan_fincher]

What would you lot do if you couldn't find anything to bicker about...

Start yet another thread about speeding boaters sending boat contents flying.

 

The fact that it has been done to death in previous threads over the years doesn't stop the same people (me included!), "biting" virtually every time.

 

We haven't got to the "how do you know an occupant is not about to try injecting themselves with the drug they need to stay alive" stage yet......

 

Plenty more mileage still in this re-run, I think!

[Naughty Cal]

Start yet another thread about speeding boaters sending boat contents flying.

 

The fact that it has been done to death in previous threads over the years doesn't stop the same people (me included!), "biting" virtually every time.

 

We haven't got to the "how do you know an occupant is not about to try injecting themselves with the drug they need to stay alive" stage yet......

 

Plenty more mileage still in this re-run, I think!

 

Or spilt beer or spilt wine or spilt g&t. This one has got weeks to run yet