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Pompus idiots! How dare you call a boater on their literacy skill!

They do not pretend to be writers or scribes, likewise some folk on here should not pretend to be boaters!

 

Should have been settled at the time by those who had the problem!

Who should not "pretend to be boaters" out of interest?

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Pompus idiots! How dare you call a boater on their literacy skill!

They do not pretend to be writers or scribes, likewise some folk on here should not pretend to be boaters!

Should have been settled at the time by those who had the problem!

 

Perhaps you would care to give an explanation of that strange comment?

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I have been watching this topic and I have to point at a couple of think. Archimedes was moored in front of Me in Rickmansworth early Thursday 22 March. so how the hell it was coming out from London the weekend after leaving Gates open I don't know. I was helping cleaning Archimedes over Thursday and Friday. so who ever saw them and was following them that weekend is talking S**t I have dated Photo. and for the record I worked a lot of locks for then and closed then. One more think On the Friday before the so call weekend some one was following then the Skipper and I was on the 16:05 train to London to a BW user Group Meeting

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It doesn't matter now. I left Packet Boat Marina at 11am on Sat 24th and reached Cowoast on Sun 25th at 1900. We never passed them to my knowledge and we worked like billy-o to cover that distance and the 41 locks. I was aiming to get to Weedon by the end of Tuesday, but the restrictions at Cowroast wiped off 5 hours of cruising, and that meant restrictions at Stoke Bruerne delayed arrival until Wednesday afternoon.

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Pompus idiots! How dare you call a boater on their literacy skill!

They do not pretend to be writers or scribes, likewise some folk on here should not pretend to be boaters!

 

Should have been settled at the time by those who had the problem!

 

Should have thought about what you stated there! It's not a question of literacy, it's a question of being bothered to post in a legible way.

 

Now where's my donkey jacket, flat cap and neckerchief so I can get back to business :rolleyes:

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Now where's my donkey jacket, flat cap and neckerchief so I can get back to business :rolleyes:

 

How the bloody hell are you going to paper the whole house in woodchip whilst wearing all of that lot? :P

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I have desire to take sides in this but I would say that , having just worked south over the aforesaid mentioned section, many locks south of the summit should be left empty and some are even supposed to have a bottom paddle left raised. I'm not sure how this ties in with the implication that (all?) top gates were being left open - something I'm well aware of happening behind boats at the top gates on the north side of the summit.

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How the bloody hell are you going to paper the whole house in woodchip whilst wearing all of that lot? :P

 

I don't know, but I'm getting sick of magnolia, feel like I've been painting the Forth bridge! H is equally sick of gloss. The customer keeps adding to the job (getting paid for the extras so I don't mind). It's a deceptively large house! When I've finished here I'm then charged with fitting out his brand new 12k square foot unit. Dust free climate controlled inspection department with one full height glass wall and airlock entry system. Concrete floored mezzanine, executive office suites etc etc. It's true to say that one thing this country does excel at is high end, specialist manufacturing. If only the government would ease off the bureaucracy and direct some funding in this area, then Britain may just have the chance of becoming Great once more :banghead:

 

Can I interest you in some fine Nathan Parker Knoll furniture, it's all the rage you know!

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Can I interest you in some fine Nathan Parker Knoll furniture, it's all the rage you know!

 

Only if I can fit some of it in our cratch. There's no way we're going back to live in bricks again, not unless it's called The Shroppie Fly! :cheers::P

 

P.S. I'll bet H thinks that doing Sands was a doddle compared to 'The Forth Bridge' :o:help:

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Only if I can fit some of it in our cratch. There's no way we're going back to live in bricks again, not unless it's called The Shroppie Fly! :cheers::P

 

P.S. I'll bet H thinks that doing Sands was a doddle compared to 'The Forth Bridge' :o:help:

 

Thought you did live in the shroppie! 6 month project is the next one. Need to find a mooring around hemel hempstead. Either that or throw some tins of paint down the side of the boat, remove the licence and mask out the name! Can moor anywhere in the area. Either that or it's in a house.

 

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