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I agree Star. I've been had as well. What a fiddle.

 

If you can't trust the mods who can you trust?

 

While we wait for FTS's cat to break cover some of yours would be nice.

 

Go on, you know you want to......

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You'll get me in trouble for hijacking the thread with cat pictures.... I'll have to give myself a warning.

 

I'm imagining you saying at in a Kenneth Williams kind of voice.

Don't worry FTS you've got blogall to worry about.closedeyes.gif (Blogall, Starcoasters new word from an earlier post). smile.png

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awwww what a beautiful kitty

 

 

ps - I quite like JS's blog posts, more interesting & thoughtful than a lot of the toss on here....this forum takes itself far too seriously sometimes

 

Actually. I do too.

 

It would be far more appropriate if next time Joel writes a blog post, he posts the whole thing here instead of on his blog. Then he could post a link on his blog to here which would be entirely legitimate along with any resulting discussion.

 

:)

 

MtB

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Actually. I do too.

 

It would be far more appropriate if next time Joel writes a blog post, he posts the whole thing here instead of on his blog. Then he could post a link on his blog to here which would be entirely legitimate along with any resulting discussion.

 

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MtB

 

you are full of good ideas today :)

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Actually. I do too.

 

It would be far more appropriate if next time Joel writes a blog post, he posts the whole thing here instead of on his blog. Then he could post a link on his blog to here which would be entirely legitimate along with any resulting discussion.

 

:)

 

MtB

What a load of old toss!

 

(Did you see what I did there. :lol:)

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I only logged in to see if there were any interesting cat photos and all this is going on. I suppose it would be bad form not to contribute.

 

If you haven't enjoyed my previous posts - or blog - it's probably a good idea if you stop reading now. This isn't for you,

 

Firstly, despite what a couple of members might believe, I am not seeking any privileges which are not available to everyone else. I do have an ego and that would definitely have me spiralling out of control. Before we know it, I'll be jumping the queue at water points and attempting to double moor my narrowboat alongside the Queen Mary 2.

 

When I signed up to the forum, I had some communication with one of the administrators about how best to go about announcing / discussing the 'Angry Boater' blog. I was mindful that there might be some 'do's & dont's' .... so I asked. Perhaps as a result of my first post having provoked some debate, I was invited to announce my future posts. That was the guidance I was given so that was what I did. I had no intention of upsetting anyone by subverting the etiquette of the forum.

 

My next post - or at least the manner in which it was made - seemed to traumatise one or two members, one of whom cited a forum rule that I was in breach of. Bearing in mind that I'd already been told my posts were welcome by admin, I didn't resonate with the ruling guidance that this member was directing at me. My reaction arose from the tone in which the point was being made, however, rather than the content of the rule itself. Does anyone welcome a stranger entering their life and demanding that they do things in a certain way? In fact, are there any methods of communicating which come with a stronger guarantee that the recipient will be motivated to do the opposite? Anyhow, the thread was getting a little heated by then and - whilst I was composing my reply - it was locked by Admin. I didn't even get the final word. It felt very dis-empowering.

 

Yesterday, as a result of a meeting amongst the powers that be, I was asked to post future links to my blog via my signature only. Consequently , that is what I will do from hereon.... So feel free to subscribe at http://www.angryboater.com if you want to be informed when there's a new post. I generally aim for one a week. I try not to be contrived though so - if I don't have something that I really want to say - I'll wait until I do.

 

If there is any confusion about my intentions (and there seems to be some), the aim of the blog is not to promote bad behaviour, endorse anger (not that I feel anger is, of itself, a bad thing anyway) , condone violence or have CRT merged with LIDL but to explore boating issues in the wider context of what it is to be human. I try to embrace my own imperfections in that process and scrutinise my own (sometimes bad) behaviour. It's a simple exercise in attempting to be authentic even when I may not be especially proud of something I have said or done. (Some of the others are a bit lighter -eg the one about naming boats). It's not all tantrums and tillers.

 

The reason I chose the name is that there is a myth amongst some boaters - and many non-boaters - that we are all about peace and serenity ( look at how many boat names allude to escaping & dreams etc). However, the day to day reality is that boating - just like everything else - has tensions & problems associated with it. In my perception, there's plenty of repressed anger on the waterways and a lot of angry boaters. Many of us are taught that displaying anger is somehow shameful but I don't believe it needs to be. It's an emotion. It's human. It's all of us. I used to carry a lot of it. In fact, it was a particularly extreme moment that set about a chain of events resulting in me becoming a boater.

 

Not so long ago , I had stage 2 hypertension. Living on the water helped a lot with that but I'd be lying if I said I do not still get angry sometimes.

 

Some of you might now be thinking that the blog is some kind of self imposed therapy that I'm forcing upon others. Well, there is a therapeutic value to writing, of course, but it's not my primary motive for the blog.

 

I've been writing a book for a while and have been stuck / demotivated lately. The blog is helping me tune up my writing skills and sharpen my 'voice' . It also allows me to get valuable feedback on what I'm doing. Obviously, I enjoy hearing that people enjoy my writing but equally I benefit from receiving constructive comments from those who do not.

 

I'll also be launching an "Angry Boater" podcast soon. I wanted to see if there was any interest for the blog first though.

 

Thank you for starting a thread about this, Gary. I was humbled when I saw that someone was interested enough to take the time to do so.

 

If future angry boater posts raise issues that merit discussion, whilst I would love to have engaged with those conversations on this forum , a place where so many boaters and viewpoints already exist, it doesn't look like that is a practical option. However, if you subscribe to the angry boater blog, we can do all that over there instead.

 

Meanwhile, I look forward to joining in many of the other discussions over here,

 

http://www.angryboater.com

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Excellent post. I am not sure if anybody has welcomed you to the forum? But may i do so.

 

I will be subscribing to your blog and therefore probably catch you over there.

 

I'm off now to take the dog for a walk, where I might take a photo, and pop in the shop, just the local one.

 

I'll also say i have struggled with some of the attitudes on this forum, of a few, and i find yours a refreshing and honest change. Viva la differance.

 

Best regards.

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Excellent post. I am not sure if anybody has welcomed you to the forum? But may i do so.

 

I will be subscribing to your blog and therefore probably catch you over there.

 

I'm off now to take the dog for a walk, where I might take a photo, and pop in the shop, just the local one.

 

I'll also say i have struggled with some of the attitudes on this forum, of a few, and i find yours a refreshing and honest change. Viva la differance.

 

Best regards.

Me too, welcome Joel!

I don't know quite why some posters were less than friendly. One of life's mysteries.

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Excellent post. I am not sure if anybody has welcomed you to the forum? But may i do so.

I will be subscribing to your blog and therefore probably catch you over there.

I'm off now to take the dog for a walk, where I might take a photo, and pop in the shop, just the local one.

I'll also say i have struggled with some of the attitudes on this forum, of a few, and i find yours a refreshing and honest change. Viva la differance.

Best regards.

Thank you very much. See you there ... and here

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I'll also say i have struggled with some of the attitudes on this forum, of a few,

 

Me too, and I think the staggeringly intolerant views of many boaters on here reinforces and supports Joel's perception that there are a lot of angry boaters out there!

 

 

MtB

 

 

P.S. Joel's bombshell that he obtained approval from the mods here before embarking on promotion of his blog is something either he, or a mod, could and should have mentioned a whole lot sooner, in my personal opinion.

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