the thank you to boaters.

[lexicon]

2014 was an incredibly bad year for me.

Suffering ill health with a invisible condition really knocked me for six, cost me my job and my career a decade in the making.

If it wasn't for the help and generosity of the boating community (including several members of this very forum) I would of without doubt, starved and frozen and suffered.

I have no illusions that if I lived on land I wouldn't be here to right this post.

So thank you to all the boating community for helping me.

And also thanks to crt for making sure I kept my home and have a place to keep it.

[chubby]

Sorry to hear your 2014 was a bad one . I hope 2015 brings better things your way & you can begin to make positive progess . You re right that the boating community is a supportive & i m sure you can continue to rely on your fellow boaters .

Best of luck in 2015

[madcat]

Lexicon I'm glad your still standing and I hope this coming year will be a better one for you . Very best wishes from madcat.

[Bettie Boo]

Here's hoping 2015 is a great year for you, and brings you better health, happiness and comfort...and much good cruising weather

 

You deserve it

 

B~

[RLWP]

Hoping for a better year for you in 2015

 

Richard

[Phil Ambrose]

I wish you all that you would wish yourself.

Phil

[Rickent]

A big well done from me too, hope 2015 is a better year for you..

[p6rob]

Here's to a better, brighter future.

[MtB]

Lex you seem well on the UP having met you twice now...

 

Nice to hear a compliment for CRT for their considerate treatment of peeps in the shite, too. The piss takers only ever seem to criticise them no matter how much slack they CRT cut them.

 

See you soon and happy New Year!

 

MtB

[keble]

Hope its a good year

[churchward]

I am sorry to hear of your troubles in 2014 but glad to hear you have received help from individuals and CRT.

 

We can all reach a point where such help is necessary but I hope you also take time to give yourself a pat on the back for hanging on in there and having the grit to soldier on. Personal resilience in the face of adversity is as important as the help you received as well as the recognition that help is needed and the good grace to accept it.

 

I hope 2015 will represent a new start for you and better times.

[NB Lola]

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[Ange]

I know we all have our disagreements but I have found more helpfulness and friendliess on the cut than I ever did when we were living in a house.

 

Glad you made it through what sounds like a dreadful year for you and hope that 2015 is a better one.

[Drayke]

Hope all goes well for you in 2015 and you are able to do plenty of boating.

 

Wishing you all the best from us on Drayke.

[Southern Star]

I'm really sorry to hear about your bad year too, I'm hoping this year will be better for you, and a big pat on the back for everyone who helped you out when you needed it.

[Pykebird]

Glad things are working out for you, I also agree that guys living on boats tend to be so much more helpful! I have had the pleasure of fining this out for myself recently! here's to a much better 2015

[BruceinSanity]

All of the above!

 

Let's hope things just get better and better for you in the second half of the decade.

 

All the best for 2015.

[lexicon]

Thanks all.

Yes 2015 seems to be a big Improvement.

New job. New career and hopefully a return to some stability.

Might even be getting a working engine at some point to get in some much needed cruising

[kbarber]

Really sorry to hear what's happened to you, now wish you well for your new start. It's a very long time since we met (I guess you'll remember an incident at Marsworth) and I've watched Lexicon's rebuild with interest but hadn't realised the reason things had stalled, very pleased you had the help & support you needed. Yes, an engine and some cruising sounds a very good idea, hope it works out and look forward to meeting up again somewhere around the system.

[Laurie Booth]

All the best for 2015

[Janet S]

Wishing you all the very best for 2015.

 

I hope things continue to improve for you.

 

Janet

[Nightwatch]

I, too, wish you all the best in the coming year.

 

Favourable comments regarding CRT are rare. All of my contacts with them have all been positive and helpful.

 

Having fairly recently moved onboard, I find it difficult to accept the help that is offered. I always offer help if I can, but to accept kindness is more,well difficult. Just yesterday I was offered a lift to collect the car, I decided to walk five miles rather than to put someone out.

 

You know what I mean.

 

Martyn

[cuthound]

Glad to hear things are on the up after such a horrible year.

 

Hope 2015 brings you everything you wish for.

[tree monkey]

I, too, wish you all the best in the coming year.

 

Favourable comments regarding CRT are rare. All of my contacts with them have all been positive and helpful.

 

Having fairly recently moved onboard, I find it difficult to accept the help that is offered. I always offer help if I can, but to accept kindness is more,well difficult. Just yesterday I was offered a lift to collect the car, I decided to walk five miles rather than to put someone out.

 

You know what I mean.

 

Martyn

I am a sod for that, happy to offer help but feel really uncomfortable accepting help.

 

Amy way glad things are looking up for you Lex, to balance things a bit I am aware how much you have helped one of my favourite forumites recently and for that I am very grateful

[Dyertribe]

I, too, wish you all the best in the coming year.

Favourable comments regarding CRT are rare. All of my contacts with them have all been positive and helpful.

Having fairly recently moved onboard, I find it difficult to accept the help that is offered. I always offer help if I can, but to accept kindness is more,well difficult. Just yesterday I was offered a lift to collect the car, I decided to walk five miles rather than to put someone out.

You know what I mean.

Martyn

Perhaps I can help you with your mindset:

The helpers get as much out of the offer of help (well, in general) as the person helped, so please don't see your acceptance of help as an imposition, rather see it as your chance to make their day!