boat folk

[paulstoke1975]

ive have been living aboard now for 4 months and find it really amusing whenever i meet someone new while im out i can guarantee that whoever im with at the time feels the need to mention within the first minute that i live on a boat,

 

i don't think when i finish work im going to the boat (im just going home)

 

 

next time i go pub out im thinking of telling everyone my mate lives in rented accommodation in a crap area just to see his reaction

 

[metanoia]

Yes. Too true. I just go "home". A little steel box in the middle of nowhere is "home" - Home is where my boat is..................

 

When a friend I'd been visiting over the weekend (lovely house and garden but I couldn't quite settle there for numerous reasons)kindly dropped me off they spent a good ten minutes walking the towpath wondering at the peace and space and the birds and ...........

 

Love going "home"

 

SSSSSShhhhhhhh- don't tell them all ................

Edited December 9, 2015 by metanoia

[Phil Ambrose]

Home is where my boat is.

Phil

[nbfiresprite]

The usual first question being 'Is it not cold and damp in winter?' To which I reply 'Ever heard of central heating?'

[metanoia]

Is there an echo in here ...??

 

Home is where MY boat is, Phil.

[Laurie Booth]

Is there an echo in here ...??

 

Home is where MY boat is, Phil.

My boat is where my home is.

[Phil Ambrose]

Is there an echo in here ...??

 

Home is where MY boat is, Phil.

Just echoing your sentiment ?

Phil

[bottle]

ive have been living aboard now for 4 months and find it really amusing whenever i meet someone new while im out i can guarantee that whoever im with at the time feels the need to mention within the first minute that i live on a boat,

 

i don't think when i finish work im going to the boat (im just going home)

 

 

next time i go pub out im thinking of telling everyone my mate lives in rented accommodation in a crap area just to see his reaction

 

 

Still happening after six years.

[FadeToScarlet]

It shows what boring lives most people live, that people define each other by their jobs, or any interesting quirk about them.

 

I'm happy people mentally pigeonhole and define me as a boater, it's easier for them than trying to do so by my professions!

[paulstoke1975]

the central heating shocks them too, most people assume im freezing in a tent on the water

[davidc]

I also find that there are amazed that I have a cooker shower/bath and a toilet.

[the barnacle]

next time i go pub out im thinking of telling everyone my mate lives in rented accommodation in a crap area just to see his reaction

 

 

difference is your mate probably tells them as he is proud of you not to put you down. but the opposite.

[BlueStringPudding]

 

 

next time i go pub out im thinking of telling everyone my mate lives in rented accommodation in a crap area just to see his reaction

 

Edited December 10, 2015 by BlueStringPudding

[Victor Vectis]

I also find that there are amazed that I have a cooker shower/bath and a toilet.

Yes but, cassette or pump out?

[John V]

I find it is the washing machine and tumble dryer.....and particularly the dishwasher that leaves them floundering

[metanoia]

Yes but, cassette or pump out?

You give them too much credit - any kind of toilet amazes them.

 

Don't forget we're talking about people renting in crap areas (see OP).....

[metanoia]

I find it is the washing machine and tumble dryer.....and particularly the dishwasher that leaves them floundering

 

 

For my visitors, I think it's the spa bath and sauna that surprise them.......

[davidc]

Yes but, cassette or pump out?

shhh you trying to start an argument

 

[Loafer]

shhh you trying to start an argument

 

 

 

Is it a bit of an emotive subject then?

 

[tillergirl]

Yes but, cassette or pump out?

 

We have both......?

[Loafer]

We have both......

 

So do we! But only 'cos we can pump out our pump-out ourselves, at will.

 

Is this time for popcorn?

[FadeToScarlet]

I also find that there are amazed that I have a cooker shower/bath and a toilet.

"Look Mum, they've got cornflakes too!" as a passing child exclaimed in a voice of wonder.

[AlanWT]

I tell them that one of the Butler's main duties is to keep the stove lit so the boat stays warm and dry.

[Nightwatch]

"Look Mum, they've got cornflakes too!" as a passing child exclaimed in a voice of wonder.

We have a top box that is quite large. When new it was very nicely varnish (painted now) and shiny. I heard a little boy ask his mum "is that a coffin,mummy?" We chuckled.

[Laurie Booth]

I tell them that one of the Butler's main duties is to keep the stove lit so the boat stays warm and dry.

Oh dear how common having a butler, one must have a Gentleman's, Gentleman.