How to take the shine off a good day's cruise.....

[rusty69]

5 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said:

Just get a life you lot.

It brings meaning to their life

[tree monkey]

6 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said:

Just get a life you lot.

Whats one of them and can you get one from Amazon? 

[Horace42]

5 hours ago, Athy said:

Yes, you make a good point - but as the saying goes, first impressions are lasting impressions, rightly or wrongly.

I'm sure that you are very demure.

Yes you are right, you seldom get a second chance to make a first impression.

[matty40s]

We had a lovely cruise today towards the next chosen mooring spot, overcast but the sun was there somewhere, chugged along feeding the ducks and swans as we passed. 

A lovely crispy cob filled with bacon, mushrooms and eggs appeared magically from the galley as we cruised along. mmmm

Came round the corner towards the water point and there was a bloody boater there filling up.

Incensed.

Anger,

Rage.

Complete tosser, I took his CRT number to report him and then decided to take direct action as I couldn't wait to fill the tank until March 16th when the boating season restarts.

I steered directly at his boat, hitting him at 5 knots, must have snapped a couple of welds as his boat sunk to the bottom of the river within 2 minutes.

Fantastic result as not only could I fill up. but his water hose was on the bank still running so I didn't even need to get mine out of the under deck storage compartment.

That'll teach 'em.

 

[Ray T]

2 hours ago, ditchcrawler said:

And that is with a wooden hull, not steel

It looks to my untrained eye as if Spey has ice plates fitted but also the blacking has been stripped off.

[Athy]

2 hours ago, matty40s said:

 chugged along feeding the ducks and swans as we passed. 

A lovely crispy cob filled with bacon, mushrooms and eggs appeared magically from the galley

That must have been a bloomin' enormous breakfast. I hope that chef had plucked it first.

[MtB]

On 12/3/2017 at 23:04, Athy said:

That must have been a bloomin' enormous breakfast. I hope that chef had plucked it first.

 

A cob is the Black Country name what normal people would call a crusty roll.

[Athy]

19 minutes ago, Mike the Boilerman said:

 

A cob is the Black Country name what normal people would call a crusty roll.

Also in the East Midlands, where what Suvners would call "sandwich bars" are known as "cob shops" - though oddly enough a restaurant will advertise "soup and roll" and not "soup and cob".

[bizzard]

And a PEN is a writing implement. 

[MtB]

1 hour ago, bizzard said:

And a PEN is a writing implement. 

Which reminds me of that old skoolboy joke...

Q: "Do you have a pen?"

A: "Yes"

Response: "Well get back in it, you pig!"

 

 

Well it made me laugh, back in the day...

[Naughty Cal]

9 hours ago, Mike the Boilerman said:

 

A cob is the Black Country name what normal people would call a crusty roll.

A cob is a horse.

[Athy]

3 minutes ago, Naughty Cal said:

A cob is a horse.

...and an embankment.

[MtB]

7 minutes ago, Naughty Cal said:

A cob is a horse.

 

A crusty roll is a horse???!!

[peterboat]

5 minutes ago, Athy said:

...and an embankment.

You have been toooo long away from Yorkshire

Edited December 6, 2017 by peterboat

[MtB]

A cob is a male swan

[Naughty Cal]

Cobs

http://www.rawlingscobs.com/history.htm

[rusty69]

[thebfg]

And the shortened name for a small round loaf

[Athy]

12 minutes ago, thebfg said:

And the shortened name for a small round loaf

From what is it shortened? I've of shortnin' bread, but...

[ditchcrawler]

On 02/12/2017 at 22:10, Wanderer Vagabond said:

 

I wont 'name and shame' this guy since, if he reads these forums, he will know who he is and he is the only one who needs to change or go.

Was it a "traditional" nod nod wink wink, boat, if so its still there

[Ray T]

Just now, Athy said:

From what is it shortened? I've of shortnin' bread, but...

Q for a song:

 

[Athy]

11 minutes ago, Ray T said:

Q for a song:

 

Yes, that's the one I was thinking of - later revived as a rather unlikely rock'n'roll song.

[bizzard]

Cygnet or Cygie is a baby cigarette of the Pen.

2 hours ago, Naughty Cal said:

Cobs

http://www.rawlingscobs.com/history.htm

 Nut.

Edited December 6, 2017 by bizzard

[Wanderer Vagabond]

1 hour ago, ditchcrawler said:

Was it a "traditional" nod nod wink wink, boat, if so its still there

I would think he probably is. He had however turned around between me going north and coming back again since his side doors (where he shouted from) we on the towpath side when I came back.

[beerbeerbeerbeerbeer]

12 hours ago, Athy said:

Also in the East Midlands, where what Suvners would call "sandwich bars" are known as "cob shops" - though oddly enough a restaurant will advertise "soup and roll" and not "soup and cob".

Yep, you can ask for a cob all over the midlands, not just in the Black Country. You ask for a Tea Cake up here in the North, or a Barm over Manchester way. 

(Tea cakes don't  have currants in. If you want a tea cake with currants, you have to make sure you ask for a tea cake with currants)