Exhausts

"Tony Haynes" <canaldrifter@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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>Bear in mind that sometimes an exhaust sounds louder from aboard than
>it does from the towpath because you are also picking up resonation
>from the decking etc.
>
>I wouldn't worry too much, unless anglers start complaining!

Interesting concept.

I thought anglers never stopped complaining!

On Jun 16, 10:23 am, "Dave Mayall" <d...@research-group.co.uk> wrote:
> "Tony Haynes" <canaldrif...@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
>
> news:0b080fae-6947-4509-91a0-0476f5a863cc@m73g2000hsh..com...
>
> >Bear in mind that sometimes an exhaust sounds louder from aboard than
> >it does from the towpath because you are also picking up resonation
> >from the decking etc.
>
> >I wouldn't worry too much, unless anglers start complaining!
>
> Interesting concept.
>
> I thought anglers never stopped complaining!

To be fair they rarely do if we slow down and keep centre channel
whilst passing them.

Tone

On Jun 16, 11:07 am, "Dave Mayall" <d...@research-group.co.uk> wrote:

>
> Why are we being fair all of a sudden?

I thought we always were?

Tone

"Tony Haynes" <canaldrifter@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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On Jun 16, 11:07 am, "Dave Mayall" <d...@research-group.co.uk> wrote:

>
> Why are we being fair all of a sudden?

I thought we always were?

Sometimes I tire of being fair to people who aren't fair to me.

On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:04:37 -0700 (PDT), Tony Haynes
<canaldrifter@ntlworld.com> wrote:

>Do you fish, Dave?

Good grief, no!

On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:09:28 -0700 (PDT), Tony Haynes
<canaldrifter@ntlworld.com> wrote:

>On Jun 16, 10:22 pm, Dave Mayall <david.may...@ukonline.co.uk> wrote:
>> On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:04:37 -0700 (PDT), Tony Haynes
>>
>> <canaldrif...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>> >Do you fish, Dave?
>>
>> Good grief, no!
>
>Ah...... so you're not in the best position to know what anglers
>think?

Actually, I probably am.

As a non-angler, the only source of information that I have for what
anglers think is to either ask them, or study their reactions (verbal
and non-verbal) to passing boats.

Were I an angler, I would have an additional source of information,
namely what I thought. There is a risk that I might place undue weight
on my own opinion.

On 18 Jun, 13:05, "Dave Mayall" <d...@research-group.co.uk> wrote:

>
> Then you could have said; "Take your rod out of the way in good time,

Do you know what these rods cost, especially roach poles? Of course
they move them out of the way!

> don't
> fish on lock landings, at winding holes or close to moored boats"
>

Those that do such things are usually the poachers, not the members of
the angling associations who know that these are not the best places
to catch fish.

There are also the boaters and riparian householders who think that
fishing from their boat or from their off-side garden is a divine
right. In fact it is against bye-laws.

They've won? You think it's a war? It's give and take, and all getting
along together. It is in fact common sense, though I grant you common
sense is a dying art.

Tone

Uncle Marvo laid this down on his screen :


> Good advice. Always keep a leaflet on Leptospirosis handy, so you can give it
> to the chav in the lock. With a cheery smile and a wave, as he runs away
> screaming. And be sure to remember to tell him about the dead sheep 100 yds
> upriver, too.

I like that one

On 18 Jun, 14:20, "Uncle Marvo" <pau...@deletethisbitfortescue.org.uk>
wrote:

>
> Good advice. Always keep a leaflet on Leptospirosis handy, so you can give
> it to the chav in the lock. With a cheery smile and a wave, as he runs away
> screaming. And be sure to remember to tell him about the dead sheep 100 yds
> upriver, too.

But swimming in locks is not the same problem as fishing.... or is it?

When did you last see a gasping chav suspended on a hook, or on a set
of scales, or lying in an angler's arms as he grins inanely at a
camera?

Could happen I suppose.... hopefully....

Tone

"Tony Haynes" <canaldrifter@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> On 18 Jun, 13:05, "Dave Mayall" <d...@research-group.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>
>> Then you could have said; "Take your rod out of the way in good time,
>
> Do you know what these rods cost, especially roach poles? Of course
> they move them out of the way!

Yes, at the very last minute, with absolutely no margin of error. If the
hook gets snagged, there will be anguished screams for you to stop. I can
only presume that they have no concept of how long it takes to stop a moving
boat. I know of a boater who found himself in exactly this position, with an
angler blaming him for not stopping.

>> don't
>> fish on lock landings, at winding holes or close to moored boats"
>>
>
> Those that do such things are usually the poachers, not the members of
> the angling associations who know that these are not the best places
> to catch fish.

Perhaps things are different on the Basy, because "real" anglers do it here.
The other week I had one fishing from the towpath directly opposite us.
Several times his rod actually touched the side of the boat. Upon asking him
not to do it again, he explained that it was unavoidable if he was to get at
the fish lurking under our boat.

> They've won? You think it's a war? It's give and take, and all getting
> along together. It is in fact common sense, though I grant you common
> sense is a dying art.

Where was the give and take?

The boaters agreed to do what the anglers wanted, and the anglers agreed to
do absolutely nothing.

Just what did the anglers give?