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Tiny

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  2. It was a nice prog but the canal seemed so crowded. Not like when we were there. We wondered how many film people were around on the boat getting in the way of the experts and asking for retakes. (Just back up and do it again dear.) There was at least one person by the cups. We also wondered how much they interfered with the old ducks normal operations. The forgotten tie up seemed to be for a tea break and not a normal thing. Pru soldiered on through everything in a slightly not with it haze of delight at being out boating. Meanwhile I wonder how much Tim was showing his age by suffering fools grumpily and not having his humour improved by steering a too big, heavy boat he wasn't use to doing long hours rather than stopping as they must keep to a schedule. His comment of ideally having someone ahead on the flight to set the locks was maybe a hint that he felt the film people should arrange help for Pru. With spare bodies and the odd lurking lock helper I often make such a suggestion that the wife might need help. Replies are often interesting and cause certain suggestions to be made to said persons if they refuse. Going back to the programme the film often showed them moored at lock and bridge moorings while leaving the boat to visit canal side things. What it didn't show is the reaction of others trying to moor to use the bridge and finding a hire boat moored where they wanted to get off the boat. Maybe there should be an out-takes version brought out as part of a dvd of the series.
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  6. Even providing any Minister actually knows anything about his subject from my experience with our local MP - now a minister he is so busy that he has no time to investigate himself and has to believe what he is told by underlings while also doing as he is told by them who appointed him. Given this ministers are easily manipulated by their advisors - as long the advice falls in with government requirements. As government requirements currently are not to spend money in areas like the waterways this means given the information he is fed by Hales the minister is happy to let things continue as they are and accept the BS as being the truth. Our local MP operates in a similar manner with advisors telling him the 'truth' while the public have to send their objections to his staff - the main one of which being related to the gentleman who most public persons complain about. Meanwhile on the government front, to keep his job the minister has to suppress his stated beliefs and only do that which does not rock the boat. Needless to say he will lose a lot of votes come election time but being in a safe seat he should squeeze in.
  7. But will we hear what he says in his report given it is in a secret meeting that we are not suppose to know about. At this point one wonders how anyone cannot fear the worst about Cart given they are so secretive.
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  9. I saw some yoofs on a bridge who ducked down as the boat in front approached - then jumped up, leaned over and gobbed on the steerer. When we got there I got in first a chucked my 'to hot to drink' coffee in the gobbers face. Beneath one of the high bridges in Brum we noted a load of 'still in their boxes' vacuums in the water. Luckily they were in long before we passed. On the Warrington arm we tried the camera trick and the yobs (actually in PT kit with teachers on school grounds) stood on the canal bridge and hurled stones while swearing at us. We sent the photo to the headmistress who replied that the thowing stones at bargees was simple self expression but she got the girl who swore to write us a grovelling letter of apology as swearing was not allowed on school property. When we contacted them the education authority said the head was very self important and they constantly got complaints about her but they could not get rid of her. They had tried.
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  11. We were moored below lk12 at Audlem when oak and ash came down. The rev came through the lock then pulled back into the gates waiting to tow the butty down this longer pound. The butty was hauled in by the crew and hit the front gate - tossing a load of water over the gate and over the rev below. You could see the steam rising as he cursed them. A chap on a mooring opposite listened open mouthed to the language which went on and on. It was all so unoriginal - just the same few swear words used but the tone was so angry. I went inside to have a laugh. Meanwhile the pair passed at speed with the vicar still muttering as I whipped out to find the butty passing with the crew hiding from him having hysterics.
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    Appeal

    I reckon it might be worth a fiver if Robin and the other Directors were given puddling boots and had to march up and down 12 hours a day repuddling the bottom of the breach hole for about a week each. I might pay to watch that!
  13. Having a signal tester the signal used to be good. Now its very bad since the last retune. We have just the one transmitter and this gave a good analogue picture which got worse as they brought in digital. We wonder if they have cut power to save dosh as the other channels are OK - except Dave and e4+1 - which have disappeared in the last retune while we acquired 5+1 for the first time. As for changing transmitter - we have just the one.
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  15. Tiny

    Hand signals

    Up north if you meet a working boat he normally uses sound signals and you hold the correct number of fingers just above your head. To turn you give the turn signal followed by one or two hoots to say which way on rivers. Down south where most don't know signals the wife stands at the front and waves to the approaching boat then points as in 'you' followed by which direction we want them to go. If they get it right they get a smile and a wave when passing me (steering) - if they don't one assumes they are Americans. Boats coming up behind are invited to pass when we think it safe (some don't which we find annoying -h aving them up our arse so to speak. If they accept we indicate which side to pass - normally we choose the metalled side. We like slow overtake some feet away and we pull over to make room then, as they move up we cut to tickover, and keep this on until they are nearly infront sucking us towards them at which point we apply more throttle and steer away until their back end is in front of our front. (The steer away is often made difficult when they start cutting back to centre rather than keeping over when there is still an overlap.) Once they are in front we will be sucked along faster than normal until they get far enough in front for the suck to reduce. Overtaking on narrow shallow canals is the most difficult trick of the lot!
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