>> Consistent rules! This is canal boating not the army. Lets have the minimum > > of rules then we won't have to break them too often. >> > >I like your sense of humour Sue ;>). > >But in case anyone takes that comment seriously, I would just like to >point out that in circumstances where people have made what is probably >their single or second largest investment and are often spending several >thousand pounds per annum just to maintain and enjoy that investment, a >few rules are appropriate. >
And that I believe is the problem. As more people buy more expensive boats they expect higher standards and are more intolerant of others who don't live up to their standards. >Would you be happy to invest the value of your boat in a bank that paid >your neighbour more interest than they paid you. Or, conversely, charged >you more for borrowing the same value? Wrong analogy. I know my bank does, as I have just negotiated a loan. I also know I pay less insurance for my boat than some others for exactly the same ins. I expect I also pay more than some who bargained harder than my self. >Of course I agree that we don't want rules for the sake of them. In fact >I never advocated more rules; just that those that exist are applied >consistently and fairly? Life isn't fair and I don't believe rules are ever applied fairly. Why use prisons for the mentally ill. Can't get more unfair than that. >So I take it that your liberal point of view finds it acceptable that >one boater can be fined for overstaying a week and another can stay in >the same place for over a year? And one lives in the community and pays >his community tax as well as for a full year mooring whilst the other >pays neither? The one who was fined should have appealed. I am assuming he was on designated visitor moorings with a time limit. If so he only had to ask to stay. If he was anywhere else he couldn't be charged because if he has a mooring he can't overstay, but BW staff don't always seem aware of that. Why the other boater is allowed to stay, I would want a lot more details before I commented. >Will Chapman >nb Quidditch I accept it as a fact of life. My next door neighbour's house belongs to a housing association. When her son caused a fire the assoc. redecorated & washed all her belongings. I had to claim on my own ins which cost me. We still are friends. Life is too short to worry whether someone is getting a better deal than I am. Sue nb Nackered Navvy ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Something is new at Yahoo! Groups. Check out the enhanced email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/SISQkA/gOaOAA/yQLSAA/ygtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
