On 11/01/07, Adrian Stott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "Steve Haywood" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >On 11/01/07, Jim Dodgen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> See if I have things right. > >> > >> If the water in you lock is not at your level, check to see if some one > >> is approaching from the opposite direction. Let them benefit from the > >> water going up/down. this will conserve water. > >> > >> Always leave the gates closed, unless another boat is approaching the > >> open gates of the lock and indicate they want to use the lock. > >> > >> It is best to error on the side of water conservation. leave the > paddles > >> closed. > > > >Spot on. Have a good trip. > > > >Steve > > No. Leave the gates open. You will be doing a kindness to other > boaters (and sticking in the eye those bureaucrats who want to > inconvenience boaters to convenience themselves).
LOL! Take no notice of him, Jim. He's an anarchistic old bugger who'll come a cropper if he doesn't get arrested first for poking out bureaucrat's eyes. Steve [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
