On 8 Jan 2008, at 09:49, David Morris wrote: > I'm not a boat owner but am frequently on the water skippering the > local Canal Trust trip boat. In my opinion, every boat should have to > display a valid licence, just like on a road vehicle (do agricultural > vehicles have to display one? I don't know). Even if your 'terms of > employment' are such that you get a licence as part of your job, > there's no reason why you should not have to display a valid licence. > There should be nothing on the licence which may stigmatise anyone, so > if it's being paid by the DSS or whomever, that needn't be shown. BW > boats should have to display a valid licence as well for exactly the > same reason. > > I've seen only this week, hung from a local roadside lamppost, a > number to ring if I see an un-taxed car. There's no reason why BW > couldn't do something similar (if they don't already, maybe not from a > lamp post...). My view is that every licence fee collected is a few > more bricks in a lock wall repair, and as system users, that's > something that is in all our interests. I fully understand that some > people just like to keep their heads down and get on with life. No-one > says you have to report unlicensed boats, but if there's a suitable, > easy-to-use framework in place, for those that are happy with > reporting these ne'er do wells, they can continue to do so as far as > I'm concerned. > > I'm now back to lurk mode.
I can go with all of that. Well de-lurked. This list needs some of its vitality back so come on all you lurkers - stick your tuppence worth in now and again. I was talking to another list person at the weekend and we mumbled on about the days' of the mini-gig. It was through some of these evening gatherings many of us got to know each other in the first place. How about a Brm-o-Gig - haven't had one of those since the Fiddle & Bone one about 5 years back ? Beeky
