Sounds like our chap at Wolverley Sue, but we got a full 2 hour story of Father and Kids that fitted the facts of football that day. Maybe it worked for us so now he tries a condensed (non tearful) version. I sort of hope to meet him again - having given money - to tell him I made a packet sending a script of his story to the TV - who brought it - so thanks mate. But no luck - which may be lucky in itself.
--- On Sat, 8/23/08, rb999sb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: rb999sb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [canals-list] Re: Kismet Hols 08 To: [email protected] Date: Saturday, August 23, 2008, 9:26 PM --- In canals-list@ yahoogroups. com, "Michael Askin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] .> wrote: > > We had a lady caller while we were moored at Chester - at first she > thought we were someone else, and then started a sob story about being > hit by her boyfriend, and needed money to get back to Ellesmere Port. > She was trying it on with my Dad, but I've heard it all before, and > got up and told her so. So just remember if you get a similar sob > story here or elsewhere. > > > We left Chester in the morning just as another boat was coming along, > and we shared the locks up to the long pound. We overtook a couple of > boats on the pound, and thankfully one of the slower boats pulled in > before the locks. We shared them with another boat through that first > lock, but they were stopping at the boatyard, so we went up the Iron > Lock on our own - as you should... > > We were alone all the rest of the way up the locks, and soon found > ourselfs at the top. We stopped in Nantwich at 6pm. > > > > > -- > Michael Askin > http://shoestring_ DOT_zapto_ DOT_org/ > We had a man on a bike tearing round in a panic telling us about his children being on holiday with his father who had been taken into hospital and his needing money for petrol to go to rescue them. The problem was that he told us the same story last year. This was somewhere south of Compton. Sue [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
