2008/11/19 Bru Peckett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Adrian wrote ... > > > Single-handed boating is quite possible, and I do occasionally do it. > > > > But it is also a bad idea. Locks (and other waterway locations) are > > dangerous places, and if you have a mishap when you are operating one > > solo you could quickly succumb with no-one to assist. > > So? > > > This is not only my view. AIUI, single-handed boating is now > > disallowed in France. > > And do they take the blindest bit of notice? > > > Yeah, do it when you have to. But I feel it is foolish to make a > > habit of it. > > Oh lets wrap everybody up in cotton wool shall we? > > ... and lots of other good comments
I couldn't agree with you more, Bru. Time was when as long as you weren't putting anyone else at risk, you could do what you wanted. Now they want to cosset you for fear you'll break a fingernail. The thing I find interesting is that it's always the extremists, whether from right or left, who crow most about personal freedom, and yet are the first to want to take it away from you. Steve [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
