The wife was told off by the wife of a share boater as her husband had resented the wife telling him to do as she said when he was a canal expert - having crewed a ship though the Panama canal. The share boating lady then got even more shirty when the wife laughed at this trying to explain that the staff on the Panama canal handled all the lines and worked the locks on that waterway. She then told the wife we were rude and not to come on THEIR canal again. They were out of a certain base on the Trent heading up the T&M so I'll say no more.
--- On Fri, 20/8/10, Mike Casswell <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Mike Casswell <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [canals-list] Tuition; and the Trout Inn, Oxford > To: [email protected] > Date: Friday, 20 August, 2010, 19:55 > Dave Larrington wrote: > > > When I've been on hire boats in the past, the > conversation has gone > > something like this: > > > > Boatyard Bloke: Have any of you done this before? > > J Random Crewmember: Yes. > > Boatyard Bloke: Well, you know how it's done then. > > > > (Exit Boatyard Bloke, no doubt pubwards) > > Friend Paul, on arriving at boatyard with family for their > first > hireboat holiday: > > BB: Have you been on a canal before? > P: Yes. > BB: Good. Which one was that then? > P: The Suez. > > (Exit BB, no doubt pubwards) > > Paul is an officer in the RFA. > > -- > Mike Casswell > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [email protected] > > >
