MauriceMynah

Hmmm, Get out of Lathams free? or Decide to read a whole London Rascal post.... miss a turn! (Sorry Robin, couldn't resist it )

Looks like spam to me!

OIk, I've just had a few beers and I'm ready to defend my ideas right or wrong!!! Argument one against my idea seems to be... no-one will watch it so don't try! ..RUBBISH.,some will! Argument two.. you can't cover everything so don't bother covering anything! RUBBISH.. anything is better than nothing. We Can't afford it! ..RUBBISH. can we afford not to try? It won't work! RUBBISH who's tried? Never have I come up against so much negativity! I struggle to understand why people think that there are folk out there who would hate to watch a film that would have them crying with laughter. You think it wouldn't? Think about how some of the errors could be presented! If you don't want to try to address the problem then don't complain if your boat is the victim of a novices error. You say the boatyards don't do enough to help the newbie, well then, neither do you. As say, I've had a beer or three..... what's your excuse?

Quite some time ago there was a friend of mine who was restoring a riverside mill near here. He went into the woodyard and said to the young lad behind the counter... "I'd like 1000 feet of two by one please, to be delivered" "We sell wood by the metre these days sir" came the reply. "Well, I buy it by the foot" my friend said, walking out!

"Hi Steve, I wish I could get more at that price, ebay would be flooded with them" Could we perhaps rephrase that please?

Sorry Marshman, I have to disagree with you in one or two respects. If the film is entertaining enough, it will be watched by the very people who you think will not. Also, if Mr. Potatohead believes those ferry chains can be navigated over, he will attempt to do so. if he is informed (again in an entertaining way) that he cannot navigate over them, he will tell everyone that he already knew that and only a complete idiot would attempt to do so. The key word is "Entertainment" We all love to be entertained, even twits like myself, and there are only a few people who would watch something that was made to educate without entertaining. There are some, but they are in a minority. There will not be many who watch "You've been framed" thinking it to be educational, but I wonder how many viewers see it and think "Oh, I won't try that then!" Certainly none who would admit it! I don't know how much such a film would cost to produce, but if the result was a greater amount saved by the boatyards in repairs then it would be financially viable, and if it were to result in a reduction in injury, or even a life saved then... well... need I say more!

The idea of a "training DVD" was something I used to try to champion on the other forum, but with little (or rather no) success. Such a video would be watched keenly by the recipients if it were not only instructive but entertaining too. Some here might remember how business training companies used John Cleese in their training films. Such films were remembered purely because of their entertainment value, but this achieved the required objective of getting the message across. What I used to say on that other forum was that within the forum there was a wealth of knowledge and experience. the same applies to this forum. What is needed is for the likes of Clive and Andy to catalogue the incidents that most need addressing, those members here who are newer to boating to list their main worries and questions, and everyone else to list their own errors as well as those they have witnessed. Just as an example, think of the film "Airplane". That lasted just under 90 minutes with people watching it many times because they found it so funny. Had it also carried an educational message within its plot, it would have been incredibly successful in passing it on. No, Nobody here is going to stump up for a slick Hollywood production team, but as we draw close to the long nights of winter, whats to stop us working out just what we could achieve between us..... including how to approach the Reedham chain ferry? .

Nobody has mentioned CB as an alternative to marine radio on the broads! Ok, the 27/81 system is still full of foulmouthed idiots, but the CEPT frequencies are still pretty good.

I was looking for my Environment agency rod license the other day but couldn't find it. I'm now starting to doubt if I actually got around to buying one! That in itself doesn't matter thus far as I've not been fishing yet this year, but I rather hope to at the end of the month, so, my question is... How can I find out if I did buy one or not?

Over 200 people in under 24 hours signed a petition without sufficient evidence that there was a problem (and yes, I was one of them.) but I wonder how many more would have signed it had there been more of an issue. If nothing else this incident gives us an indication of the minimum number of people who are keeping their fingers on the pulse.

Whilst I take your point Viking, I disagree. I think it will be essential to include the very catchphrases you mention if it is to succeed in being a follow-on film. I think there will be enough opportunities for the cast to put their own 'take' on things but the characters and their catchphrases are synonymous. I am more concerned about the writer and director as I have not liked what I've seen of their works in those capacities. In my less than humble opinion I find Johnny English inane though not as dire as the re-working of St Trinians. I won't even start to say what I think of 'Mr Bean'. There was a kindness in all the characters in Dads Army that made the series work. This was David Croft's and Jimmy Perry's trade mark. It is this which I fear will be lost!

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I don't normally sign petitions, but in this case I have done so. I hope many more will too.

They're doomed!

How up to date is the Red Lion info? I went there a while back and it seemed to be some sort of "polish?" restaurant.

Kettle? KETTLE??? There never was a decent drink that didn't involve some sort of bottle opener!!!

"Modern day bands don't have the staying power the the old one have" Thank heavens for that !!!

For how long will you be on RT, I'm trying to get up myself next week (a neat trick if you can do it!) so if you are about ...?

Put the gas cylinder next to the wood burner and you'll have a lovely clear boom.

But Bobdog, I've just been told that if a saily has got its engine running, but is not using it for propulsion, it is still a saily! This needs to be checked!

Well first of all I'd like to thank everyone for their input. As a newbie to boating (I've only been doing it for 50 years) I've learned quit a lot from this thread already. I was for example, largely unaware of the "wind lift" phenomenon. It had been mentioned to me before but I hadn't understood it. On the lack of courtesy and/or common sense, that is to be found in all camps in equal measure and I have no doubt that we have each suffered the consequences at some time or other. I can see that jibing is an issue when sailing but ask is it also an issue when motor sailing? I also see that a sailing craft under sail but with a small axillary outboard running isn't much more maneuverable than when the engine isn't running, this needs to be allowed for (courtesy AND common sense) but if I have to alter my speed and course to accommodate him, is he not being discourteous to me? If a sailing craft is under sail, but has an engine ticking over in neutral in readiness, is he sailing or motoring and how can I tell the difference? So many questions... yet I have more!!! I ask them, not to establish a "right of way" to which I can blindly stick, but to clarify some situations that could possibly lead to unfortunate verbal exchanges and gesticulations.

I desperately hope that this thread manages to stay well away from the "Them v us" attitude. Instead I'm hoping my sailing friends will start to tell me what they are wanting people to do under what circumstances. It is my suspicion that many sailies think "Well it's obvious what I expect him to do" but sadly that's the problem, I don't think some things are obvious. They might be if I sat and thought things through, but that doesn't happen when you're at the helm. That's why I called this thread "a matter of perspective" I'm after getting information across and back!

I used to enjoy Floyd on cooking. (How's that for linking)

Let us take it that neither skipper is giving any indication to the other. For my own part, in those circumstances I try to pass port to port wondering why the sailie is making it difficult for me. I want to hear his side of the story.

In my opinion (and only my opinion) School uniform achieves two things. Firstly it gives an identity to a group of individuals for those individuals. uniform isn't necessarily about regimentation, but it IS about 'belonging'. Secondly (assuming the school has got it right) it is the financial leveler. It conceals the wealth or lack of it to the outsider. The wearers can leave school at the end of the working day looking as equals. Just my opinion for which those of you who are wrong are welcome to disagree.