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I don't mind dogs, used to have one myself, which is why I was happy to engage it and push it away, hoping the owner would take the hint, which he didn't until I got forceful with the owner.

Whilst I don't mind dogs, I don't see why I should have to put up with someone else's dog scratching my car bumper!

 

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And now for something completely different.  I'm currently moored at Thurne Dyke.  Last evening, a large cruiser arrived and moored just ahead of me. I couldn't tell how many aboard but the array

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Well well well, life's a funny old bowl of cherries isn't it. Here I sit at 9:30 in the evening, customary small libation in hand and pondering the surprises of the day. Today I held both a cordless d

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Now, I'm not going to derail other threads with this but some comments have been made that have had me thinking. It is far from unusual for me to make comments that, at the time, strike me as amu

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Crikey, remind me never to pee on a post again :default_biggrin:

Dogs are lovely. I wish some owners would realise not everyone wants a dog jumping up at them and then look at you as if you have two heads when you ask them to keep the dog away x

 

 

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I think having a dog off the lead is showing a lack of respect for others, so if I see one I will confront the owner. Try, "Your dog's just done a pile over there". Then leave them looking for it. Proves they haven't been keeping an eye on it. I confronted one such owner in our marina, asking how he could see when his dog did a pile if it was out of his sight. After a frank exchange things cooled and he and his mate invited me to go with them on a cruise up to the Ferry House!

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11 minutes ago, Gracie said:

Crikey, remind me never to pee on a post again :default_biggrin:

Dogs are lovely. I wish some owners would realise not everyone wants a dog jumping up at them and then look at you as if you have two heads when you ask them to keep the dog away x

 

 

Oh Gracie! It's not good for your health squatting over someone's post in this forum, especially if the apparatus is connected to the mains! :default_coat::default_laugh:

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Changing the subject (rapidly) , I was wondering about an ex member of the forum who's name here, and that of his boat, was "Bound2Please". 

I thought if I googled it, that would lead to his boat on Craig's list. It didn't  but it has lead me into an awful lot of reading.   :-)

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29 minutes ago, MauriceMynah said:

Changing the subject (rapidly) , I was wondering about an ex member of the forum who's name here, and that of his boat, was "Bound2Please". 

I thought if I googled it, that would lead to his boat on Craig's list. It didn't  but it has lead me into an awful lot of reading.   :-)

Most of it written by E L James I would imagine! 

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2 hours ago, MauriceMynah said:

I agree with all that's been said, it's never the dogs fault, always the owner. I sometimes look after a friends dog, often taking her ( the dog ) into a pub. ALWAYS on a short lead always with me at the other end. It really isn't difficult 

The dog sees it differently, she always takes you to the pub on a short lead

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The dog sees it differently, she always takes you to the pub on a short lead

Mine will take me to a pub on any lead, not just the one pub either she knows many all over the place.

She may not be well trained but that's good enough for me.:default_beerchug:

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You know what? I needed this!

Here I am, moored up at Fleet dyke, where there's no TV reception and too far for me to walk to a pub. All I can do is sit on the boat and contemplate life, the universe and everything. 

Bloody good job too. I've been living on my boat for over two years now and I realise that I'd started to take the whole lot for granted. There were several things kicking at me, trying to remind me that I was living the dream, when suddenly one of them broke through. I have Gracie to thank for this.

She started a thread called "Summer Holidays". This is something I've not done since moving onto my boat.  So I started wondering what I might do, where I might go.

Before boatlife it was easy. Go to the Broads! Now it's rather harder. When you're in heaven  where do you go for a good time? It's that "What did Oliver Reed do to celebrate? scenario. 

Some folk travel for hours to get here. All I have to do is untie the ropes.

Amazing what mooring out of range of a pub does for me, I shall have to pour myself my modest libation to celebrate.  Ahh, it's 4:30 am. Bit too early, or is it a bit too late? I only woke owing to yesterday evening's libations.

It's raining now so I think I'll finish this post and just lie here listening to it on the cabin roof wondering where I might go on holiday next year, or maybe I'll go the year after that. Who knows eh?

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This is a great thread, it's fun and MM doesn't mind if we drift a tad or if it descends into chaos, with MM involved that's usually the case :default_biggrin: It also gives us a bit of inside knowledge on life living aboard which I love to read about, so thank you for that MM

I know we don't have much of a summer but I hope you're enjoying life on board, I know it can't be all plain sailing especially in the winter. Do you have any regrets about living aboard? x

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27 minutes ago, Gracie said:

Do you have any regrets about living aboard? x

None at all. I sometimes wonder, if I won the lottery,  would I buy a house or a cleaner boat. Not sure which.

 

Edited to add for Gracie...

The name "Nyx" is from Greek mythology. She was the goddess of the night and was born of Chaos. 

 

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