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Post by airedaleman on Apr 16, 2019 9:57:00 GMT
It is very upsetting when something you have spent possibly years working on either boats or houses are sold and then the buyer lets them fall apart. I used to get told by the boatmen at Braunston that my boat was in a really bad way! This was 10 years after we sold it. I saw my first boat at Mountsorrel sunk because the owner had not winterised it properly which was really upsetting as I had spent hours fitting it out and we had a lot of pleasure on it. Just sold our 100 year old barge in France and the new owner and his steerer couldn’t wait to get off and start the journey to the north of France. The owner wants to live on it so wasn’t to interested in the mechanics and the steerer knew everything anyway so wouldn’t be shown. We got in the car and drove up to Calais.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2019 10:29:12 GMT
I get the opposite as I am quite lax on maintenance on my boats. The boats I have sold (4 narrow boats) all ended up in better order when I next saw them. It's a bit naff to be lax on maintenance but that's just how some people are and its important to recognise weaknesses (and strengths).
It did cheer me up each time I saw any of my previous boats I must admit.
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Post by naughtyfox on Apr 16, 2019 10:47:11 GMT
Other way round with us, our boat is in much better nick than when we bought it. I liked the idea of giving a neglected old boat a new life, and we've already taken it on lots of adventures.
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Post by kris on Apr 16, 2019 10:47:46 GMT
I get the opposite as I am quite lax on maintenance on my boats. The boats I have sold (4 narrow boats) all ended up in better order when I next saw them. It's a bit naff to be lax on maintenance but that's just how some people are and its important to recognise weaknesses (and strengths). It did cheer me up each time I saw any of my previous boats I must admit. It would have cheered you up even more if you had done them up whilst you owned them.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2019 11:36:02 GMT
My father insisted in moving from his new wife's lovely house which was in a lovely village to a ordinary house on severe slope with a view. He spent ten years in bed looking at the view. Well actually, he watched the snooker on BBC
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Post by patty on Apr 16, 2019 17:10:11 GMT
My dad always needed something to do..trouble was the places he brought kept me employed 24/7..but in hindsight they helped me recover and taught me many new skills...not all useful in my next place..shovelling out tons of corn from corn bin was one and clearing 18 barrowloads of weed from his fishpond is another that thankfully Ive never had to re[peat.. I decided to downsize as couldn't manage Horror House garden and maintenance and have spent 2 days clearing daughters garden..I suspect I'll never slow down whilst I can keep going. Its not so much as denying the age thing its more if summit needs doing I'll do it.
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