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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2017 21:10:38 GMT
That's grossly unfair. Betty gave her opinion of the man. When challenged she declined to elaborate, but invited you to discuss the matter with the person involved. I believe that was an honourable thing to do. The charge of being 'nasty' is totally unfounded. By the way, I have no idea what song you are refering to. Rog We'll have to agree to differ on the point I think. In my book, there is nothing honourable about casting unjustified aspersions about someone. 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 A pity you dont eat some of your own advice.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2017 21:12:36 GMT
That's grossly unfair. Betty gave her opinion of the man. When challenged she declined to elaborate, but invited you to discuss the matter with the person involved. I believe that was an honourable thing to do. The charge of being 'nasty' is totally unfounded. By the way, I have no idea what song you are refering to. Rog We'll have to agree to differ on the point I think. In my book, there is nothing honourable about casting unjustified aspersions about someone. As to asking Mr Fincher himself, well firstly I don't know him that well and secondly it would be pretty odd to go up to him and say "that Betty thinks you are a cunt, why does she think that?" I think it unlikely that he thinks he's done something bad to her. If he had, I think he's the sort of person that would want to try to put it right. More likely a mis-communication or some minor social faux pas arising from cultural differences. 11 foot wide relatively long "narrowboat type" canal boats are offensive to purists. Proper wide ones are less rude (it's understandable to want to maximise internal space on a boat) and obviously barges are ok as there is a point to them. It's an instinctive thing. Why would anyone have a boat which is (say) 60ft x 11ft on a canal system which give or take a bit basically allows a beam of about 12ft6. Obviously a shorter boat may handle better if narrower and there are optimum dimensions if we're talking about barges or launches but if it's basically a fairly long (50ft+) slab sided flat bottomed steel canal boat I really can't understand why there is an 11ft beam option. I don't get it.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2017 21:13:36 GMT
Unjustified to you!
Why do any of us have to explain to you.
And I think you need to read again what Betty wrote if you believe you are quoting her.
Rog
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Post by bettina on Aug 7, 2017 21:23:38 GMT
I really think you should let it go, don't you? You really don't want to get into any kind of popularity competition based on what you write on here...... unless it's with doghouse Rog i just dont like people who make snide remarks about someone else. It's nasty. LOL No double standards there then Nick **thought I'd give your style of reply a go....you know where you only respond to the bit that suits you & delete the rest.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2017 21:29:00 GMT
i just dont like people who make snide remarks about someone else. It's nasty. LOL No double standards there then Nick **thought I'd give your style of reply a go....you know where you only respond to the bit that suits you & delete the rest. Well, we know what the "f" in N F Norman stands for now, facetious 😂
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Post by Telemachus on Aug 7, 2017 21:29:50 GMT
i just dont like people who make snide remarks about someone else. It's nasty. LOL No double standards there then Nick **thought I'd give your style of reply a go....you know where you only respond to the bit that suits you & delete the rest. Well fair cop I suppose, I should have said "...snide remarks without any explanation or justification" but I think I've made that point enough times. You made quite a nasty attack on Alan with no substantiation. I expect you feel aggrieved about something he did but this is not a good way to deal with it. As I said, I judge you by your actions on here (nothing else to go on). You, I'm sure, will do likewise. I'm happy with that.
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Post by bettina on Aug 7, 2017 21:30:34 GMT
We'll have to agree to differ on the point I think. In my book, there is nothing honourable about casting unjustified aspersions about someone. As to asking Mr Fincher himself, well firstly I don't know him that well and secondly it would be pretty odd to go up to him and say "that Betty thinks you are a cunt, why does she think that?" I think it unlikely that he thinks he's done something bad to her. If he had, I think he's the sort of person that would want to try to put it right. More likely a mis-communication or some minor social faux pas arising from cultural differences. 11 foot wide relatively long "narrowboat type" canal boats are offensive to purists. Proper wide ones are less rude (it's understandable to want to maximise internal space on a boat) and obviously barges are ok as there is a point to them. It's an instinctive thing. Why would anyone have a boat which is (say) 60ft x 11ft on a canal system which give or take a bit basically allows a beam of about 12ft6. Obviously a shorter boat may handle better if narrower and there are optimum dimensions if we're talking about barges or launches but if it's basically a fairly long (50ft+) slab sided flat bottomed steel canal boat I really can't understand why there is an 11ft beam option. I don't get it. What's your feelings on a 10ft / 10inch boat?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2017 21:33:30 GMT
11 foot wide relatively long "narrowboat type" canal boats are offensive to purists. Proper wide ones are less rude (it's understandable to want to maximise internal space on a boat) and obviously barges are ok as there is a point to them. It's an instinctive thing. Why would anyone have a boat which is (say) 60ft x 11ft on a canal system which give or take a bit basically allows a beam of about 12ft6. Obviously a shorter boat may handle better if narrower and there are optimum dimensions if we're talking about barges or launches but if it's basically a fairly long (50ft+) slab sided flat bottomed steel canal boat I really can't understand why there is an 11ft beam option. I don't get it. What's your feelings on a 10ft / 10inch boat? Probably too big for his magnet.
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Post by bettina on Aug 7, 2017 21:45:49 GMT
That's grossly unfair. Betty gave her opinion of the man. When challenged she declined to elaborate, but invited you to discuss the matter with the person involved. I believe that was an honourable thing to do. The charge of being 'nasty' is totally unfounded. By the way, I have no idea what song you are refering to. Rog We'll have to agree to differ on the point I think. In my book, there is nothing honourable about casting unjustified aspersions about someone. As to asking Mr Fincher himself, well firstly I don't know him that well and secondly it would be pretty odd to go up to him and say "that Betty thinks you are a cunt, why does she think that?" I think it unlikely that he thinks he's done something bad to her. If he had, I think he's the sort of person that would want to try to put it right. More likely a mis-communication or some minor social faux pas arising from cultural differences. I've asked you quite polietly before Nick, PLEASE do not put words in my mouth. That is Not what I said, and you know it, especially since you are fully aware of my distaste of that word. Even pharaphrasing what I said wouldn't equate to that. You spend so much time on here preaching to us all how intelligent you are and what a superior education you have, I'm sure you could think of a better way to broach the subject the next time you meet him, you might even be able to do it without using such distasteful language. Then again, maybe not.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2017 21:49:06 GMT
As it happens I like to see all different boats and don't object to any particular type personally but I don't really understand why there are wide beam canal boats between 7ft and 11ft wide. I've seen some that appear to be about 8ft6 wide. I'm talking about longer boats mainly used as accomodation rather than shorter boats which benefit from a narrower beam. It just seems odd as there are no canals with that sort of width restriction. I know the GU is basically about 14ft wide and its advisable to go a bit narrower say 12ft6 or something to be sure but why go another 18 inches narrower than that? Its a lot of internal space to lose. I suppose build and fitout is a bit cheaper but I still think it's odd. Its almost like an appeasement to narrow boat owners who in theory would be upset by a real wide thing coming the other way and pushing them into the bushes.
I'm not moaning about it I'm just intrigued.
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Post by naughtyfox on Aug 7, 2017 21:56:08 GMT
Yes, that was naughty of Nick to slip that in. The edit button works (I should know!!!)
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Post by Telemachus on Aug 7, 2017 22:00:01 GMT
Yes, that was naughty of Nick to slip that in. The edit button works (I should know!!!) Entirely deliberate, of course.
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Post by tomsk on Aug 8, 2017 0:54:08 GMT
I have only just seen this and feel compelled to comment. Having never met the man I have no doubt of Alan's long-standing commitment to the waterways, a potentially nebulous commitment he has consistently backed up with actions, including attempts at meaningful engagement with CRT and of course, fairly sizable lumps of cold hard cash. My feeling is that Alan means well and that makes him good people in my book. Yes he is a perfectly pleasant bloke. My only criticism of him is that, if he has a sense of humour, it certainly doesn't overlap in any way with my own! Having never met you I'm not in a position to interpret that as anything other than a spurious value judgement, albeit a view held by someone who whilst regularly coming across as a bit snotty and self satisfied is firmly ensconced in my 'Probably Not An Idiot' column (the highest rating realistically achievable by The Un-met). Alan occupies the same column and almost the same ranking, switching places regularly depending on the relative sanctimony of your most recent posts.
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Post by patty on Aug 8, 2017 6:15:31 GMT
I think in my very humble opinion that paraphrasing Betty's opinion injecting words that you know offends her is not a gentlemanly action.... Sometimes Nick you are not very nice.
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Post by naughtyfox on Aug 8, 2017 6:45:58 GMT
Magnetman - boats need to be one inch narrower every year to cope with the absence of dredging. A bit like the rings of a tree trunk, you can tell the age of a boat by its width.
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