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@doctor-phibes said in Funny Pics:
@bachophile LOL - that's great
Almost did one of these small barge trips with another couple but the photos scared me off, as in too slow all around.
wrote on 1 Apr 2021, 14:57 last edited by@loki said in Funny Pics:
@doctor-phibes said in Funny Pics:
@bachophile LOL - that's great
Almost did one of these small barge trips with another couple but the photos scared me off, as in too slow all around.
From what I understand, they're 99% total boredom, and 1% terror when you come to a lock.
I used to live in a house that backed on to the Shropshire Union Canal. It was very entertaining watching the amateurs pootle past. I also used to get the dreaded psycho swan knock on the back door, demanding bread with menaces.
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@loki said in Funny Pics:
@doctor-phibes said in Funny Pics:
@bachophile LOL - that's great
Almost did one of these small barge trips with another couple but the photos scared me off, as in too slow all around.
From what I understand, they're 99% total boredom, and 1% terror when you come to a lock.
I used to live in a house that backed on to the Shropshire Union Canal. It was very entertaining watching the amateurs pootle past. I also used to get the dreaded psycho swan knock on the back door, demanding bread with menaces.
wrote on 1 Apr 2021, 15:00 last edited by@doctor-phibes said in Funny Pics:
I also used to get the dreaded psycho swan knock on the back door, demanding bread with menaces.
I gotta hear more about this.
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@doctor-phibes said in Funny Pics:
I also used to get the dreaded psycho swan knock on the back door, demanding bread with menaces.
I gotta hear more about this.
wrote on 1 Apr 2021, 15:06 last edited by@catseye3 said in Funny Pics:
@doctor-phibes said in Funny Pics:
I also used to get the dreaded psycho swan knock on the back door, demanding bread with menaces.
I gotta hear more about this.
The famous Waverton swan. He would travel along the canal, and pop out visiting houses along the way.
I was renting a room, and basically looking after the house for this rich guy who spent most of his life on a yacht somewhere in the Mediterranean. Sunday morning, I'm sitting in the kitchen, and there's a knock on the back door, that led out to the canal. I started, looked out of the window, nobody there. Then another knock, then this freaking swan's head suddenly appeared in the window, banging repeatedly on the glass.
They can get quite aggressive.
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@catseye3 said in Funny Pics:
@doctor-phibes said in Funny Pics:
I also used to get the dreaded psycho swan knock on the back door, demanding bread with menaces.
I gotta hear more about this.
The famous Waverton swan. He would travel along the canal, and pop out visiting houses along the way.
I was renting a room, and basically looking after the house for this rich guy who spent most of his life on a yacht somewhere in the Mediterranean. Sunday morning, I'm sitting in the kitchen, and there's a knock on the back door, that led out to the canal. I started, looked out of the window, nobody there. Then another knock, then this freaking swan's head suddenly appeared in the window, banging repeatedly on the glass.
They can get quite aggressive.
wrote on 1 Apr 2021, 15:21 last edited by@doctor-phibes said in Funny Pics:
They can get quite aggressive.
"Step away from the bread and you won't get hurt."
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@loki said in Funny Pics:
@doctor-phibes said in Funny Pics:
@bachophile LOL - that's great
Almost did one of these small barge trips with another couple but the photos scared me off, as in too slow all around.
From what I understand, they're 99% total boredom, and 1% terror when you come to a lock.
I used to live in a house that backed on to the Shropshire Union Canal. It was very entertaining watching the amateurs pootle past. I also used to get the dreaded psycho swan knock on the back door, demanding bread with menaces.
wrote on 1 Apr 2021, 15:47 last edited by@doctor-phibes Love that stoyr, Phibes!
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I loved living in that place. The guy was basically gone for about 8 months of the year.
Here was the street, it cost me about $300 a month to have the run of the house.
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I loved living in that place. The guy was basically gone for about 8 months of the year.
Here was the street, it cost me about $300 a month to have the run of the house.
wrote on 1 Apr 2021, 16:45 last edited by@doctor-phibes That must be a popular place to live!
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wrote on 1 Apr 2021, 17:06 last edited by
It was great for me - I worked about 5 minutes away from there in an old converted farm. It was out in the countryside, with a little village pub.
Some of the newer people were a bit hoity-toity (it was in Cheshire, after all), but the older locals were all great.
When he was selling the house, a couple came around with a young child. The mother looked at the canal and said 'I'm not sure about that with our Jimmy...'. The father said 'Well, he'd only do it the once!'.
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wrote on 5 Apr 2021, 01:31 last edited by
Not sure if this is really "funny", but I thought it was interesting. Took the picture yesterday. It is a stairway to/from a MRT subway station. There is an escalator both up and down so not too many people take the stairs.
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wrote on 5 Apr 2021, 10:17 last edited by
Hat tip Dewey.
