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going on a barge

cat_race [Edit] [Delete] 52 replies 13:10, 6 June '13

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  • nothing

    thewarn | 6 Jun '13, 13:12 | X
    • this weekend will be great success

      cat_race @thewarn | 6 Jun '13, 13:14 | X
  • Cliff Thorburn is not, primarily, a presenter.

    He is a snooker - ex-snooker player - and is an unknown quantity

    lyserge | 6 Jun '13, 13:13 | X
    Antpocalypsenow this'd this
  • Always wanted to do this.

    A few days in the sun, on a barge getting pissed driving it in the countryside. Going through some locks, dropping anchor next to a pub in the evening. Bit of a BBQ. Sounds great.

    Chip_Batch | 6 Jun '13, 13:23 | X
    NoNoNoRobots, monpot, and cat_race this'd this
    • i'm well excited by it

      especially excited by locks. they always seemed amazing to me as a kid

      cat_race @Chip_Batch | 6 Jun '13, 14:15 | X
      • There's some good ones round by me.

        Might go for a walk at the weekend.

        Chip_Batch @cat_race | 6 Jun '13, 14:38 | X
        • WHERSE'S ROUND BY YOU?

          i'm going to start at rugby

          cat_race @Chip_Batch | 6 Jun '13, 14:45 | X
          • I live in Coventry, lots in places around here.

            Nice ones at Hatton and Long Itchington.

            Chip_Batch @cat_race | 6 Jun '13, 15:44 | X
  • Don't fall in a canal or you'll probably die

    Antpocalypsenow | 6 Jun '13, 13:24 | X
  • ask thomar

    Jordan_229_2 | 6 Jun '13, 13:26 | X
  • Beware of Weil's disease.

    Just sayin.

    Wooly31 | 6 Jun '13, 13:27 | X
  • I like the idea of them but I think they were a bit idiotic with the name of it

    As they pretty much lose out on the (very rich) Chinese tourism market as It is nearly impossible to say Barge in a Chinese accent. Go On try it...You will just end up as I did Gurning and spitting down your beard.

    NoNoNoRobots | 6 Jun '13, 13:27 | X
  • if you can, take someone called marge

    any lulls in the fun can be filled with hilarious rhyme-based jokes

    83746725 | 6 Jun '13, 13:28 | X
  • if you want to go left move the steering stick thing to the right

    and if you're in a mad rush to get through about 15 locks in an hour and a half in order to watch the first England game of the 2010 world cup don't get stuck behind an elderly couple who refuse to be helped to do it faster.

    Smee | 6 Jun '13, 13:32 | X
    • oh man and if you're hanging out on top of the boat

      make sure you or someone else is keeping a look out for low bridges. nearly lost my head a few times that way

      Smee @Smee | 6 Jun '13, 13:33 | X
      twentynine this'd this
      • yeah you don't want to get yr head knocked off

        andyvine @Smee | 6 Jun '13, 13:39 | X
        • no siree

          Smee @andyvine | 6 Jun '13, 14:08 | X
      • HMM

        i was looking forward to sitting on the top of it. i must be ware

        cat_race @Smee | 6 Jun '13, 14:23 | X
        • face forwards

          Can't go wrong. You can also chortle a halloo to passers-by.

          twentynine @cat_race | 6 Jun '13, 14:24 | X
          • i try to say hello to everyone i meet nearly

            cat_race @twentynine | 6 Jun '13, 14:25 | X
            • i'd like to meet you nearly

              twentynine @cat_race | 6 Jun '13, 14:28 | X
              cat_race this'd this
              • i'll come and live with you then

                cat_race @twentynine | 6 Jun '13, 14:30 | X
  • Does it have a device for playing music?

    I'm pretty sure no-one in the history of time has played this song whilst being on a nautical vehicle before

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avaSdC0QOUM

    ma0sm | 6 Jun '13, 13:34 | X
  • Did this one year

    Only advice I'd give is make sure you empty out the sewage tank every 3-4 days, it can last longer, but you don't want to be known as the poo boat. Also try to poo elsewhere, in places such as pubs, as much as you can.

    ma0sm | 6 Jun '13, 13:36 | X
  • the first time you set off

    you ought to have chariots of fire playing

    ethricdouble | 6 Jun '13, 13:41 | X
  • tell us your theories on how locks work

    twentynine | 6 Jun '13, 13:44 | X
    • as far as i can tell there are portals in them

      you slide the brown wood along where the brick sticks up and that uncovers the portal at the bottom of the canal to let water through to the portal at the top of the lock bit and then the water goes to the place where it is needed/not needed. the name lock is strange, it suggests there should be some sort of key but apparently that isn't the case

      cat_race @twentynine | 6 Jun '13, 14:17 | X
  • Reading this thread has made me want to do this

    Anywhere good/cheap to do it around London?

    jopzorz | 6 Jun '13, 14:15 | X
  • if you go too fast

    people living on houseboats get angry and shake their fists at you. it's great fun

    jimouthargyle | 6 Jun '13, 14:31 | X
  • Take some bird seed (for the ducks)

    Prepare to be bored.

    Tillance | 6 Jun '13, 14:36 | X
    • i don't really get bored

      cat_race @Tillance | 6 Jun '13, 14:41 | X
      • take your nintendo ds incase

        Jordan_229_2 @cat_race | 6 Jun '13, 14:43 | X
        • Yeah, you don't want to drop it and smash it up

          deadonthestairs @Jordan_229_2 | 6 Jun '13, 14:44 | X
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        • the sound stopped working

          either through the speakers or even the headphones. how do i fix it. i actually was planning on taking it though

          cat_race @Jordan_229_2 | 6 Jun '13, 14:47 | X
          • just make your own noises and music

            ethricdouble @cat_race | 6 Jun '13, 15:14 | X
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          • best make a thread my good man

            Jordan_229_2 @cat_race | 6 Jun '13, 16:39 | X
          • do the mario

            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65uNCLBTje0

            chickenbones @cat_race | 6 Jun '13, 16:47 | X
            • JUUUUUUST LIIIIIIIIKE THHHHHHAAAAAT

              DIC

              chickenbones @chickenbones | 6 Jun '13, 16:48 | X
              • NOU DIC

                cat_race @chickenbones | 6 Jun '13, 16:55 | X
                • :(

                  chickenbones @cat_race | 6 Jun '13, 16:58 | X
  • on a barge, on a barge, you are going on a barge

    colon_closed_bracket | 6 Jun '13, 15:15 | X
    • we don't need no water!

      cat_race @colon_closed_bracket | 6 Jun '13, 15:55 | X
    • on a boat on a boat

      he'll be hanging on a boat.

      chickenbones @colon_closed_bracket | 6 Jun '13, 16:50 | X
  • look after thw windless

    stickboy | 6 Jun '13, 15:46 | X
  • WATER WAY to have a holiday!

    Gorkys_Forever | 6 Jun '13, 16:20 | X
  • Do you mean a barge

    or a canal boat, a narrowboat? I used to go on narrowboat holidays as a kid. Great stuff, rolling countryside, lockside pubs, lazy days in the sun. Probably a lot more expensive than when my parents started going in the 70s, but I have been meaning to organise it as an adult with my own friends and kids for some time.

    steinbolt | 6 Jun '13, 16:24 | X
    • don't know which to be honest

      it was like £84 each for 20 odd of us

      cat_race @steinbolt | 6 Jun '13, 16:36 | X
      • It'll be a narrowboat

        don't call it a barge, it won't a barge.

        it'll be great though...

        funkycow @cat_race | 6 Jun '13, 23:08 | X
  • Is this like a Rosie and Jim boat?

    SenorDingDong | 6 Jun '13, 16:34 | X
  • I want to go on holiday.

    walks005 | 6 Jun '13, 16:37 | X
  • I want to go on holiday.

    walks005 | 6 Jun '13, 16:37 | X
  • I went on a narrowboat holiday

    it was ace (no locks, you just need to learn how to tie the knot to tie up the boat at night). Saw a lot of herons. Listened to The Lonely Island's On A Boat a lot. There was a good bit where we listened to Ennio Morricone while going fast across one of the broad bits of the Norfolk Broads.

    nice_squirrel | 6 Jun '13, 16:42 | X
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