Reply to: When you're cruising down the river, do you like to wave at people on the river bank?

[KentPhilip]

I was there for 4 years, am Putney way now. The shouting sounds about right, full of old boys ignored by their wives.

The bar is open to the public, fact that the loo is just outside is their design error loads of people use it!

Phew!
Well to be fair the bloke who chastised me did later on say I could carry on using the loo, because I spent a bit of time talking about my boat, the risks I was taking by not having an engine cut-out string, trim, and rules of the river.

I went past Putney on Tuesday as well - so this week I've completed Woolwich to Teddington lock - the tidal thames upstream from Woolwich. Most pleasant and incident-free..

[gingerjedi]

I used to like waving when I was on the narrow boat. but that was on the canal, not the river. So I suppose it's a completely different waving scenario. If you want to start a thread on canal-waving, I would be delighted to contribute

That can get embarrassing if they're walking along the tow path in the same direction, once you've waved you can't just ignore them for the remainder of the journey.

[Old Hack]

Well well - I yield to your knoweldge of homosexual causual sex (although not in any other way).

Nah, didn't know, heard it on the news after that Welsh MP got caught looking on Clapham common, well, possibly for Fat boy and his Captain. I think, given its proximity to Wandsworth, that it also must be one of sas's Unknown knowns

[MyUserName]

Sorry, it does appear I am right:



Ok, I thought so.

Well well - I yield to your knoweldge of homosexual causual sex (although not in any other way).

[Old Hack]

I thought cruising was an activity the likes of which shaunyboy and spod would do on clapham common, late at night?

No, that's dogging. Please tell me you did not get those two mixed up on a cruise ship!

Sorry, it does appear I am right:

Cruising for sex, or cruising is the act of walking or driving about a locality in search of a sex partner, usually of the anonymous, casual, one-time variety. In a specifically sexual context, the term "cruising" originally emerged as an argot "code word" in gay slang. The term "cruising" continues to predominantly denote exclusively homosexual behaviour.

Ok, I thought so.

[Dallas]

You're not a member of the Poplar or Blackwall rowing club are you? Whose club house is on the southern tip of the Isle of Dogs?
I got a telling off yesterday from one of their members for using their loo without permission. Well it was right next to the slipway I used to launch, and was so convenient.

I go too fast for flying bottles to reach me..
to see.

I was there for 4 years, am Putney way now. The shouting sounds about right, full of old boys ignored by their wives.

The bar is open to the public, fact that the loo is just outside is their design error loads of people use it!

[KentPhilip]

Indeed, this is my rowing patch, waving is normal, better still if you have a 6pack and are topless

Dont go too close to the Gun at the blue bridge opposite the O2, you will get bottles hurled at you, ditto the party boats!

You're not a member of the Poplar or Blackwall rowing club are you? Whose club house is on the southern tip of the Isle of Dogs?
I got a telling off yesterday from one of their members for using their loo without permission. Well it was right next to the slipway I used to launch, and was so convenient.

I go too fast for flying bottles to reach me..

Sorry, could you just clarify exactly what you are waving?

Haha. Yes sometimes my hands are just too small for folk on the river bank to see.

I thought cruising was an activity the likes of which shaunyboy and spod would do on clapham common, late at night?

You can do it in broad daylight on the Thames. But you've got to tie the boats together to prevent them from separating while you're humping..

If you want to start a thread on canal-waving, I would be delighted to contribute

Not a good idea - the presence of locks means there is only a finite distance I can try to escape to should any offended "wavees" choose to give chase.

[EternalOptimist]

I used to like waving when I was on the narrow boat. but that was on the canal, not the river. So I suppose it's a completely different waving scenario. If you want to start a thread on canal-waving, I would be delighted to contribute

[MyUserName]

30 seconds later I went over the waterfall.

Is that a emphamism?

[NotAllThere]

I was cruising down a river, and saw these people on the bank waving at me. So I waved back. It started to get a bit ugly though, as they started shouting at me - I couldn't make out what they were saying, but they sounded angry or something.

30 seconds later I went over the waterfall.

[doodab]

If you are wearing your little sailor boy uniform it's probably best not to wave.

[MyUserName]

I thought cruising was an activity the likes of which shaunyboy and spod would do on clapham common, late at night?

No, that's dogging. Please tell me you did not get those two mixed up on a cruise ship!

[Old Hack]

I thought cruising was an activity the likes of which shaunyboy and spod would do on clapham common, late at night?

[MyUserName]

Sorry, could you just clarify exactly what you are waving?

[d000hg]

If they have a dog wave, otherwise don't wave to individual men.