Thankyou to a kind stranger

[FlyingGoose]

I would like to say thank you to the kind stranger that pulled me out of Clyde Marina today as I fell into the Water
Stepped on my trusty fender step to board and the knot slipped out after 6 months and off I went plop , as usual no ladders near by and I was holding on the a cleat trying to get my daughters attention in the cabin when a Kind English Gentleman pulled me out and stayed to make sure I was ok (see not all bad those English blokes )
As usual I forgot to ask his name but thanked him many a time :encouragement:
Lessons learned and embarrasment in check

 

[LittleSister]

Glad you were quickly rescued.

Good to have kind strangers about.

 

[Seajet]

At a marina near my mooring the last I heard three people had gone off pontoons at night and drowned, that was ages ago so maybe more now - as mentioned good ladders are essential, when on the ball I always try to note where / if there are any when I go to marinas, and mention them to crew when we go ashore.

 

[chrishscorp]

So easily done, thankfully someone noticed you :encouragement:

 

[ProDave]

I am glad you were helped and the outcome was not a bad one.

I am disappointed you have such a low opinion of Englishmen. I would hope anyone in a marina environment who saw your predicament would have helped you, regardless of their race, colour or gender, and you normally would not even think of naming the ethnic group of your helper, just thank them that they did help.

 

[RichardS]

I am glad you were helped and the outcome was not a bad one.

I am disappointed you have such a low opinion of Englishmen. I would hope anyone in a marina environment who saw your predicament would have helped you, regardless of their race, colour or gender, and you normally would not even think of naming the ethnic group of your helper, just thank them that they did help.

An Englishman, a Scotsman and a Yorkshireman walked into a pub ........

Richard

 

[Quandary]

He might not even have been English, some folk from Edinburgh can give a very good imitation, but a least he was not from Aberdeen or you would have been charged for the service.

 

[rogerthebodger]

An Englishman, a Scotsman and a Yorkshireman walked into a pub ........

Richard

When did Yorkshire leave the union. Has it changed since I left England ?

 

[FlyingGoose]

I am glad you were helped and the outcome was not a bad one.

I am disappointed you have such a low opinion of Englishmen. I would hope anyone in a marina environment who saw your predicament would have helped you, regardless of their race, colour or gender, and you normally would not even think of naming the ethnic group of your helper, just thank them that they did help.

Thankyou all for your kind words,
Pro Dave I was not intentionally targeting anyone , I was trying to identify the person on these forums and I was using my Dry Glaswegian Humour about the English , there is an Auld Glesga saying if they slag you off they like you , its when they ignore you there's a problem
Sorry if any one was offended ,
As Quandry said if they were from Aberdeen I would need my credit card

 

[Davy_S]

A Scouser would have nicked your watch and legged it!

 

[[3889]]

A Scouser would have nicked your watch and legged it!

Yep, and a thick mick would think you had gone for a swim. Ha ha ha. Comedy at its finest, hey.

 

[Quandary]

When I was working in Ballymena, the locals were proud that they were regarded as Aberdonians with all the generosity extracted.

 

[Skylark]

.................. when a Kind English Gentleman pulled me out and stayed to make sure I was ok (see not all bad those English blokes )
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Seems a perfectly reasonable assessment to me. I have dual nationality, I’m British and English and I’ve just had a week in that marina (for repairs), I left early Tuesday morning. If I’d have seen a local floundering in the water I would have asked his position on Independamce before considering an offer of help

Glad it all had a happy ending, by the way.

 

[FlyingGoose]

Seems a perfectly reasonable assessment to me. I have dual nationality, I’m British and English and I’ve just had a week in that marina (for repairs), I left early Tuesday morning. If I’d have seen a local floundering in the water I would have asked his position on Independamce before considering an offer of help

Glad it all had a happy ending, by the way.

Fair point and if the incorrect answer was given a foot on the head would have been appropriate in that situation

 

[RichardS]

When did Yorkshire leave the union. Has it changed since I left England ?

Have you ever met a Yorkshireman?

Did I ever mention ....

Richard

 

[rogerthebodger]

Have you ever met a Yorkshireman?

Did I ever mention ....

Richard

Yes lots when I lived in the UK, but non were like my old Dad who was from Clydebank Glasgow.

I do know you are a Yorkshiremen but living around my old stomping ground of Worcestershire/Warwickshire and later west midlands.

 

[DJE]

........good ladders are essential, when on the ball I always try to note where / if there are any when I go to marinas, and mention them to crew when we go ashore.

Why not take your own? I have rope on the stern (that I can reach from the water) which pulls down the boarding ladder.

 

[Seajet]

I have a folding step on the transom; a proper ladder is tricky to fit with the transom hung rudder.

Anyway re marinas, who says one's going to step / slide off the pontoon right by their boat, could be anywhere along.

 

[DJE]

Being a Yorkshireman I suppose I could make a small charge for use of my ladder by anybody else who falls in nearby.

 

[[70521]]

Glad you were pulled out so quickly.

What was the temperature like?