Hmmm, too many lock keepers who think they're skippers, IMHO.
They're the servants, we're their masters, and so long as they (and we) remember that, we all get on just fine.
Aside from that, they're no longer trying to hang onto the last vestiges of a dying profession, I'm afraid - rather, many are clinging to the coat-tails of a dead one, and should recognise that it's time to move on - perhaps literally as well as figuratively, in some cases.
I have enormous respect for those who get it right, but no time at all for those who've proven to be a pain in the fundament too often.
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