pesky1972
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Got a starling sits singing in a tree out the front of me.., makes a noise like a load of mallards quacking on a pond. I remember hearing it last year but never twigged what it was at the time, but reckon its probably the same bird back this year. Hopefully I’ll catch it on the Merlin app.., be interesting to see what it makes of it
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I’d like to see that in the flesh one day. They’re a pretty big bird and I think seeing a few hundred all at once would be pretty cool.
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In certain places in Scotland Red Kites are a fairly common sight, although I’ve never seen them in the kind of large gatherings seen in England and Wales. There are a few places feeding them now no doubt to create an attraction for visitors. Think there were some planned reintroductions done years ago on the black isle and somewhere in the central belt. I might be wrong but I think a lot of these reintroductions are still done but kept on a lower key now, especially with the likes of raptors and mustelids etc. so as not to upset farmers, shooting estates and the like.
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I know he fought Ricky Burns in an exhibition thing last year, which I thought was meant to be a farewell and thanks to the fans thing for two lads from the West of Scotland. Just read he was training for another bout next month. Apparently had a seizure at the wheel of a car. Hopefully not linked to him still fighting but wouldn’t be surprised. Sad that some of these old fighters don’t know how to stop for the good of their health.
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Sad news just announced that former British and Commonwealth light welter champ Willie Limond has died aged only 45. I was in a boozer in Wales having just completed the 3 peaks challenge the night he fought Khan. Put him on the floor but didn’t have quite enough to put him away. Brave fighter and gone far too young. RIP champ.
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I must admit that Fury and the circus surrounding him frustrates me more than anything in boxing.., and nothing more so than the constant lies and contradictions. Thing is there are times when he’s very respectful and comes across humble and like a really decent guy. That’s probably the bi-polar thing and I do feel some sympathy for him and those closest to him that need to deal with it. He’d do himself and his cause and public image no harm in staying the fcuk away from social media though. None of these boxers are one man bands. And I don’t believe Fury fears AJ any more than AJ fears F
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Been up since 3 listening to the wind and rain batter the windows. Only 2 degrees here, with a wind chill below 0. I’m so fcuking sick of the rain now. Really feel for the folk whose livelihood is affected though. There’s bound to be an impact on all things nature too. Any early bees and butterflies won’t last long in this sh!tty cold. And I dread to think how much raw sewage has been dumped into our rivers and coastline this winter.
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Not sure there’s any standard for nonces. Certainly there are some that it would appear seek positions that will ingratiate them to society, but I reckon for every priest, swimming coach or scout master that gets caught, there’ll be ten fathers, step-fathers, brothers, uncles etc. that abuse kids from those positions of trust. As for Savile, I think to most except for those who knew him personally, the fact he was religious is fairly incidental. Much of what blinded people to his evil was the charitable stuff, and maybe more so his fame. Think kids and parents alike fell into the trap of
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I can buy biological evolution up to a point. It’s easy to see how a species would evolve to become bigger, faster, stronger, have longer horns or tusks etc. all through natural selection. I can’t believe that that same process, even given hundreds of millions of years, results in some of the clever mimicry and camouflage we see in nature. An orchid doesn’t just evolve through random mutations to wind up looking like a bee.., or a stick insect like a dead leaf, or a caterpillar like a snake or a butterfly like an owl.., but these things all exist. It has to have been something conscious.
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Staring at a green bead for the next 40 years. Might as well shoot the wee blighter now and save him the misery.
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A maritime captain escaped the last laugh a ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha…
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I say no matter how I try I realise that there’s no reply.
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Agree with all of that, except that she did choose her position when she opted to marry an heir to the throne, which may ultimately be the thing which saves her life. If she’d married a scaffolder then she might still be waiting on an appointment to get a diagnosis. But I don’t have any less sympathy for her for her position. The whole media/social media speculation stuff which probably left them with no option but to make a public statement is distasteful but comes with the territory. The job they do you can’t just drop off the radar and not have people wonder what’s going on. The infor
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Woman in her early forties, with three young kids, it goes without saying she has my sympathy, and I hope she makes a full recovery. As I watched her statement and her recognition of others in the same predicament, I couldn’t help thinking that whilst she’ll get the best of care, some poor cow watching will not be so lucky and leave her kids without a mother because she couldn’t get in to see a doctor or get a scan in time to save her.
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Can’t help thinking if the cnuts name was Abdul Sadiq there would be a lot less humour on this thread
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Need capital punishment for these nut cases. We lecture ‘less civilised’ countries on human rights, but they’d treat these cnuts the right way.
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Been a long wet winter. Well and truly tired of it now. To get cold again next week. Hopefully dry and warm up a bit in April so I can get out in the garden. Not seen a butterfly yet.
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When I was a kid a mate of mine, who actually had a German surname but a mother who was of Irish descent, was a Celtic fan. In town the day the walk was on (we were about 14, and oblivious that it was on) and my mate who was wearing a Celtic top was punched and kicked by two grown men who’d been following the walk. Made a bit of a mess of him. That was really my first experience of what these walks were, and I’ve heard a few similar stories since. I hear all the shite about culture and heritage, and protecting Britishness. That’s not my lived experience in Scotland. These marches frequently ma
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There are no areas in Scotland that are anti protestant…, none. The orange order and the knuckle draggers that follow the marches are anti catholic/Irish and cause nothing but trouble. There are many people in Scotland, including many protestants, who dislike them on that basis, including a majority in Stonehaven it appears. The majority living here of all and no denomination (like myself) see these dinosaurs as nothing but a national embarrassment and a laughing stock now.
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I flew out to work in Holland a couple of weeks before it happened and bought an FHM at the airport. It had a feature on the FBI’s most wanted. No.1 was one Usama Bin Laden. I’d never heard of him up until that point.
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9/11 - In a portacabin on a chemical plant shutdown in Holland. Only me and a Dutch guy called Henk, who had no English (one of the very few cloggies). Radio was on and he started freaking out and trying to tell me what was happening. Site shut shortly after and was back in digs in time to watch the 2nd tower fall. Like yesterday. Diana - had one of those radio alarms which woke me up the back of six for a Sunday shift to the news she’d been killed. Still went to work, well you would, it’s double bubble.
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52 this year and a load of people I’ve worked with over the years have retired recently. Not sure they’re all happier or more content for it though. Working gives you a sense of purpose, problems to solve which leave you with some sense of achievement, a lot of friendships or at least acquaintances who you have a bit of banter with or find stuff in common to complain about and vent the spleen.., and it gets you out from under her feet for a few hours most days. In short it’s a huge chunk of life and how most of is live for most of our lives. Not sure I ever want to actually retire. My aim is
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I was slightly disappointed in Joshua taking this fight, but at this stage of his career, and with the options open to him, maybe I don’t blame him. His purse for what turned out to be only a few minutes work was apparently $50m! When the best in the sport are jumping on this sort of gravy train, how are we ever going to get the integrity back.
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Watching replay now and it must be the easiest nights work Joshua’s had since he turned pro. Mind boggling how this guy dropped Fury and only lost narrowly on the scorecards.., or is it? The knockout was brutal and it makes me wonder how these promoters will all cry crocodile tears when someone gets killed or left a vegetable in one of these ‘crossover’ or novelty fights. Just my opinion but, regardless of his MMA pedigree, Ngannou shouldn’t be anywhere near a ring with 2 out of the top 3 heavyweights in the world in his first two bouts.
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Agree.., but at least he doesn’t start singing!
