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I went out for breakfast this morning. The place was packed so I sat outside with the dog. It was brisk at -3ºC but no wind. I ordered steak and eggs for me and got a side order of sausages for the dog. Coffee only in this gaff. Truck rolls up, rancher gets out with his dog and sits at the table next to me. Nods and puts his revolver on the table as he's sitting down. Looks me up and down. "Is that your Dodge?" "Yep" "That's a f*ck*n nice truck, man. Is it the Cummins?" "Yep" (Nods approval) He orders steak and we both eat in silence. The dogs occasionally growl a

very funny thread this,,,but you all realise we have turned in to our dads moaning about the younger generation....

Right, as there have been a few threads where the problems in dear old Blighty have been the subject of conversation it has obviously been on my mind....... And I have come to a conclusion....... SALAD !! i was in a little Italian coffee shop in darkest Clerkenwell in dear old London Town today waiting for my sausage sandwich and cup of tea..........and as I waited a constant stream of bearded skinny metro sexual types, sporting beards that had more work put into them than the Sistine chapel and talking in that f***ing annoying voice that always sounds happy and enthusiastic abo

I have already thanks jok both personally and in the original thread in the countryside skills section. But feel he deserves more. tuesday last week my dad had a stroke, tried to sleep it off and then had another the morning after, luckily he’s still himself mentally and is still in good moods and his personality is the same. However he has got some brain damage, lost use of his right eye and his right arm and leg are dodgy. But could of been worse so everyone’s happy. I posted on the countryside skills section asking just how hard it would be to make him a nice stick rather than the

Woke up this morning here with a good ten inches, then looked out the window and seen a couple of inches of snow, .

Couple more

Had a day owed to me and fancied getting up on the moor whilst we had the weather. Had an area in mind where we have had a couple of decent runs in the past. Unfortunately the military ranges were open when I got there so I moved to a new area. Mid week is really quiet up there and I only bumped into 2 other people all day. Cold wind but the sun was up and visibility was good. Been up there in all types of weather but cold with the sun up is unbeatable. Seen a couple of rabbits in the lower cover and the lurcher followed a couple of lines higher up which just ended at great piles of rocks. Alt

You'd be fine out this way. Doesn't count if you pull up in a tow-truck though! Thing 2 will dine like a king until he gets to rainbow bridge! Glock 17 Dodge 4500 Australian Cattle Dog Nothing, but looking at the balls on him I'd reckon gunpowder and crushed glass. He had the cow in a rear naked choke as I was paying my tab...

Nosey b*****ds

Where's Rippem?He's normally got plenty to say for himself.

All sorted hopefully

Russians must be pissing themselves at us right now. They wouldn’t need their superior fire power to take us out.., a couple of f****n snow machines would bring us to our knees. Brings a whole new meaning to the ‘cold war’.

Have you tried Billy Smart?......I’m sure he would pay good wages for the biggest clown in the British Army

That's it mate... there is money in building at the minute as everyone is building, adding infrastructure etc.. but it's gonna get hard again soon, train to get off the tools.. always money in training and health and safety... you need to write a risk assessment to have a shit these days..

JMHO but there are some good lines out there who's breeders have only ever bred baying types to baying types and no doubt about it they are the hardest type to breed. The secret IMO is a good breeder doesn't need to see injuries to know he has heart in his terriers. Steady baying types can have plenty of heart and they often get more work done for longer periods than the harder type. But for a line of terrier to work as steady baying types and stand the test of time (not just one or two generations) they need a good breeder behind them with a good stockmans eye because heart is something that

Seen more than a few doing exactly that over the years nl. That and their inablity to train a dog and their piss poor attitude to dogs/hunting in general. And since the ban more clueless nerks have got into dogs, and lamping in particular. All of which was the deciding factor in me not taking anyone with me when I used to lamp a fair bit. Just not worth the hassle

WilfYou have to adapt thers nowt wrong with a bit of salad as long as there’s fillet rare and eggs on top of it and Coleman’s mustard handy stuff if you shave but no good for the beardie gang ? and Chris it’s minus -56c here none of them car heater gadgets we just get on with it , not much snow about either well there wasnt last time I looked when me n lurcher had brekki outside this morn

Your son calls him "that poof", but you know his name ? Just saying like...........

I mean think about it, back in the days of Richard the lion heart or Henry the Eighth they would sit down to gargantuan feasts of everybtype of Roast meat and then f**k every tart in sight and cut a bloody swathe wherever they went...... Later on the lords would hold giant shooting days, sit down and eat a whole Red stag then trot off to give Jonny foreigner a good kicking...... Lad full to the brim of bully beef stormed up the beaches of Normandy to deliver death and destruction to the hun..... Grim faced men who ate nothing but steak and chips on a Tuesday swam 8000 miles to t

they do my head in these lads today,,,there like clones...beard ,,short back and sides..side parting...jeans that should be on a 10 year old girl...and no socks to finish the look

Look, I'm all for a bit of care and consideration but what is wrong with the country? There are a few inches of snow here and there, it's the lead story on the news and the country seems to be in lockdown; what is wrong with people, whatever happened to personal responsibility/accountability? FFS, it's like we have never seen it before, shops have run out of food, schools are shut, the railways have given up and we are told not to travel unless its essential. Get over it, get used to it, deal with it!

Saw this fella while out walking dogs today! Must be one of those big cork white dogs ?

This is the result of too many salads

Become a trainer yourself if you can thats where the money is. Bloody CITB used to ripe me off. When it all started to come in I argued with them when they told me I had to have licences for this and that. Asked them if there are no dumper drivers were did they get their drivers from. Luckily I got most licences on granddads rights but every year they invented another licence in the end you needed one just to fart. Out of it now i'm retired but always said training others is the way forward if you can't beat them join them. Good luck mate. Cheers Arry

Was on holiday down that way last year and that statue is one ugly fecking revolting thing mate.. As for one quarry,chinese water deer on flooded water meadows,beats the turns of coursing hands down and tastes so much better than a hare.Has to be on flooded water meadows as on drilled fields any old pot licker can catch them but it ain't over till it's over with a chink on wet ground with a dog up it's arse and many a "it's dead that is" phrase has been lost in the dark as the dog returned empty mouthed...

An experienced rabbit dog that's worked often is not going to waste its energy on a no chance run.I call it brains and skill and the sign of a true hunting dog, not just a running machine.

That is my kind of hunting. I'd sooner do that and catch nowt than bag up on the lamp. Each one sticks in your memory.

Or it could just be salad ?

Few of the pics from Sunday’s hike

a shot from a few years back

Not much of a story . It’s culling nothing more nothing less . Was very cold as my face shows lol

You have no idea d s mate , i climbed mount Kenya 6 times in 6 weeks and as I cane back into civilisation my phone beeped with a voice mail message “never mind mahtarneeeing mate , ude ave an art attack climbing up the furkinh steps ova carrravarrrnnn” nothing impresses the Pratt

my old spaniel when she was young, caught the hair on her head alight and didnt even notice LOL I had to put it out LOL

Health and safety mate.. that's where the money is in the building game now.. ive 2 mates, ex marines... earning very good money from H&S.

They are all in demand at the moment, tracked excavator, forward and rear tip dumpers, blades, graders, you name it, if I had the choice of only one over everything else, it would be tracked excavator, none of the others work without the excavators..... However, it depends on where your heart is, what you looking at going into, some good money for blades on road work, good money for graders as well, but track exc not so good. every man and his dog has track tickets, myself included, but it's my bread and butter work so I don't mind the input to keep them, where as my blade ticket run

Barely a dusting here. Pretty much drizzling snow constantly but nothing heavy. I love it. A bit of adversity reminds you that you're alive.

Parabuteos Lad , asked a bout a stick for the auld fell so here it is. I'm hoping he both likes and that it helps him on the road to recovery. Nice seasoned hazel shaft, waxed and buffed, brass ferrule and most importantly a lovely saluki looking solid brass handle which is actually screwed onto the shaft. Jok.

Happy People: A Year In The Taiga...

Sports direct the one stop shop for all your east european attire lol

Do you think he’d be a better option than the dog then??? Atb

Looks like Autism to me. People suggest giving him a good slap. That will do f**k all, only show the parent as being a c**t. The child won't know what it's being hit for. Those of you who ain't got any experience with Autism wouldn't have a clue, and that's fair enough. One thing I will say. It seems as if those parents didn't prepare for that flight, and shame on 5 hem if they didn't.

I think the fox killing aspect is over hyped, I've seen terriers that would make short work of a fox and were useless digging dogs. IMO fox killers like that are hyped up (even gassy) wind bags that want the job over too quickly. Give me that laid back terrier that goes in and gets the job done in his own steady style any day of the week.

I've always heard it said only breed from a bitch that is capable of finishing a fox and a dog that does it on a regular basis.I can not see how putting 2 sounders Bayer's together would ever improve the working terrier IMO they would eventually ruin it.

And the clothes they wear is ridiculous. Skinny jeans and tight tee shirts. Was shopping for some clothes last week and bearly found a proper pair of jeans. Atb j

Had the big digger out with the ice bucket today clearing roads up and around where I live . Looking good now, I love the snow, makes my garden look like everyone else’s !

IMO most Lurchers that have been worked regularly on rabbit will in time pick and choose their runs, and just like stalking their rabbits it’s no problem for me.

I've just the thing for you and you can have it with pleasure. Owt to help the old fella. I started a stick a bit ago with a stiff hazel shaft. I was gifted a brass lurches head and all it needs is marrying them together. If you are interested pm me. Jok.