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What’s money mate ? You have the respect and love of your child , who will grow up with a father who has sacrificed everything for them . fair play to you DS , proper man

Stone me fair do's guv.....i had you down as a bit of a dick but couldnt be more wrong,new found respect and all that Only messing....one of the most impressive things ive seen through life was when years ago my young nephew found himself in the same position....23 year old big good looking lad had the pick of the ladies but overnight his life changed....he stuck to that kids side and showed a type of character that just impressed me so much watching him bring her up over the years....he's 52 now and shes 30 odd all grown up etc.... they have the most beautiful relationship it brings a

I always liken it to the Only Fools & Horses episode where they finally cop a fortune and the next day Dels on the blower trying to do a deal for some toasters or something When you've chased money a long time and you finally get it the anti climax can often take you by surprise. Ive had a pretty unconventional life and never really had a " job " type job to actually retire from in the first place but when i did eventually find myself in a position where i had more than i needed i went through that same anti climax of " what do i chase now then ".......but i think you end up ch

Before lockdown I spent 8years doing civils as a subby for southern gas.Mostly deep ex over hp pipelines,anything within 3metres was hand dig.Thats what really done the damage.My left ankle/knee/hip are all shot through constant stomping on the spade and my left elbow from chucking out.My right hand side feels no different to when I was 20.Any more than half an hour digging now and Im walking round like a spaz for 2 days afterwards.And in an ideal world mygirl would live with her mum and wed hare custody but unfortunately her mum is unwell so I do what needs doing.Ive never had the time of day

Im 50 next year mate and far from fit after doing groundwork/civils/building since I was 15.And I have got a kid mate.Ive been bringing up my 12year old daughter on my own for 6 years as well as working full time on site.

36 grand of oak to protect today before we start putting it together outside and lifting them into place

Garlic bread and a selection of cold meats this eve

Massively mate I live in an area rich in sightings so sitting out all night with a caller going and a more expensive thermal should see some decent results plus I will be at liberty to jump in the motor and go at short notice, I absolutely loved the week I spent in Cumbria last year tracking everything was so much easier got quite a bit of stuff when I was there considering I was just dropped on a mountain I’d never seen before, Have never felt so alive as sat up a mountain after dark with no contact with the outside world no WiFi,phone signal, light pollution or other people

No office today

Is this one of yours mate ??

If I never had a misses and kids I would have done it years ago just buy a horse box and live on the road, misses and kids are the only reason I carried on, but I have amassed enough to sort them all out if I died tomorrow so basically my job is now done so time for some me time hoping to shut up shop end of April early may

you might be right , but the way i see it, if the old dogs in question have deff give 100% in the hunting field all there life , i think it only fair to the animal to show some compassion to it . dont get me wrong if you had fecker dont hunt for and only him self, picks his runs, or wont do a fox, or bigger stuff, etc. i wouldn't keep it . so if they been hard working dog for 8- 9 years i look after them. it very rare that you have kennel full of all similar ability , thats why there lot in pounds etc .My last 2 dogs bryn who was very good rabbit dog, but nothing else . i wanted dog do

Chicken, leek and bacon pie tonight

A walnut end grain butchers block today and an encounter with a angry sander

One thing that sort of work does....is it wears you out if your a grafter....Im a few yrs behind you...but every winter , I'm feeling it more couldn't keep up with spending all weekend digging to my dogs in the season and punching my gutts out Monday to Friday too... family,work and bills had to come first... Fair play taking on full custody of your daughter,not every Man is capable of doing that

I dont see it as a sacrifice mate.Ive had money and flash stuff,travelled,partied,Nice house,Flashy kennels etc and one turn of fate and I walked from it all.I now have an amazing daughter and an amazing supportive girlfriend and graft for everything I have wheras I always grafted but also earned plenty more by other means.Would I change my life now to have my old life back?No Iike things just as they are.

Extremism Laws you gotta love em " I dont like the way immigration is going " = Extremist !! " I dont like multicultural societies " = Extremist !! " I dont like Muslim gangs raping young girls " = Extremist !! " Id prefer to live amongst my own people " = Extremist !! " White lives matter " = Extremist !! " Black lives matter.....I hate white people " = No problem whatsoever.

Thought I would be working till I drop but have decided to knock it all on the head and start enjoying myself, going to get my motor home this winter and spend a few months travelling round England until the old dogs are gone then winters in the sun have a few months left to tidy up some loose ends and then I,m out, happy days life’s to busy for working have so much I still want to do and realise that time is running down

Venison cheesy mash garlic mushrooms and asparagus

Hats off to every one who got there shit together so they can retire. Hindsite is a wonderful thing lol

So when the rubber seals are on the downpipes and 90's leading into the combined pipe...where does any smell or gasses travel? Up and out above the gutters....works the same way as the soil stack thats 400 mm behind where I tapped in..got a mate just like you...would argue the colour of shit

Half hour over

Just look at whats been going on in Canada and how the slipped new laws in under the table.Black/white/muslim extremism is just a guise to slip these laws in.Theyll be using these laws to shut down any kind of free speech/protest that doesn't fit their agenda.

Found the pipe...

This thread gets me thinking about some one I work with who is 70 next who is for ever moaning about the tax he pays because he has decided to carry on working in the boring mundane job we do. His house is paid off and his wife gets the state pension aswell his only hobby is going to watch one of the Sheffield football clubs play when they are at home. He is the most boring individual I have ever come across in the workplace one of his excuses for carrying on working is he gets bored at home. I think to myself thank feck I have not got the same mindset as this individual as I am counting down

Finished the bee keeping course last night. Very interesting subject. I won't be pursuing it right now but think I will in the future. I thought it was stick some bees in a box and later in the year get some honey. It's a lot more intensive than that and I have enough plates spinning at the minute. Glad I did the course instead of reading up a bit and getting some hives!

“Defined by my work”….that’s a brilliant and very overlooked observation there mate. I didn’t realise how much a part of my personality my way of earning a living was…….I feel like almost a completely different person and in some ways I miss “that bloke” now and again. However, things are always better in the memory than in reality and what I don’t miss is how the world of business is full of pricks now instead of proper chaps, I don’t miss traffic wardens and £2k a year in parking tickets and fixed penalty’s and VOSA, I don’t miss the government helping themselves to my hard work, I

Somewhere between Christmas and New year, I picked up a catty for the first time since being a kid. In the hunt for accuracy, Ive tried five different frame widths, numerous band sets, ammo sizes, TTF, OTT etc. and I've finally got my first kill today. Wasp Wolf, precise .6mm yellow bands, 100mm active length, 19/11mm taper. 8mm steel ammo. Took a pigeon off a lamp post at about 15 yards. Over the moon. Also picked up a new knife today. We'll see how it holds its edge

I forgot pic last nite it wasn't bad at all really looks sparse but tryin to cut back on potion sizes

Good old pie-chips&gravy whats not to like

Thanks mate, yeh old Bryn was good finding stuff in cover, was good rabbit dog. Old Buck been great lamp dog for me took everything in the lamp I put him on, and being honest it nice that I finished with good lurcher like him deff, 2 old buggers together lol. Like said on here I might get couple none ped racing dog pups for the future, just something mooch about with, I had a little bitch in 80s before, but Buck OK as yet no rush. And thanks about my wife, it hit me and my son very hard, having somebody in your life 40s is very hard when there not there. I will move back to south staffs, from

there layer’s pellets contain all they need for egg production you’d have to feed that anyway they’d not find enough food scratching about in the dirt that’s just supplementary food stuffs and morsels. Mate you won’t believe the amount of damage an land they could clear once they get to work hens are a busy animal. I’ve got 3layers i keep them in a omlet cube on hard standing with scratch material in the run I dump food waste in the run for them to eat an scratch. every month or month an a half it gets dug out an on to the compost heap I’d not recommend having them free roaming if you have a

Spatchcock poussin and salad tonight

Rib Eye and a Sirloin sliced up because wifey made a mistake and bought two different steaks. And wifey's who don't like mushrooms, onions or pepper corn sauce. Cheers Arry

Good luck Paul mate,get it done and enjoy it Ive had enough myself tbh....lifes not all about working...by the end of this yr we will be morgage free and a nice nest egg in the bank....been thinking about setting something up for myself to get my kids involved and set them up.... Mrs sent me this ,few miles from us..her words was 'get a machine,and dig a fishing lake'

You right handed, G?

It's certainly a steep learning curve and very rewarding, you're right. The ferrets had yesterday's kill but I do enjoy pigeon when cooked right. Here's two from last month, taken with the shotgun though.

In all fairness Tats its a lovely frame. I've got some TTF frames which fit my hand better but I can't quite get accurate enough with them. I like pinch grip but I've been shooting this with a thumb brace. I've got one other OTT frame which fits perfectly but it's wrap and tuck type which is fine but with the tapers I've been shooting, the bands don't last me a week and always seem to go at the worst times. Atleast with the clip type I can swap them out on the go within a minute. Out of all the stuff I get up to, going out with the catty and dog is my favourite, I think it's the simp

Hounds like that tend to have short careers. lol I went bobcat hunting with hounds last year. Plott Hounds, and Treeing Walkers. They caught one on the ground and did most of the work. I stepped on its chest to finish the job. -15 degrees Celsius that day.

same charts ( 50) , but with me it was lower back injury , done 26 years at the local brewery marstons , but got good pay off from both union / company , was lucky back then classed as staff after 25 years so got good deal, plus my wife then, had very good paid job manager in adult education , feck knows why she picked thick fecker like me for lol. but it took 18 months really for my lower back to settle down. not to bad now, but do have sciatica now 24/7 in my left hip/ buttock , i just live with it day to day.

Alrite ray looking well mate sorry to here about your wife good to see your still getting out having a mooch atb mate

Best pub I ever been in regarding dogs and birdmen was the Knave of club's in Londons East end. Think yourself lucky dai you still have a pub near you that dog lad's still gather in even if the beer brings out the tellers of tall tales. Lol

Start them of in a cold pan/griddle skin side down and bring the temperature up slowly, it give the fat chance to render properly ..then as said in a warm oven for 15.

as I have posted before, it was brilliant era, shooting news was great reading, some real characters, great times being a young man and doing a bit. it changed to the countrymans weekly now that has folded, saw where it said merged into the shooting times, had a look at it, it's still the same old shooting times, not for mere peasants like me.

Getting rid of the 3rd world would be a massive step towards restoring national pride and self belief, there will also be more resources for our own who are in need and find themselves fallen on hard times…..create the conditions for us to be us again and everything will look after itself. Our own people having to get by with the assistance of the state are such a small part of the UK problems as to be not even worth a mention…..in fact, they don’t even figure in the equation.

Not well. ?