Greyman
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I give my dogs a lot of human meds and anything like that normally clears up with an anti histamine/ hay fever tablet, remember the weight difference and cut the tablet down accordingly, paracetamol and ibuprofens the same for general dogs a bit off colour, I was told to do this by my vet many years ago when he was a family friend not a money making scammer and in 90% of cases it does work ??
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One of my worst finds as I,ve only seen three in my life and one was dead, goshawk that hit a pilon ?
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Good to see kestrels starting make a come back round here, used to be a common sight hovering over hedges and embankments then suddenly all gone, but seeing one or two again now on most journeys ?
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Do vets in Ireland have a legal obligation to treat wild animals when you walk in with them as they are meant to over here ?? Nice one on the rescue ?
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PB mate ??
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Oh and the slightly brownie white ones taste the best ???
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Generally when someone hooks one on a fishing rod, but the last one I gripped was a young adult that was being attacked by its parents as they do and got himself wedged under a wooden jetty, I came across a group of people all stood round having removed some planks but were to scared to get it out (probably heard the broken leg/arm story) I peered through the crowd reached into the hole and pulled it out like a cork from a bottle
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Have caught quite a few swans by hand and can confirm have never even received a scratch think you would have to be a bit of a mug if you couldn’t spot a 2 stone bright white bird flying at you, once you grab them by the neck and tuck them under your arm they become pretty docile ??
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I know but I,m still attempting to take one on the wing with a catty and all the wild ones mean I,m not pissing anyone off just walk through stubble with catty at the ready had a few near misses but still not dropped one ??
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There is a valley alongside the motorway between Bristol and clevedon we’re the motorway is on stilts, I expect many of you have travelled it regularly, there are 27 nesting pairs of buzzards in the one valley and each one has 2 nests they alternate each year, I find a few fledglings in the spring that have fallen from nests most years over there, they will often circle round looking at the Russel when I,m walking there ??
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Nice mate keep at it, ??
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One of my walks is a 1000 acre woodland that used to be shot over by the Avon and Somerset constabulary, all the pens and feeders etc are just rotting away were they were left, think it would not be considered morally prudent in this woke world for hour police to be seen as normal instead of tree hugging lefties, but on the flip side never seen so many wild pheasant nests and poults about as in the last few years ??
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As a kid out with mates and bsa meteors and Wembley hawks we shot a squirrel which ran up a tree and disappeared in a big hole so a mate says I,ll go up and get it with similar results but he fell from the top of the tree with the squirrel attached to his head ?
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Can’t beat a warfedale mate I paid £70 for a pair of these beasts 20 year ago in cash converters and they are still pumping it out now, have added another two on denon separates proper old school house shaker ??
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Pen island .com is all free type as one word ?
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Saving paper, winner winner ???
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I first thought about it in my 20s mate but life got in the way, the dream never went away and now I,ve finally done it at nearly 60 so keep the dream alive though I,ve gone widebeam now I have more baggage and need a bit more comfort ?
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I buy the odd bag of coal to keep it going overnight but just pick up a few branch’s during my walks which I chop up and burn through the daytime can’t see the point of burning money by buying bags of logs, the central heating is drip fed red diesel so costs very little to run if I need it, ??
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Actually warmer than my house mate, I,m averaging 25 degrees just with the wood burner going can hit high 20s 30 if I put the rads on as well, takes a few days to get it warm but once it is it maintains the heat well, the heating hadn’t worked for 8 years but since I fixed it hardly ever use it, ??
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You no it young man and loving every minute ??
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I wake up to this now most mornings which makes me feel warm inside???
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I worked for a plastering firm once were I was the white spot on a domino, everyone else from top down was black ?
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I used to have a small lake in bridgewater back in the 90s including the banks it was 3.2 acres in size and in 5 years the white blackbird stayed in and around the same area it nested every year and mated with a normal black one so I always had a few of those pied blackbirds around but only saw the one pure white one that seemed to parent them all ??
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Hot and cold mate if it’s muscles, hot water bottle for 5 then frozen peas for 5, if it’s disc and nerve damage just dose up on pain killers and keep on going staying mobile is all important and slowly you will kill off the feelings in your nerves which is what has happened to me, very very high pain threshold and very little feelings in comparison to most people, good luck and stay positive because it gets much worse if you allow it to drag you down ????
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Here you go mate as promised, the handle on the big section has to be turned 180 degrees by drilling out the rivet that holds it in place and re doing it on the other side, then trim the arm support end to suit and the adjustable foot end as well, gives you around 6” to 8” of adjustment if you want me to send it to you to pull apart let me know and if not Walt you are welcome to it mate as I have to be a bit ruthless with space now I live on a boat ??
