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    Nicepix was a genuine chap and straight talking ,maybe too straight talking for some . He had a good knowledge of working dogs. He was after all a professional dog handler . He was/is also a fishing writer . I knew him on another forum and he was kind enough to go to the trouble of sending me a fishing reel from France as a gift when l showed an interest in it. He no longer post on that forum either; maybe he just got fed up with the internet. I know some won't agree but l miss his posts . I'd love to know if he ever did get a big catfish on a cane rod and centrepin reel!
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    There is a "professional only" product that kills rats in a different way to the common blood thinning formulas . It's dangerous to dogs and wildlife in its primary form but evidence is that it seems to offer a "lower" risk of secondary poisoning . I had a conversation with a rep for it and he said that "in field trials no evidence of secondary poisoning had been detected." That's as far as he was prepared to comment . Certainly not a definite statement regarding its safety . It isn't available to the untrained anyway. Best stick with the idea that any poison round dogs i
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    Thank you. I'm sure you are right . I fitted a new spring and piston seal . I polished and deburred everything , especially the spring guide which was graunching badly on both the old and new springs . Then the the four thick washers someone had added behind the piston head were replaced with something thinner and more slippery. After which , according to the unscientific before and after test on a bit of wood it was working properly. Then l went to zero it and found the scope had already run out of adjustment! An old set of mounting rings from the spares box sorted the prob
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    Nothing wrong with squirrels. If you are worried about fleas bag the squill in the freezer. In fact squirrels are the perfect shape for stacking in a freezer. It's normal for ferrets to leave the skin . Avoid any that might've been feeding on rat baits but they are a fine and convenient food.
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    A sprinkling of salt. The adhesive copper tape used by gardeners to protect potted plants . Putting the bait in a little pot with a lid with a couple of holes to let the scent out . Putting the bait in a foil package or plastic bag and hanging it behind the treadle .
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    Box Brownie cameras were dirt cheap , they really started the fashion of family photo albums. I can't remember the title but l read a book many years by a chap who lived with travellers and had a camera . He was often asked to photograph other families He would send the developed pictures to Post Offices along traveller routes where they would be held for collection.
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    I've just stripped a BSA for a friend. It was totally gutless ,barely able to dent a bit of wood at a range of two inches. I'm certain it's a Lightning but it doesn't have it written on it so l thought l'd check here before ordering a new spring and seal. Both are done-for. Probably because the owner admitted she kept it loaded and cocked all the time!!!! I always had the idea that the Lightening was just a cut down Supersport and it is very similar to the Supersport l once owned except this thing is nowhere near the quality of the rifle l had. It looks and feels good
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    That's a tempting display! The nearest l can think of in this country was a little village garage that sold shotgun cartridges back in the 70s. Petrol money went into the till and cartridge money into the owner's pocket so l guess it might not have been totally legit
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    I think you probably prove the saying " The harder you work the "luckier" you get." I guess l was "lucky" through circumstances though. I stayed-on in 6th form not because l liked school or was particularly bright but because l had no idea about what sort of job l wanted. When the day came to leave I threw myself on the mercy of the Youth Job Centre who told me to go for interviews at a couple of local engineering companies. They sent all the boys to these two companies and the girls were all guided to shop work of nursing. I didn't fancy it so went to the proper Emplo
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    The best duck catchers l used when l was a Keeper were made from partridge pen sections. Someone has already mentioned using them. Obviously you could stake out a rectangle or horseshoe of wire if you haven't any pen sections ; the bigger the better to give the duck confidence to enter en-mass. Top view. Obviously it needs a roof of netting or pen sections to stop them flying outStart off leaving the front open and feeding inside the enclosure for several days . Then push the "wings" inward so they form a funnel. You can get a lot of ducks in one go if it goes well. Open the wing
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    I don't know about the Napoleonic rifles being single shot but a lot of the big bore air rifles in the 19th century were actually repeaters; capable of 20 or more shots . The big advantage of them was that they negated the need to keep gunpowder dry .
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    Oh dear. I was thinking more Eddie from Iron Maiden ,,,,but now you mention it
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    All went well , seemingly no kids permanently traumatised this year and the perfect excuse to play an appropriate Black Sabbath LP full blast out the window.Even the neighbour's alsatian came over to join the fun .
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    I sit in the front garden for an hour or so and play the game. Most of the kids that appear live in my street and come with a parent. When threatened with " Trick or treat" demands l sometimes say l'd rather have a trick. It really throws them. One day l'll come unstuck and fall victim to a four year old with a concealed weapon .
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    Married with Children was gem. They must've had an English scriptwriter; who else would've called one of the main characters Peggy Wanker- Bundy ? I bet the American audience had no idea
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    No, Lem . The sick joke is a perfectly legitimate comedy genre. Usually best told between mates over a pint or with a snigger in private. Matthew Perry doesn't seem to have been able to cope with money or fame and messed up . Maybe he would've messed up his life even if he hadn't had been rich and famous but being well paid in a very popular TV show gave him the chance to do it in a very public way . What is true is that ,love it or not, the show he was in entertained millions of people and unlike some of the nasty bits of work who are posthumously ripped to shreads on RIP threa
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    No , someone who isn't a childish wanker.
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    Yes. Mum used to hollow out a swede . I carried on the tradition and always cringed when my little daughter wanted to have a go at making one of her own. The compromise was that l did the hollowing-out and she cut the features. Luckily she still has all her digits. Never even saw pumpkins in the shops round here. Folk moan about the the trick or treat thing but there seems to be an unspoken rule , in my area at least , that the T&Ters only bother houses with lanterns and decorations on display. And most of the children round here are chaparoned by parents . Bonfire nigh
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    "Have to watch where she is all the time." "have to keep a constant eye on her movements " " Women are evil Your Honour they should know their place . " " She wears make-up and perfume an evryfing. "
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    No hares in my area.... The brown one went after one when l was somewhere else but l called him off as it was "possible " we may have been "accidentally straying" and were a bit public. I doubt he'd have caught it anyway unless it stopped to laugh at him. Ironically the dogs that mangled my black and white dog belonged to a guy that was big in the Lurcher obedience world.....
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    I've got an elderly one now. Mum a working collie ,father a stray lurcher. And this one, sadly missed, had a lurcher Dad and a collie Mum. Possibly a few fruit-bat genes as well judging by his ears. He never did grow into them He was 13 in this picture and those who can count will notice that thanks to an attack by a pack of loose dogs he was a leg short of a full set for the last couple of years of his life. Still good enough for ferreting though ! I think catching hares would've been a bit optimistic even when they were both in their prime and could muster a full set
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    I bet she would've rather been out with you than left at home. They age even quicker when they get left behind. Though sadly the day does come.... Good on you for giving her a bit of interest in her old age.
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    Painfully true, especially for a weedy bloke of advancing years like me Roll-on doe Season
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    Apart from culling a fallow buck with wire round it's antlers my last few outings had proved frustrating. I had seen quite a few roe and fallow in a neighbour's field but whenever they ventured onto my permission it seemed that either, time , failing light or the wind was against me. I s'pose l could've tried an approach but decided to leave them undisturbed and unaware of my observation rather than educate them. Yesterday I got it right ; l was in a position on a tree-lined bank near a point where they were likely to appear and the wind was at last in my favour. Three roe
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