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That one looks like what we call a sea bream .
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You had a shoe ????!
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My old dog has never been food orientated but he's become really fussy of late. My daughter sent off his details to this company,who tailored a mix to match his age, health , activity etc. She had an introductory voucher so it only cost a couple of quid for a decent sized bag. The dog actually eats them too! I suppose you vould always fallback on the old fashioned remedy of charcoal biscuits.
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It seems there are a lot of posts appearing in General Chat that are better suited to more specific existing categories . Posting about hunting and smallholding topics in General Chat might get an initial flurry of views and " likes" but risk getting buried pretty quickly. Putting the topic in the correct section keeps those areas of the forum active .
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Nah. The classic Pedigree Unknown by Phil Drabble came out ten years before Plummer started writing ..... "By chance" his work shall we say "mirrors" a fair bit of Drabble's experience, especially regarding rat hunting.....
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Ha. I had the one with the misspelling on the cover too. I remember my Mum ,who worked as a spell checker in an audio typing pool spotted it immediately. I was convinced she was wrong as l naively thought that surely a publishing company wouldn't make such a mistake... I gave all my Plummer books away; don't miss em .
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I can't see much detail on my knackered phone screen but they look wasp shaped . Anyway hornets are just big wasps . And you get different sizes and shapes of wasps/hornets within each species ,whether they are Male, Queens or Workers. It also depends on the time of year and age and strength of the nest. Early season workers tend to be weedy little things While as the nest gets bigger and stronger the size and quality of the inhabitants improves. As does their lifespan. Early season workers might manage to make it to the end of the week . Later batches ,maybe two
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First wasps' nest of the season
comanche replied to comanche's topic in Snaring, Trapping & Pest Control
I have some Pydust but haven't tried it yet. Likewise ,while not using Ficam for ground nests anymore, l've not fully converted to Vulcan for nests in building cavities. By the time l've powered-up the gear, suited-up and climbed a ladder l'm more concerned with using a product l trust. I can't help feeling that anything based on pyrethrin/ permetherin is just a rehash of old products ,rather than progress. I might be missing something but Vulcan instructions say that a second application might be needed for cavity nests. Does that mean factoring in a return vis -
Yep, certainly true of a proper working lurcher . Sadly a lot of owners just don't realise what a dog is capable of. The standard of dog training in this country is pretty dismal.
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Yep ...And the little tin clockwork ones that played cymbals . They had horrid sharp edges. We'll be onto American Civil War bubble gum cards and fake Confederate dollars next
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That explains why my favourite when l was a child was a cuddly monkey!!!
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A great find! Possibly dumped by Canadians after Ww2. They were known for that sort of thing ,probably saved paperwork when they were in a hurry to get home! Or used as target practice when it became redundant and buried on site. Some obsolete army vehicles were used as flood defences , buried under dams or apparently used to fill military earthworks after training exercises .
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We've had boars and sows and never noticed any taint. I imagine that an old boar might have more bucky taste but as ours are in the freezer by 7 or 8 months it has certainly never been even a consideration. Thinking about it the very first pigs we had were boars and due to an injury one had antibiotics . The withdrawal period coupled with a busy abattoir meant they were nearer 10 months when they went to slaughter . There was no problem with the taste. We found having to rely too much on commercial pellets when our supply of condemned veg dried up certainly had a negative effect
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Wise words from Phil......For a "thinking" dog ; owner input ,schooling ,earning the dog's trust and building a bond from a very young age leads to a harmonious relationship of a type you won't get by relying on pedigree alone or bribing with tit bits. As for picking a puppy .I wouldn't necessarily pick one just because it was the supposed "pick of the litter" unless l actually felt a liking for it's character or had a good feeling about it . But each to their own I pulled this little man from a litter of seven- week old puppies because while his mates were scrabbling a
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Homemade canoe and a stroke of luck!
comanche replied to comanche's topic in Countryside Skills, Craft & DIY
An update. After the test launch on the farm pond l finally found time to take to the tidal river for six hours of proper paddling. My intention was to head upstream with the rising tide and make the tidal limit which is as far as l can legally go . To be honest at that point the river becomes virtually unnavigable anyway. The last mile or so was a bit of a slog . There were so many fallen trees , overhanging branches and underwater hazards to negotiate l almost gave up. After working my way up some narrow, reed -choked channels l reached the official tidal limit . Believe it or not- 24 replies
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You mean like a GI Joe Klan member???
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I thought creating images of humans was against Muslim teaching . Clearly l am wrong.
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A man gets talking to a woman in a bar. After a few drinks he confesses that he's a masochist and enjoys pain; fully expecting the woman to be shocked . Instead she gets very excited and admits that she is a sadist and invites him back to her flat. Once there she strips him naked , chains him to the bed and stands next to him with a lighted cigarette in one hand and a riding crop in the other. "Are you going to stub your cigarette on my private parts and whip me?" the man asks gleefully. At which the women finishes her fag ,throws the crop aside and says with a smile "No
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Either he was caught on the spot for an answer or was/is having a laugh .... It does beg the question though ; of why someone would match expensive thermal thingybobs with an " old BSA Meteor". It could be he has other guns of course and was just out for a casual poke about .
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I had persitant planter faciitis a few years ago . Wisdom was that bare feet and thin soles were to be avoided due to lack of support and impact damage. I was pretty good at doing the prescribed exercises but nothing really worked particularly well. I took a break from my cross country runs with the dog but that made no difference either. I guess the causes vary. After a walking holiday during which l covered miles every day and didn't drive l was fine . I worked out that , in my case , too much driving during the wasp nest season was the likely cause due to having my fee
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First wasps' nest of the season
comanche replied to comanche's topic in Snaring, Trapping & Pest Control
I had to get a bit personal with a nest in a wall behind thick ivy . I was fully armoured-up but it didn't stop the jaspers taking their anger out on my equipment. Three of them found themselves in trouble when they couldn't release their stings from the rubber bulb of my hand puffer -
Victor snap trap insect free bait.
comanche replied to patterdale's topic in Snaring, Trapping & Pest Control
You can get monitoring blocks for use in rat boxes . You check them regularly and once they show signs of gnawing they are replaced with poison blocks. It saves having poison baits laying about unnecessarily or being wasted by being eaten by slugs etc They appear to be made of flavoured rubber or something similar . A little chunk cut off the corner makes a long lasting and reusable snap trap bait. I've never tried it on a rat trap but it works well for mice. Or wrap the bait in little package of foil? -
The second one does look very useable . It will definitely have a trial.
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My lovely daughter presented me with a couple of traps today.She saw them on some budget shopping site for a couple of quid each and added them to her order. Well one is clearly designed for something a bit beefier than the use against mice it was advertised for. It also looks somewhat illegal for anything else. More like a mini amputation device. In deference to my fingers l worked out that the safest way to set it was to stand on it! A neat talking point though The other is a rather powerful rat sized variation on the usual break-back design but without a wooden or metal bas
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As far as l'm aware it has " Low mammalian toxicity" and is cleared from the body quite quickly. It's not good news at all for anything cold blooded. It has a residual effect in clean situations but exposure to damp and dirt renders it inert after a while . Think of it as decent quality old fashioned ant powder like the stuff your Mum or Gran could buy off the shelf in Co op forty years ago. In fact they probably really were buying Ficam ! It's mosly chalk dust with a weeny bit of active ingredient. That doesn't mean you should sniff it or lick it with impunity. Wear gloves ,avoid
