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  1. comanche
    Probably all that was left of the gardener the leopard had just eaten. Though his death will've been hushed up by the Government of course.
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    First thing anyone wanting to prove they had a leopard lying at their feet would do is make sure the photograph showed the head ,not some ambiguous body shot from a bad angle.
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    That's a pretty poor picture of something so " special ". And why is it holding secateurs? In fact it's head looks a bit conveniently blurred and dare l suggest photo-repaired.
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    On farm kill

    comanche replied to DIDO.1's topic in General Talk

    As far as l'm aware if the animal has been rendered unconscious ,in other words "stunned", it is still halal as long as the heart is pumping blood when the throat is cut . Slaughter without stunning is simply a tradition that hasn't evolved to encompass the availability of modern stunning techniques. Interestingly, to be accepted as halal the animal must not be subjected to fear or rough handling handling before slaughter. See BGD's post above ref dogs and deer.....????
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    As Socks says ,there are still a couple of weeks to go. Towards the end the Jill will start to take-on a sort of light-bulb shape and her hair may become sleek looking.
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    Ok it floats.Next insert a test passenger. The dog was a bit suspicious when l offered him the honour of the maiden voyage. I think he'd heard about the fate of Laika ,the first dog in space. My turn. Sorry about the bad picture angles. I was trying to aim the camera , set the timer and control the canoe at the same time. Looking at them it was a good job l had put clean underpants on !?
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    Garden Leave? Do they mean "Uphill Gardening?"
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    Thanks . Now to see if it floats. If it does sink I'll turn it upside down , hang it from the ceiling and claim l always intended it to be a very big lampshade .
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    As promised; updates. The dilemma regarding what to coat the fabric with was settled by the gift of a tub of Flexiseal from a neighbour. It was free so l can overlook its horrid industrial greyness . Still if it's good enough for battleships and gun punts perhaps it's not a bad colour for a fishing canoe. The interior was coated with linseed oil( from the depths of my shed )and the exterior with two coats of trade undercoat(a painful but necessary £12 purchase from a proper shop ). Then came the painting and wood trim. No real excuse not to test the water.....
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    Howzat!

    comanche replied to jukel123's topic in General Talk

    From what l've read the reason many minor crimimals were sentenced to Transportation wasn't the severity of their crimes . It was because they were tradesmen and tradeswomen or agricultural workers . Magistrates were working to an agenda to populate the new colony with useful citizens rather than the common criminals that had been sent out on the early boats.
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    Howzat!

    comanche replied to jukel123's topic in General Talk

    Cricket a Gentleman's game? Ruined by the Aussies? Nah. WG Grace ,that icon of English cricket was prone to unprincipled behaviour and brazen cheating. Once when taken-out fair and square he refused to walk on the grounds that the crowd had come to see him play not be sent back to the pavilion. And he got away with it! A sneaky stumping would've met his full approval.
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    Chat Room

    comanche replied to Bakerboy's topic in General Talk

    Rosie l think.
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    Chat Room

    comanche replied to Bakerboy's topic in General Talk

    I think the donkey probably came free with the house when he bought it .
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    I know what you are saying ;it's an easy cliché to roll-out and unfortunately has a lot of truth to it . But there are big and small firms out there that manage to do very well for themselves and their investors by taking pride in the standard of products and services they provide. I don't begrudge them success or wealth. Sadly the Water board bosses and investors are of the wrong type and need culling .
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    Chat Room

    comanche replied to Bakerboy's topic in General Talk

    I reckon Neil Young/ Wiko Johnson but l ain't seen him in a while. And that's my loss!
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    My billThanks to water capture and recycling l'm hopefully not adding too much to the CEO of Southern Water's bonus. Actually l think the new CEO has been quoted as saying he would't take a bonus for his first year in the job. I should think not! His predecessor recieved a bonus of £550.900, which effectively more than doubled his salary in 2021 . 2021 was also the year Southern Water paid 90 million pounds in fines for discharging poo and piddle ( probably some loo paper and toilet chemicals too) into rivers and the sea along the South Coast . Apparently these fines were reco
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    There is a similar design used for rabbits called the Morant Ark. It's named after Major Morant a retired Victorian Army Officer . He didn't actually invented the ark , just built some to his own design and promoted a system of outdoor rabbit rearing that also bears his name .
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    Now those people have some super boats and are real enthusiasts . A bit scary too. I mean they are organised into International Chapters like the canoeing version of the HA!
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    Er no.In fact it it might not be a good idea to look too closely at my "woodwork" ?. I made a similar but bigger canoe about 14 years ago . It was the product of enthusiasm over design skill but it worked . One built in fault was that it had too much "rocker" ; the ends turn ed up which looked cool and made it fantastically manoeuvrable but it was slow in a straight line unless there was a load of gear or another person to make it sit lower in the water ; lt was almost too buoyant. Paradoxically it was heavy to lug about out of the water because l over engineered it with too much woodw
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    I had the same. I was really losing confidence but as Deker suggests, the bullets were clipping the moderator. It was one of the long Parker Hale ones and even though l'm always precious about the way l transport the rifle l can only think the dog may have leant on it in the van. Could also be a worn thread on the moderator causing a tiny tremor. Especially if the moderator is removed a lot. Instructions are often given to remove the mod when the rifle is stored to stop barrel erosion. But if you do this the threads wear . Damned if you do,damned if you don't. ?
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    The floor will probably be rush matting. The sort you get in Wiko for use on the beach. My old canoe had a thin removable ply floor but l replaced it with the matting when the ply rotted . Neither the dog or l ever put a foot through the canvas. In fact canvas is surprisingly strong. I got badly hooked up in the dark on the end of a submerged branch once . The tide was falling so l was getting more hung-up by the second. I shifted everything including myself to the very back of the canoe and managed to get the weight off the snag. Then paddled back with the dog on my lap to keep what l assume
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    Well the thumb is now serviceable so today l started the skinning-up ,if you'll pardon the expression ?.A welding clamp came in handy for stretching the canvas round the frame
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    I had a pair of unissued desert boots that l kept for several years . When l did start using them the soles fell apart in what looked like lumps of cheese in a couple of days . I don't know if its true or not but l was told they had biodegradable soles that broke down if the boot wasn't worn regularly. The metal plate that poked into my foot certainly wasn't particularly biodegradable! As for replacements - don't get fixated on a specific brand . All the respected brands make boots to the same specifications . Military personnel are often allowed to select f
  25. comanche
    I guess you've got your other hand in your pocket.
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