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  1. comanche
    I think the zinc air batteries are possibly designed to release energy as soon as they are unsealed . Which means they discharge slowly even when not in use in the transmitter. I could be wrong on that but a watchmaker friend who used to get me batteries did tell me that zinc air ones were designed to give full power until they reached the end of their life. Then they simply stopped working . I suppose in a ferret locator that could be a bit troublesome if the batteries gave out on the middle of a dig .
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    Never found them reliable. I "borrowed " a pack from my Mum but they didn't last long . Apparently they start to discharge the moment they are exposed to air.
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    For nigh forty years my BRNO wore a basic Nikko Sterling Silver Crown. I only took it off because it was a period match for a vintage air rifle l was given. The .22 now sports a cheap Hawke .lt's fine. Though l suppose if Ben Bhoy saw my picture he'd probably say it was too good for me....???
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    The big Marco Monarch should suffice?
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    My Mum spent the last few months of her life in a care home and the staff were fantastic. I had a call one day from the manager who apologetically explained that one of the staff had lost her temper and sworn at my mum. I was asked if l wanted the matter taken further. My reaction was " ls that all. " Bearing in mind that poor mum had such bad dementia that you would've thought she was possessed by demons and was violent with it, l think the staff were near candidates for sainthood.
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    This sort of thing ? The Anglo Impassable.
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    Exactly? Thank heavens we haven't got racoons over here; it would be a matter of pistols at dawn for some people ????
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    I may be cynical but l can't help thinking that daily trap checks are as much about generating a payment per visit income rather than the payment per mole policy that a lot of mole- catchers have. It favours the unlucky or incompetent trappers who take a week to catch a mole while penalising the trapper who endeavours to get a quick result. It's also a clever way of tying up a mole-catcher with time consuming daily trap checks so they are prevented from straying too far in search of work . Possibly onto the "Patch" claimed by a member of a Mole catching Organisation. It als
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    Another way to look at it is that if a chap is openly admitting that most of the moles he catches are suffering lingering deaths he possibly isn't the right person to be heading a Mole-catching Organisation. In fact he might benefit from a few basic trapping lessons rather than promoting himself as some sort of Tapidean Guru! He also has stated in print that mole traps are worn out after an arbitory twenty settings and should be replaced . There was a thread on here some years ago concerning the fellow's Mole-catching Organisation . I know several folk who had joined it -
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    Pharaoh Hound= fast , barky idiots. Manic hunters of anything that moved , including blue tits on the wing . Well the ones l've had the misfortune to have anything to do were. And,er, ahem "unamenable to close control ." I have scars on my hand from the time one of the stupid hounds goaded a well behaved alsation into a fight . The Pharaoh hound missed the Alsation and ripped my hand. And kept ripping it. The Alsation missed the hound , and its teeth hit the bone in my arm. It immediately realised it had made a mistake and let go but l still have the scars Not too kee
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    In my experience it'll be the hens that start clucking out a warning if a fox is about. Not impossible or unheard of for a cockerel to have bash at a fox but hardly a reliable method of defence. Fox'll be back when it's ready..... Am l right that Gold Tops are sex linked hybrids ? So basically only exist in hen form( the baby boys probably being bopped off and sold as pet food). As such each GT hen is a final product . Mating it with any cock will just produce mongrel chicks. Perfectly fine chickens but possibly without the defined qualities of selectively produced com
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    I've never really understood the thinking behind "bug hotels". My problem has nothing to do with the admirable concept of providing insect habitat. It's the name. Surely if fish live in a fishery and worms in a wormery; a bug hotel should really be called a..... Maybe it's a marketing thing?
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    I think they probably are related. Corgis are supposed to be derived to shipperkes( l just know l've spelt that wrong) ,which are related to Northern dog breeds. Little sods for heel nipping which l guess comes for them being bred as cattle and watch-dogs. When l was growing up a neighbour had a corgi x alsation. That must've involved some amusing contorions in the mating department! Thinking about it; back in those days just about every other dog on the streets seemed to be an alsation crossed with something like a collie or lab... . And they all came with a serious health wa
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    Even if putting things (like creosote or marshmallows?) down the burrows did work the mole will probably just dig new tunnels. Then you'll have twice the mess and an even more inviting infrastructure of burrows under your lawn ready for generations of moles to utilise. As said ; persevere with learning how the traps work . You have the advantage of being on the spot and not having to worry about commercial performance pressure . You'll be well pleased if you do manage to get one yourself. Or get a mole- catcher in?
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    My daughter has just been declared fit to go back to light work after having her prolapsed disc operated on a few weeks ago. Hopefully that's put paid to the three years of agony she's suffered. Any of em in moderation should help but l would avoid taking too much of anything with codeine in it. It can cause constipation. Bad back+ constipation = double unhappiness. Hope you get right soon?
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    I've got a bread knife.
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    I think it's your cider eyes ; either it's slipped or it's her kneecap. Though l believe the book does feature both Dick and Fanny. In fact the cover seems to show Dick touching Silky's Hole. We were force fed Edid Blyton books. I hated them!
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    And don't forget; every time you pick her up she probably thinks you are taking her away from her babies so she gets wriggly and nippy. She's just being a good Mum.
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    Only five , not really possible! And that's not half of em? Ones l never tire of. CRAZY HORSE AND CUSTER by Stephen( Band of Brothers) Ambrose. Well written with the fortunes of the main characters cleverly entwined without compromising the facts. HISTORY OF A PEOPLE by T R Fehrenbach. Again by Fehrenbach , LONE STAR. The history of Texas. Heavy reading according to some but enthralling to me . Detailed and very atmosperic. ON THE BORDER WITH CROOK. John Bourke. A first hand account of military campaigning in the American West. Not just limited to army
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    I've had calls most days for the last three weeks. Broke my "stay local" rule last week and went to do a nest about ten miles away. When l arrived the customer was out but the cleaner was there and had been told to expect me. She was indeed expecting me but frustratingly hadn't been told where the nest was . A scout about revealed that there actually four nests in various parts of the cottage l showed them to cleaning lady for confirmation , did the deed and left an invoice. My triumph lasted just long enough for me to drive back to my home patch . Whereupon came a phon
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    Those trigger wires are great for threading unshelled monkey nuts, drilled hazel nuts , bacon rind etc, onto. Or as in the picture ,half a Kinder Egg pod filled with peanut butter? But ,yes; best bait up before setting the trap . Stumpy isn't a cool nickname....
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    Not quite an armadillo trap but big enough for a cat sized thing. A boot sale find ; l had to figure out making a trigger mechanism and it could probably be improved upon but it works. There is a wooden treadle with a hollow for bait. The doors are lined with tin to foil gnawing and scratching . And a random one from this morning; the supermarket shelving fox trap strikes again!
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    One of my mildly bizarre creations using a upvc off- cut liberated from a skip.? Superb workmanship , not? It does work though.
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    ?? lt's a BSA cf2 .243 .The Leupold Variex 111 scope is probably worth more than the rifle?
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