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  1. comanche
    Crikey you must've been close to hit a fag packet!? I used it to dispatch a rat in a cage trap this morning and was worried l'd miss.?l didn't.
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    Today a customer gave me some useful metal dog run sections on the understanding that l also took an old safe away and a bucket of odd bits of plumbing offcuts and bolts . I don't know why but instead of taking the bits l didn't want straight to the scrapyard l took it all home. In the bucket of bits was a key and unbelievably it fitted the safe! And in the safe was this. A Diana SP50 Quite a scary looking thing when cocked. And even after a strip down and lube the accuracy wasn't exactly impressive . In fact some of the pellets were actually hitting the target si
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    The old grey boxes work fine with Mk2 and Mk3 collars up to about 10 feet.
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    Puff adder??
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    I've had three "snake" jobs. The most recent was a call to an adder in a stable. " Adder in a stable!" Of course l'd come and have a look . Great photo oppertunity if nothing else. On the way there l formulated several plans regarding its safe capture and release. Of course it turned out to be just a grass snake which was a bit of a come-down. l've told the next two stories on here before but the second one of em might give someone a laugh. The first involved a snake in the living room of a third floor flat in the middle of town. The girl who lived there had wisely stuffed a towel u
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    I'm not sure . Joseph Bowerbank was a foundry owner and iron monger who added the "Son" to his business name in 1906 according to a list of Cumbrian iron works that l found. Though the gun looks older. It's just starting to get a tiny bit loose so with the price of lightweight 16 bore cartridges will probably be retired. Having said that; although the barrels are tatty on the outside and look like they've been painted at some time the bores are pretty good.
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    Hard to tell from the picture,big snail eggs? Or someone has been using the jumper as a target for plastic BBs ?
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    I had walk with my old 16 bore hammergun this evening . I only had one cartridge left for it so l passed on a couple of shots until l could find a rabbit that was daft enough to sit still long emough for me to creep up on it!
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    Your gun has one of the patent numbers of Henri Pieper a Belgian gunmaker . A very quick internet search threw up quite a lot of information about him and his guns. And there are a few pictures of guns similar to your one Apparently the word "Enterprise" as seen on your gun was his trademark . As one comment on an internet forum notes; it will have short chambers so so don't go winding 2 3/4 inch cartridges through it! And it doesn't look proofed for nitro powder. The Leige proof mark with the little crown was used from 1893 onwards Hope this gives you somewhere to start ?
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    Mr Cronely looks totally bemused, almost in shock ! And well he might. He didn't break the record by a mere few onces (the difference between the fish having a poo or not?); he added 30 lbs to it! Congratulations to the chap. WD, you say this is a State record ;j just how big do those blue catfish grow elsewhere ? All the best to you.
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    Not sure about many ending up in scrap yards with good engines. I think most MOT failures get snapped-up and butchered for off road use. I think Suzuki missed a trick by not offering an option of road going gear ratios . Even coupled with the 4x4 trans it would've been more economical and quite adequate for a lot of driver's needs.
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    Mine is coming up to 140,000 miles and with half an exhaust and a couple of suspension bushes will pass another MOT . Oh and the horn buttons were'nt working . On dismantling them l discovered the contacts were clogged with dog hair? If it had needed anything really expensive though l might've baulked at throwing too much money at it. Hence l was curious how much more life l could expect from the engine. You are right about the boot floors dytkos. Mine luckily isn't too bad but you can sniff the rust in the air waiting to pounce. It's had a plate round one seat belt mounting
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    As above. Has anyone any idea how long a Jimny engine lasts? I've heard of the odd one dying early from transmission and engine failure but in general what sort of milages have people managed befor e the engine breaks ,wears out or fails the emissions test?
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    It doesn't seem all that long ago when anyone letting slip the secrets of mole-catching would've been lucky not to find themselves trussed in rusty barbed wire and dumped naked on the steps of the nearest A&E. Where they they would find themselves trying to explain to staff exactly how they came to have a steel tunnel probe in a rather unfortunate place. Now people run courses. And live!
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    Pike thrive on neglect and remaining uncaught . Once the bigger ones've been caught a time or two they often go down hill. Plus the big fish will often be near the end of their natural life span so a generation of similar sized and aged fish can die out over a short period of time. Big pike thrive on a diet of small pike . The little males and immature females are a favourite food .Its easy to see why; a 4lb carp or bream might represent a nutritious meal for double figure pike but a slender 4lb jack is a whole lot easier to swallow. So somewhere between natural attrition,
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    My first ferret was a big white and very affable hob called Sidney. I'd come home from school and have various little games with him. A favourite involved stuffing bits of meat inside the uniforn of my brother's Action Man . Thus ensued a scene from something like a budget Tarzan film as the ferret mauled the Action Man to death! All good fun, and often in the living room! Which meant that an hour or so later Mum would return from work and sniff the air before declaring accusing " Kevin. You've had that blooming ferret in here again!" Actually she liked the smell of ferr
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    Our January babies are looking like proper little sheep now
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    Those decoy fish have $$$$ signs all over them!
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    I remember seeing them at a boot sale and thinking they were so weird and cheap l'd regret walking past. Asked a few people for opinions but everyone was stumped. So they ended up in the loft. What we need is the ghost of Jack Hargreaves . Remember that bit of his programme where he'd produce a strange thing and ask " Now, cough,l wonder if anyone can tell me what this is? Cough, cough."
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    Again how food tastes have changed. Bream were considered one of the finer fish in mediaeval times and good family food in the the first half of the 20th century. The popularity of imported carp as food was down to the fact that they grew quicker than our native fish and could be fattened on any old sh×t; like guts and offal, mouldy grain, and yes ,literally sh×t!
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    Noo, perch are superior to trout as far as l'm concerned . White ,flaky flesh . Never deliberately killed one to eat but occasionally the odd one doesn't recover from deep hooking.
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    Hm, they are slightly oblong rather than round, not big enough for hames. Unless they were from a goat harness.. ? Those studs sort of rule that out though.
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    I know that feeling: l remember an old Keeper who borrowed my gun on Beaters' Day took a fantastically high pheasant with it and handed it back to me . " That's me done " he said. "I've killed enough." As far as l know he never shot again. For me the obsessive approach and big numbers has faded into something calmer . Far more satifying to take a ferret ,dog and half a dozen nets and spend a morning winkling a single bunny from 100 yards of otherwise barren overgrown hedge. Hunting , with calm tenacity and cunning , rather than simply harvesting l suppose.
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    Is that a Jack rabbit? That'll be an even sillier comment if what looks to me like a car jack on my very scratched phone screen is actually something else. Full marks for tenacity!
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    That's a bit serendipitous Phil. Only a couple of days ago l was talking to a woman who has a local gardening business. As a kid her happiest days had been spent pottering on her Grandad's allotment ,growing sunflowers on her own little corner of it and getting wet and muddy. Despite a successful career in international advertising she's now doing what she loved as a child . She considers herself lucky to have finally found her way back to her roots( pun intended?)... Some of us have been luckier ; no bulging bank balance perhaps but life hasn't been wasted lf
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