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  1. comanche
    Are they not related ?.
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    Love those two. The black band round the nose . Does it increase with each generation ?
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    That's what happens when you cross a wichetty grub with a baked bean !. Reminds me of when I was a kid and bred pet mice in uncontrollable numbers . Predation took the form of my Mum waiting for me to go to school and then thinning out the pinkies by some means .... Its a neat picture-every bit as interesting as some of the prettier subjects that appear in this section.
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    Those wheeled shepherd's huts have something about them . Very Thomas Hardy but probably not as romantic for the poor old guys who used em everyday. They certainly knew a bit about construction and economy with materials . And their woodland husbandry was miles of what we practice today . Strange question -but are you the tyla with an inflatable canoe ?. That i am, i thought i recognised your dog in the other pictures! Small world isnt it? I'm convinced that West Sussex is the centre of the universe and that civilized man evolved in Bognor rather than Africa . Its
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    John you have the mini version !. OTC ; my trap is without a counterweight. It seems that there must have been a shortage of lead when it was made . The end of the balence arm has been rolled around a mandrel into a coil which seems to provide enough weight to shut the door .It's not immpossible that the lead has fallen out over the years I suppose but it functions OK without .
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    Those wheeled shepherd's huts have something about them . Very Thomas Hardy but probably not as romantic for the poor old guys who used em everyday. They certainly knew a bit about construction and economy with materials . And their woodland husbandry was miles of what we practice today . Strange question -but are you the tyla with an inflatable canoe ?.
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    Just like metal . Wih a matchbox full of the little things and a tube of superglue you could make some neat jewellery ! your still a child at heart arnt you but you have inspired me to get up of me arse & go and find some bugs of my own to photograph Good luck with the bugs . My next photographic sorte will be against the reed buntings on the Arun . Well its another excuse to get the canoe out and ,er, play on the water ,er, like an overgrown.... child:D Mind I am no better I spend half my life on me knees peering over & through things to get th
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    Just like metal . Wih a matchbox full of the little things and a tube of superglue you could make some neat jewellery ! your still a child at heart arnt you but you have inspired me to get up of me arse & go and find some bugs of my own to photograph Good luck with the bugs . My next photographic sorte will be against the reed buntings on the Arun . Well its another excuse to get the canoe out and ,er, play on the water ,er, like an overgrown.... child:D
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    Now this one I will be trying at home !.
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    Restoration work in progress.
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    Middle grandchild demonstrating the en-suite lavatorial facilities of a Wealden manor house . The little jettied cubicle overhanging on the left hand side of the building is the the toilet . Presumably they put a barrow underneath .
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    My grand -children love this place . Its full of rescued old buildings and country artifacts . Fullfilling my school holiday duty of taking them out for the day was a pleasure . Ok, there was a minor incident when my grand-daughter became engaged in a skirmish with an obnoxious little boy at the pondside. This resulted in the mouthy brat getting more than he bargained for from aforementioned grand-daughter and me having to wade out to retrieve his base-ball cap from the pond to placate his parents ... Anyway ,If you like country crafts and old buildings its a great place
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    Just like metal . Wih a matchbox full of the little things and a tube of superglue you could make some neat jewellery !
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    In a similar vein . A neat eel trap at the Weald and Downland museum.
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    And this year's best Birthday present is..... A rat trap. Built along the lines of the classic "Monarch" but without the flat base . It has the look of something French .
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    Landed in the canoe and posed long enough for a picture .
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    And if you do kill em you'll get a reputation as someone who can be manipulated into going against your own proffessional instincts....Maybe as someone who is'nt even confident about his own instincts .... Just a step away from being pushed into something dodgy for the sake of not losing a client . You've looked at the problem ,identified it and offered a chemical-free solution .That's good pest control.... Thats what the contractee is paying you for . If they don't trust your judgement or want to take your advice that is up to the customer .Do you need their custom badly enough to ge
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    Hello: 'Shorts' won't ever cycle through your Magazine, because it's made for 'Longs' SUPRISED you muppet? If you try them (I think you might have by now) They just 'fly' out and drop in the grass! You can single load them with difficulty (I know because I was you some time ago I'm a 'Muppet' to), and after all the trouble, what happens? they shoot 1" low at 20 Yards, but I'm sure if you could bother to zero these they would be as consistant as all the other 22Rimfire cartridges we can buy. The bottom line is that these are perfectly good ammo, but were made for pump action 'gallery' rif
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    RWS low power . Am I right thinking that they fire the same bullet as a "short "?. A dumpy little 29 grain thing . All i can say is that I've used two types of short and both were straight enough at domestic ranges . One I can't recall the name and the RWS 25 which turned out to be quite pokey which kinda blew the purpose of using them !. Both were target loads with no hollow point .Maybe that made a difference . It is interesting to know that the low powered ammo you've tried was'nt very good . I've probably learned more from this thread than you have
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    At the range(up to 30yds ) I was shooting it was spot on . To be honest though, you'd be better off looking for some low power long rifle ammo. There are options that fall between the standard sub-sonic loads and the rather weedy "fairground" CB caps. I believe that to get the best from "short" ammo the pistols and rifles designed specifically for its use have a different twist pattern to deal with the shorter bullets . It is also a mistake to think that all .22 short ammo is by nature low power . Some, like the RWS 25 ,are very potent little rounds and will outperform
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    If you are going to treat the place as somewhere convenient to go on a regular basis and cream off a few bunnies then it might be taking the micky to actually ask for payment . If you get offered a few quid "petrol money" accept it with good grace and a smile though!. One the other hand if the guy seriously wants a big reduction or as near as possible a wipe-out job you might find yourself slogging away under pressure to perform . If you do succeed you will deserve some financial compensation and a bit more next season to keep on top of em . How much compensation will depend on w
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    Yep, Tyler -Littlehampton it is . Malt. I actually don't mind the odd d*ggie -they do taste well -but something is'nt quite right I agree . The days when we curse their greedy habits as they take bait after bait (always when decent bait is in short supply !)are seemingly less common. Round here the big tandem trawlers from outside the area are considered to have done quite a lot of damage to the once famous Kingsmere Rocks and other rough ground (not to mention the scooping -up of nets and pots of the local inshore fishermen ) which has definatly changed the fish habits . Conser
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    The place was alive with gars. So much so that every time a bait was retrieved one or more of the wrigglers would tail it up to the boat .
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    A few of us spent today bobbing about in the English channel. Apart from a quiet spell when the tide was running hard we had bites all day and managed to hook enough to keep us on our toes . Surprisingly we had no d*gf*sh ( tiz a jinx to mention the word onboard ! )and apart from a couple of tiny pout everything caught was a decent size . Bass ,black-bream , undulate ray ,pout,mackeral and garfish all found their way into the boat and I also managed to haul up a velvet crab!. As usual we took a couple of good fish each and the rest went back. Mind you with the tandem trawlers targetin
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    Also,many commercial still-waters are artificially stocked and don't rely upon natural regeneration .Based on this arguement I can well understand that commercial and club still-waters can justify staying open all year. Even if it means foregoing the magic morning of the 16th when your float hits the misty water after a three month break in search of the first tench of the season . On the other hand ,part of the mystery and sporting nature of angling is not knowing what "your" river will turn-up in the coming season after being lightly fished through the winter and rested in the spring .
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