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  1. http://www.leptospirosis.org/
  2. Thanks Talpa,if I manage to find an affordable plot of land locally I intend to get a hive or two,the local allotments dont allow them,but your right,fascinating subject to be honest
  3. Good Hussle LDR,dump the other 47 over the hedge,pose with the runtiest,lulls the opposition into a false sense of security,you cunning trickster you Whats this I hear about John McCririck being in attendance and running the book on the night?
  4. Touch'e...........What Plummer actually did was write very readable entertaining books,he and Hancock realised the potential,it was right time right place for both,as for REAL "Hunters-all" as Plummer called them,at the time the only medium for communication was "Shooting-news" most of the guys who hunted for sale like Minshaw,or McPhee,the "Real-deals" never got the exposure back then that Plummers written-word gave his black-country contingent. What Mcphee would that be F Mcphee? Nope,it was Tommy McPhee.
  5. ICan you name any ? Just a genuine question Scan a magazine,turn on the TV,flick open a newspaper,get on-line,walk through a city center,your being constantly bombarded with visual images for brand-named products,subliminal messages,.........Merle......Timmy...............Romulan..................I am wearing Nike-trainers at thye moment,I actually paid them for the privelege of wearing their adverts on my feet,back then we bought Plummers adverts in hardback form.
  6. Touch'e...........What Plummer actually did was write very readable entertaining books,he and Hancock realised the potential,it was right time right place for both,as for REAL "Hunters-all" as Plummer called them,at the time the only medium for communication was "Shooting-news" most of the guys who hunted for sale like Minshaw,or McPhee,the "Real-deals" never got the exposure back then that Plummers written-word gave his black-country contingent.
  7. Thats exactly the reason given for the amount of honey the hives were producing
  8. I saw the nepalese one,its part of the Anapurna range Gav,I did the Anapurna circuit years ago,never saw any honey though,Honey is expensive,I wonder how a typical hive would thrive in the tropics?You could always stick some Fair-trade ecologically-friendly zero-carbon-footprint we-wipe-our-bees-bums-afterwards sort of label on for the bunny hugging vegans,that should add at least a tenner onto the price,say the jars recyclable as well,and the old,sick,and infirm bees are pensioned off to a insect-retirement-home in Kew Gardens To be honest though bees really ARE fascinating,did you see the
  9. Better than good,lets see what tomorrow for Mr T
  10. http://www.wormcharming.com/ http://www.wormcharming.co.uk/
  11. Sorry about that abley,thats a sad read to be honest.
  12. Funny you should say that HH,I just got the local paper,theres an old guy,60+ just been caught sexually-molesting a horse,its in some of the national tabloids as well I think Theres nowt as strange as folk
  13. Get him p**sed charts,then record him,add it onto the Contest DVD in the "Making of" section at the end
  14. My wife worked on En Yahav Moshave for a year,studying agricultural methods Gav,some of the workers grew a few tobacco plants in the "Forcing" houses,you have the land,get a few poly-tunnels,get some forcing-curtains in and experiment Avoid those sort of parties Jacob
  15. Its something thats actually started to interest me lately,there are apiary courses you can do throughout the country,if you get a hive do a thread Gav as,if I can buy an acre of land locally its something I intend to take up
  16. I have something a little more "advanced"
  17. You can actually get 2000 volt worming machines stateside,professional machines for bait-collectors,but the yanks always have to be bigger and better than us,thats cool.Get a telephone magneto,one of the old style crankers,attach four metal rods,sink them into pre-soaked ground,and crank them up
  18. Theres actually more guys from Newcastle down here Charts,and the strangest coincidence a few weeks ago I met a guy who I went to school with who now lives in Slough and works in Heathrow Speed,we aint all got your money to move in elevated circles,Cheshires renown Golden Triangle
  19. Send me an address if you like,I will pop a bowhunting mag in the post with this seasons hottest-hunting bows field-tested.
  20. Grolux are decent bulbs Gav,they have a broad spectrum of light,they are as good if not better than Son-T or sunmasters,your better off using 600's if your serious about a project,its always newbies who buy 400's or 1000's,and its always good to have an understanding wife Poppers Jacob
  21. Your a good double act,like Canon & Ball
  22. pitty they cant shoot a bit further Cruel
  23. Its a shame we only have rabbits up here to chase............. Quicks archery club is just over the river,some incredible shots at the club,real Robin Hoods,sadly I am more like friar tuck,but some of the guys(and women) can really shoot on the outdoor ranges
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