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  1. I had some indication the results would be mixed Lab,this is piss-take central station after all its a blisteringly hot day,the weathers perfect,one of those days when you think "Yup,life is indeed good"
  2. I thought this would provoke interesting responses
  3. Anyone used any FLIR units,any reccomendations under five grand?How far can a man sized object be spotted with a non-military spec commercially available unit?
  4. I was up chasing the dawn this morning,the heat was already building,and before the sun had fully risen was out on the straits of Gibraltar just marvelling at the Pod's of dolphin that appeared to ride the bow-waves,came back in and crossed over to La Linea for breakfast at a pavement cafe on the avenue del ejercito,bright-blue skies and 38 degrees centigrade,perfect start to whats thus far been a perfect day,whats your ideas of a perfect start to your day
  5. Very nice,cant beat mackerel straight off the beach.
  6. A lot of books nowadays are re-hashes of previous authors,as has been said theres only so much old ground you can tread before its been-there seen-that,it has never been easier to vanity/self publish whether for ego or cash,those who do it because they have a need or passion to pass on hard-earned knowledge are different,but they are few and far-between,thin on the ground I havent bought a book for years but there is ONE i am waiting for,snaremans book,when its finished something tells me its not being written for cash otherwise it would be filled with naught but illustrations and diagrams,I
  7. Dont do it Rocky,that sounds almost as painful as watching sunderland lose to NEWCASTLE
  8. Listen,you KNOW you want to don a black and white shirt,but cant humble yourself and swallow your pride and move over to the dark side
  9. Rocky,have you ever thought of moving house to Newcastle?
  10. The Geordies and Mackems were out in force earlier down in the bars around Ocean Village Marina,loads of red & White and Black & White shirts on show,good match and the best team on the day won,its a game,thats sportsmanship
  11. My sons girlfriends dad works in some sort of mine in french polynesia,he is an electrical engineer,dont know what type of mine
  12. I am in holland at the moment sitting logged-on when I could be out with my 2 mates who are most probably whoring and drinking like its going out of fashion,THL isnt so bad
  13. I will tell him tomorrow mate,he will have a laugh,you know him,I had a sulphur crested cockatoo when I was in Hong Kong,found it as a chick near the park in mid-levels,noisy as f*ck,be lucky chris.
  14. He is a top bloke,I am flying to amsterdam and also visiting a mate in Rotterdam tomorrow,the blokes I am meeting there are off the scale concerning this sort of thing,nowt as strange as folks.
  15. Get yourself out with Shaun mate,he knows his birds,Fungi has got Harris now,my sis was just chatting about you the other day as she is/was after an african grey and remembered you bred them,keep in touch Chris.
  16. I am doing fine mate,I am actually flying somewhere in the morning to meet Tone,happy days.
  17. Chris,give shaun a bell,he has a few birds in at the moment I think and has had a lot of experience in the past with different types.
  18. I was in phnom penh years ago at a mates birthday party,he is welsh but has lived out there since the mid-90's,he was maybe still is a bit of a stoner,anyway the khmer use pot in their cooking hence the happy pizza shops that cater for backpacker types,when you ask for extra topping you get extra topping with a kick(extra marijuana)and its readily available in the markets or it was back then,it was maybe $10-20 a kilo,cant remember exactly,what I do recall is my mate got a few keys cheap and dumped them on the BBQ charcoals for those that so desired to inhale the smoke,they all got silly and g
  19. Never once seen an otter in a gill-net,had a few cormorants in them but no otters,the net they pulled in looked like a 10 yard kids chuck-out with the brick on the end to get it out,boring,that wasnt bank to bank as he was describing.
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    Wildlife patrol

    I just fast-forwarded it to the salmon section,scotland can sleep easy tonight safe in the knowledge that operation salmo got what looked like a 10 yard toss-in net from the Tweed thus saving "Dozens of fish" from being sold for FORTY QUID A KILO??????
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    Wildlife patrol

    Was there salmon poaching on Tonight?I just got indoors,a friend phoned me a while ago and said Salmon poaching was on TV as he knows I like fish,might have a look for the program online.
  22. Never had any problems with just dropping everything and heading off,its the coming back thats a downer sometimes,its ok when you first arrive back here but the excitement palls after a while and you yearn to be off again.
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    Jedward

    My mates wife is a manager at Nintendo's,she met them for some work related reason,she actually said they were nice kids???????
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    BIGCATS

    http://www.thehuntinglife.com/forums/topic/213781-uk-big-cats/
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