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GAMEFAIRS IN NORTHERN IRELAND
pointer28 replied to tommy.c's topic in Gamefairs, Meet Up's and Events
BASC Game Fair, Ballywalter May 3 - 4 Moira Demesne Game Fair 1 - 2 June -
Hi all, My 3 year old border x fell has a very bad skin problem for the past year and I just can't get it shifted. As well as the skin problems, he is also not thriving and will not put on any weight. He is fed plenty, a good quality dry food topped up with mince, chicken wings, turkey legs etc. He has been treated for mange and fleas and it's neither, which I knew anyway. He has had numerous skin scrapes and they are coming up blank every time. The vet has come to the conclusion that it's an allergy to something but we don't know what. I have tried changing his food to diffe
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I love meat but the two types of meat that I buy the least are chicken and pork. It's not the meat that I have a problem but the farming methods. I used to deliver feed to piggeries and some of those places really turned my stomach. I just don't feel right eating something that never saw daylight and was stuffed to the gills with medicated powdered feed every day of it's miserable life. If I ever get around to buying my own little place in the country I'm definitely gonna have 2 pigs and a couple of chickens. While I totally agree with Hugh's idea I very much doubt if he'll be su
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Jeez, where would you start with this one. Basically, certain purebreds possess certain characteristics that you wish to breed into your lurcher. For example: Greyhound - speed, and the basis of most lurchers Saluki - stamina Bull - aggression, perfect for foxes, but that's banned now Wheaten - aggression also Bedlington - small, hardy, agile Collie - agility, intelligence, trainability Of course, the certain breeds have their downsides as well. The list is endless and I could go on for hours but I am no expert on lurchers and I'm just giving you a few simple examples. I
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Vasectomised Hob Available.. "NOW GONE"
pointer28 replied to devonlad's topic in Ferrets & Ferreting
HI, Theres a young lad on here called Ferret Boy Charlie desperate to get a ferret. He seems eager. PM him and see how it goes. -
Hi, I work on a stud farm and we collect and export semen for artificial insemination. Obviously, there will be differences between horse and dog semen but the most important points are: 1. Sperm count (how many he has per ml.) 2. Progressive motility (they have to be active swimmers or they won't reach the egg) Any sport horse stud will have a spermacue to measure the sperm count and a microscope for the motility. I'm sure that if you ask nicely that they might help you out. The only question is how do you get a fresh sample into a jar. It has to be very fresh as it starts
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Mooster, I know exactly what you mean mate about travelling lightly and not talking, sound advise. I have been ferreting a few years and learned those lessons the hard way. There were 3 of us and we were only chatting and messing when we were digging etc not while the ferrets were working and I don't carry a whole ton of equipment, just a bag with nets, finder etc and a small spade. We leave all the other spades and stuff in the van and only go back for them if we need them, which usually isn't that often. I'm only half-heartedly complaining about the whole thing. I love it an
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We went to a place last Tuesday on a recon mission and found the place riddled with rabbits and some lovely sets in the middle of green fields. So, we packed up the van this morning and headed off in eager anticipation of a good days sport with my hob and 3 jills, spades, locators, the whole nine yards. First set was in the middle of the field and we entered the hob and off he went about his business. After a few minutes a rabbit hit the net but retreated straight away and didn't get caught. Shortly after another hit a net at lightning speed and it pursed perfectly and rabbit numbe
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Heard of ferrets bolting a fox but never experienced it myself, and if you're thinking of trying it, please don't. A fox would make very short work of your ferrets, I imagine any foxes that bolt just legged it when they got the strange smell, I very much doubt that the ferret came face to face with a fox and forced it to bolt, large hob or otherwise. I have once bolted a cat while rabbiting but again I imagine the cat bolted through fear of the unknown rather than fear of the ferret. I'm not suggesting for one moment that you're stupid, but I was once young myself and did some ve
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"Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" by Led Zeppelin, listen to this and tell me Jimmy Page is not a genius. :yes:
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I have my MP3 on shuffle and this exact moment it's playing "stoned in love" by Chicane feat. Tom Jones. As for the debate on best guitarist! What about Dave Gilmour, Jimmy Page, B.B. King some of my all time favourites. Hendrix was fantastic in that he basically invented a whole new musical genre and Slash is brilliant also. Steve Vai and those are technically great players but there's no way I could sit down and listen to them like I would any of the three I have mentioned. I think that a lot of these technical virtuosos like Vai etc. lack feeling in their playing. Just my pers
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This farmer has about 200 hens, but no rooster and he wants chicks. So, he goes down the road to the next farmer and asks if he has a rooster which he would sell. The other farmer says, “Yeah, I’ve got this great rooster named Chuck. He’ll service every chicken you got, no problem.” Well, Chuck the rooster costs a lot of money, but the farmer decides he’d be worth it. So, he buys Chuck. The farmer takes Chuck home and sets him down in the barnyard, first, giving the rooster a pep talk, “Chuck, I want you to pace yourself now. You’ve got a lot of chickens to service here, and you cost
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Teckel is basically a Dachshund I think.
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The boys got taste !!
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Two 'Recognised' Breeds of " Devil Dogs " Drag Child!!!
pointer28 replied to a topic in General Talk
A friend of mine lived in Australia twenty years ago before Pit Bulls became famous over here as man eating devil dogs. While he was over there he had a pit bull as a pet along with his family of three children all under the age of five. They were quite common as pets over there at the time and had no reputation as vicious dogs. His was absolutely fantastic as a family pet and house guard. Unfortunately, it was killed by a snake bite. When he returned to Ireland five years later, he couldn't believe that the breed that he had grown to know and love was being portrayed as such a devi -
Hello and thank you for calling The State Mental Hospital. Please select from the following options menu: If you are obsessive-compulsive, press 1 repeatedly. If you are co-dependent, please ask someone to press 2 for you. If you have multiple personalities, press 3, 4, 5 and 6. If you are paranoid, we know who you are and what you want, stay on the line so we can trace your call. If you are delusional, press 7 and your call will be forwarded to the Mother Ship. If you are schizophrenic, listen carefully and a little voice will tell you which number to press. If you
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Cheers all, I tried it last night and made a gorgeous chilli. Although it was cheap beef that should have been tough, it was unbelievably tender and just fell apart. SUPERB !! Unfortunately, I went lamping shortly afterward and had a great night but the belly wasn't in great form for running across fields.
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Hi all, I was just in Tesco and saw a slow cooker for a good price, so I bought it after I remembered reading something on here about Ditch Shitter making amazing chilli. Now, I've never used one before and I've looked up recipes online, but their not quite idiot-proof enough for me just yet. They all say things like "throw everything in the cooker and leave for ten hours". Is it really that simple or is it implied that you obviously have to add water to stop boiling the arse out of the cooker???? I also bought half a duckling, any suggestions how to cook this in the slow co
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I was walking down the road with a mate when I saw six men kicking the crap out of my mother in law. Obviously, I kept on walking. My mate turned to me and said "are you not going to help?" I said "No, six should be enough"
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This just reminded me of a story that I read on the paper today about a case in Saudi Arabia. A woman was abducted and gang raped by seven men. http://www.independent.ie/world-news/middl...ad-1230418.html And as if this wasn't bad enough, she has been sentenced to 200 lashes and six months in prison because she's a married woman and was charged with adultery!!!!! How the hell could any intelligent, sane person come to such a conslusion.
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This just reminded me of a story that I read on the paper today about a case in Saudi Arabia. A woman was abducted and gang raped by seven men. http://www.independent.ie/world-news/middl...ad-1230418.html And as if this wasn't bad enough, she has been sentenced to 200 lashes and six months in prison because she's a married woman and was charged with adultery!!!!! How the hell could any intelligent, sane person come to such a conslusion.
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So there I was driving, not paying attention, and I rear end this car. We pull over alongside the road and get out of our cars, and you know how you just get so stressed and life stuff seems to get funny? Yeah, well, I could NOT believe it . . he was a DWARF! He storms over to my car, looks up at me and says, "I AM NOT HAPPY!" So, I look down at him and simply say, "Well, which one are you then?" . . . and that's when the fight started
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I get ten of these things at work every single day. But there are obviously some poor sods falling for it or else they'd pack it in and stop producing them.