RicW
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mushrooms in Amsterdam is worth repeating Theres a whole other part of the story which i'm not comfortable discussing, or even thinking about! Hannah my dear child trust me we are all your friends on here. Please feel free to share your burden with us. Do please, please remember that a problem shared is a problem halved. Don't clutch your grief to your heart in the lonely cold hours of the night. If you could only allow us, your true loving companions in life, to give you our shoulders upon which to bleed your tears you would have earned our eternal gratitude. A-a-argh!
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Excellent, I have more feelings for the dog, couldnt give a toss about the RSPCA, its NOT about them. What do you think the outcome will be if he is 'Caught' by the RSPCA for him and for the dog...realistically? FTB Slap on the wrist and a fine for shithead. Captive bolt for the dog. (Dogs "rescued" by ARSEPAC are put down.) Should be t'other way round.
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LMAO
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Strange how many feature drugs somewhere. LSD lures. Er,rules. Nah,fukkit. Still lures. Me first trip on 1000 mike of California Sunshine . . . Ho Hum. Got barred from three pubs that night. NOT a road I want to travel again . . . even at or on speed. Gonna sign off and play Amphetamine Annie by Canned Heat. Have a nice day. Stay off the shrooms. Ric
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Reading dumbass remarks about me posts just went on the list. :tongue4: Ric
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As title. For me, as follows, in no particular order. 1.) Losing me cherry 2.) Getting a Mark 1, 3 litre Capri locked crossed and sideways on the back road from Shepshed to Woodhouse Eaves at 100mph 3.) Losing me cherry. (OK, so I lied about repeating.) 4.) Getting a 900 Duke locked crossed and sideways on the road from Melton to Lufbra at 120mph 5.) Getting married 6.) This is my reallo trulo one. IoW 1970, coming out from a thousand mike acid trip to the sound of Gracie Slick singin', or screamin' down the system, "Come the Revolution ya gonna be "Up against the wall "YA MUTHER
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Pity if you have to. I've got my Linn deck from wa-a-ay back and it still blows all this fancy electronic crap into the weeds. Main thing is guys and gals - keep on truckin'. When you stop havin' fun you start diein'. Ric
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Loads of laffs about "what were you doing when you were half your age?" Good post! SO-O-O . . .What do you hope to be doing whan you are twice the age you are now? Me, shooting, shagging, riding fast bikes, taking industrial amounts of drugs, collecting classy tats, getting pissed as often as possible. SOP really. What do I expect to be doing? Pushing up daisies but I can dream! Ric
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Halfway thro' my first divorce.
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What a superb operation. Hats off to the Chilean Government and engineers. And to the guys who were down there. Did you see that one of the rescue team went down first to set up the rig? What a man. That solidarity used to prevail in the British coal mining industry. No politics in this thread, but there is something very special about mining men. Ric
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Jeffrey's of London used to make a triple barrelled .600 Express for big game hunting. If you have a wounded elephant coming at you, you want your back-up shots to be quick! Ric
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Cooper v Clay
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Pedant.
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As said, FAC required, not SGC Ric
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Off thread or WHAT? The OP asked a reasonable question. If you guys want to start a mutual admiration society go ahead but start your own thread. I agree that you are very unlikely to get .22lr, or any rimfire, for the "purpose of . . " shooting fox. Pest control? Maybe. More to the point here is whether you are capable of a clean kill of a fox with a .22lr? With all respect, I doubt it. Get your FAC for .22rf, use it for rabbits, greys on the ground, pest birds on the ground. Ask for advice on here from the shotgun guys on the best loads to use on fox. Then take it on from there. Ric
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Again, thanks for some sensible points. I don't have to make a decision yet, so I can weigh up the various ideas. If I were after a dog to work only with a shotgun, it would be a flatcoat and no question. I am thinking more in terms of a "General Purpose" dog to take out with a rifle. Perhaps a smaller lurcher, like a Beddy/Whippet, would be a good choice? I've met some big Bull x Greys and they are great dogs at what they do, but would be spoiled if used as gundogs. If truth be told, I just like the idea of a day out mooching with a .22lr or .223cf and a good dog to point or retrieve. Pro
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Thanks guys. So you reckon a classic gundog would be a better bet? No problem with me, just that I have such great memories of the Dad's big mean yeller hound! A good working Lab is probably my best bet then. Again, thanks. Ric
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As some of yez may know, I am out of the field right now. I hope to get my FAC back next year, and start some serious field shooting. Bunnies, foxes, and if I can deer and wild boar. Following all the threads on THL, it has become very clear that I am going to need a dog. I am asking here, rather than the dog forums, because I just plain don't know enough about dogs. My Dad had a great lurcher. He (the dog, not the Dad) was a collie/GSD X grey. Bright as hell, agile, turn on a tanner, bloody quick and a powerhouse agin Reynard.( I'm talking 1950s). I reckon that would make a great dog to take
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Larf? I damn near pis*ed meself Ric
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I quote. "To put it bluntly but fairly,anyone today who doubts that the variety of life on this planet was produced by a process of evolution is simply ignorant - inexcusably ignorant, in a world where three out of four people have learned to read and write." From Darwin's Dangerous Idea by Daniel C Dennett. Dennett is one of the worlds leading philosophers. If you are seriously interested in this subject, it would be worth reading his book "Breaking the Spell." Dawkins's book is a bit of a rant TBH. Dennett is far more thoughtful, far more balanced in his views. Not an easy read but worth
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Also Steeleye Span, Commoner's Crown, "Dogs and Ferrets". Ric
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Agreed. British law is not usually retroactive. Ric
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Go into U-tube, Albion Band, find The Hunt Is Up. Traditional English hunting song, great illos of hunt scenes. Ric
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Even though I say it who shouldn't, you might take a look at a thread I started a while ago. The theme was, if you could only have one gun what calibre would it be? Put "whatever floats yer boat" in the search box. Ric
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Pheromones. Ric