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excellent result mate! i went to sleep with my fingers crossed for you last night. but why the F*** are they fining you?!?
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found a nice roadkill roe, hung it for a few days, and now it's in the oven, (hopefully) becoming jerky. done 5 strips each of chilli, garlic, herb, pepper and plain, think i've figured out how to keep the dog & kitten out of the oven, fingers crossed it works! i will report back tomorrow with the results. (inicdentally i spent so long doing it that the fire went out... so i re-lit it, went to move a bit of wood, but the bit i got hold of was actually a nail. so i've burnt lines into my index finger & thumb. lovely "burning fingernail clippings" smell followed... i'm gonna put the
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fingers, toes... if it can be crossed, it is! good luck mate, i hope it's your girl!
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my saluki x grey was about 21 1/2" when i got him at 7 months, he's finally stopped growing now, and is around 25". all dogs differ, but if she's still getting taller at a year old, start worrying!
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great song. i loved the nine inch nails version, then i saw the video for the johnny cash version, and was totally floored...
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between me, mum and dad, past dogs (last 20-odd years): Black Jack Davy (aka Jacko) Moss Fern (aka Nibbles) Brambles Della (aka Didsy) Nola Gnashers Lucy Sally (aka Loopy) Ickle Toe Jill (sure i've missed a few off... Current dogs- dad has: Charlie, Blackie, Tish, Bessie, Topsy, Pickles. brother has: Bo (or Bodey), formerly known as "Turbo-Charged Super Dog". i have: Spencer, Gyp. if i went into why they had those names, i'd be typing all day....
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Who on this forum would say they are travellers
Ossie replied to dickyboy's topic in Lurchers & Running Dogs
got traveller blood in me, from my maternal great-great grandmother, a strapping great big 6 foot tall woman off the fens. there's a bit in the mix somewhere on my dad's side too. only crops up in our love of running dogs & horses, and the wanderlust which a few of us have caught. we don't settle too well! if we can't move, we keep changing things where we are, my mum being a prime example - she can't stop decorating... i swear, every time i visit her & dad, she's done another room! on the road myself in may, dunno what that makes me... traveller, gypsy, new-age soap-dodger? -
my beloved old motor is coming off the road on thursday, her mot runs out, and i'm getting a van, as she is no longer practical for me. Escort 1.4 Ghia, G-reg, white, electric windows, sunroof, central locking, manual choke. all original interior, still has the factory-fitted pre-amp for the cassette player. taxed til end of march. not gonna bullsh*t ya, she does have a few little quirks, but nothing that affects her driveability (other than what she needs for the mot). sunroof doesn't open properly (it lifts up, but doesn't go back), and the central locking requires a flick of the driver's
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damn, can't wait to get down to cornwall now! here's a couple of pics (took em with my phone, bust digi cam, and my darkroom kit is still packed away) sunset at my parents house, reflected in my caravan door window: and the view down my track to the road:
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poor little f**ker! skeeter the narcoleptic poodle
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i'd join ya if it weren't so late, i am kicking myself for being the last to know my favourite band are playing wembley in june, missing out on fanclub pre-sale tickets, and only being able to get crap seated tickets on general sale... really crap tickets.. next to the stage, but, like, right at the side... so you can't actually see the stage... AAAAAARRRRRGGGGHHHH!!!!
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okies, another favourite Pearl Jam track... Porch. a good frustrated love song, and one i find myself singing a lot... What the f**k is this world Running to, you didnt Leave a message, at least I coulda learned your voice one last time Daily minefield, this could Be my time, bout you? Would you hit me? Would you hit me? Oh oh oh...oh whoa whoa...ow... All the bills go by, and Initiatives are taken up By the middle, there aint gonna be any middle any more And the cross Im bearing home Aint indicative of my place Left the porch Left the porch... Oh oh oh... Hear my name
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anything by Pearl Jam. Leash is my all-time favourite song. got a tattoo in honour of it. there's a line from it in my signature, which pretty much sums me up: "i am lost, i'm no guide, but i'm by your side..." anything by Soundgarden, as Chris Cornell is a cracking lyricist. Soul Asylum too. and the late, great Sandy Denny wrote some beautiful songs. and Nick Drake... ok, i gotta stop now, otherwise i'll just list my entire record collection...
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got a nice roadkill roe hanging in the bathroom, should be ready to take down tomorrow.... that's about 6 months worth of meat for me! i draw the line at eating carnivores, mind. squirrel/rabbit/hare/deer - no worries. badger? i think not. like eating a huge ferret... :sick:
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well, i'm currently single (and not looking!). but if i do meet someone, do the whole couple-y, moving in together thing, and it goes tits-up, its simple - the dog was here first! tis very rare i part with an animal, in fact it's only been 2 in 20-odd years, and it's always with a heavy heart, & the critters interests as the first priority. Gyp will never be parted with, there are no circumstances that could make me get rid of the littl'un. i would go completely insane without him, i was on the verge of it before i got him. i'd sleep under hedges with only the clothes i stood up in &
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:11: looks alright from the back! you'd have keep it facing a wall! i wouldn't want that anywhere near a working dog, especially a pup - it would confuse the hell out of them...
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the advantage of using a bitch on heat is that, once he "takes the bait" so to speak, he's stuck there for half an hour!
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i'm glad i'm not the only one with a mad dog! my kitten stares at the ceiling... and, as DS says, it's wood mice. (apologies for weird lighting, used my phone). that's what i found in my loft this morning! i'm off to scrounge some traps tomorrow!
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i hope my boy never gets nicked and gets a "trim". his feathers are his best feature, it'd take an age for the hair on his tail to grow back!
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boy sleeps on my bed, kitten too. trained the kitten to sleep on my feet to keep 'em warm i'm 400 yards down a track, railway line followed by big field followed by reputedly haunted wood out back. only me & my landlord living down here at the mo' (my polish neighbours & my landlords lodgers moved out before crimbo), and he's 63 & a complete wimp! i should think if he saw anyone poking about he'd ring me before he did anything about it (well, i got all the weaponry at the mo', 2 axes, a crowbar, machete & the airgun!) dog usually does it when i'm on the pc, next to the liv
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" King Rat of 2007 " ~ Shall We Go For It?
Ossie replied to a topic in Snaring, Trapping & Pest Control
no worries, always ready with an idea . took me a while to figure out how big the rat in the last pic was! i reckon about 9" too. i'll have to keep an eye out on what the kitten drags in. it's only been mice this week. is a cat-caught rat eligable? might start chucking some pig feed on my compost heap... :whistle: another interesting rat-thing... the rat king: Rat King -
i'm not normally easily freaked out, but sometimes Gyp'll put the wind right up me... i live on my own, dog lives in the house, and he's usually really quiet & pretty laid back unless someone comes up to the gate or in the garden during the day. but sometimes, at night, he'll jump up, stare out the door, and start growling. then he'll run between the door (looks out onto the garden) and the living room window (looks out onto the drive) and growl & bark. always gives me the feeling that he knows something i don't! puts me right on edge! i even keep my axe & machete in the house now,
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dunno what i'd do if my boy went missing... go mental i reckon, he's about the only thing that keeps me sane! i know all my friends would be devastated too as they all love the mad bugger to bits, and take turns staying at mine to look after him when i have to go away (they all fight over it!). i'd probably get them all round, dose em with speed so they wouldn't need to sleep for a while, and send them out armed with choccy biscuits & a lead... one of them is a bit of a tech-wizard, so i'de get him to rig up a video camera on a trip wire or motion sensor, so if mutt turned up where it was
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:11: reminds me of something my dad once said bout my aunt & uncle... she's huge & he's tiny, dad always joked she'd have to fart to give a clue where to go...
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thanks for all your replies, some really useful info! to all the residents of Cornwall who've replied - watch out for us in the summer!