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Everything posted by Rainmaker
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Short of a pro stepping up to help, I've a few county court cases under my belt and I haven't lost yet. I'm more than happy to set you in the right direction and draft the paperwork for you mate. It only takes ten mins. Posting from my phone atm, drop me a PM and I'll get back to you.
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Mine was a K reg Ford Sierra 1.6 (the good ole pinto engine), bought for £350 and later set on fire by some local kids. I had mainly 405s with the odd Astra and Cavalier after that; pretty much anything that'd run on straight veggie oil lol Running on a 58 plate Berlingo now so can't shove the gold stuff in any more.
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That's as maybe, but "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em" won't fix things either. I was only pointing out that shipping the defendants abroad to face certain torture isn't the British way, and rightly so. That said a bloody long spell in Gitmo won't do any harm and stops them participating in any further terrorist cell activity. JMHO.
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I might not be popular, but I actually agree in principle. If such people have been shown to present a danger to the national security of this great nation of ours, by all means throw away the key. But shipping them off abroad to face torture and/or rejoin the Jihad effort isn't the type of behaviour that made this country great. In light of that, let's do what the nice Asian chappy from Liberty says... and send 'em all to Guantanamo for indefinite detention instead.
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Likewise Matt! It has to be said that one of two of the pro hunters haven't helped with their silly comments though. Let's not give the antis ammo - as Matt says keep it sensible, rational and transparent. If you've nothing useful to say, don't say anything at all. Bad information is worse than no information in a debate like this, imho. Ad homien remarks (simply insulting the other side), childish posts and contributions of that ilk simply help the antis to say "See? Told you these pro hunting lot were a bunch of idiotic, childish lunatics!"... Keep on keeping on! Have at 'em!
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Yet another fence-sitter-cum-anti has turned to our side thanks to the cut and thrust of sensible debate. A self-congratulatory pat on the back for myself, Matt and all who participated usefully is in order, if I do say so myself.
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Great work Matt, I'm still active on the thread but have bowed to your superior knowledge of the mounted packs of late. Great that we managed to convert one, mostly due to your decisive posts. Who knows how many guests/non-participants have also gone away from the thread with fresh thinking on the matter? An evening well spent I reckon!
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Dunno mate, they seemed to be swaying around last night when I was chatting with them and you've hammered home some very good points this afternoon. Bobby is now very much in the corner as you've kept your argument black and white, presented questions that haven't been answered, and you've asked them to provide evidence to back up their assertions. Their withdrawal from the debate is pretty signifying imho. Crack on.
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I've stuck my tuppence in, but strangely the only reply so far is a guy who says he's pro "hunting" but anti "fox hunting and other abuses". Whatever the fcuk that means.
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Nobody wants to see Labour back in, but in a way it might not be such a bad idea in the long run. With the state of the economy and the services, something is going to have to give sooner rather than later. If the Tories get in now, they're going to need to make some broad cuts across the board to keep the country afloat, and will naturally be blamed for it. Labour will then whine about how the Conservatives have ruined the country, 'we told you so' etc. On the other hand, if the "I'd vote Labour no matter what" brigade manage to get them back in this time, when it all does go tits up th
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i agree vote for any of the smaller parties and it plays into labours hands,i couldnt bare them in for another 4 years Rubbish tbh. As Swampy said it depends on the seat. My town is a long-time Labour stronghold, they've never failed to win the seat since well before I was born. They were forced to share with the Lib Dems last time round though, and were given a bit of a bloody nose. Voting Lib Dem for us would be tactical, as it pushes Labour out of the seat and while the Lib Dems will not win the election (and I'm hoping the Tories do at any rate), voting Lib Dem is the only real way
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Somebody hasn't been reading the raw feeding threads... Dog shite's supposed to be WHITE. Shame on ye... As for the scum, they need a needle - and I don't mean for their state-sponsored smack intake.
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Jesus, what a way to go. That poor little bitch. :sick: The irony is, she probably had more sense of pride, loyalty and manners than the whole bunch of scum who did it put together. T***s.
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Be careful mate, the malware is 99.99% still likely housed in your system restore database and can jump back to bite you in the arse. Download SuperAntiSpyware and MawlareBytes (both free). Disable system restore (procedure varies depending on the OS, check Google), which will delete any pre-existing restore points, and then run the two tools one after the other in normal mode (not safe mode). See what you find.
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Thanks again for all the replies folks. To say we have less stress now is an understatement. I'd forgotten what it was like to wake up happy! All's well that ends well, and again, thanks very much for the advice and understanding. Nice to know the community spirit is still strong in these parts. Take care all.
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Cheers for the reply mate, but a lot's happened since the last post to this thread (which was Dec 09). I'm happy to report that we moved house, back to my old home town. We've gone from a 2-up-2-down with shit neighbours, to a nice spacious 3/4 bed detached overlooking a farm. Peace and quiet at last!
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Yes, we're mentalists. We're finally moving house today, to a nice detached property 30 miles away back near my home town. No more noisy neighbour problems! So I'll be offline until after the new year, bar checking mails and a quick browse when we visit my mum's house. With that in mind, a very merry Christmas to you all, and a happy and prosperous new year. Take care of yourselves, and enjoy the festivities.
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feeding my pup raw meat!!
Rainmaker replied to mcass123's topic in Working Dog Health & Training Talk
For an adult dog, I'd say starve it every time. They can go literally into the months without food if they have enough fat on them, and free access to water - so a week with no crap-in-a-bag to tempt them onto raw does no harm. With a pup though, I'd be more reluctant. By all means skip a day or so though, that'll do no harm. He's eating the canned stuff OK so it's not like he's lost his appetite or might be ill; he's just being fussy. As lawrence said, try mean on the bone (chicken quarters, lamb breast etc) as they rarely refuse that! Also you could try raw green tripe chunks (great foo -
Good complete dry food
Rainmaker replied to rabbit man's topic in Working Dog Health & Training Talk
Regarding the Orijen feeding amounts, ignore the bag... The manufacturer is well known for grossly OVER-estimating the amounts you need to feed. For example, they say my terriers should get 120g a day, when in actual fact they only need 50g a day and are actually getting FAT on it. Feeding too much gives them the runs (same as with any dry food) - if it says 300g for your lurcher you can guarantee 150-200g would be more than enough. I know people with GSDs who aren't feeding 250g and their dogs are fine. So in actual fact it works out way cheaper again, when you look at it like that. If I was -
Thanks so much for the replies and support guys, we do indeed feel better (more optimistic) today... good things come to those who wait, etc.
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Sad to say I'm not shocked in the least.
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Thanks again mate, and the same to you and yours. All the best.
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Cheers, that means a lot. Now we've got a solicitor on-side hopefully we'll be OK 'til new year. Trying to calm down and look at it rationally, at the end of the day whether it's stressful for us or not the landlord can't actually evict us (legally) without a LOT of hassle and court etc - especially after losing his s21 rights. So long as we grit our teeth and bear it, we can stay here until at least new year - but it's getting to the point where the harassment from them and all stress is literally consuming our days, not something that's good for the kids. Hopefully things will calm down a b
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