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  1. Neal
    Thanks paddylike and paulus. I've saved those links and I'll show them to my son later. Or I might treat myself to a lens and ask him if I can borrow his camera. I used to have a panasonic lumix bridge camera too. I think it's the one I used to take the photo of Rusty in my avatar. I loved it but I decided to trade it in to London Camera Exchange when we bought Oscar's Nikon. The things we do for our kids.
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    I'm sure I heard somewhere once (possibly QI?) that graves with angels etc which appear to be broken are intended to signify a person dying too young e.g. child graves etc. On a slightly different note, I remember seeing one (I think it may have been in Ann's Hill Cemetery in Gosport where I grew up) of an angel with one hand up beckoning. All but one of the fingers had been snapped (or so I always presumed) so it looked as though the angel was giving the finger.
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    My son is currently doing GCSE photography. We bought him a Nikon, simply because that's what his school advised as it's the ones they use. I think it's a D3200? Do you know if they're any good? Re the zoom/telephoto lens; which would be best to pair with it for wildlife photography? I think he has two lenses but they're a general purpose one and a makro as he was into his close-up work when we bought it.
  4. Neal
    Here Lie The Bones Of Colourblind Ned He Thought The Lights Were Green When They Were Red
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    My eldest kelpie is just coming up for ten next month. Since he was involved in an RTA eight years ago, he's been suffering from a gradually worsening limp. Initially it was only after a decent walk but it's now all the time. After the most recent visit to the vet they said he has arthritis. I was offered a monthly jab if his condition worsens, or advised to give him half a paracetamol per day. I've tried the paracetamol but it doesn't seem to have made any difference. This morning, while walking him around the local wood, I met up with a friend and her two long coated German shepherd bit
  6. Neal
    No, I'm a bit to the east in another forest: The Forest of Bere. Yep, lots of pine in the New Forest too. Not sure of the proportion of coniferous to deciduous to heathland though. I'm not sure, but I think that beech martens are only on mainland Europe. Am I right in thinking that beech marten are more urban friendly? i.e. less secretive.
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    I heard a report on my local radio station that they've been spotted several times recently in the New Forest so I guess they're happy with the deciduous. There are certainly plenty of squirrels around here for them.
  8. Neal
    I'm not surprised. My father used to have a Minshaw (out of Blue) and he looked like a heavy-set whippet x greyhound. His head always reminded me of a gharial; long thin muzzle compared to the wide head and cheek muscles.
  9. Neal
    Crikey! That's more in one field than I see in a whole year near me. Thank heavens for rats, squirrels and pigeons.
  10. Neal
    The lunchtime news seemed to be intimating that it's more likely than not that she'll have the CBE removed.
  11. Neal
    Thanks Adam C. That's even cheaper than I thought.
  12. Neal

    The Bloody Weather

    Neal replied to Arry's topic in General Talk

    I was walking the kelpie in the local wood this afternoon when I got a message alert on my phone at 2:35. I opened it (expecting it to be my wife) but it was from the weather app saying that snow was expected at 3:30. I thought it a little odd as it didn't seem cold enough for snow. I closed the phone, looked up...and it was snowing! Shows what I know.
  13. Neal
    My wife showed me another link and I think she was getting mixed up. The seresto was more expensive but there was another one which also claimed to last for eight months which was only £10. Did you find it worked ok? I'm pretty sure that £30 for eight months is probably still cheaper than putting on frontline every month. I think the seresto is made by bayer who also make the drontal wormer I use.
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    A bloke I went to art college with summed this up for me once. He said he'd rather be a christian with a small c than a big C.
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    Has anybody heard of these and used them? Two people where my wife works recommended them. I think it costs around £10 per collar and lasts for eight months. That's cheaper than Frontline that I currently use. The only thing putting me off is that I'm wondering if it's too good to be true.
  16. Neal
    Apparently there's an online petition which has already reached 450,000. But, similar to as others have said, what she and her ilk did is far worse than simply needing to hand back an honour. Surely there's at least one law she's broken and needs a spell inside for. Or maybe community service: postal deliveries in mid Wales...in mid winter...in a blizzard...wearing shorts.
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    While my wife and I were watching it last night she decided to google Vennells. She left the post office with a 400K handshake! And now works for the NHS.
  18. Neal
    I've got one of those smaller ones too as the original scout doesn't fit in a pocket as easily, but I prefer the shape of the original in my hand. I also prefer to fire hex-nuts as I don't drop them as easily from the pouch.
  19. Neal
    I really like the scout types. I tried a few others early on but could never be bothered with the faff of putting new bands on. The scout makes that side of it so much easier.
  20. Neal
    I use my two kelpies. The benefit is that it doesn't matter if my aim's no good as I tend to use the catapult for moving the squirrels about until they get to a tree I can shake them out of. Had one a few days ago and both dogs were under the tree mouths agape like Wile E Coyote...but the lucky buggy managed to make it across a footpath to a tree on the other side, barely hanging on to the thinnest twigs, then off through the trees until it made it to an oak tree. I didn't have the catapult that day.
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    Nothing closet about it. I am more in touch with my feminine side than most women I know.
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    I find the opposite. No matter how good my bitches have been as workers, I seem to prefer my males. If a bitch does something slightly wrong I'll be muttering about her under my breath but if a male does something I tend to think Oh well, never mind.
  23. Neal
    I've often used this tactic too. As Aussie Whip says too, the vast majority of dogs are far more worried about loosing us than we are of loosing them. I've used the same tactic in reverse for cautious pups too. I'm lucky in having a decent sized wood as my main walk near home which is criss-crossed with dozens of paths. When a pup which is being too bold or wandering too far ahead I'll keep changing direction so that they learn to keep an eye on me and stay closer. However, with a more nervy pup I'll slow down, and sometimes completely stop, at a junction and kind of let the pup decide a
  24. Neal
    I know I've said this on here before, but I think some people are missing the point. It's not supposed to be a programme about fishing for people who know what they're doing. It's a programme about two good mates of a certain age who are out and about and enjoying life. The fishing is almost incidental. They could be playing sunday league football, knitting or train spotting. The fun is in watching the dynamic between them. Sharing their health worries, talking about the old days and taking the piss out of each other.
  25. Neal
    I do prefer a dog which can pass the pub test. Particularly when you get up to leave the pub and someone says they didn't realise you had a dog with you.
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