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The last sentence in my post was very poorly worded. I would dearly love one of those pups, but it is not feasible for me to take on a pup at present.
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What superb offer of a great type of proper working dog. Far better than a keen young person getting a massive bull cross or coursing bred dog and believing the hype and becoming disillusioned by not getting enough "in front of it", or a full terrier and thinking they must be digging 20+ a season, as they have been told that's what everyone else does. Having said that, I would be only too happy to try and deny a young person one of those pups if it was feasible for me to give one a home.
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Pure beeds where would you be without them ?
eastcoast replied to juckler123's topic in Lurchers & Running Dogs
I had not seen a Borzoi in the flesh for many a year until today and in the most unlikely of places. Was driving through the housing estate that I grew up on and spotted one being walked. This place is what I suppose these days would be described as an under privileged area but not when I lived there, everyone was just skint. Does look a bit grim now though due in equal measure to many of the residents taking no pride in looking after own residences and the council not doing their part. Added to that it was dirty overcast day. Then I saw this dog coming towards me. Must have been at least -
Our new Prime Minister seems to think that the country directly north of England is called Scollen. As do most on TV these days, particularly the women. I am surprised that the wee Kranky is not looking for compensation from the English for depriving the Scot's of their consonants.
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She'll be doing the news reports on BBC R2 soon or doing commentary on MOTD. Only joking, a shoe in for Country File. Oh how I miss the sound of fingernails drawing down a blackboard.
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If you don't actually catch, kill and eat the things that you pursue then I don't see why not. I may have met such people, it would explain a lot.
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Being serious though, and of course I do not know how much time, trouble and expense may be going into the production of the front dirama, but is it going to be a decision made in stone? Never to be changed? I was in similar predicament myself recently when buying my 1st ever curtains. Blue or beige? I bought both, hung the blue and didn't like them. Put the beige up and they look a lot better. Gave the blue curtains to my sister as an early birthday present. She and her husband did not seem too impressed but it is the thought that counts and I will always ring before I visit to give them time
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Yeah Greyman, you should definitely review your risk assessments ?
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That happens now and a full accident investigation ensues. How did it happen? Why did it happen? What lessons have been learned? What have we put in place to prevent it happening again? Actually it would be an easy one for me... he was not wearing his Cut Level 3 gloves (now Cut Level C) as stipulated in our RAMS.
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Does froggy have a red pen???!
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The Navy ratings manning the gun carriage were fore and aft so the Italians could have worked with that should they needed to go backwards.
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Is that a tick in red pen above the bottom drawing? Go with your instincts.
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I was aware of that but the "brand" is still considered to be worth investing in. A far more downmarket example, I bought a modern Mini last year. Still built in Britain but owned by BMW of course. The Mini brand is the selling point both here and around the world and BMW know that. I watched lots of video reviews before buying one and something that I found odd was that the English reviewers got rather embarrassed when it came to new Union Flag rear lighting configuration. All the overseas reviewers where "now we come to the best part of the new Mini, rear lights in the shape of the Briddish
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I know. Still watching the ceremony at the moment.
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When watching things such as this I cannot help but try and spot those who may be doing a more security focused job than it appears. Usually the "footmen" on horse drawn carriages who's eyes seem to be constantly flicking around the crowd.
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In regard to the British brand, an obvious and trivial observation maybe, but the vehicles used today... Bentley, Land Rover, Range Rover and Jaguar.
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That looks like a nice team of dogs that you are putting together Daniel cane. ?
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Let's See Your Phone Shots !!
eastcoast replied to mattybugeye's topic in Wildlife and General Photography
Parked up for mam and dad's ice cream with a sea view and captivated by these charming little chaps and chapess'. Holding their own amongst the gulls. Used to consider them stop gap ferret food. Very common at one time, hundreds or even maybe thousands of them would be around at certain times of the year. Don't see that many around now. -
Doesn't he/she look cute and at peace... probably just swallowed something half its size ?
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I used to know a person like you described. Only for a few years and he was a friend of a friend, we lived in different worlds. The dogs that he kept himself were working Lakeland types. He did not hunt with them just liked the type. He used to clean up at at shows, his terriers did so much as glow with health they almost had a halo of light around them.
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What is "osw" if you don't mind me asking?
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I can't remember if I have wrote this on here (THL) before Ken but I used to collect newts, frogs and toads. Just the ones to be found locally in the wild. At 1st I would keep them together but stopped doing so after 1 day sitting watching them (as you do) and was horrified to see a largish frog snap up and "swallow" a newt. The newt's head and front legs reappeared a few times but eventually disappeared for good. The newts where probably Palmate and the frogs Common Frogs. I could be wrong, never looked them up in books. Wish I had. Ultimate predators frogs though, if something comes in
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The bottom picture looks more "froggy".
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This may be very pedestrian for you folk on here but what's your thoughts on what should or should not be in a Bolognese? The 1st "exotic" food that I was introduced to. My dad would just about put up with it but mam had to make a different batch for him without garlic. The modern self loathing thing that some Brits have dictate that what we consider to be Italian or Indian etc is nothing of the sort and we should be ashamed. I don't care. Nice food is nice food whether it is historically correct or not. Got one on the go now and it consists of: minced beef - white onion - fresh garl
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Dead right. The cats were easier to catch than the rats during daytime. Not that the dogs were rubbish just that it was extremely difficult to shift the rats from their strongholds and I had never seen a smoker at that time. In my defence regarding the cats I was young and daft and mad keen on any sport with dogs. These days I'm scared to walk a terrier even on a lead on any land within miles of a badger set for fear of the helicopter appearing to be shortly followed by several police cars and being informed that a member of the public has reported me for badger baiting. Again. Had
