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I am becoming more drawn to boxer dogs these days. I was never interested in any dogs that were not working dogs, and to me that was always terriers, running dogs and having respect for hounds, gundogs and collies. I could see the appeal of Stafford and mastiff types but had no need for them and the boxer dog did not come into the equation. They were always just a show or pet dog in the UK. Interesting history though, and it could be that the Germans, of all people, did a better job of retaining the proper British bulldog than the British did. The ones that I have seen in recent year
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Originally from the stock / varying types that gave us the APBT, according to the books. The show fancy took a like to the old bulldog appearance of some those old fighting dogs (assuming more common in Boston) and that was the end of them, as a working dog. I used to see 2 being walked here a few years ago and they were nice dogs, relatively athletic and healthy looking animals. A totally different thing to the original of course.
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Infamy, infamy, they've all got it infamy. I'll just get me coat
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My 1st newt came from a pet shop. An Asian newt it was described as. Not sure what it actually was. About the size of a Great Crested, black with orange and black spotted belly. Some older lads from my estate heard about it and turned up with a bucket of Playmate newts for sale at 5p each. I agreed to buy some if they showed me where they got them from. We went off on an expedition. A tiny secret clean pond on the outskirts of filthy industry. On the way the mixed pack of mongrels that accompanied them found, flushed and hunted a rabbit. That started my fascination with hunting dogs.
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I made a makeshift vivarium when I 1st started collecting small things from the wild. Probably not legal now and probably wasn't then. I could never work out how the playmate newts were escaping until one day sitting watching them and a frog took one of the newts. I was equally horrified and fascinated. I segregated the frogs and toads from the newts after that but found the bigger ones would eat the smaller ones. Another mistake I made, male bank voles and shrews will fight to the death if you try and keep them together.
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I used to collect stuff like that. The problem with frogs and toads is that they will prey on ANYTHING smaller than themselves until you end up with just 1 big frog or toad.
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Love the BSA Airsporter. My 1st air rifle was a nondescript Diana. But aspired to own an Airsporter. The day that I eventually got one, brand new, will never be forgotten. Nice to see people looking after them.
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Would you want it any other way? ?
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Still like to see him and his missus on TV. Both seem grounded and genuinely nice people. And more importantly genuinely funny. Are rarity among comedians these days eg Lenny Henry and his ex missus.
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Not as bad as reported. My car after the RX8 was a 2 litre petrol TT and those engines needed topped up every month or so just the same. One curious thing reported about them was if you started it and switched off shortly after, moving off a drive say, they would shut down and required a mechanic to restart. I never experienced that problem but it happened to others. Like I said strange engines.
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I'm due a car change in October. Opting out of company car scheme. Always fancied an Alfa Brera. Been close to buying one a few times but never been brave enough due to quality/reliability issues. They also aren't the best drivers. But my God they are pretty. I wont get a car allowance if I buy something over 5 years old so that will stop me letting my heart rule my head. Having said that, nice examples seem to be going up in price. May not be such a silly joice after all.
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Same as when I was a kid. Called them border/Lakeland but were not a cross between the 2. If they were born white then they were Jack Russell's.
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No pistons but 2 rotors. ? I didn't understand then I will not pretend to understand now.
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Were they 1.3 or 2.6? Strange engines. My insurance company listed it as 2600 cc. No matter. It was a very nice car to drive.
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25? Was the customer miss Daisy's chauffeur ? seriously though, that was about it MPG if I was careful.
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I used to be able to drift it when turning right on roundabouts. Well, not really, the 1st time was unintentional on a wet morning and I almost hit transit. But, early morning or late night going to or returning from work I could sort of do it.
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When I eventually part ex'd it and a week later told a mate how little it ended up being worth he was pissed off "if I'd known I would have given you that and kept it as a track day car"
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Not exactly a super car but I miss this. I don't miss the tax or fuel and oil costs but the engine. Strange things those rotaries. 1.3 litre but 231 ps. Naturally aspirated so zero turbo lag and gave a warning beeb at 8500 rpm to tell you to shift up. This was the Pro Drive version with tighter suspension and nicer bigger wheels. Bought it almost new less than 2 years old under 2000 miles on the clock for what I thought was a great price. It wasn't a great price, the most quickly depreciating in value car that I've ever owned. Fun though.
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Background story behind that surreal moment, I knew one of the fat men, one was to me a legend when it came to terriers at the time and the other owned the bitch that he wanted lined and the 1st choice dog wasn't interested in doing the business. The reason for the 3 wheeler is that they had all lost their driving licence but one had a motorbike licence and so was allowed to drive a 3 wheeler and that is what were using as transport at the time.
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That is one of best photographs I have ever seen. A Robin Reliant? With dogs on the roof and and rats on the bonnet! I will never forget a yellow Robin Reliant pulling up outside of my house when I was a teenager and 3 huge men getting out and knocking on the door. They wanted to use my terrier to stud a bitch. Long story short but ended up with me squeezing into the mad car with 3 very large blokes and my dog. Happy days.
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I haven't noticed it attracting bees even when a hive of wild ones accidentally got tipped into my garden waste wheelie bin and lived in there one summer. Hedge sparrows, robins and blackbirds like it though. And those strange hover fly things.
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I have zero knowledge of gardening but sure the neighbours said this triffid is a clematis. It was covered in pink flowers last week and looked quite nice. I suppose I should give it a trim, even though it grows on their side of the fence, will add to list of things to do.
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You have caught me out there huckelbery. The picture is from an old book to illustrate the type but thinking about it, I have not seen a working strain/family of them. There are still many of them about in the UK but as far as I know, and I do not have my finger on the pulse, but they seem to pet bred these days. I did own one of that type briefly. He was owned by a family that wanted a cute pet to play with when they could be bothered but to make himself invisible when they could not be bothered. They should have got an hamster or a goldfish rather than a terrier. I was asked to fin
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He was probably the first posh person that I met. Used to love his announcements at shows "Jeck Russell dogs ring one, Laykie bitches ring two", just sounded so different. I say posh (and I am sure others here will know far better than me) but believe he was born into a mining family and funded his own education to eventually become a barrister. Some achievement for a lad from a pit village, particularly back then.
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