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    I do enjoy a nice glass or 2 of red now and again, particularly at the weekend. Which could explain some of the bollocks that I post on THL. A recent thing for me though ,only about 15 year and prior to that it was drinking mostly beer and whiskey. I have been drinking all of my life and I love it. I am no connoisseur but have a few tips for a new starter. Price. £10 and up will get you a decent bottle. Under £10 you will struggle. Most supermarkets have deals most weeks for those wines at a discount. Cannot go wrong with a £10.99 bottle of Rioja for £6.99, the brand name is not always r
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    A typical example, as they say. A very nice looking lurcher IMO.
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    Reading back through the last few pages of this (mostly) enjoyable thread, ghouls and ghosts? Really lads? The only things that I have been wary of and possibly feared when out and about after dark in the British Isles have been very real. Two legged, bloodthirsty and aggressive yes but most definitely human and of this world. Having said that, on occasion when a Barn Owl rises to clear a hedge in front of me when lamping on a night with a bright half moon they do look 3 times their size and have a cartoon ghost like silhouette. And when a horny fox screams close by it makes the hairs on
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    Can vegans eat carnivorous plants?
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    Fair comment, even though I stand by my original statement. I see that look in working terriers, intelligent terriers, and most of them are but it's not always recognised, appreciated or used. Open to interpretation of course but I think I know what you mean and I agree. Thank you to Moocher 71 for sharing the photographs.
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    An intelligent terrier expression? They’re always deep in thought, dark thoughts!
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    Even the KC standard reads "blue, liver or sandy with or without tan".
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    And that brindle beauty looks like a keeper of the gate...I wouldn’t open that one without being invited in ?
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    Strange animals Shrews. Never known a dog that could follow their scent, seriously, even proven hunting dogs when out on a walk that would hunt anything. And ferrets do not like them. Strange little things.
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    I remember the Beddy boom in the 80's, 90's. There were some genuine people around that were not looking for fame or fortune and just trying the breed and work Bedlingtons as proper terriers. I do not know if they or their dogs are still around but it will be a shame if both have gone. There were others around during that time. The plan seemed to be to buy a pair of Hunter wellies, a Barbour jacket, a Bedlington dog and bitch, and hey presto you were in the working Bedlington Terrier breeding business. The hard work was done during the Summer months at working terrier shows holding court
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    19" and 28lbs, kind of sums up the enigma that is/was the working Bedlington. It would take a brave and dedicated man with a long term plan to use a dog of such a size with the intension of producing working terriers. A better prospect for producing lurchers, but the risk being that such a large dog had much smaller ones in it's make up. I know that they were famous dogs in the kennel of one the most respected terrier men of all time, just find Bedlingtons an odd/fascinating breed.
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    If you're ok then then you're ok. Do not overthink it. If you're f****d then you probably will always be f****d. Diet has nothing to do with it. Deal the cards that you have been dealt. The only person who made me doubt myself was a Czech ballet dancer that turned my world upside down when I met her. My eating habits, my morals my ethics. She tried but failed to make me a better person. I ended up saving her life in more ways than one.
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    All these years of ignoring popular medical advice and continuing to eat bacon sandwiches and beef steak, that has caused no end of domestic grief, not to mention a nagging doubt at the back of my mind that they could all be right. Who do I sue? Apparently, according to a medical professional friend of mine, it is not possible for a human being to be a 100% vegan as we cannot survive without certain things that are not available from plants. Even yeast, from an idealist ethical point of view is classed as an animal. But let them have their day. When land goes over from meat and cere
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    Looking at the pics she looks like was a type that was once certainly popular. I don't recall anyone using the term fell type though and they tended to be referred to as border/lakelands. At least were I lived. Coincidently I bumped into an old friend a few days ago who used to keep and work that type. He no longer has them, more into ESS' and out of he terrier game unfortunately, the only earth dog he has now is a teckle.
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    Ok ?
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    The years have not been kind to Craig David. Shamone mutha fuckas
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    CURRY

    eastcoast replied to micky's topic in General Talk

    Empire and colonialism is a complicated subject. Where people planted their flags in the 18th, 19th centuries still resonates today. I try not bother myself with problems other than the ones that knock on my door these days, but when I sit down to a chicken or king prawn vindaloo, restricted to twice a week, I give silent thanks to the Honourable East India Company.
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    Sir Edwin Landseer was once asked the secret of his animal paintings. He replied that he gives them human eyes. Not sure if I agree with that, and he was possibly doing himself a dis-service. Possibly capturing the character and soul of the animal in it's eyes would have been a more accurate explanation. Landseer had that talent and so does your daughter. A talent to be encouraged.
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    The Working Terrier Yearbook 1978. Some people may find the image unacceptable but it is a drawing not a photograph. Maybe some artistic licence came into play and the artist was not from the UK for sure. I am not condoning bull baiting. Working dogs do different jobs from decade to decade and differ around the globe. The closest thing that I have seen to this was a lowly collie type dog doing his job when parking up on some permission. Two young but fully grown bulls (can't remember the breed) in the same field properly went for it. The farmer appeared with a collie dog and observe
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    Nice drawing, looks very much like the work of this artist
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    I did not draw it ? I just remembered some very nice pencil sketches of Staffords that had been posted on THL in the past and thought that I knew were to find them but could not. No probs.
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    I read your post and thought I knew where to find the drawing that you were thinking of. But could not so started searching again. It ended up doing me napper. Here's a random drawing of Staffs anyway. From Shaun Barkers Staffordshire Bull Terriers - English and Irish
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    Possibly 2 Borzoi and a Deerhound type in 3rd pic down
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    I thought Sloughi type but have greyhound ears and almost muscle development.Maybe he got the human element right but finished the paintings back home using greyhounds as subjects.
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    A better upload
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