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    This winter has been a disappointment on the bird front. Last few years we've had hawfinches, bramblings, siskins and even a rose ringed parakeet stop by the bird table. Most exotic sighting this winter was a black redstart that didn't stay long enough to be photographed. Saw some swallows the other day over Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne. Should be with you any day now!
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    You never went to Butlins or Pontins in the 1960's? All the parents were in the theatre or ballroom and there were staff cycling around the chalets listening for any babies crying then they would put a large sign up in the theatre or ballroom: "Baby Crying in Chalet: D224" so the parents could return and see to it. Never did me any harm ?
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    My season is just beginning. It goes quiet around October until the middle of February then it gets busy.
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    I've got two reels filled with Cortland Sylk a #4 and a #6. They've been on about ten years and in the first three years got a lot of use. Then I moved to France and never took the reels out of the creel for 6 years, line still wound on the reels. Last year I stripped them off the reels, cleaned them and wound them back on. No stretching or anything like that as they didn't need it. They were just like new. For small rivers they are perfect, but I wouldn't use them for heavy flies or lures.
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    I disagree. As the enquiry went on there were new questions raised that would not have been evident in the initial stages. The forensic evidence for example. My own view is that the McCanns were savvy enough to know that the police would use psychologists to view the recordings of the interviews and form opinions on how they acted. Going 'No Reply' avoids that. also, remember that it was in the McCanns interest to remove any suspicion of guilt from the police's opinion so that they could then concentrate on finding the real suspects. Not cooperating with the police in this type of case is
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    In grief people talk. In guilt people don't talk. The vast majority of these type of cases have family or friends involved. The Portuguese police had every right to question them and if the McCanns were innocent of all wrong doing they would have assisted the police by answering the questions.
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    Brexit

    Nicepix replied to ginger beard's topic in General Talk

    End of the day the EU is the latest means of Germany taking control of Europe. The Euro is the key weapon and is why the Greeks call it The German Cage. It does not allow for the exchange rate mechanism to assist poor countries and put a brake on rich countries. It is quite the reverse so that Germany races along getting benefits from a strong currency whilst the weaker economies are locked in debt and high rates of interest on bonds and loans. Taking into account the UK's annual subscription plus the 0.3% VAT and 80% of any import duties on goods imported from outside the EU which is pa
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    He's a self-promoting fantasist. I wouldn't believe a word he claims about his dogs. As you say; he forces an indication out of the dog which undermines the result. At the end of the day, without a DNA match, any indication is just that - an indication, not evidence. Some people don't understand that. I would think that any cadaver dog would get an indication out of a well used hire car or holiday apartment. In UK law Mrs McCanns refusal to answer questions carries far more weight of suspected guilt than anything the dog does.
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    I've watched the video and have also worked with both the dogs and the handler. Unfortunately whilst the indication at the bottom of the stairs indicates history of body fluids being deposited in that location the car searches are worthless. He is leading the dog. Mr. Grime is not a trustworthy individual, and I speak from experience. There is no doubt in my mind that the dog indicated body fluids at the bottom of the stairs, but legally speaking, without a DNA match that is not good enough to prove guilt. The apartment and the vehicles are rentals. Anyone could have had an accident and t
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    That's pretty much us too. We find what is now termed 'Wild Camping' spots and park up for a few days off grid for a bit of walking and swimming in the rivers. Not be doing that this week though. The water temp' won't be much over 12C ? The small shops round here are open 0700 - 1900 with a couple of hours off for lunch.
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    Pest Controller and Chimney Sweep - Ker-ching! You'd never be short of work out here. ? I only do two days a week at most, quite often two days a fortnight is enough to keep on top of the job. I've done 15 calls today and still had time for a couple of hours fishing along the way. 11 calls tomorrow, and then off to the Dordogne valley in the motorhome Thursday until Monday. I'll only need half a day to catch up next week so I might get a bit of fishing in once I've painted the bedroom. If I were to do more rodents and start doing insect work too it would be a full time occupation, but I d
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    Sorry to hear about your health problems. Not good for a young lad like you. The French health system is second to none and anyone who registers as self-employed gets access to it for themselves and their immediate family. You just have to pay whatever top up insurance you feel OK with, but its usually not much and any care for things like heart problems, strokes and cancer are 100% free once you are in the system. And they don't exclude pre-existing conditions. Our top up is around €800 each per year and it is like being on BUPA for health care and the Westfield scheme for the top up. Ou
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    Hi Jamie, Thanks and I hope everything is well with you. To be honest I think that forums such as this have had their day as can be seen from the lack of posts. How close are you to retirement? There will be a mole trapping / pest control business coming up for sale out here in a couple of years time ?
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    Hi Deker, There is a place in France called Putanges, but I'm not sure whether there is any connection with the mole traps of the same name. The story about the origins of the putange traps is that they were used in the grounds of the Versailles Palace in the 17th century as posted above. I haven't seen anything to confirm that they were specifically designed for that job or whether they were in use before then but got their fame through the royal connections.
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    And I thought that it was because they ate Catholics ?
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    A little bit of history of the putange mole trap. The Palace of Versailles, whose origins date back to the seventeenth century, was successively a hunting lodge, a seat of power and, from the nineteenth century, a museum. With the gardens and the Palaces of Trianon, the park of the Château de Versailles spreads over 800 hectares The gardens of Versailles, created by André Le Nôtre on behalf of Louis XIV, become under his reign the reference of the courts of Europe and the power of the Sun King can not be tarnished by the disorder caused by the moles. The Liard family was engaged t
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    Not just badgers; young foxes can dig out a trapped mole and make off with the trap. My spaniel used to track them and she found quite a few abandoned nearby. I reckon they lost interest when playing with the trap and setting the second side off. No such luck training the current dog - a JRT x Fox Terrier. Thick as the proverbial! ? The don't tend to bother uprooting Talpex for some reason but a shallow set Flatpack is asking for trouble on some areas at this time of year.
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    Sneaking up on your quarry in stockinged feet. Real old school hunting. You won't read about that in Airgun Monthly!
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    Have you ever had a three out of three? I get loads of two out of threes but only one full house so far.
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    Have you tried putting the putanges in with the prongs horizontal in the wide tunnels (I call them 'Joan Collins tunnels')? If you place them tight to the side of the tunnel and slightly push the lower prong into the tunnel base it works better than the prongs up approach I usually use in 'Kylie Minogue tunnels'.
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    Yes, that's me. But I think Socks was posting about putanges long before then. I was surprised how many people wanted them. I'd got a couple of hundred from a wholesaler; some for me and some to bring over. Then the orders kept coming and coming. I knew that I couldn't get any more from the wholesaler in time so I was going into every DIY and garden shop in the area buying everything they had. At that time nearly all the shops had good quality French made traps, but they typically only had 10 or 12 in stock. I think I ended up bringing over 700 back with me ?
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    Thanks, but it wasn't me who initially publicised putanges. I'm not sure, but it might have been Socks who had been using them for some time. I'm glad that it appears a lot of mole trappers have been having continued success with them.
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    Maybe when I've worked out how to use them ?
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    I think that this post and the other five or six posted around the same time perfectly example my comments about you. The Putanges videos do not show how to locate active tunnels nor do they show any of the trade secrets that you prefer to keep secret. You would have to know all that in order to use the traps successfully. The first video was purely designed to assist those professional mole trappers who had ordered putanges and had not yet used them. I could have wrote a few tips on paper, but the video is better and has been acknowledged by many on here as being useful. In fact the only
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    At least you haven't lost the plot like our friend on here has. Can't see him ever finding that ?
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