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That's all I think about. Getting more years out than I put in ? He will have seen some sights working in London all those years. Slipper was another famous detective. The one that caught up with Biggs.
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He'll have had a good pension too ?
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I'll bet you could w@nk over Norah Batty
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what motors are you all going lamping in
Nicepix replied to lurchermania's topic in 4x4's, Quads & ATV's
I started on a 2003 Partner when I was a dog handler then years later bought another 2003 Berlingo van to do mole trapping. Five years and 120k miles of abuse later and I've progressed to a 2008 Berlingo. ? I do about 500 miles in three days, twice a month, and I had hoped that the car version would have more driver's leg room than the van version, but it hasn't. This one is 92bhp and plenty fast enough for my needs. -
what motors are you all going lamping in
Nicepix replied to lurchermania's topic in 4x4's, Quads & ATV's
The air cleaner on my old 2003 Berlingo 1.9d was a pain to get into. I used to do my own servicing but for the last couple of years I've just taken it to the garage. It doesn't cost too much for one service a year and saves me the worst part which was having to take the old oil and filter to the recycling centre. This one has a metal plate under the engine so that would have to be removed first to get to the sump plug and filter. I haven't got a ramp so I'll leave it to the garage. This one has a 1.6HDi motor. Compared to the old slug it doesn't half shift. -
what motors are you all going lamping in
Nicepix replied to lurchermania's topic in 4x4's, Quads & ATV's
I've just got back from my first outing in the new Berlingo, well, when I say 'new' I mean new to me. It is a 2008, one owner from new, full dealer service history. The previous owner was the Gendarmerie ? My old ex-Forestry Commission Blingo failed the bi-annual test on terminal tin worm, probably a legacy of the salt on Welsh roads it had to endure for the first 8 years. They don't allow chassis welding in France so I got two months to scrap it before the extension ran out. A local garage does a fair trade in ex-police Blingos that he does up and sells to the local hunters. The are 4 w -
He was no more a journalist than George Osborne is. It was just a 'job for the boys' post. All the press want to do is create controversy to try and get people to admit they were wrong and resign. Yet when the press get it wrong they just change the stry and carry on as though nothing has happened.
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The answer is simpler than you think. All the Government need to do is instead of employing scientists and experts on medicine and diseases to advise them they should just use journalists to make all the decisions. With their 20:20 hindsight they should have this sorted in no time. I'd make that Laura Koontsberg Health Minister as she knows exactly what the Government has done wrong and if she makes a mistake, like all good journalists she'll just change her story and pretend it never happened.
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Only if you use downstream wet fly.
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You are not kidding. I used to do that on a river local to me in Sth Yorks. And I made it harder by using fly-tackle ? They aren't like trout all facing upstream. Chub are usually in groups and are like sheep in that they are all looking in different directions making it harder to sneak up on them. Then just when you think that you've waited until the big one is on its own and cast to it another, smaller that you hadn't seen nips in and grabs the fly ? I did fluke a few though........ .
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This obsession with fishing for named fish. I just don't get it. The Connisbrook situation where the same two fish were responsible for repeated record captures, each one just beating the previous typifies what carp angling has become. As soon as a new big fish is publicised the circus comes to town big style. Same on the Trent where peg 1A at Colingham is booked solid by anglers wanting to be able to claim that they caught X amount of double figure barbel in one session. They've had to make it compulsory that this peg is included with nine others if you want to book it. I'm way out of st
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That is my philosophy. I can go down to the local rivers or lakes and catch carp up to mid twenties using conventional float or ledger techniques barbel class tackle and it only costs me the price of bait; a few kilos of maize with a bit of hemp mixed in and dog biscuits or luncheon meat on the hook. If I went a bit further downstream I could fish for carp almost double that size, but the runs to hours spent ratio isn't worth it for the type of sessions I do which are mainly less than 6 hours in daytime. Carp fishing has become totally different from the fishing I know and like. It is lik
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Yes, some of the large carp caught today are like different creatures compared to the wild strains that are still true to type. Its basically like humans who eat nothing but fast food and sugar rich drinks. The way I see it is that carp anglers have become blinkered into thinking that they need HNV baits to catch the biggest carp. It is often said that the bait has to be at east 30% protein content to be successful, but that figure was arrived at by copying fish farmers who are rearing carp for the table as quickly and as cheaply as possible. The 30% protein relates to young carp packing
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Redmire Pool is only about three acres but it produced three consecutive British carp records. It is said to be a very fertile water with lots of weed growth which in turn creates a lot of aquatic insects for fish to feed on. That is why the carp became so big in such a small water. Also, the strain of carp put into Redmire Pool were from a strain known as Galician and were known for their high growth rates. Carp grow throughout their early life, peak and then lose weight as they get older. So Clarissa, or Ravioli as Walker and his friends Christened her would probably have been at the p
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Do you honestly trust the public not to wipe the shelves clear of anything mask like in half an hour after saying that?
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And where would all these masks come from? There weren't enough to go round so by not prompting everyone to go out and buy a trolley full those in the front lines got chance to get protected.
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Possible appeal against record barbel by gudgeon ace!
Nicepix replied to comanche's topic in Fresh & Salt Water Fishing
Well, I fell for it hook, line and feeder! ? -
After 16 written Attestations to cover the dog walks since the lock down and 7 Attestations to cover my working days, with over 1,000 miles travelled and not a sniff of being checked I finally got waved into a lay-by to be interrogated by the Gendarmerie. The older male was busy talking to a cyclist who I took to be his friend from the way the conversation was going and the very young female Gendarme just asked me if I was working? I said yes and took the paperwork down from the high shelf in the Berlingo to show her the written Attestation dated and timed with an itinerary of my route, detail
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Possible appeal against record barbel by gudgeon ace!
Nicepix replied to comanche's topic in Fresh & Salt Water Fishing
I thought that he ha named the river as being the Arun? Was that a red herring to put the circus off the scent? -
The problem with dogs like these is that they attract the wrong type of owner. It happened with GSDs, Rotties, Akitas, Pit Bulls and Mastiffs. People who want them for a particular reason then find themselves out of their depth or use them illegally or whatever and the breed ends up with a bad name. In the meantime the fashion aspect drives up demand for the wrong sort of dog and it is these genes that come to the fore in the amount of dogs in the market. It doesn't take long for the majority of dogs being bred to have some of the wrong characteristics for a family pet or house dog.
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But does she understand the offside rule?
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I've got three days mole trapping from tomorrow so that gives the wife a break from me and the dog. It is also the end of the financial quarter so I have loads of invoices and receipts to drop off. A bit different this time around. For those who have already paid I'll drop the receipt off in the letter box rather than hand it over personally. For those who normally pay by cheque each quarter I have attached bank details to the invoice and asked for an online payment if possible. If they opt to pay be cheque I'll leave the invoice and a SAE so they can post it on. Then its shopping day on Thur
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Don't be silly. It is a wind up. This is the sensible option:
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Now you are making things up. Always a sign of a debate lost. Don't put words I haven't said into my mouth. If you have any facts or evidence to back up your claims then I am sure that you would have posted them. You blame the banks all you want. And there is some element of that in the UK's position. And Bliar's PFI policies are bleeding health and education dry. But every country hasn't had the same issues with banks and PFI as the UK has. But they all have ageing populations, increased demands on benefits systems, health care, education, transport and all the rest. That is a world-wide
