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  1. If this is indeed the case then there’s something very wrong in my opinion. So which is it? The police want the records from birth or they don’t actually see them, but the GP wants to read them all before signing the pro forma? And again, if the former is the case, then why not request copies of your entire medical history and then simply give that to the Police? It costs nothing to see your medical history nor photograph it, which is what I did….the relevant parts anyhow. The police don’t need to know, nor is it any of their business, that someone was treated for piles or a STD. There’s something very wrong about this.
  2. Really? I’m not sure they are allowed to demand such a thing. Surely they can only demand to see those matters which are pertinent regarding SGC/FAC applications, otherwise you could simply nip into your surgery, ask for your entire medical history cards, photocopy them and send it to the rozzers for nothing more than the price of a stamp! Edited to add: Of course you will need to prove who you are, but that doesn’t entail a cost. I know because I’ve done it.
  3. Scully

    Hilarious!

    Brilliant. There goes one of the best (and best looking ) PM’s we never had. 👍
  4. Scully

    Hilarious!

    Even more Embarrassing! 🤦‍♂️
  5. Scully

    Hilarious!

    I find that truly embarrassing! Quite rightly unashamed of her origins and heritage, but possibly not to the extent she wants to move back there?
  6. Scully

    Hilarious!

    It’s male or female intit? 😀
  7. Thanks again. It’s weird really, as I’ve played around with the comb height on the Benelli, after a really bad day with it last year I believed it was too low, and had a sight picture familiar to that of my trap guns which I shoot well with, but it didn’t transfer to the auto. I recently removed the comb raiser and put everything back to factory settings and didn’t miss a thing with it today! Bolting bunnies is a very quick reactive type of shooting, so the Benelli obviously once again fits me well! 🤷‍♂️ As always, it’s not the gun, chokes or cartridges, but the user. Have never tried it with a small bore, even when I owned a .410 pump, but it would certainly add interest to the day. 🙂One of the other lads who brings his ferrets uses a 20 bore Sable. I think if he and another mate had been there today there would have been many more rabbits; some of the burrows were substantial, and rabbits can run rings around a solitary ferret underground in those circumstances.
  8. Thank you. I totally agree, it is fabulous sport. A mate and me would spend many a happy hour sniping rabbits with a .22 on a summers evening, as well as lamping. Fortunately ( and fingers crossed it doesn’t ) RHD hasn’t reached our parts, and there is a plentiful supply of rabbits to go at, and I just picked up another permission this morning, where there are oodles of the things. You’re right, steel is more than capable, but I swapped to lead when I realised the steel I’d brought were a variety of lengths and I didn’t want to risk a stoppage as experience has taught me can happen when inconsistent lengths are mixed in a magazine. Cant say it’s happened with the Benelli, but has with other autos, and I didn’t want to take the risk.
  9. Scully

    Hilarious!

    Very true, but I think the response depends on who has made the remark, and what the complainant has to gain from making much ado about nothing. Jeremy Clarkson has made many remarks about shooting people, causing much outrage, whereas when Terry Wogan on Top Gear stated he didn’t brake for children and that he would like to ‘machine gun’ all those on Henman Hill at Wimbledon, everyone thought it hilarious! 🤷‍♂️ Abbott has an agenda and an income to bolster.
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    Hilarious!

    Frank Hester apparently stated some time ago that Diane Abbott should be shot, and as a result she is of course claiming this is a racist and frightening remark! There is obviously a political agenda ( and possibly one of compensation ) involved here, and it wouldn’t surprise me if she also claims she is suffering from all manner of ailments of a mental manifestation as a result. If she was an adult with a sense of humour and without agenda, she could have claimed in response that he should be castrated to guarantee his genes weren’t passed on, but this will turn from the proverbial molehill to a mountain of 💩! It’s pathetically hilarious and oh so predictable.
  11. I know it’s a bit late in the season, but as I was all ready and packed for a stint away tomorrow for the rest of the week, I thought I’d take Fergus the ferret for a quick runabout underground on a mates farm. Gave him half his usual feed then boxed him and off we went. Half way there realised I had no ear protection so popped into local hardware spot for some of those expandable sponge thingies. Was armed with my Benelli M1 Super 90 ( which I intend to upgrade to S1 status if and when variation comes through 🙄) and a hand full of steel cartridges in one pocket and a few lead in the other. Rain was forecast but it hadn’t transpired so far, and after a quick catch up with one of the landowners set off round the silage pit. Scattered a few sheep and as Sod’s Law would have it a rabbit bolted before I even got to where I was going, and my empty gun was slung over my shoulder, but it was good to know there were some about. Anyhow, a few holes in the soft sandy soil which we’ve ferreted in the past is a good place to start as there is a good twenty yard gap with no cover whatsoever, between this burrow and the abandoned railway track. The first two holes were a no go with Fergus coming straight back up, but after running around underground for a spell in a considerable burrow, and appearing again to sniff the air I knew he was onto something, and sure enough a rabbit bolted. It never fails to amaze me how fast and suddenly this happens; one second there’s nothing and then in less than the blink of an eye as if by magic, a rabbit appears and is off and running! It headed straight away from me and my first shot slowed it and a second even more, but by now it was up to the fence line of the railway banking perhaps 25 yds away where it rolled over and disappeared into a hole where it would no doubt die. I wasn’t chuffed, but there wasn’t a lot I could do about it. When Fergus reappeared we moved halfway to the hedgerow, well away from the lost and dying rabbit, and down he went again…and stayed down long enough for me to decide he’d killed underground, so I sauntered off to recover spent cases and when I came back he was up again. Assuming he’d bolted the rabbit unseen by me, I put him back down under the fence line at the base of the railway banking, in substantial fresh diggings and I sauntered back some way to give myself a good view of all holes. I was now reloaded with lead cartridges and telling myself to ‘get upfront’ I knew it was only a matter of time before something showed, and I’d have to be quick to react as I expected a rabbit to appear and disappear just as quickly as it had appeared, and sure enough a rabbit bolted but headed up bank, which I shot just before it made it the five yds to the railway track where it would have disappeared. It rolled backwards and promptly disappeared from view but I knew it was dead. Before I had time to reload, and with Fergus still down, a sorry looking rabbit hobbled into view from I’m assuming, the previous hole we’d visited. It was very unsteady and had obviously had a terrible time at the hands of Fergus, so I quickly finished it off. A few minutes later up he came and I boxed him, paunched the rabbits, the first of which I found dead in a hole, hung them on the fence to cool, and headed across the marsh and up a steep banking which was another good place to bolt rabbits as it was bereft of cover. I grew weary of popping him down promising looking holes, and stepping back many yds only to have him pop back up again as soon as I’d done so, but eventually we found a hole he liked, from which a rabbit bolted uphill. It had gone about 10 yds when I killed it and it too rolled down the hill and also disappeared. Then another appeared but shot down a nearby hole before I had time to react, so when Fergus popped up I called him and dropped him down this one. Up popped a rabbit about 5 yds away and I killed it as it bolted uphill, where it too rolled back down but thankfully not into a hole. It had barely stopped moving when another took off uphill and it too was shot after about 10yds where it rolled back down to me. I’d been out less than two hours but had things to do in town, so boxed Fergus with a nice drumstick after thoroughly examining it for traces of lead, and called it a morning. Thoroughly satisfying and enjoyable little morning, and six rabbits for seven shots. Was very happy with that. I like the spongy ear plugs; I used to wear them in the unit underneath my ear defenders when using Paslodes etc, and they drowned out all the noise and the wittering on of other workmates or a radio station I wasn’t keen on, to a satisfying drone. The sound of the auto going off was a dull thump from what seemed a long way off. 🙂
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    THE HUM

    The A66 is seven miles away from me ( I can see it through binoculars from my top step and see the vehicle lights on it at night ) and wasn’t aware there was a very low but constant hum from it until the first lockdown, and then it was noticeable only due to its disappearance! Weird! I always tell folk it’s so quiet in our village you can hear a chicken **** at 50 yds, but up until then I hadn’t realised just how quiet it was with no traffic on that main road. 🤷‍♂️
  13. Fabulous! Well done, cracking day out!
  14. As far as I’m aware, ‘bladed items’ which I’m assuming means and includes knives, have been prohibited for some time, and like I’ve already said, if you are dishonest they always arrive in my experience. I can’t find any reference ( although admittedly I haven’t done a thorough search ) to x-Ray machines etc. I doubt I’ll lose much sleep over this.
  15. Really? Can’t say I’ve ever had any problems. 🤷‍♂️
  16. Much depends on an individuals honesty when replying to the question…’can I ask what’s in the package?’
  17. I think those caught driving while on their phones should have that vehicle ( whether it’s their own vehicle or a work vehicle ) impounded there and then on the spot. The consequences of that would be a greater deterrent than anything, cos everyone knows they aren’t going to cause an accident…..until they do.
  18. She was possibly confused with some policy that was knocking about back in 1978?
  19. I’m still trying to get used to the fact that there’s a ‘firearms licensing working ‘lead’! What do they do all day?
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