Drayman

please don't do that - I've just eaten!

So Kate's got boobs - get a life.

As above, this all depends on the context and it's always better to talk first. Is there an existing expectation that you are available to some extent after normal work hours, Is this an expected part of the job. Has this suddenly started to happen. Is everybody getting the same or just you. Is there a current work problem / crisis that needs to be handled. And so on. From your OP it sounds like you're concerned. If you are going to follow it up then facts always help. What you might consider unreasonable others may consider the norm. So start a log of calls and texts - just time and date to give an idea of the frequency - that way you have some hard facts should they be needed. Also consider discussing the situation with your Ops manager and see what they expect or consider the norm, or indeed why it has started. Without knowing the details it could also be you are being contacted as the one they trust or value most. If that's the case then they should let you know too.

Whatever your personal feelings about Harry's posting let's just hope he, or any other person out there, doesn't get hurt or killed.

£40K in stock - I would only loan the money if I had some proof (orders) that the stock would move. You may be able to raise the loans against contracts and orders, but just getting in the stock will, as said, require a guarantee from you. We don't know your business but is it essential that you actually hold stock to that level or can you just ship direct?

A few years ago: Get home from work - nobody home. Wife then appears with our son aged 6. "where have you been?" Wife: "A&E". "why?" Wife: "Son's cut his head" "how did that happen?" Son - "I walked up behind her and she hit me in the head with a garden spade!" me to wife -"what were you doing?" wife - "defrosting the freezer". sometimes I should know better than to ask.

I think this is good advice but..... as they always say, the value of your investments can go up as well as down. Investing for the future is the right thing to do but too many folks have now found their investment plans have gone down the proverbial toilet and their IFA isn't the one who will bail them out. As above, level term life insurance isn't a way of investing unless you have an exit plan and then you don't benefit, although it will take care of your nearest and dearest. Endowments are paying such poor returns that one might be inclined to keep it under the bed, unless that is you plan to die and once again, your nearest and dearest get the cash so it's no investment for you. As for pensions - a bunch of my neighbours have invested in pensions all their lives and now are having to sell assets because the pensions aren't paying anything like the original projections. I can easily see why folks would not take out life insurance or pensions and just use the money now. I think the only thing you can guarantee is that there is no guarantee!

I think it's clear from the Vine show that the UKIP idiot Godfrey Bloom (they probably chose him because of the name as Bill Smith would have been too working class) and David Taylor of the CA need to go on a media training refresher. They either committed, or walked in to, every "don't do that" in the book. They also demonstrated their inability to deal with the opposition to shooting. That comes from either a lack of knowledge or a lack of ability - in either case they shouldn't be speaking on our behalf. I just hope the BASC folks have done more than the media training course. Otherwise, we are in deep poo! As mentioned above, the public face of shooting is generally splashed across the front page of the Daily Mail. The real face of shooting is not something the average punter either wants to hear about or read about, so don't be at all surprised if they have a biased, if poorly informed, point of view. It really comes down to understanding the "need" for guns. Pest control is easy to justify with numbers, as is clay shooting. But add in game shoots and it becomes more difficult. You can try adding in number of jobs, wildlife diversity on grouse moors etc. but you still end up with the problem of raising a sentient being to be shot for pleasure. It may be considered a right, it may have some secondary added value, but it is difficult to justify as a need. (I fish as well as shoot but I still can't find a good reason to pull a fish out of the water with a hook to look at it and then put it back - but I still, and will continue, to do it - just don't ask me to why). You also have to remember (unlike Godfrey Bloom) that people have a right to their opinions. Telling them they are wrong is just stupid. Helping them understand is the way forward. I know people close to me who don't like guns (they are not anti-gun) but happily accept most forms of shooting (clay, food, pest control) but can't rationalise game shooting. I shared all the information with them in good discussions, but they have the right to disagree. Put simply, they don't want to see birds raised for sport. Such is their right to a free opinion. So back to the original topic of "top shelf publications". A good day on pigeons is something I would like to share and be quite pleased about. The question is, does a picture of a couple of hundred dead birds sitting on the middle shelf of WH Smiths really do anything for our position as responsible gun owners. We all know the damage the pigeons have done, and would continue to do. How many mums and kids going through Smiths have seen the amount of peas in one pigeon crop - answer, probably less than 0.000%, yet they all want cheap food. I don't think gun magazines should be moved anywhere, but this might just be an alert to say "what are we really saying to the non-shooting public as they go about their normal shopping day". After all, a picture is worth a thousand words.

Just listened to the programme. Tree Huggers 1, Shooters 0. If those are the folks speaking on behalf of shooting then woe betide us. I've done a lot of media work and training and the UKIP and CPSA bods fell in to all the traps. Indeed, the UKIP chap just made himself look an ****. The net result is the tree huggers sounded more rational and logical to any other normal, non-shooting person i.e. most of those listening to the programme. The only two decent comments about the topic i.e. putting the magazines on the top shelf, cam from the wheelchair shooter and the 16 year old - perhaps they should speak for us.

Always worth a watch - especially for the kids but they'll like this more http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4F3R136iZ7U

I heard it was just lion low 'till everything went quiet.

You weren't by chance on the Pembrokeshire coast earlier this year getting pictures of a Wheatear?

I've always been curious about this so just did a little bit of searching - and it isn't straight forward. If it's a wax jacket then Barbour says - Q. My wax jacket is dirty how can I clean it? A. The only way you can clean your waxed cotton garment is to sponge it down with clean cold water - including the inner lining. Do not use soaps or detergents, wash in a washing machine or dry clean as this would permanently damage the garment and any re-application of the wax coating will be totally absorbed by the cotton fabric and will soil the inner lining. This in turn, will soil any clothing worn underneath the jacket. That's curious as you used to be able to send Barbours back for re-waxing so they must have cleaned them. I did mine some years ago after killing the mould, washing it to get rid of the smell of mould and then re-waxed myself. It's been great ever since with no problems. If it's a breathable jacket they say Q. How do I wash a waterproof / breathable jacket? A. Please refer to the washing instructions sewn into each garment. Generally all Barbour waterproof breathable outerwear can be machine or hand-washed at 30 degrees. The use of a 'non-detergent soap' such as Nikwax Techwash is recommended for waterproof breathable garments. So what's in Nikwax Techwash - well its a potassium soap (according to their MSDS). And some soaps are better at removing grease / oils than detergents so the soap vs. detergent approach doesn't make sense.Which would suggest you could use a very mild liquid cleanser designed for skin or babies bums, although perfume might be a problem at first it should fade quickly. The alternative is to hang it on the line, hose it down and leave it for a couple of days through wind and rain. The sun will also help to break down any smells. That would be my first step. The difference between a soap (essentially made from caustic soda and a fat, animal or vegetable) and a detergent ( synthetic chemistry). Both are designed to clean. A "bio" detergent contains enzymes which are designed to break down protein stains such as dried egg. Most products now call the enzyme a protein as housewives didn't like biological powders and they had some associated skin problems in their early days. So your wonderful laundry product that contains proteins is really an enzyme containing bio product.

As we've come to expect, an excellent picture. Can you give some insight in to technique. I see you have a 600 + 1.4TC which isn't really hand-held stuff for the quality of picture you always produce. And, Jenny Wren doesn't often happen along like this. Do you generally use hides, spend long periods just watching - what's an average docholiday bird day? Cheers, and keep the superb pictures coming.

Two things that work well for me. First is speed. I shoot rabbits standing or kneeling but I have to shoot in about the time it takes me to say spot, acquire, fire. So I see the rabbit, bring the scope on to the eye and fire. If I hold for longer I just wobble and it all goes to pot. So I lower the gun and if the bunny is still there I go through it again. Second is to see where I'm aiming after I take the shot. Set up a target, take the shot and then relax, but with gun still in the firing position. If you look through scope and you're off target it suggests you were adding tension in your body to bring the scope on target. It's a little like practising your shotgun mount. Anyway, both of the above help me and might be worth a try.

The local coppers (on duty) came to my mum's funeral - looked a bit odd in their high viz day-glow vests but my mum knew and liked them and would have been glad they came along. We all thought it a nice respectful touch too.

Floaters are perfectly normal and come with age as the gels in the eyeball start to thicken and contract and pull on the back of the eye. If she had given your eyes a really good examination she would have told you about the floater! There's nothing you can do about them but it's worth being aware. If there is a sudden change in the number of floaters or any other change new or quick then get yourself along to a decent optician and get them to do a thorough check and photograph the back of the eye through the various cell layers of the retina. They can then reassure you its just normal or check whether there is any separation in the cell layers, which would need treatment. As for now, just add floaters to about page 16 of "excuses for missing the clay"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-19307388

When you're training the dog and it gets moving in the right direction, do you say "warmer, warmer, getting otter ...."

Watch it right through - not a bad save! http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=tom+cannon

Worth asking this lot http://www.pocuk.com/forums/ as they are a fountain of knowledge and always ready to help. Shoguns (UK) and Pajeros (import) are essentially the same. Some of the trim and colour is different. Also depends on what year you are after for known faults. All vehicles from every country have typical faults but tell the pocuk forum what you are after and they'll tell you what to look out for. Two things to watch. 1. Imports are typically harder / more expensive to insure. 2. Bits (from dealers) for imports can be more expensive even though they are the same as UK models.

Enough said!

Not the same problem but worth a check all the same. CZ452 - safety wouldn't engage, in fact, wouldn't turn past half way. Also, bolt lever seemed close to the stock grove as you pushed it down. Stripped and cleaned bolt a couple of times but to no effect. Then found small piece of gunk in the extractor receiving slot in the barrel (just where the round enters the barrel). Cleaned it out and perfect safety action. So might be worth checking everything that affects the action of the bolt.

I run a 2.8TG UK LWB Shogun (had a 2.5 Pajero some years ago). I keep thinking about parting with mine but it owes me nothing and does all I ask. Besides, full leather, air con etc ... doesn't seem worth changing. Fuel consumption is about 20mpg average. 1. Join the Pajero owners web site - really helpful bunch. 2. The 2.8TD suffers from head problems so check when you're buying. Replacement is ~ £1K if done by mechanic and done well (i.e. not a cheap ebay head). 3. Rear brakes can bind - known problem but not hard to fix yourself. If you run a Pajero rather than a UK Shogun then dealers will want to charge more for same parts and insurance for an import can be higher - need to shop around. Other than that it does what it says on the tin and generally a lot of car for not much money.

It can be worth working out how much you need to make as profit after tax to actually survive and pay the bills (as mentioned above). Then work out how much stock you'll need to turn over. Might be good or there might not be enough hours in the day. I see plenty of shops open an then close soon after. The products look good but they would need to sell so many just to keep the lights on that they were doomed to fail. Your overheads will be much less but the approach to the sums is about the same. Good luck and I hope it works out.