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aldivalloch

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  1. I've watched him - for a few minutes. That was as much as I could stand. Vacuous, irritating, self-satisfied are a few of the words that come to mind.
  2. 46 pumps????? I'm hoping there's a typo in there.... I had an Innova and recall that it "blew off" midway through the fifth stroke of the pump. Very accurate and never leaked; I always put one stroke of the pump in it before putting it back in the cabinet.
  3. And you see YouTube as a viable alternative? Which sources do you follow?
  4. Really? Nothing on the BBC and ITV news? Surprised they haven't been following events.
  5. YouTube?? I take it you're jesting!
  6. In such an unlikely case there would again be significant risk of bias. Simply suggesting that anyone searching for the facts is highly unlikely to find them in the media.
  7. Errr......this is a thread from 2012.... Why the revival?
  8. An article written by a Labour politician for a Centre-right newspaper.... No risk of bias there then.
  9. It's the inconsistency that irritates me. Some Forces don't demand medical evidence, some do. Some GPs don't charge, others do (and royally!) I suspect that, were I to re-register with one of our several little rural practices, there would be no charge. Unfortunately the practice I'm currently with is quite large and staffed by a seeming myriad of part-time GPs, with the result that a patient will seldom see the same doctor twice during one course of treatment. I've been so little bother to the medical profession over my 65+ years that they've got precious little on record which could help them to judge whether I'm bonkers or not. That's something known only to the voices in my head........
  10. Well, my Renewal Notification has just arrived and, for the first time, I've been instructed to arrange for a GP's Report. I rang my medical practice this morning, and the very helpful receptionist advised me how to get the proforma to her for completion. She'd obvously been through it all before. And then she added that there would be "a fee". Fifty pounds. Fifty pounds for something that will be dealt with there and then, and will only take a couple of minutes to complete. I was speaking to our local Chief Inspector this afternoon and took the opportunity to ask him how much he thought it was going to cost me to be certified sane. His reaction? "Oouuuch!!" I think he was genuinely surprised.
  11. That's right! I derive a strange enjoyment from spotting these bloopers - and from counting how often dim-witted influencers and "celebrities" can squeeze "amazing" into one sentence. Drives Mrs Aldivalloch crackers, though (added bonus).
  12. Aah, but his landlord was a landed gentleman who obviously owned a piece of England way, way bigger than the fall-out area of a mere rimfire.... What about the continuity on those so-called "survival" programmes set in Alaska et al? Hilarious! The dog-teams seamlessly increase and diminish in number, the snow machines change colour, and the guns go rimfire / fullbore / bolt / semi / shotgun in chaotic fashion, all within one scene.
  13. Just to be clear - it's .17HMR, not .177, which is an airgun calibre. I hope your Licensing Dept hasn't granted you .177 - stranger things have happened....😱
  14. Blackbird for me - I think it was the first bird I ever noticed and recognised, probably because one nested in a tree in our garden every year. I had a much wider variety of birds to watch when I lived further south - paricularly liked dippers, the tit family (especially long-tails), and at one time a capercaillie was a regular visitor to our hens. Nowadays I content myself watching buzzards, owls and hen harriers in the countryside and sparrows, robins and wrens around the house. Yesterday a female Eurasian blackcap was feeding in a tree six feet from the front window. I don't think it should be this far north!
  15. Worst story I ever heard came from a friend (now departed this earth) who owned a small gunshop. Young man came in one day with a 12 bore semi and explained that it was jammed solid, breech closed. Turned out his kids had been playing with it in their sand-pit....... Friend (who was a BIG bloke) couldn't budge the action, so suggested that the gun be left with him. He took it to his workshop, laid it on the floor with the butt-plate against his lathe, and gave the cocking-lever a sharp kick. The bolt flew back and out popped the first of five live cartridges...... He "had a word" with the owner when he came back to collect his gun. As I said earlier, he was a BIG bloke....
  16. Way back in the early seventies it was all the fashion for girls to cut shapes out of felt (butterflies, little birds, cute bunnies, etc.) And stitch then onto their tops. Motifs, I think they were called. Anyway, my younger sister was keen to get "with it" so she slipped out of school one break-time, nipped into the local drapery, and said to the man behind the counter, "Excuse me, but can I get felt here?" "Sure", said he, laughing, "just come round here behind the counter and I'll do my best!" Exit schoolgirl, horribly embarrassed. Very much a tale of its time - sad to say he'd probably end up on the sex offenders register nowadays.
  17. Thank you all very much for your responses. You've given me some great suggestions and leads. It's going to have to be a jacket and trousers job - we get too much wind too often up here for a poncho or coat. It's blowing F7 - F8 right now - again..... the geese'll be flying backwards tomorrow morning...
  18. Just in from giving my dogs a run on the hill. It's raining heavily here and my "waterproofs" have performed so poorly that even my more intimate bits of clothing are rather moist.... Any suggestions for replacements (and sources)? Keeping dry is the important factor - keeping warm less of an issue as it doesn't get that cold here. Thanks in anticipation!
  19. Nor do I; maybe the OP would care to elaborate??
  20. Not the case. Udal Law pertains in Orkney and Shetland, which means that the adjacent landowner - not the Crown Estate - possesses the land to the low-water mark denoted by the lowest spring tide, plus, I believe, the distance a stone can be thrown, a horse waded or a salmon-net cast. Hugely archaic but still the legal position. Best to ask as some landowners will already have given right of access to resident or visiting fowlers who obviously won't appreciate strangers on their territory.
  21. Oh, and I forgot to ask you to explain why building oil-rigs in Aberdeen is "another flaw in the SNP masterplan". Do tell!
  22. You're right, I AM surprised! I used to live in north-east Scotland (including four years in Aberdeen itself) and rigs were built at Ardersier and Nigg, and at Kishorn in the west, but, d'you know, I can't recall ever hearing of one being built in Aberdeen...... Which yard did the construction there?
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