chrisjpainter

Nice work. Was this taken from a boat? The eyelevel angle works so well

huh that's an interesting call! Zara's quite long in the leg for (as defined by the law) a 'pit-bull type' dog, but Joe's still longer in the leg and possibly will grow a bit more too. It's tricky to know just how ridiculous his ears are as he may grow into them a bit more too.

I have a mate who had cause to foster this poor wee mite of a thing on the understanding he'd go to a rescue centre when possible. It was an emergency, get-the-dog-out-of-there-quick sort of rescue with no long term plan, so my mate took him in on the short term. He was in an appalling state as you can see, and almost completely spirit broken. Three months on and it's a very different story. The inevitable's happened and she's adopted Joe. He spends his days with her other two dogs and whatever else is running around the farm, generally getting into mischief and loving an outdoors life, whilst occasionally having to take part in photo shoots for Pancake Day... You wouldn't think it was the same dog, both in looks and temperament. Gone is the quivering wreck; she described him as having the play style of a velociraptor...The other two think he's great. Zara (pancake on head) is still queen bee, but he's found a place for himself in an energetic world that gives him all the exercise and companionship he needs. One question remains: Anyone got any idea what he is - or at least what bits might be in him?

What a grand place. Was the wolf shooting a cull to protect livestock or purely for trophy/sport hunting? It looks like you've had a heck of a trip with the camera though.

Don't tell me you don't sack race up to your pigeon shooting position?! Not even once?

I'll just leave this here. WHAT A BALL

Undoubtedly one of the greatest spinners to ever play the game - even if most of his wickets were against us! A terrible loss, especially after the death of Rod Marsh yesterday 52's no age.

Thank the idiot on here who decided GG's photos were there to be taken without permission and used as his desktop pictures. When pressed about it he said he'd keep doing it... It's not that hard to see past it, once you've let your eyes attune to the image behind it. My problem is I see the first one and keep imagining it on water skis! Great shots. GG. Please keep them coming

That's poor form on their account. It's probably wise on your part to avoid the live one with your immune system. But the whole reason for making sure there's a non-live one is for people in your situation.

They'd offer you the double jab one then. It's specifically for people with weakened immune system

Yes and no. There are two types are available. The single dose vaccine is live but weakened. The double dose vaccine is non live. The live one could give you chicken pox but it happens with one in 10,000 individuals...If you're really concerned, chat to the doc and ask for the double jab Shingrix, not the single jab Zostavax.

Quite. I was unusual in having it at 17. deeply unpleasant and if there's a way to avoid it, take it.

I'd like to see him make a public address from the balcony of a Kremlin wall, somewhere really high up. Then for an unassuming attaché quietly walk up behind him and tip him over the edge to go splat. then just calmly walk out.

This is the problem. There is no oversight that actually makes a difference. BBBoC can release all the findings they want, but the result will still stand. Unless there's evidence of real corruption - and it'd have to be incontrovertible - Catterall will always have that black mark on his record. Appalling decision making. It staggers me how one of them found it so clearly in favour of Taylor. Rewarding a boxer for being on the front foot is one thing, but if he's constantly walking onto hammer-shots whilst doing it, that's another thing altogether! Pretty cowardly of Taylor to announce now's the time he's going up a division. this will be a stain on his record.

No they're Australian magpies (Gymnorhina tibicen; first line of the report ), so not actually closely related to true corvids at all, but certainly seem to be able to match their intelligence

Altruism in birds? Magpies help each other remove tracking devices, #birds #birding #ornithology news via @RareBirdAlertUK This is very cool.

Literally got ours out of a skip three years ago. It's still going strong.

And all evil geniuses. After all, what's the point in being an evil genius if you don't have goons to do all that for you?

Are you in Norway right now then, or more sorting through old images? top stuff

For a 0-0 game over 120 mins, it was brilliant. 4 disallowed goals, some wonderful saves - and a goalkeeper brought on solely for the shootout being the one responsible for his team losing! What more can you ask for. I thought the ref stayed superbly irrelevant to the game, too. He just let them get on with it and only stepped in when genuinely necessary. Well played all round.

Yup. I feel for the ref, because it's his debut as a 6N ref and the first Georgian to ref a 6N. Interesting, given the constant talk about Georgia joining, and I think he's been dealt a raw deal with the rules. But the thing that's frustrating me most now is Ireland's tactics! They've not made the most of the two man advantage, although that's starting to change now

Sigh. This is the problem with slow motion replays and granite rules. Shoulder contact with head: ✅ Force: ✅ time to hit low: ✅ Mitigating factors❌ Automatic red card. The letter of the law is that it's a red card. There was an attempt to wrap and it wasn't malicious, but neither of those factors were relevant in that situation. The trouble is it's so marginal. There was force, but not a lot of it. He did have time, but not a lot of it. I think a yellow would have been a fairer response - especially as it's resulted in Italy being forced to play with 13 now

So does ITV...

Rugby's making itself look ridiculous.

It's been a while since we've had such a poor ref too. He really was shocking! You'd have thought the biggest Northern Hemisphere comp could have slightly better refs, but he was so bad and contributed to a right pig's ear of a game. Oh well, time to see how much Ireland win by in their free pass match.