TaxiDriver

We suffered a burglary in July last year, bloody kids just slipped something in and sprung the lock, went through house taking cash only and threw tomato sauce all over the kitchen walls/ceiling. We had visit from the Crime prevention 'Officer' later in the week who recommended the Yale wireless alarms You can get door one that stick to back of a door or to frame and a corresponding contact sticks to frame/door adjacent and if door/window is opened it sets off the alarm, you can also get additional bell/siren units and PIR sensors and theyre supposedly a doddle to link up wirelessly simply by touching them together and programming the lot to work together.

CLASS !! You mean you're at the hospital now, Updating Pigeon watch before going home ? Well done that man Afterthought : Does your lass know that she's "pupped" rather than given birth ? I wonder how she feels about that lol, anyways Congratulations to mother and Baby

Thats best use for a caravan that Ive heard of in a while :lol:

Well your FEO is unlikely to climb aboard the same moral high horse that some others have

Thats kinda the right idea but not quite right. By your calculation above would give you the diameter not the circumference. taking the standard tyre measurements, 215 is the sectional width of the tyre (sectional width is measured at the widest point of the tyre, usually half way up the sidewall). 65 is the aspect ration of the tyre and is the hight of sidewall expressed as a percentage of the sectional width 16 is the rim diameter. So using this formula, 235 sectional width (How wide the tyre is 85 Aspect ration (Hight of sidewall expressed as 85% of the sectional width) 16" is the rim size You can see that 85% of 235 is going to be significantly bigger than 65% of 215 Hope that helps

NO Its awfully complicated to explain but it's late at night. Basically the overall diameter & rolling radius is going to be too great.

you cant shoot courgettes

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Thats terrible, :o Whereabouts in Suffolk ?

Scrap van...... and a Caravan ?? :hmm: Hang On !! is the answer ***** :lol:

Fist bite ?

get a bus ? not quite, I drive my 8 seater minibus up there, (white one with the yellow council stickers on the front door)

Im new to many aspects of shooting but FAC shotgun for Rats ? seems rather excessive ?? Wouldn't an air rifle be perfectly adequate, would certainly kill rats but not so likely to do damage like a shotgun would to buildings etc. At a push your .22lr for rats but that seems overkill to me. What do you have the 308 for ?

Guilty as charged

I saw the title and looked in expecting to see a picture of the wife :lol: :lol:

Where was this ? Sounds like a very similar experience to mine this weekend, I've been going along to spectate at a local clay shoot on a sunday morning and have had a few shots courtesy of the friendly bunch that I've been tagging along with. This weekend however I did the full round of 80 using, also tried out a s/h 20g for my wife and son to use and both had a great time. Got a feeling it's gonna get kinda addictive

I feel compelled to respond if only in defence of my mentor, It was my choice to do the full round of 80, I asked to do it after having gone along and spectated for the past couple of months and having just the ocassional shot or two thanks to the kindness of the group of folk I've been shadowing. Neither my wife or son were encouraged or pushed into doing anymore than they wanted to do or were happy to do. A large part of the tiredness on my part is in no small part due to my general lack of fitness and exercise generally, I was exactly the same the other week after walking round my new permission for 2 - 3 hours carrying just my air rifle and doing a bit of plinking, so hopefully as others have said, i'll get more used to it with practice.

Ohh don't get me wrong, all three of us came home with big grins on our faces I'd only previously had a few odd shots, and my wife and son had never fired a shot before. My son had a shot with the 12g with our mentor supporting him, and just whent WOWWWWWWWWW :D but funnily enough didn't want a second shot. Later on with the 20g, again with our mentors guidance and a bit of support he was happy to loose off a few and had a couple of hits which made his day, my wife had a few shots off with the 20g and hit a few but we'll gloss over that So, COME ON Mr FEO where are you !!

For a few weeks now whilst waiting for my SGC to be processed I've been going along on a sunday morning to spectate at a local clay shoot just to see what goes on, everyones been very welcoming and one or two people have let me the odd shot or two - Brilliant buzz Thanks chaps !! This weekend, one chap in particular brought along enough cartridges for me to have a go at doing a full round and a shotgun to use. All started well after a bit of a safety talk we made our way to stand #1 (it might not have been #1 but was where we started) Well suffice to say I think the local woodies are gonna be safe from me fer a while yet, unless they choose to embark on a suicide mission. By about half way round I was struggling to lift the 12g O/U to my shoulder but I persevered and even hit a few odd ones We finally finished up I'd scored a paltry 13 out of 80 :blink: Once everyone in the group had finished a few drifted off towards the tea bar whilst my mentor for the day took me back to the car to collect the 20g that I was to try out with a view to purchasing for my wife and son to use, we went back to the practice stand and both my wife and my son had a good try with some instruction and supervision from our mentor and we went through another 50 cartridges easily. This morning, both myself and my wife whilst not bruised are knackered, my arms feel like sore dead weights, and both of us have shoulder/back ache, so is this usual, does it get easier ?

Which one what ? Ohh the 20g is a s/h Rizzini, very good condition. Hopefully once I do get my SGC it'll join the 12g 28" Rizzini that my local RFD is storing for me Edited to add : I think from todays performance the local pigeons are gonna be safe a good while yet :blush: Edited as I couldn't spell Pigeons

Well, had a great day out today, I did a full round on the clays, shot a rather pathetic 13 out of 80 by half way round I was knackered and could barely lift the 12g, I've done the full walk around several times before but when you're actually shooting its a lot more tiring, however I persevered till the end, strangely I shot better on some of the harder stands than I did on others. After we'd finished going round we settled at one of the easy practice stands, 2 birds rising away from you in a straight line and my wife had a few shots of the 20g and hit a fair few, my 10yr old son was made up as he hit a few as well using the 21gram carts, its suprising how much fun it can be AND how quick you can go through two boxes of cartridges when you're hitting a few All in all, have had a great morning out thanks largely to the help and company of a few new friends, plenty of fresh air and excercise, and the wife says Yes, I can have the 20g O/U too

Is that the Turbo intake bulge on the bonnet ?

So its a local thing to you then, a Byelaw type of thing rather than Law of the Land

Purdey ?? ohh yes, I loved her in the Avengers when I wuz a lad Afterthought : Do you think Purdey owners worry about cartridge prices

There aint nuttin wrong wiv her grandma she's fine innit