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I agree up to a point but what do you do when presented with a selection where you don't want any of them? At the last election there was nobody on the list that warranted my vote. I would normally vote Conservative but there was no way I could endorse that lot for another term, Reform would be the next best but they are not in a position to run the country and Labour are awful but I admit they seem to be turning out even more awful than expected. At present we do not have any political party fit for purpose and a high number of politicians right across the board that are not fit for anything at all. Besides all that, whatever I voted would not have made a scrap of difference under the current system, the result was known long before polling day.

That's disappointing, I thought it was a link to the viewpoint ditchy referred to.

I was testing pellets and had results similar to yours except some JTS Dead Center pellets where 5 went down the same hole. I was very impressed with that. Of course this doesn't mean your gun will like them but mine appears to. Not sure if you are aware but JS Ramsbottom do a mixed pack of JSB pellets for testing. Excellent company to deal with, pellets arrive very quick and very well packed, I doubt the ones they send would get much damage in transit.

From te pics I conclude the "very bad" are the most accurate apart from one that was on a secret mission.

It was very nice, we all enjoyed it including my granddaughter who can be a bit picky.

This was our goose, we had it yesterday as that suited the offspring best. it was very good and just reheating leftovers for another go at it. I cooked it along with the rest of the meal, stuffed ourselves so much we had no Christmas pud.

Lands End with Mum Ireland with the Stig and the wife Siberia Manchester Airport, taxi service

Scaffolders are usually on something harder than weed.

Are you aware of GWP100 and GWP*, how they are used and the difference between the two? Using GWP* when measuring cow methane is a more accurate approach and shows pretty well that cows are not the problem. It doesn't take a genius to see that but it is very convenient to point at cows and distract people from planes, shipping, and the oil industry in general. What will happen with this food additive is that farmers will eventually be charged for it, it will be made mandatory (already is in Denmark I believe), the factories making the stuff will be making a good profit which the farmers will be paying for. The dairy processing industry (not the bit that the farmers are part of) will be claiming the carbon credits for this and either using them to say they are a carbon neutral industry or selling them to industries such as the airlines who can then claim they are carbon neutral and it is the cows that are the problem. All part of the global greenwashing scam we are being suckered into. It is quite difficult to say these things without appearing as a conspiracy theorist of the tinfoil hat brigade but try picking out any of the above that isn't true.

"GWP* shows no additional warming has occurred from UK methane emissions over the last 20 years" Taken from the ADHB press release from Monday 2nd December 2024 https://ahdb.org.uk/news/bovaer-debate-highlights-evidence-is-key-in-tackling-emissions-challenge

The current uproar is over a feed additive given to dairy cows which is supposed to reduce their belching and farting of methane. ARLA are trialling it in the UK and M&S have been doing similar trials I believe. The objections are based on the reports that the chemical additive is not safe for human contact in its concentrated form and can cause cancer and infertility. Bovaer is the chemical/additive if you want to look it up. Methane from cattle is part of the carbon cycle, the key word being cycle. It does not add to atmospheric carbon and cattle in the UK according to studies have made no effect on the atmosphere over the last 20 years. So this chemical is being added to dairy cattle food to cure a problem that doesn't exist in the first place. My opinion is it is yet another big pharma company living off the back of farmers, claiming to be helping climate change while making millions of pounds profit yet no address being made of the real source of the problem (if there is one) which would be burning fossil fuels. Cattle are not the problem. Use of this additive is mandatory in Denmark, this is a big part of why Lurpak suddenly has yellow stickers on it. I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if UK Gov are thinking of making it mandatory as part of their quest for net zero.

You have to have an ecology report (newts and bats included in that) in order to get planning permission for just one house. Newts and bats are heavily protected by law and work must stop if they are found. In reality I suspect if they are found during building works of either 1 or 100 houses they are quickly dealt with the same way. Anyone that has ever found newts or bats and have gone through the proper procedure will very likely say they would never do that again.

In my experience if it doesn't say Goretex it isn't going to be waterproof to the point you don't get wet if out in the rain all day. Laksen CTX is very good but is unlikely to be within budget if new. My best waterproof jackets was a used Laksen CTX, I would happily pay £500+ for a new one as it would probably last the rest of my life.

Don't get too hung up on what gets said as it is very rarely what actually happens, Boris said something almost identical and nothing came of that either. As a nation we cannot help ourselves when it comes to gold plating any rules often at the detriment to the overall good to ourselves and certainly to the detriment of the nation. I forget the exact figures but one roadbuilding bill for newt surveys etc came to something like £40k/newt. I like newts but that really males no sense, it has become a complete scam along with bat surveys/mitigation etc. HS2 have built a shed to protect bats from passing trains, at a cost of over £100million. https://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2024-11-09/hs2-ltd-spending-more-than-100m-on-bat-shed-says-chairman This isn't a sensible use of money. There aren't enough builders to build anything like what they claim. As always it is lies and make believe

Enjoyed that. 👍