GingerCat

It's ok. It was for the best. He didn't suffer long and went wagging his tail. Wife has taken it badly but then she was with him 24/7. Shame, young for a dog and came on so quick.

Had to say goodbye to an old friend today. Archi, he was 10, had a very rapid cancer. From him going off his food to today was less than a week. He hadn't lost condition. Just didn't want to move.took him to the vet and he was riddled. Such a kind dog, never bit anyone, couldn't catch a squirrel if his life depended on it. Slept in the same bed as the cat and loved the kids. Will miss you pal.

Labour are predicted a bumper 382 seats minimum. Odd timing. Any tax cut pre election won't be felt until starmer is in power.

I wonder what bird pooped it out.

Occasionally, when the wife goes out, I do exactly the same. Kids and I love it. She'd lose her mind if she knew.

Worked fine. Left a 4 inch gap or there abouts.

Could you cut a grove into the base to allow water to drain?

I used fenn traps when I had chickens. Rats would visit a lot. I found that setting them and poking with a stick to see how well I'd set it was informative. They don't take a lot (but more than a mouse) to set off. I used 2 in a tunnel with bait in the middle, i often had 2 rats and on occasion a bonus squirrel. I had 3 tunnels made from spare bricks and would move the traps about weekly to suit. When the chicken run went I consigned them to the potting shed with the mole traps.

Looks awesome. Well done.

Not just cats and magpies https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/carnage-on-the-carriageway-millions-of-birds-and-animals-die-each-year-on-britain-s-roads-can-the-death-toll-be-reduced-malcolm-smith-on-the-wildlife-holocaust-1384964.html 30-70million per year by cars (1994). Lots more cars on the roads these days. A newer article suggests 194m across Europe. https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/environment/2020/sep/01/weve-covered-huge-swathes-of-the-uk-in-tarmac-how-roads-affect-birds-aoe

Lupin?

Good man. I bet he suffered every second of the day.

Probably need to in order to replace what's been given. The years of under funding and and asset stripping from all parties have hardly left the cupboards well stocked. Can't rely on nukes alone and regardless of all the technology it always will resort to boots on the ground. Especially when the tech is turned off.

Well I bought some jsb slugs .177 in 10g flavour. Same weight as the jsb heavy the ultra se loves. And I mean loves. As an example the heavies will group around the size of my finger nail at 40m from a bipod. At 20m they tend to just make a slightly larger than pellet sized hole. The slugs as predicted don't like the mag, they don't hate it either and do function but a single shot tray would be better. Grouping wise the jury is out, thru the mag they are about half inch to 3/4 at 40m so considerably bigger grouping than the heavies but usable, putting one in the mag at a time they are slightly tighter. Not really conclusive as I only put 60 down the range before rain and dinner stopped play. I will say the holes they punch are like flat heads and very small. Enough time to poke some into a piece of 3x3 and compare to the pellets. They seem to penetrate about the same, when fired at a metal target plate they flattened out like crazy, far more than the heavies. The lead seems softer overall, particularly around the skirt. They impact about the same poi but slightly to the right. A little more time and a single shot tray will tell.

Honda. If they made toothbrushes id have one.