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I'm going along to Brixton Academy on 22nd November...it'll be first time seeing them. Can't wait

I'm getting my beetle back on the road this year now I don't need a car to commute, and will sell my modern car. I was offered a wicked little Fiat 126 a few months ago but don't have the space for it :(

From my own experience, a lot of it is down to (lack of) muscle memory. Its very alien to hold several pounds of metal and wood at shoulder height. I started off with an 8lb Miroku and a round of skeet had my arms shaking to begin with. I started dry mounting it at home and just randomly taking it out and holding it during the week, after a few weeks I barely noticed it anymore. Now I shoot a SP game 12 bore 28" with a shortened stock and I can easily do 2 rounds of 100 esp in a day. Not that I can afford to do it every week

I wish I hadn't been shooting for a year, could definitely use some coaching Great offer

No one told me there were handsome chaps on here! Where do they hide then?

Chemists also do saline in a can which is great for gentle debriding.

I don't know if you're deliberately misunderstanding me... The pit bull terrier TYPE which is banned in the UK under the Dangerous Dogs Act can result from crossbreeding dogs which are not PBTT. This means that it cannot be eradicated as long as other dogs are allowed to mate/breed/produce puppies which may grow up to be "type". Some litters can produce grown dogs which do not all conform to "type". It's a much bigger problem than just banning a breed, and, as such, genetic APBT heritage doesn't come into it. Obviously, breeding from resulting PBTT dogs results in PBTT puppies. There are currently more PBTT dogs in the country than there were at the time of the DDA coming into force

It's nothing to do with the gene pool as the American Pit Bull Terrier is not a recognised breed in the UK. The Pit Bull Terrier Type which is banned here is a dog which conforms to the physical measurements of the APBT, so genes don't come into it.

Unfortunately, pit bull terrier types are all too easy to come by. They are a cross breed, so there is actually no way that a ban on them will ever be effective. Its like trying to ban something you could get by mixing water, lemon juice and butter, or whisky, crisps and toothpaste. Readily available ingredients which are perfectly legal until you mix them together. Lots, even the majority, of owners of these types of dogs know what they have. Some don't. I don't know what the answer is. Further legislation will be as unenforceable as the current stuff, and the people who need to be targeted, ie the irresponsible, the dog fighters, the ones who use them for "protection" will be ignoring it as they do now.

I'm a smoker and I agree with this ^^ I'd much rather the Government ACTUALLY gave a carp about us and said "No more, they're bad for you, they have NO redeeming features, they're banned". Rather than "Yeah, they're bad for you. We'll hike the price up because it's an easy tax to rake in, then we'll legislate where you're allowed to use them." It's perfectly legal for us to be sold these addictive killing-sticks. I can go out and buy as many as I like. They will (probably) kill me, or at least lend a helping hand to my demise. But they're legal. I can sit and chain smoke all day long if I so choose. But I can't smoke these legal products on a train platform, or in an office, or in a works' van, or in a school, or, soon, maybe, in my car if I have children in it. Despite the fact that they're legal. I'd be perfectly happy if they were removed from sale immediately. At least then the government would be showing some backbone. But then the revenue would disappear...

Looking forward to tomorrow. Off to watch Blackheath play at home, then off to the pub for England-Scotland.

^^This. The main problem In had when I started was holding 8lbs of wood and metal in position. Muscle fatigue was huge at the beginning. Now I barely think about it

I raised £1100 for a cancer charity in 2004 for shaving my head, although, to be fair, it saved me money in shampoo for a few months. In 2012 I and 49 others did John O'Groats to Land's End on 50cc mopeds. It took us a week. I think we raised somewhere north of £27k for a teenage cancer charity. I'd love to do a skydive one day

I probably would be I'll never know, I'm clays only

They're all in my garden! The shoot is across the road, I think they've figured out where is safe...

When we applied for ours last year we were told 5 months - in the end it only took three. We fitted window locks to our front windows on the advice of our FAO but have a very non-barky dog and no floodlights. We keep our cartridges out of sight under a bed, but don't have them locked away - we buy by the 1000 and don't have much in the way of storage space Whereabouts in Kent are you? We have different FAOs. Hels

I've had no change this week. Must try harder...

Hawley at Sutton-at-Hone (Hawleycsg.co.uk is good), as is the Robin Hood at Bluebell Village, Chatham (robinhoodclayshoot.co.uk) on every other week, Dartford and JJ's, and I've heard good things about Abbey Shoot at Deting but haven't been yet. Enjoy

Should've weighed in Monday but had no access to scales, so second weigh in after 12 days is 4lb loss. From Feb 17th I'm going to have to work a lot harder to lose/maintain loss as I'm starting a new job and it's office based, not manual labour... Well done everyone, keep going

It's down to the dog owner to keep their dog in their own property. Back to the OP - I think Ms Snooty should've at least RSVPd to your invitation. I'm not sure how I'd feel about a neighbour popping over the fence, but I think I'd be a bit more tactful about it on first meeting with you. I'd not be impressed with your dog in my property. Hope you manage to sort it all out

Awww There's a guy who goes to Hawley/Robin Hood who had a whelping box for sale...bit late for the whelping but might be useful once they start getting mobile?

Erm...right, nope. The code that you originally pasted has turned into a picture of the original slider. I had to go back to the website and do a new one. Bit of a faff :( Someone else may have a better idea?

Well done I'll be borrowing my neighbour's scales again tomorrow, so will update then. Moving the slider - go into your sig and look at the code you pasted originally - there are 3 numbers which (I think) are start weight/target weight/current weight. So you'll have 100/80/100. Change the second duplicate figure so you have 100/80/98. I think it'll work like that. If not, change the first one

Amazing. Speechless. My thoughts are with his family and friends - what a brave lad.

I've drastically reduced the fizzy drinks. I've not had any chocs/sweets, although there are loads around the house after xmas. I've upped the exercise (think I may kill the dog ) but I did have fish and chips tonight. Maybe I'll jog around the clay grounds this weekend... Lampwick - I've been eating carrots like there's no tomorrow as snack food, they fill you up and have not many calories. Don't deny yourself everything you enjoy, just moderate what you do have, and don't give up after one little slip