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Always fitted new points and condenser before each rally, they where not expensive so saved any embarrasment. Remember rolling the Mini on Abergwesyn, well flipped really because no damage to the body at all. Landed hard and bent the rear sub frame and drove the car all the way back to Rugby albeit looking partially out of the drivers door window as the car had a serious'crab'' with the rear wheels wanting to go different ways to the front.

Well it seems the 'electricary' in my Duster has had to be replaced. After a week of searching some black box was found to require replacing, good thing is it is under warranty. Big problem with these things is that if a connection is only non functioning on occasion it is very difficult to tie down and these are so many such connections in modern cars these days. Back in my rallying days the only electrical spares carried would be a set of bulbs for the front lights and a coil which was permanently fixed alonmgside the normal coil so connections could be changed quickly.

I heard the clatter of horses hooves passed my window over a year ago. The stable door has had it's hinges ripped off.

Back to normal winter weather as from Sunday with above freezing temps. To be honest we have not had a 'severe' weather problem, just the media winding everyone up. HOWEVER T support the BASC in drawing attention to being thoughtful.

Only shoot from high seats these days and yes a fox will occasionally pick you out even up there when anorther will walk right under the seat. I think like deer stalking wind direction should be taken into consideration. I shot a few hundred from an ATV back in the early 90s and never really had the wind in mond because always coming into fields etc from various directions. Often around farm yards and also close to habitation foxes take less notice of human scent and just skirt around it. Have seen them walk right through a busy dairy farm yard where two or three people are working. Shoot enough and you will see all sorts of reacrion.

BASC just sent me an e mail suggesting we shoot resposibly because of the harsh weather. Just checked weather for next week and it looks like we are almost all back to rain and sleat and above freezing temps. Appreciate the thought but a bit of a panic about a basically normal winter scenario.

Never did work any Bank Holidays if we could help it. Time and a half, what was not to like and we had Christmas in the Station. Gave those guys with young families a chance to spend Christmas with the kids as well.

100% Find a cartridge which suits and then stick to it BUT also do not mix boxes unless you check the production codes on the boxes.

Reminds me of my days as a youngster back in the 50s. My Mum and Grandmother started cooking and preparing at the end of October and usually around 25 relatives and friends would sit down to a meal like no other on Christmas night. About nine of us would have Christmas lunch. Now a days Christmas day is much like any other but we celebrate my wifes birthday by inviting friends in for s blow out supper on 12th night. We always have two freezers full of varied food ,,,,believe in being prepared.

We did have wooden window frames.......

They use a decoy hen and callers, pull the bird into about 20-25yrds and then using heavy choked 12 gauge using 3 inch shells whack 'em in the head and neck. I was invited to do just that and accepted because it was just good manners but it is more testing head shooting a squirrel off of one of my feeders. I was of course polite and said thankyou but I would not wish to do it again.

Always thought that driven turkeys was a much more fun way of hunting turkeys than sitting under tree and blasting them at 20yrds with a magnum shotgun. They are supposed to be a bit smart but all those I saw in Texas where dumb but good eating.

Yes, I got it no problem, it is jsut I get so fed up with the over the top media on this little cold spell we are having. They don't know what cold is.

Yes, turkeys fly very well indeed. Great sight down in Texas to see a whole mass take off, particularly off a ridge. Does the shooter get the prize?

No probs let me have an address I and will sort half a dozen for you.

Yep, amazing what I have read in the papers recently...PANIC PANIC 8mm of snow fell...now 8 cm (3 inches) might just frighten some but not those of us who have fought our way through 3 foot drifts to get home. For a start remove MAY and COULD from the English language replace with WILL Just lit the log burner in the kitchen, my wife is preparing some nice local grown lamb chops for supper, with sprout tops, now how many young folk know just how good they are? Some roasties and apple cake and cream to finish. Maybe a couple of fingers of Scotch to start then a glass of red to wash it all down. Yellow, pink, purple whatver the colour of snow I could not care less.

Don't mention strikes to me. Posted my payment to my credit card company well in advance and got a ding on my phone to say it had not arrived and I would be fined £12. Dumpa... 444 Marlin cases They are necked to 375 but take it your cutting them short anyway.

Brilliant!!!!

I planted the tree in our orchard about 4yrs ago and this was the first year it had produced sufficient to harvest. Everyone says it is a messy job to use the fruit but I have not found that. You let them blet/ripen and when soft to touch put them in a jame kettle and crush them with about a couple of pints of water. Cook them as you would for any fruit for jam. The jam has a very aromatic apple taste and is excellent with pork almost like apple sauce or you can just yse it as jam. Will try making a jam tart sometime to see how that comes out. As said the jam set well but for some reason the jelly didn't so back to the drawing board next October. The small village of Linton near Swadlincote/Burton on Trent has a small orchard open to the residents, with seats for elderly to rest and enjoy. That orchard has a medlar as well and I noticed the fruit vanished so someone else is using them.

I made up some medlar jelly two days ago and added a bit extra Bramley apple to the mixwhich has lots of pectin and fast boiled up to 220 and the JAM mark on my jam thermometer. It didn't set. Not wishing to waste it I purchased a cheap bottle of whisky and a cheap bottle of vodka and added about half a pint of the mix to each. The whisky came out the best although the vodka was nice. Will try both of them as additive to some Prosecco. I will certainly be doing the same with the rest of the non setting jelly mix so nothing wasted. I think I will try a bottle of brandy as well. That is all the medlars processed this year. The jam I made set well done in exactly the same way.

One more in a live trap this afternoon in our wood. Saw it scamper away 48hrs ago. 3410

Yep but in every Nationalised Industry I have knowledge of, but not in every privately run business. Under the National Coal Biard I witnessed a huge very expensive cutting machine put into a colliery near me and then within the year the pit was closed and filled in.

Probably both but funding is down to management by the Government, correct? I have the belief that here are three major items on the list of priorities for running a country Defence Health Education. Yes we can manage with a few potholes and even a high speed train or two. Show me a Nationalised Industry which is/was succesful. Money pits.

Afraid it is even more serious than that as it has nothing to do with the potential strike. It is ALL down to pathtic managment. I was a serving police officer up to 1990 and before that date if called to an incident/accident 90% of the time the ambulance was already there before we arrived. Then they closed the local ambulance station and when I moved here in North Warwickshire they closed the local Station at Dordon and sold the land for building houses. For some years ir was not unusual to see Para medics and or ambulances parked up on laybyes, presumably sent there to cover any calls from that area. I sincerley hope your son gets well. Personally I am waiting for an injection to my eye and should attend Leicester Royal Infirmary who have failed to book an appoinment for me after some 10 weeks after my surgeon indicated it was urgent and I am sure there are thousands around the country in similar circumstances. I is very evident that the Politicians and the management of the NHE could not organise a 'proverbial' in a brewery.

Is that a standard PH bolt handle as the knob looks enormous on the picture. Personall I would carefully take a disc grinder and profile the inside of the ball to give you sufficient clearance. I broke a nice custommade handle on one of my rifles and had it welded back on by the custom rifle maker...well he refused to do it himdself but had a pro welder do the job and he had to do as said to stop as much heat transference as possible. That was on a Parker Hale action.