Uilleachan
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It's highly poisonous if ingested, and the sap causes severe burns and often permanent scaring as a result.
There are other more poisonous plants, but they tend to be rare or occur in locations where people are less likely to come across them and or are found in lower density, than the dread hogweed. It truly is nasty stuff.... and a reportable if you have it on your ground.
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Uilleachan the TT carts are a bit slower than a lot of others and have always held a dense pattern. Friends of mine used to shoot them a lot years ago and loved the dust they produced compared to the other budget carts they had used. The tt don't blow the pattern on exiting the gun.
Stevo two of my guns are fixed choke and I prefer them, no worry of them sticking or is the right chokes in. Just shoot and they break clays or kill things. Easier to clean and great patterns.
Thanks for that figgy, thinking I'll buy another 1000 TTs next time I'm at a ground, use the fibre on the croft and the TTs on the grounds I visit. That'll do for getting on with.
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I'm no clay duster and I don't have an extensive knowledge/experience of the various cartridge brands. However, I have noticed a bit of a difference between fibre and plastic wadded carts.
My informal clay shooting has been conducted with fibre exclusively as there's beasts, sheep and cows, that graze the field we shoot over the corner of. I tend to buy whats available rather than what I fancy, given my location and the lack of suppliers within a reasonable distance, nearest is a 150 mile round trip. I got on well with fibre Imperials which Graham's of Inverness had in, but now they've sold out. Last buy was olympic blue fibre from MacLeods & Sons in Tain, still have a couple of slabs left so thats what I'm using at the moment.
A few months back I went to braidwood with a pal and we bought a 4 slabs of Fiocchi tt 1 in #8, we shot two slabs on the day and I took the others, which I shot at Auchterhouse over a couple of visits in passing.
I had the distinct impression that the plastic TT's were throwing a tighter pattern than the fibre olympics through the same chokes (Browning 525 choked 1/4 & 1/2 invecta plus). Now I'm sure the TT1 and olympics aren't the top carts, but they're both good enough to be getting on with for my level.
There's a pattern plate at Auchterhouse so last month I popped a tt & a blue through the half choke at 30 yards on the bottom of a couple of plates. The TT's were noticeably tighter, but both were uniformly decent patterns.
So there's a difference IMO, but there's not a lot in it. I break clays with the fibre but feel the plastics do more damage.
But here's the rub, on my last go at the clays on the pals croft last Thursday, I was shooting edge on overhead goers and edge on left to right crossers, using black clays. I had a few misses and when I'd finished I walked down through the rashes to see if I could recover the misses. Which I did, but I also found three intact orange clays from a tail end box we'd found in the feed shed that we shot the week before.
Got back to the trap and decided to fly the recoveries as I still had a half dozen carts in my pocket. Even edge on at 30 to 35+ yards overhead goers, through the 1/4 choke, the olympics were doing a fine job at smashing the clays, okay these are easy shots but the big revelation was that the orange clays break better than the black
So there you have it, scientific analysis for you. Instead of buying just orange clays from now on, I'm just having to accept that my eyes aren't as keen as they once were and what I'm perceiving as poor hits could well be down to me not seeing the black fragments flying against a darkish background as well as the orange.
But still, through my gun the TT's are tighter than the olympics, I may have a go at skeet and quarter with the TT's next time I'm down the road and see if I can't up my kill rate a bit
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It's all about core temperature.
Neoprene gloves work for me, even wet if I'm moving. Static, for any length of time it's a different story.
Best recent creation is the pop up style belay jacket, designed for hanging around holding ropes for your mate on a draughty alp. Don it under your camo when you stop, remove it stuff it and stash it "in a pocket" when you get on the move.
An example here:
https://www.mountainwarehouse.com/seasons-mens-padded-jacket-p15077.aspx/black/
Thats a fairly cheap example, and you pay more for bigger brands or lighter and tighter stuffing versions. But there are some great buys out there from the own-brand outdoor shops.
If you're core temp drops, the body removes blood from the extremities in a bid to maintain it, there are no glove (or socks) that can counter that.
Walking for half an hour carrying all your gubbins, then holding up for a few hours on a cold day is a challenge. Layering up or down, is really the only answer to staying comfortable outdoors, depending on activity, in cold and especially damp, weather.
So that and carrying spare gloves
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Sno-seal is s good as it gets, you apply it then heat the boot to let it soak in.
Another vote for son-seal. Great stuff bees wax.
Using it on my shoes these days as my boots are goretex lined so don't need treated.
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They were just my thoughts
I'm aware that the building was modified and that some people will be held accountable
I still don't see the point point of spending millions on barristers and a enquiry
When it's obvious the money needs spending on upgrades for similar buildings and homes for the victims First
Just my thoughts
All the best
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Thing about a public inquiry is, that people can be legally called to give evidence or, account for their actions etc i.e. if called you have to attend. As it's on a legal footing the people are going to need lawyers, and as it's all going to be conducted in a court, it's going to cost. But it'll cost less than the disaster and hopefully prevent others.
My only concern is the inclusion of the issues surrounding the mismanagement of the aftermath, IMO that should be the subject of a separate inquiry, or court case against the council, as they've obviously fallen short on their legal obligations regarding resilience planning and readiness. Hopefully we'll have answers sooner rather than later and it won't get bogged down in issues surrounding the woeful behaviour of the Kensington authority.
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Why do we need a massive amount of money spent on a enquiry
Place caught fire accidentally and
because toxic asbestos was removed and flammable material replaced it withNo sprinklers fitted people died
Fire brigades never had adequate equipment to deal with it or rescue people
Money better spent on fire brigade and new homes for the victims of this tragedy
Not on barristers and paper work
Just my thoughts
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I'll bite.
When the building was erected it was built to a fire safety standard, indeed what happened during the fire couldn't have happened when the building was new or before significant modification fundamentally altered the safety design.
This doesn't affect one building, but hundreds dotted throughout the country, well England & Wales, this type of cladding was banned in Scotland after the Irvin cladding fire of 1999 and enshrined in law in 2004, regardless, this issue involves many local authorities and affect tens of thousands.
This wasn't a mere building fire, this was the worst peacetime civilian fire for several generations. A significant event, a domestic piper alpha and needs to be thoroughly investigated.
A judge led public inquiry is the only way we in this country can get to the bottom of a complex series of issues, that involves building regulation, local authority planning practice, material standards and public sector building management.
The allocation of blame, unless malpractice is discovered along the way, won't be the main focus and nor should it be. It highly unlikely a single individual or even a cabal of individuals could ever be identified as being responsible for this. This is a cultural and systemic issue, a breakdown of due process thats evolved over the course of 40+ years, rendering once safe building into potential death traps.
That lawyers will make money is neither here nor there.
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Plenty things I'd be buying before ordering a new Dickson or MacNaughton.
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Oceans, Simms, Orvis, Patagonias, Hardys, Guideline, they all leak when worn or ripped. Only thing is Oceans are £100, the rest are Hundreds of £,s.
Yep. Got the redundant leaky branded waders.
That said, I have been using a set of fabric Greys waist waders with the integral boots, and very good boots they are too, for the last 3 or 4 seasons without leaks. Those cost around £100, or less when I bought them. I fully expected them to leak going from past experiences, but thus far they've held up well.
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They closed
The gunsmithing workshop side of the business may well still be running in some shape of form, under a different name etc.
Try contacting "country clays"
They should know what the craic is.
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what a load of rubbish, wear a belt, air trapped in legs, bolderdash. I have taken a swim many a times with my rubber oceans without a belt, lie on your back and take the crucifix position, paddle with your hands, don't raise arms as you will sink. The only thing that will drown you is PANIC. Google, Hugh Falkus jumps in river.
Aye, Huge's vid is a laugh. But as you say, it contains good sound advice.
That said a life jacket is an essential component. Even if it fails to inflate; doing the Falkus drift provides the opportunity to inflate it manually. Staying cool is key to staying alive.
I'm not much of a big river wader as we don't have that type of big wide stream where I live and fish. My first foray onto the bigger burns was on the Atholl beat of the Tummel some years ago. My pal had crossed at a certain spot, said it was marginal but as I was taller i'd be fine. 3 or 4 steps in, up to my waist, the gravel gave way and I was a good six inches + deeper and being pulled down stream, I turned, thinking I was going for a swim, just in time to grab the thinnest twig of an over hanging branch.
Thin as it was the tension I was able to exert without breaking it was just enough to keep me stationary. Slowly but surely I was able to work my way up the twig, to a twig like branch and to something more solid, which got me back to the bank. Lucky to get away with that and a good lesson.
I'm much more careful since and locally limit my wading to mid thigh depth, which covers most of my potential fishing opportunities. If I get the chesters out these days I always wear a life jacket too.
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I'm no sporting ninja, and crossers are always tricky for me "if" I over think them; like worrying about lead. A big eye opener for me was standing behind a pal shooting at a 30y target, with an ear plug removed, I don't remember what type of target it was but what I do remember was the delay in the sound of the target being hit, from seeing it break, to hearing the impact. That helped a lot and helped me visualise the time it takes my round to get to the target.
Anyway, well done on your breakthrough !!!
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"Absolute nonsense. The vote was to leave which obviously meant, power over our own laws, immigration ECT, it's only become complex because we voted the 'wrong'way and they are twisting everything they can to ensure we only leave in name but nothing will really change, if that happens and brexit is not delivered I think the country could erupt."
You must have had a different ballot paper to me
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No one is complicating matters. It's black and white. I don't remember voting to stay or remain within the single market or customs union, but hey, you want to leave? then deal with the consequences and quit moaning.
The UK Gov, are making it up as they go along, it would almost be embarrassing, if I gave one...
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Looks like pink salmon eggs could be viable in Scottish waters
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-41159888
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I understand the "one car to cover all the bases" situation. I live by myself and run one vehicle.
Hot hatch? Look at the short wheelbase RAV4, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_RAV4 The SWB version is the two door model.
It's fixed 4x4 and looks like an eco car on steroids, but the back seats come out to give a good sized boot that turns this wee car into a functional shooting break, that lends it's self to after market pimping
General shooting duty and transporting shot up dead stuff, seat covers to keep the seats clean and lay down some poly sheeting in the back and just be disciplined in keeping leaky corpse fluids off the internal surfaces. Or for bigger stuff, buy a tow bar and trailer to use for dead stuff, stags hinds and big bags of fowl etc.
At the moment I run an 2007 x-trail adventura 2.2 dCi, my fishing gear lives in (as with all my cars) it from March to October, and when transporting shot dead stuff, I use a roll of thing poly sheeting to keep the car clean. My car smells of car, and occasionally of spent take away wrapper.
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If I didn't already have a nice #4 and more to the point, if I had the room, I'd be buying that.
.... and I wouldn't be messing around with anything other than regular cleaning.
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Don't get me wrong, as an engineer I think it's absolutely fantastic.
If you see the three bridges side by side it's a real demonstration of the advances in bridge design as each one is more elegant then its predecessor.
The new one is absolutely beautiful, and they can remove and replace individual cables, so as long as the towers last it can be re-surfaced and
'restrung'. It's also got modern designed wind deflectors so it can stay open with _much_ stonger winds than the middle one.
However we need to be realistic about how it was funded. Just like the original Forth bridge it was paid for from all over the UK
and built by a multinational workforce. Those eejits driving over it in comvoys with saltires are just a bunch of fannies.
Sorry, it wasn't. Had it been funded "from all over the UK" it would have been up and running 4 years ago. Scotland had to find the money, the only thing on offer was a PFI deal, from the last labour administration.
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"paid for by the Scottish Government", plus the extra money we got from Westminster for infrastructure a couple of years ago, plus the £9Bn a year we get from the r-UK.
"What's not to like". It's not really needed now they've stopped the old bridge wires corroding, though they didn't know what when they kicked the project off.
Also it's a motorway so learners/ mopeds etc have to drive all the way to Kincardine to go north still.
Only during maintenance closures and high winds, as the old bridge is in service
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We can argue the politics of it all, we can argue the figures etc. But we have the bridge, and it's largely paid for. No big overdraft and no PFI payments to look forward to, no repaying for the next 90 years..... which gets my vote..
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I think the important point here is that the new bridge was bought and paid for by the Scottish Government. It has been delivered considerably under budget unlike the Edinburgh trams. It is an essential part of our infrustructure. What is there not to like?
^ Exactly. Where's the like button?
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It's not the SNP bridge, it's the bridge Labour didn't want. Tories identified the requirement and wanted to build it under PFI in 1995, Labour objected on the grounds that it opposed PFI and under pressure from their labour mates in Edinburgh council who wanted the money for the trams. When Labour came to office in 1997, they booted it into the long grass. Early naughties corrosion problems on the existing bridge were identified but the lib lab coalition still didn't bite.
Love them or hate them the Nats bit the bullet and started the ball rolling in 2007, first spade hit the ground in 2011.
I've heard it called a vanity project, I've heard it said it's unneeded. I've also heard it said that the sum to build it; could keep the Scottish public in big organic hand made willow wicker baskets, to adorn the front of our green solar power assisted butchers bikes. Those people obviously don't get out much...
My priorities would be the A9 duelling and A82 upgrades, but it's all academic without a bridge crossing the forth, or the M74 extension to the western M8 without having to drive to Stirling or the M8/M73 junction connecting me south.
In my view this bridge wasn't just needed, it was needed desperately.
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4.75 times salary 5% deposit mortgages are ridiculous. Mortgages should be capped at three times & 10%. Let the market adjust to that.
Thats the problem with this country's economy, we've swapped substance and value for flimflammery and shylockism.
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Apologies....must have misheard the news earlier
Was the £245M saving before or after the £1.3BN final total?
£1.3BN was the cost, which was £245M less than the original £1.55BN budget estimate. It is likely that the savings were for the best part the budget contingency but that contingency is unlikely to have been as high as 18%, 10% seems more likely so yes, I'd say this is a real saving likely in the region of £115M (the remaining £130M being the contingency. So there's a bit of self appointed positive PR spin on the headline saving but I'm minded to forgive them.
40mph signs in place and rising by increment up to 70mph to condition motorists to the layout, regular commuters having been restricted to 40mph for the last few years.
Delays and tailbacks, the crossing experienced much higher than average traffic all day yesterday, according to the radio traffic reports, apparently people were traveling from as far afield as the English midlands, to cross it on it's opening day and there were reports of traffic slowing to take in the view. There were al;so the usual breakdowns.
In the next few weeks the novelty'll wear off and things will speed up to full motorway norms.
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Seems it's not compulsory
https://www.sepa.org.uk/environment/biodiversity/invasive-non-native-species/invasive-non-native-species-faqs/
However there could be problems if it spreads from your ground, see the giant hogweed section from the link above, 4th from bottom