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I'd never heard that story, despite living just half an hour or so away. Interesting that the story implies he got his RFD back even after being jailed on a firearms offence.

That's a nice collection of airguns - I wonder if they will actually be destroyed or find themselves back on the market via the back door...

Another masterpiece 😎

And the more you practice the luckier you get! 🙂

I sometimes think shooters knocking on doors asking permission are like a modern version of old-time salesmen peddling Encyclopedia Britannica door to door. A few reported success because they were natural or well trained salesmen. Most that tried it soon gave up because ratio of No to Yes responses was high and a No was often delivered in a rude manner. Rejection is even harder to take when asking for permission because you are trying to sell yourself, so it's personal. You don't see many door-to-door salespeople nowadays because better sales methods have been evolved which are more efficient. The goal is to cast as wide a net as possible and get prospects to qualify themselves before you even speak to them. I once placed an advert in a free adverts newspaper offering "free pest control services" and specifically mentioned rabbits. It seemed like a long shot and I was surprised when a nice lady phoned me asking what I was offering. I told her I was just looking for some rabbit shooting. She said "well we've got lots of rabbits! She wasn't a farmer's wife, she lived with her husband on a small holding with about 3 acres of fields which they let out to people with ponies to whom the rabbit burrows were a hazard. Strangely, it turned out her husband worked at the same place as me, which made arranging visits simple. The point is I would never have dreamed of knocking on their door asking for shooting, but they found me because I used a mass media method. Admittedly I only ever got one call from that advert, but then again I think I only ever advertised once, so my hit rate still stands at 100% 🙂 Today, social media offers multiple ways to reach mass markets for your offering (you and your guns...) I've heard of groups on Facebook which exist to offer free pest control to local farmers. I've also heard of people handing out flyers at farmers markets and the like. They might also get attention if displayed in commercial enterprises which farmers and horse owners frequent. If I was designing a flyer I'd include a (smiling) picture of myself, well dressed in clothes that would look at home in a country setting. I'd also set up a simple web page with some "nice" pictures and useful little articles about what to expect from a non-commercial pest controller, making clear on the rest of the website that I possess all the desirable attributes I'm outlining. The trick is to look for ways to build your credibility so prospects feel they can trust you before they even get in touch. I'd give an email address AND phone number where they can contact me. Most web templates have some sort of contact form but I hate filling these in and expect not to get a reply when I do, so I wouldn't bother with that. Obviously the flyer should have a link to the web page so they can go there to find out more about you to help them decide if you're their guy.

Beautiful. You don't take pictures like that by accident. Care to share any technical details of how you got these shots?

Depends on your definition of "disinfectant". Antibiotics could be considered disinfectants as they clear infection from the body. There are also a number of chemicals which have disinfectant properties which are also used in medical settings, H2O2, colloidal silver & chlorine dioxide to name a few (which were all suggested at some point as possibly beneficial against Covid). Reporting that Trump advocated injecting bleach without clarifying what he was actually referring to is just typically dishonest reporting by leftist media.

Also worth noting the location of the brain when going for a head shot.

On a lighter note the spoonerism of the week is hiding in plain sight in the above sentence 🤣🤣🤣 Let's see who gets it.

OK, let's hear your take on the real picture and true figures - bring your receipts.

As Ben Habib pointed out when debating a clueless labour woman MP on GB News, when discussing GANG RAPES, the perpetrators are 85% Pakistani and Eritrean males. Neither "grooming gangs" and "pedophile rings" are a correct descriptor for what we are discussing here. The proper term is "rape jihad gangs" Other cultures have more experience of the phenomena and have no problem calling a spade a spade. https://hindupost.in/tag/rape-jihad

(500/66)*4.55 ~34.47mpg

Ah, you cynic you 😀

Indiamart is like an Indian version of Alibaba so you'd be dealing with individual sellers on the platform. You'd need to do your own due diligence and should make any payments with a "safe" method such as a virtual credit card number.

This might be worth looking into: My invisible friend chatGPT: "Incurin® is the brand name for the drug estriol, a natural estrogen used primarily to treat estrogen-responsive urinary incontinence in spayed female dogs" https://www.indiamart.com/proddetail/evalon-forte-tablet-estriol-tablets-2849620500555.html I'm assuming the stated price is 85 rupees(79p) for a strip of 10. These are 2mg rather than 1mg for Incurin so you'd need to give 1 of these for every 2 Incurin so should work out ~4p per dose.

You actually believed Biden was a man of integrity? 🤣🤣🤣

How would you like to see it "improved"?

With the black hole(s) in the economy, assisted dying will eventually become a duty rather than a right. There's also the question of how assisted dying will interface with Power of Attorney. Will POAs be allowed to make the decision for mum and dad when they are also beneficiaries of their estate? Bit of a conflict of interest there.

Come on now, show some compassion and understanding...

A Kirby can pick up spilled lead shot, cartridge cases, dead rats, pheasants, deer guts, you name it 😆

We used to have a Kirby! I think my wife filled in a card for a draw at the Ideal Homes exhibition 30+ years ago and a guy came to our house to do the demonstration. We were very impressed but the £700 price tag was like 4 months mortgage payment so it was a no. Later on I saw one for sale in the yellow paper (remember those) for £170 with all the attachments. We used it for a while but her indoors found it too heavy to cart up and down the stairs so it sat in the cupboard until we eventually sold it on. We've had numerous Dysons since but I really liked the Kirby apart from the weight issue. I've no doubt the one we had way back then is still going strong somewhere - or probably languishing in a cupboard under someone's stairs.

Yeah, ethics is sooo passé now. kill 'em kill 'em all!

Always been the way with at least some vets, I think. I remember reading (and loving) the James Herriot books and one of his stories was about a small animal practice vet who was absolutely loaded. With NHS dentists, we're shielded from the true cost of treatments since the NHS co-pays. Nowadays many are dropping out of NHS practice and anyone who can't find a NHS dentist and has to go private experiences some sticker shock.

Contraception is healthcare, abortion is murder.