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  1. That works the other way too with some keepers cancelling you at the last minute
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    EDDIE JONES

    Someone was saying regarding football coaches if it really comes down to it where will their heart really be? It is a fair question to ask and I would always prefer a home grown coach.
  3. The FC has been using non lead for a while now without any major issues being reported either publicly, privately or 'on the grapevine'. I popped some copper through my .243 and the poi was less than an inch higher than lead and as straight so as long as you are stalking in to normal distances and shoot accurately I would forget about the round and enjoy your stalking.
  4. If you wish to make poor quality belly pork into something stunning. Remove the rind, simmer it in water for around half an hour until tender, cut into bite sized pieces, season with salt and pepper, dry off in a cool oven for an hour then roast for 20 minutes to make pork scratchings. Meanwhile weigh the meat you have left and rub in 2.5 to 3 % table salt (or I also like to use malvern smoked sea salt) place in a placcy bag, expel the air and put in the fridge for a week turning once a day to make some delicious dry cured bacon which you can then cut thickly and slow fry until crisp to go with your own free range eggs (if being in a polytunnel still counts as free range due to our current regulations).
  5. It is not always about whether you can afford things, we have a massive housing shortage at the moment with families being turfed out of tied hotel accommodation in order to house illegal immigrants. it should be far easier to have a social conscience and take positive action to help our community when you are well off.
  6. having worn out a couple of Amazon 'cheap' ones - that always seem to so wrong when you are in the middle of packing a carcass - I bit the bullet and bought one from weschenfelder. still going strong 8 years and 150 ish carcasses later - so it is always the same advice - if you can afford quality then spend the money - it will likely be cheaper and less frustrating in the long run.
  7. plenty of coastal villages in Norfolk and Suffolk where you will not see a light on in the houses nearest the coast this evening because the owners are nowhere to be seen. I would make it 100x not double
  8. Personally I am disappointed that he is not taxing all those who were in receipt of furlough payments for sitting on their backsides (the ones who did not volunteer) at a higher rate than those who had to work through the pandemic.
  9. Many moons ago when part of a young family and money was very tight I was incredibly grateful that my interest in cooking had been encouraged by my nan and along with books like 'A paupers cookbook' by Jocasta Innes I was always able to put plenty of good grub on the table. I guess that means that a lot has to do with education and upbringing. I do not know if they even teach home economics or the equivalent in schools these days - I would be unsurprised to learn that it is now regarded as sexist and non PC.
  10. 2000 yards assuming stinger type round, sea level, no hurricane up its backside
  11. I wonder if you would be prepared to fund me doing this as it would take all day in my area and I have a living to make and a mortgage to pay. Thought not.
  12. The UKSHA members have dogs trained on wild boar in Europe so if you do 'lose' one and you still think that it is on your permission then you can give them a ring for help https://www.uksha.org.uk/
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    Online banking

    I have received payment by cheque 4 times recently, the lloyds mobile app is invaluable for being able to pay cheques in without having to go to town during banking hours although I do feel a bit guilty about helping to reduce branch banking jobs
  14. Have loads of squirrels come within range when sitting in a high seat awaiting deer, even as close as a couple of feet away. For some reason they simply do not equate someone up in a seat as a danger.
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    IRAN

    You are following your own conscience so it is not really for anyone else to say whether that is right or wrong. France have also supplied our enemies with arms in the past so are you also going to avoid buying anything French?
  16. WARNING! Common sense alert. I would even venture so far as to say that a truly statesmanlike PM, realising that we are in a difficult situation right now, would have cross party appointments on the committees that have some relevant real life expertise. As a Brucie bonus getting buy in from the main parties would also result in more chance of policies being seen through even when there is a change in the majority party. I cannot see, at the moment, any MP capable of this type of strategic planning.
  17. All these protesters could stop having babies - not holding my breath that they could think that strategically though .....
  18. Amen to this. As I have had to suffer Hancock and Truss as my last 2 MPs whilst living in East Anglia I would not mind having a decent MP that is locally focussed and has preferably been locally resident for at least 5 years.
  19. I run an AA S510 in .22 which I run at 26 ft lbs as this seems to be the sweet spot and what a great bit of kit it is. After much testing AA diabolo field gave me the best groups and knocks over rabbits and corvids out to 70 yards without a problem. It is an essential tool around the farm when needing quietness and is more accurate than my .22lr with sub ammo at 70 yards.
  20. In my personal view she incites racial hatred, were she not a politician she would be skirting the edge of discrimination law. She will never be a stateswoman except in her own mind.
  21. Was watching grand tour the other evening and the 3 musketeers were not speeding for once due to the fact that they were in Finland and driving offense fines are proportionate to income there - just a thought that a £250000 fine might finally make him think long enough to stop him potentially killing someone. He had plenty of chances, the points system and driving awareness courses are precisely there for someone with a previously good driving record to be let off relatively lightly for a small indiscretion whilst also there to ban folk who are too dim to learn - absolutely no sympathy whatsoever from me I am glad he was banned and is off the road - especially as he uses the same roads I do.
  22. I had a colvic 21 for a while and found that folk loved the idea of coming out fishing with me but baulked at the idea of helping to carry the safety gear from the car to the boat and back again. In the end it just seemed easier and cheaper to organise some charter trips. A few things that I did were as follows Learned how to steer a boat up an estuary using a bucket on a piece of rope after son-in-law reversed into the side and broke the rudder off (a lovely wooden rudder it was too). Bought a marine band radio and a gps then linked them together (probably get a radio with inbuilt gps these days), registered to get a MMSI number and did a briefing before every trip - including any kids - as to how to summon help via the 'red button'. Installed a second tractor battery in parallel after one proved only just capable when the glow plug failed and we had to preheat using newspaper. Have spares of everything. Make anchors out of scrap as you will lose them if you overshoot when trying to stop uptide of a wreck and overshoot. Every year in the fishing magazines the RNLI take out full page adverts with a check list for small boat owners reading it one day I realised that I did not really have enough suitable first aid gear - the modern equivalent is to check out their website https://rnli.org/safety/choose-your-activity/angling#calling-for-help it is the obvious common sense things that often get overlooked and cause a problem. Never trust the sea
  23. looks lovely but surely a glut of pears of that proportion cries out for a perry making session?
  24. I spent many years in IT support, the levels of ability never improve, why would they, best you just get used to doing the boring bit, every job has it.
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