ClemFandango

I'll do it if you will. You stab 100 tomatoes, I'll stab 100 grapes.

Well what a clever man. You predicted that I wouldn't want to stab potatoes to win an argument with some ****** off the internet. Congrats.

I don't think I'll bother. we disagree, that's all there is to it.

yup. I disagree with everything you have written thus far.

No. I don't. in fact I know it doesn't You're purposefully making it sound difficult. The crabs have to get into the pot you are pouring them from somehow, they don't just materialise there. Stick them on the way then pour them in the water as normal. No extra time. If you can't see that have a look at your processes. limited in what way? I agree with your last comment to some degree, personally I have no issue with killing any animal, but I don't see why we can't aspire to do so in the most humane way possible.

my vocabulary aside, in what way am I talking rubbish? You don't think Chris Packham would have an opinion on halal butchery? or you think I was being unreasonable asking the person who posed the question to do his own leg work and pose the question himself? As for the argument that swearing indicates a lack of vocabulary. That in itself is total rubbish. Swearing can be used very effectively in written word to convey emotion, positive or negative. I used that particular naughty phrase in response to the original point I was replying to to indicate my ambivalence towards the likelihood of Packham having an opinion on the matter, and indicated that should the poster I was replying to want to find out what Packham's opinion might be perhaps he would like to make the effort to contact him himself. in the interest of brevity I think my original post was better with the use on the swear word in it. hope that clears that up.

you can chill them or stick them between the eyes, if you do that as you are putting them into your boiling cage it takes no extra time. It certainly doesn't take double the time or cost double the money. I don't know how much I care either way and, like most I think Packham is a bit of a **** but personally I don't think he is out of order on this particular statement. He is a vocal animal rights activist who relies on his extreme views for publicity. The way to get the public on side is to argue effectively rather than getting up in arms, calling him names and denying scientific evidence. His argument is based around evidence that crabs have a central nervous system that is capable of experiencing pain. No human will ever understand the level of pain as we can't experience it as if we were crabs, it may well be that they don't feel a thing and just die as the hot water hits them, but if there is a possibility that that's not the case I can't see a reasonable argument for not killing them before you boil them. Like I said I have done it in the past, live boiled/dead boiled makes no difference to the quality of the finished product. Personally I willl kill any crab/lobster before I put it in the pot. What others choose to do is up to them.

that's just ********. How are you expecting to kill them?

I don't see how killing them first is any extra effort or time really. I can't see any good reason not to do it but I don't have a strong opinion either way. That said I have boiled lobsters and crabs in the past and seen hundreds boiled live and the legs have never fallen off. what is it that you disagree with?

******* awful ****. The irish are awful at making sausages.

me too mate... Nice Marmot.

Shut the **** up Donny!

gaffa tape, blue tack and car body filler. be good as new in no time. I'll do it for you for say... £500?

Sweet Lebowski reference.

you bought a .17 HMR. That's the problem.

good post. I guess you have to try it and see... And then let us know because we'll be interested to know the outcome.

common fault with the older 3 inch 1100's was that they wouldn't cycle 2 3/4 inch cartridges. The only way you will know for fact if yours will or not is to try but liklihood is it wont.

q because I couldn't give a ****. You posed the question, you Twitter him.

I use a gamebag and always have, I couldn't tell you how it compares to a rucksack because I havent ever taken one on the marsh but it works well enough that I haven't wanted to change it in 25 years of fowling.

actually it's not hard to humanely kill lobsters/crabs before cooking as has been mentioned with the freezer method or a sharp knife between the eyes. I don't like Chris Packham but I actually agree with the principal of this, it takes no time/effort at all and it may be more humane? Why get all worked up? well again I don't like the man but why is it unlikely that he would speak out against Halal? He's a vocal animal rights activist.

when will they ******* listen? Have none of them seen Terminator?????

I'm a bit late to this but... I wouldn't bother if it were me, I load 2.5 ounce 3.5inch carts for my ten, what benefit will you get from having the barrel bored out to 8 bore? I suppose you might make a weight saving, possibly less shot deformation due to less constriction but surely that's only really a consideration for Bismuth or Lead.

That's the point. We aren't because their impact on nesting birds is minimal.

all of the poaching debate aside.. exit wound looks like low heart shot, hardly an agonising death, in fact pretty standard shot placement?

I reckon the delivery drivers around my way have a webcam in my bathroom or a pressure sensor on my bog seat because every time I sit down for a poo... Ding Dong!