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LeedsZeppelin

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  1. I went to my local clay ground this morning and commented on how quiet it was, only to be told that this was the new norm. This ground used to have a 100 or so people go through the gate on a sunday, and today they'd be lucky to have had two dozen. Are other grounds suffering from such poor attendances, or is this just a one off?
  2. It's never too early for minced pies. I'd eat them all year round if I could find them (or if I could teach the missus to bake).
  3. As a Yorkshireman, I'll only shoot stands where the pair cross thus saving ammunition by killing two birds with one cartridge. I use a 12g and have a stash of them at home, whereas the missus uses a 20g and needed some ammo. I'll add that the £38 included the loan of the 20g gun too. But I don't think they bothered charging me for it.
  4. Am I right in assuming these prices are all clays only? I've not been shooting recently, so been out of the loop on current pricing, but I did take the missus shooting this week - 100 clays and 50 20g cartridges cost me £38 (non-member). Which I knew was reasonable, but it looks like a bargain compared to the prices posted here.
  5. Would you be happy to lose your family member over your guns? You really need to do what's best for that family member. Your family shouldn't have access to your guns anyway, so I would double down on the security of your cabinet and keys and take every precaution to keep everyone safe. It is something that you should and probably already do. I don't know your situation, and mental health covers a broad spectrum, but I'd speak to and take advice from the FEO. He may be happy with your current security, or he may recommend that you to temporarily lodge your guns and/or ammunition elsewhere. There will be a solution that involves the safety of your family and you still being able to hold a ticket. I wish your family member a speedy recover.
  6. Makes me wonder how many legitimately held guns are floating about that the police don't know the location of. What would happen if I sold a firearm which ended up being used in a crime, and the police think I still own it? The biro scribbles on scraps of paper stapled to SGC's are not a reliable record of sales and purchases. And it sounds like the police files are not any better organised.
  7. Maximum is 28g almost everywhere, and certainly at registered grounds. So that would rule them out at 29g. Shot size would be too large at most places too. They tend to stick to 7.5 as a maximum these days, even though 6 is still legal under CPSA rules.
  8. I've shot a few registered shoots there. It's a nice ground with some interesting and varied target presentations. I don't think they have the same presentations on non-registered shoot days, but I imagine it is the same setter. Expect some tricky battues, clever chondels and high towers targets. Judging by my scores, they are made from finest kevlar lined rubber. I've seen people complaining about the colour selection on some of the stands, especially the blue and green clays, but I've never had a problem seeing them. Hitting them is my problem. If you can get there on a Monday for the 25p clays, then I would say it is well worth the cost and drive out.
  9. +2 The FEO for West Yorkshire mentions the same things regarding social media. Someone on the UKGuns board on Reddit linked his Reddit account. It is a sad read through his previous posts, and he clearly identified as an Incel with a hatred for the world. The signs were there. The guy was clearly ill and shouldn't have had a ticket. Will more funding be allocated into the police firearms departments to help check eligibility? Probably not. Will more doctors suddenly turn conchie and refuse to sign anyone off? Probably. I was recently thinking of applying for an FAC. Maybe I should get a shuffle on before the goal posts change.
  10. A ricochet risk would also apply to lead though, surely? I know it would be to a lesser extent. Couldn't the course setter account for the risk when arranging the targets and archs of fire? I'm led to believe that steel has a much more predictable ricochet, and there shouldn't much to ricochet off at places such as Park Lodge. I hadn't thought of shooting in a quarry, I admit. That would obviously complicate things. But again, there is still a risk of ricochet with lead. I haven't shot at a ground that uses an old quarry (that I remember), so I am unaware of how it would be set up.
  11. What's the reason behind not allowing steel shot? Denmark has been lead free since 1996, and have had zero issues with steel shot. More benefits if anything.
  12. I bet that's a weight lifted from your shoulders! Make sure you get your renewal in within the next couple of weeks so it is ready for processing in 5 years time. 😉
  13. North Yorkshire police have just issued a statement via social media to make people aware of this issue. They are asking people to change passwords and be extra vigilante with home security.
  14. But last year's rates were well up, which shows the potential danger of COVID and a need to be cautious. The stats are showing an increase in hospitalisation rates again, even with more people getting vaccinated. Isn't that a worrying sign? With those rates increasing, experts tipping it to get worse, and everyone suddenly deciding that all precautions are now unnecessary, what is in store for the immediate future? I would rather spend the summer months in sensible restrictions than another miserable winter in lockdown. Of course I'd much rather do neither, but I cannot see that happening. This is all true. I personally don't know what the answer is though. Let everyone catch it and let nature take it's course? That will overwhelm the NHS and have other implications. It's impossible decisions like this that make me glad I'm not in a position to have to make them.
  15. I wasn't saying your chosen stats were a broad term, more suggesting that stats CAN be spread across a broad term. I can see how liver failure is up. Depending on what stats you go from, including the earlier ones I reviewed, it was a broader spectrum. Where have I stated that? If you knew me you wouldn't even insinuate that. Dying "WITH COVID", not "OF COVID". There is a difference. You seem to have fallen into the common trap of thinking that they are somehow linking COVID to their deaths, as do the NHS workers you know by the sounds of things. They are not saying there is a link at all. Muppets on Facebook are suggesting that. What they are doing is safeguarding the information incase they suspect any links in the future. As an example (remember, an example. Not me saying this is a fact, just an example.), in several years time scientists see a link between COVID and fatal brain tumours. They can then cross reference death certificates with that information (which would read something along the lines of 'Cause of death - Brain tumour (with COVID).') and see if there is any abnormal data or trends. Without the information about COVID on the certificate it makes it harder to find. It is potentially useful to scientists and researchers, that is all. There is nothing nefarious going on, and I highly doubt any death certificates have been falsified. What would be the point? You're stepping close to tinfoil hat territory with that one.
  16. I think that is why it is important for people to do their own research and form their own opinion. But as has been shown here, people interpret the data differently, and there is always a bias from where you get the data from. For those who get their research from Facebook posts, there is as many people who believe it is a conspiracy and completely fabricated as those that believe the end is nigh and we are all doomed.
  17. I cannot find the source that I have previously seen, but I wasn't going off assumption. I understand that suicides were sadly higher than usual, and liver failure is a common problem due to over drinking. Other alcohol related deaths I have seen as reported to be down, but it is a broad term that can include anything from drunken students falling off statues to someone drowning in a breweries fermentation vessel depending on who's statistics you go off. To stop us going around in circles, I'll assume that we are looking at conflicting statistics and think of the old adage "Lies, damned lies, and statistics". It is worth noting that since records began in 1838, there has only been four years with a higher death toll for UK citizens - 1915, 1918, 1929 and 1940. I think that tells it's own truth. I'm led to believe that the phrasing 'died with COVID' is a label for future reference. It doesn't necessarily mean that COVID was the cause of death, or even related, but future studies may want to know who died with/shortly after COVID. It's a way of future-proofing the death certificate, in a way. Sadly, the media latched onto the phrase and used it in whatever way sells papers.
  18. You are taking three examples I've posted, and not seeing there are many more similar categories of deaths that are also lower than usual. They were examples - not a definitive list. It is worth noting that the information I replied to was wrong anyway. Deaths were up by about 90,000 (695,000 vs 604,000) over the previous year. It is also the highest by a country mile compared to the other recent years I compared it too. Does that mean that 90,000 died of COVID? No, it is likely higher as deaths were down in other categories. Thats the point I'm trying to get at. Treating COVID is putting a strain on the NHS, which means that other people are going untreated. I can't grasp how you are failing to understand that. I know of 1 for definite, two probable, and several who have been very ill and are still suffering months later. I don't want it to be more. I have a relative who is an A&E nurse. She has seen more than her fair share of deaths recently. She recently told me of a 19 year old with COVID who is unlikely to come out of hospital alive. She had no underlying health problems. But you sit in your ivory tower claiming it is a hoax and there is nothing to worry about. Get your head out of the sand.
  19. As I said earlier, deaths are not the problem - ill people needing hospital care are. Last year's deaths were not a true representation due to less 'normal deaths including road fatalities (less people driving around), workplace accidents (work closures), sport and leasure related deaths (people couldn't do things), and so on. I assume this year may be similar to a lesser extent.
  20. I can remember people having the same attitude 15 months ago. 🙄 We are not all doomed, but neither is everything swell and the government (or Lizard People, or whatever conspiracy you subscribe to) are just making it all up for some unknown nefarious reason. It is a serious issue, and one that is proving to be getting worse again. It demands some respect and caution, that is all. If we carry on acting irresponsibility and rushing into full social interaction without precautions then we will end up in a full lockdown again. No one wants that.
  21. Why use 2 and 4 as an example instead of 717 and 1434? Or 1434 and 2868? As you have pointed out, 717 is only the current daily admission, not how many we have in a hospital bed. It doesn't take long to fill those 3,964 beds at that rate does it? How many of those are NHS hospitals with facilities to admit COVID patients, and how many are private eye hospitals and such? The actual number of NHS hospitals is far lower.
  22. I may have worded it a little strongly, but my sentiment stands. Hospital admissions are up. There are numerous reports of hospitals opening more 'COVID wards', I've heard it first hand from friends and family in the NHS about an increase in patients, and Chris Whitty keeps hammering the point home (to deaf ears) that trends are looking 'scary with numbers doubling every three weeks. Certain hospitals have already started postponing non-urgent appointments, and NHS staff have been asked to postpone holidays with some areas putting a stop on people booking leave. Ask yourself why. In reference to the NHS been under-staffed and underfunded; this has been the case for years. Ask anyone who works in the NHS. Even though we cannot control the common cold or flu, these do not carry the same risk as COVID, nor put such a strain on the NHS. That is the issue. Sorry to hear about your friend by the way. I've had a pre-operation appointment postponed, and have never had the call up about it. Luckily I haven't had a issue. My mother-in-law has had her knee operations put back twice, and I know of someone else who has had a shoulder operation postponed. Not so much recently, but there was cases of cancer patients not getting treatment due to risks of catching COVID from hospitals. This was last year. I'm sorry, but that all sounds like a load of waffle to me. What vested interests are there in keeping the country locked down? It's not the deaths that are the problem. It is the people taking up hospital beds. Someone in a bed for weeks/months puts the strain on the NHS, someone in a bodybag doesn't. It is now a case with young people and people who are vaccinated who are getting ill and been kept in hospital. It is not a 'disease of age at all.
  23. I wish I was as confident as you lot. There is currently a staggering increase in hospitalisation, with many new wards having to be opened up for COVID patients. Some are now axing operations again. Many of these patients in hospital are young and/or vaccinated and have no underlying health problems. It is worth remembering that the lockdowns and restrictions are to help reduce hospital care and overwhelming the NHS, thus leaving staff and resources to concentrate on other patients and treatments. I appreciate that people are losing livelihoods and missing out on important life experiences, but the NHS simply cannot cope with life as normal. It's no secret that the NHS was under-funded and under-staffed before COVID hit, it is now far worse. If anyone was told they had to sacrifice their business or lose their wife to cancer, almost all would choose to lose their business. This is what could be on the cards if we don't find a way to stop people being hospitalised by COVID and having to push back other vital treatments. I'd love to have life back to normal, and I'd love to be able to stop hemorrhaging money and custom because of this damn virus. But we are stuck between a rock and a hard place until we find a way of controlling it. And vaccines don't seem to be the savour we were promised.
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