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Last lot I bought new came from an agricultural merchant, Mole Valley. They are still used for practical shooting so some places will still sell them. (Although a quick check and many seem to be out of stock).

I would have hoped this story would have made more of a splash. From the DM as I don't have access to the Times https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14017135/Ministry-Defence-pen-pushers-outnumber-service-personnel-RAF-Navy.html

There's various calculators online and 103 sounds correct, such as https://www.co-operativebank.co.uk/products/savings/interest-calculator/ Edit to add, your £192 is based on the whole £2,400 being in at the start when you are only starting with £200. Your last £200 is only getting one twelfth of 8% interest.

Something that might be worth people noting is that medical people can see the marker and wrongly assume what you shoot and your profession.

It's down to the district councils and ours seems to be rather poor. They don't seem to have heard of wheelie bins so rubbish is still put in plastic sacks which have to be put out before 6am for all the animals to rip open and leave the streets covered in litter. Where they do collect the recycling it's collected in bags or plastic crates which often blow over and spread more litter about the streets. They didn't collect recycling when we moved in but did for a while after we chased them. Then stopped collecting it again because their new vehicles are too big for the road. It's now very hard to recycle as most of the bottle banks etc have been removed. What makes it worse is we pay a large amount of council tax and it's likely to rise significantly whilst we get nothing in return. My mum's council is much better, just two wheelie bins, one for rubbish and one for all recycling.

We used to be similar, only a small black bag a month, or less. Until the council stopped collecting the recycling so now everything goes to landfill. And even that they make that very difficult, I'd welcome a once a month collection.

Technically it's a conservative blunder, although it seems it's in Hong Kong so perhaps a translation error. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/10/23/official-campaign-attract-foreign-cash-britain-spelling/

I think the kits were out of stock when I looked so I went down the pen spring route and it has worked very well. Mine would have only taken seconds to fit if I hadn't have dropped the sear ball on the floor! Now I do such things over a tray or in a clear bag.

I've sent you a message with some data for 82 in 20g.

I had to image search it, this match? https://www.rhs.org.uk/biodiversity/western-conifer-seed-bug

Have you tried a normal 10/22? I've put 1,000s of rounds through a right handed 10/22, shot shot mainly left handed for various types of target shooting. I think there are disadvantages and advantages. I would prefer the ejected cases to not fly past my face and as 22LR can be a bit dirty I find eye protection essential. On the other hand it's useful to see the chamber and I find racking the gun with my right hand, loading etc easy and possibly easier than with a true left hand gun. I would carefully check the fit and finish of a new 10/22, I've seen some that don't seem to be put together as well as older guns so worth comparing the build quality to the custom gun as well.

I think they are two separate things. Allowing the current paper copies to be used as ID seems sensible as some people don't have many forms of photo ID. I wouldn't mind an electronic SGC/FAC but there are plenty of people who wouldn't, some still still struggle with IT and the current online application is far from a great service so would worry how usable a electronic certificate would be.

It's tempting to say if you studied harder you would have done better than 3 Bs... But it sounds like a bumble bee, which will be gone in a month or so as it gets colder. A pic would help and are you sure it wasn't wasps? If the sting was left behind they it'll be honey bees. I don't think they are protected but a local bee keeper is likely to collect them for free if they they are honey bees and easy to get at.

Often shop bought spuds have been kept very cold and washed, so once bought they are waking up and damp so will grow or rot. When we store our main crop potatoes we lift and sort them. We only store sound, undamaged tubers and dry them out for a few hours but do not wash them. Then into brown bags, old feed sacks or even an old box to keep them dark but with some air. Also they must be kept somewhere pest free, rodents will happily gnaw through stuff to get at them. If worried about them you can check them over, removing any that are going bad. Lastly, variety can also affect how long they store.

Take a look at the examples provided by the government here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/66a27e4f0808eaf43b50d783/Annex_-_Example_of_weapons_that_qualify_for_the_Surrender_and_Compensation_scheme_.pdf Page 7 covers this and it looks like what is known as Jimping, i.e. a grip. The ban doesn't class that as serrations so I wouldnt class that as a zombie knife.