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The Internet preditor sounds don't seem to resemble anything natural. I have an electric caller and the only thing that it ever called in was an owl which nearly took my mates hat off. I had this once when I was hand calling Charlie. I never saw it, I never heard it. My owl brushed my hat and scared the residue out of me. I can call a charlie with hand or various squeaker but the Internet sounds just sound like some old boy. Making a load of random noises. I used to try sounds out on the dogs and there were only a couple that they were interested in. I found that squeakys cut out of various toys worked well. I found that calling was a combination of light levels, wind direction, background and luck. Also it is how much and how long the call lasts generally is important. If it is to much Charlie can get spooked and go. educated to the danger.

My sister had goldfish in a garden pond and she found a large grass snake wastak8ng the fish. She used a (sort of cone) net and caught the blighter. She took it down a couple of large fields away (1/4) mile away to a small river and let it loose on the bank. Two days later a snake was back in her pond. She thought that it looked like the one that she had taken away, so she captured the blighter again and this time she painted an X on its head with nail varnish. The miscreant was taken off to the river again. Two days later the identified beast was back...? this time the painted snake was taken several miles away. I don't think that it found its way back this time.

Thank you very much. The book arrived this morning. Although I have shot for many years years, different ideas can be useful.

Yes I have heard the term (bagging hook ) used. The advent of two stroke machinery sort of consigned slashers, (bagging) hooks (swaps) ,scythes bilhooks and aĺ sorts of hand tools to rust away or auctions of stuff when grandads passed away. These old tools can still be bought but they aren't generally a patch on the old ones made by a local black smith or in Sheffield. Because they take time and hard work to use, people might have a go for ten minutes before they give up. If you watch videos of using a full size scythe it is an art to sharpen and effectively use one.

ell if it works here is a picture of a swap and sharpening stone along with a piece of crook stick to hold/ comb/swipe the grass into a position to cut and then to swipe the grass away.

One of my brother in laws had an orchard and an older orchard that had various plums and gages some of which had died off and were old stumps out there. Occasionally the Allen would encounter something SOLID and the DOGS just wouldn’t release and the Allen would morph into a bulldozer. The operator had no choice other than to short the ignition and wrestle the scythe back a bit to disengage the dogs and drag the beast off of the obstacle hidden in the grass and reset. A bygone era.

A swap is a sort of hand tool cross between a sickle and a scythe. Years ago before the advent of the 2T strimmer the majority of people who had a house or land owned one. People didn't generally have a petrol mower. They had push mowers but when the grass got too long you had to get it under control somehow. One of the son in laws said that it was good that I had one but he would much rather use the electric mower. Try that on grass that is up to your knees. For larger areas such paddocks or orchards an Allen scythe was the tool. ...go on.. what's an Allen Scythe. A bygone era. I've taken a few pictures of the SWAP, sharpening stone and swap stick... which is used to hold the grass back, sort of a comb. I'll see about posting the pictures later.

That is very generous of you. I would love to read it and pass it on to a youngster. I'll pm details.

We Were only commenting the other day at the family Easter get together about how years ago no one had a lot of anything and how the wife's father used to cut the lawns by hand with a swap. The son in laws all said what is a swap.? I blame myself for allowing my daughters to marry them.

The grass Shute will just get clogged because the grass is so wet and long. It's better to tie open the back flap and rake it up. Then into the bin. I've never seen a year like it.

The power strimmer has another job to do. We went for a walk with one of the daughters today and ended up at hers. The grass on the lawn was so long and wet that it is beyond mower control. It needs something akin to an Allen scythe. I volunteered to bring the 2T strimmer up and get it under control for them. There is a potential problem in that Mabel her cocker had a very very urgent semi liquid midnight unloading session out there in the middle of a torrential rainstorm So it sort of melted into the grass. I. Have asked her to find the item and mark it with a stick so that strimmer and item don't encounter and I encounter the item. It could be like something hitting the fan. Perhaps the item has been washed into the soil.

Where are you (roughly). What batteries does this take.?

What is this powder suitable for.?

I have cut the lawns 3 times now. The back lawn which gets the sun, if there is any was getting so long and it was not drying out....SO... I got the power strimmer with a long line and reduced the length and raked the grass with a spring tine rake. This went into the garden bin. I managed to use the rotary on a high cut on the front lawn. The rain has given over the last week and yesterday it was HOT so everything has gone mad in the garden. Roll on global warming!

Lovely dogs ... But (roughly ) where are you in the country. a county would do.

Someone has been arrested and charged with the above. BBC News - Broughton: Man arrested after dead animals dumped in front of shop https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-68690702

It's all a bit academic now because the gun sale has been retracted but it aroused my interest because I have a 325, so, I went and got it out and low & behold my gun which is a 325 G5 has Utah stamped on the barrel. I took about 20 pictures of the barrel to try to capture the image but it is difficult to get the focus & light correct to be able to see . I don't know if the stamping will show but it reads Browning Arms Company Morgan Utah & Montreal.PQ Edit.. if you use 2 fingers you can spread,stretch the picture to zoom up 5he inscription.

All of this could be a bit academic if there is no ammunition or components available. Have to go back to flint lock muzzle loaders firing lead sheet cut into squares or broken glass or eads and homemade black powder or bow and arrow.... or blow pipe. No need for a silencer. Although recently there was a note that silencers were no longer on ticket.

Shooting has certainly seen the going down of the sun. Every Holts sale is overloaded with guns. Some still command reasonable to good prices but there are hundreds in the bargain bucket. Last year I was in a shop and there were a couple of blokes in there. One asked if the shop would buy in his uncles guns because he was having to give up. The shop reply was a definite NO. they didn't even ask what he had got. The shop guy pointed to fair rack of guns that appeared like brand new. the shop bloke said that customers would buy new guns but wouldn't even consider a S/H one. When I was a kid people started off with a ratty 410 working up to better or new guns. These were used as a working tool. Later guns have been more of a status symbol. An accessory. Two of my son in laws have bought S/H rifles that have been AS NEW condition. One being a 223 BRNO that had Genuinely only ever shot 4 rounds at a paper target. With it was the original box and the protective paper sleeve. It couldn't have been more new as if it had just come across the counter. The police and feo's don't even answer the phone, answer phone or email. They don't exist. There are people who would love to take up shooting but its difficult. As Mr Frazier of Dad's Army fame would say... We're doomed. As for resistance the orgs like basic do little or nothing to stop this. Edit.. a glance at the guns for sale section is a good example. A lot of views but minimal sold. Sellers asking miles to high prices in comparison to auction and even shop prices. Recently a friend bought two quite reasonable clean sbs and a Franchi hunter 3 shot auto for £25 OK nothing special but were usable especially for walk up the hedgerows with the dog.

Where is there any condescension in my post. The overriding point that I was making was that it is a case of bolting the stable door after the deed had been done. Putin can blame the man in the moon but it was all to late. Whoever attacked the venue, they just walked in. There was no security at all. Americans warned putin about this but putin just like Stalin did, he rejected the warning as propaganda saying that America was stiring the pot.

What is this emoji. It is so small that I can't make out what it is.

You are all behind the curve on this one. It doesn't matter who did the job or who gets blamed or whether putin don't like it. The point is that a group has done it without putins men doing anything about it. They just walked in and did the deed. Now I hear that the Muricans were warning about this last week so how did the system overlook this one. Does it mean that other PEOPLE / GROUPS can just wander into anywhere... train stations. Public areas such as markets, train stations or factories or military establishments and do a lot of damage. Can't cover everywhere. Look what happened in the troubles. Watch this space. Putins men are already stretched?, using prisoners and men from other sources.

What just the one. I have a mass clear out of the spam box every couple of days. Hundreds of the blighters. Lucky spins, I've been selected for ..xyz, They need my details to deliver a parcel. You name it I've had it.

This shows how. Much treatment has advanced over the modern era though. At least it looks like they've found it early and can get straight on it. Unfortunately this is not necessarily the case with everyone at by the time that they get diagnosed it's too late. Best wishes to both King Charles and Kate.

Are the ideas people the rejects from the apprentice..? Totally crazy ideas from people who have gotten into a position but aren't practical and haven't got a bloody clue. I notice that in the parish magazine there was a planning application to have an electrical charging point installed for a car.?? I asked a mate who is an electrician and he said that not only planning permission but you are supposed to have it installed by COMPETENT QUALIFIED INSTALLER due to the risk of a fire caused by the charging. I just thought that you'd chuck an extension lead out there. My neighbour has put in a car parking access into his garden and it has cost him in the region of 10K..! The council wanted thousands for the legal access across the grass verge and the planning and the accredited company to do the work just to his boundary. All of the drive had to be redone by a second company because the first job was so bad that the KCC highways inspector wouldn't pass the work...then the cost of muck away lorries and the standing materials. NOW ..for something completely different.... A friend knows a land rover salesman and asked him to bring a demo vehicle to our shoot so that he could look at it. We all looked at it. The salesman said it's ONLY ... £850 A MONTH. IT'S MORE A LIFE STYLE,,!. We noticed that on original land rovers the chequer plate on the top of the wings was substantial aluminium but on the new vehicle there was a flimsy bit of plastic cover and the wings were about as thick as a tin can. The inside was more like a high end car rather than a vehicle that would be at home up on a mud track or farm yard with a couple of wet muddy dogs vying for a seat. Don't forget it's a lifestyle. AND IT COULD BE YOURS for ONLY £850 a MONTH..! Life is getting crazy.