beretta Posted July 11, 2009 Report Share Posted July 11, 2009 thats why i never went n the summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigweed Posted July 11, 2009 Report Share Posted July 11, 2009 Tried Olympic Skeet today - certainly different from the normal Skeet - dropped 2 till stand 4 then it went wrong 14/25. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungler Posted July 11, 2009 Report Share Posted July 11, 2009 I guess a couple of those targets took you by surprise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigweed Posted July 11, 2009 Report Share Posted July 11, 2009 Na not a couple - most of them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wookie Posted July 11, 2009 Report Share Posted July 11, 2009 Another day of shooting like a tossed from me today. Started off dropping 7 birds on an easy LR/RL crossing OR pair, then it got worse. I luckily managed to claw back some dignity by getting a few 7s on the later stands, including on a tricky overhead, distant incomer stand, but the 52 I came away with stuck in my throat a bit. The only thing I can say in my defence is that I was shooting gun down on all stands. And there were millions of thunder flies. And it was hot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Elvis Posted July 11, 2009 Report Share Posted July 11, 2009 And there were millions of thunder flies That has to be one for the bag Mung? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markio Posted July 11, 2009 Report Share Posted July 11, 2009 That has to be one for the bag Mung? Don't forget that "It was hot", how terrible, being July and all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungler Posted July 11, 2009 Report Share Posted July 11, 2009 Number 2 son tipped a drink on the laptop last night and so today I spent the whole day transferring data off the laptop onto a PC (which was broken and needed a new video card and a gazzillion updates before I could do anything). Whole day wasted and me in a very bad mood (all day). Laptop FUBAR'd. It's all the toot you keep and download - the programs you use to convert stuff, iTunes, network and email settings, adobe, office, MP3 downloads, splitters blahdie blah blah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigweed Posted July 11, 2009 Report Share Posted July 11, 2009 Whole day wasted and me in a very bad mood (all day). What a pissser - can relate to that, the number of times i've had to rebuild puter - its all the ******* updates that seem to take forever. Ever thought of an external backup drive to backup entire system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungler Posted July 11, 2009 Report Share Posted July 11, 2009 What a pissser - can relate to that, the number of times i've had to rebuild puter - its all the ******* updates that seem to take forever. Ever thought of an external backup drive to backup entire system. Yep been there etc Last time this happened I had used Acronis - problem is the last time the mother board went and it so happens that the copy of Xp and the hard drive had someone cemented itself to the motherboard in question (now broken) and swapping out hard drives and backing up off the back up hard drive was to little avail. I can back up files and data, but it's the whole *configuration* thing - getting a new computer to do what you trained the last one to do, from the little things like turning off the © auto copyright symbol in word through to the last bit of useful software that I downloaded and coughed $10 for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigweed Posted July 12, 2009 Report Share Posted July 12, 2009 (edited) But isn't there an option on some backup systems to take an image of the hard drive so you can restore entiire computer to another one - system settings an all. acronis This says will restore system including applications and settings Edited July 12, 2009 by Bigweed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markio Posted July 12, 2009 Report Share Posted July 12, 2009 (edited) nothing to see here. Edited July 12, 2009 by Markio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungler Posted July 12, 2009 Report Share Posted July 12, 2009 But isn't there an option on some backup systems to take an image of the hard drive so you can restore entiire computer to another one - system settings an all. acronis This says will restore system including applications and settings Ah ha (in the style of Alan Partridge). Now I am not techhy minded, so bear with me. Acronis takes a complete copy image of the hard drive and the idea is that if you have a hard drive failure or virus, then you can swap out the broken / infected hard drive and replace with a newly created acronis generated image. Simples? However, hardrives (and the contents of those hard drives) are tied to the PC motherboard (which sets out and integrate the basic building blocks and settings of the PC). At work, I had a power surge which knackered both hard drive and motherboardin one go. Okay, so the techhy bloke did the acronis thing, but then discovered that unless the replacement hard drive goes back onto exactly the same motherboard then nothing will work - you are back round to a fresh instal and importing data and settings which can take days. We were advised to use Acronis but to get spare motherboards for each of the PCs if we wanted a complete swap out solution i.e. something breaks, insert new motherboard and acronis harddrive image and you are off and working again within say an hour tops. Problem is it's a bit tricky trying to get motherbaords for all the PC when some are specialist built and 4 years old i.e. you jut couldn't find the bits. Here endeth the lesson. PCs I ******* hate them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyb Posted July 12, 2009 Report Share Posted July 12, 2009 Mods... Clay shooting? Ban these nerds please! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigweed Posted July 12, 2009 Report Share Posted July 12, 2009 (edited) Back on track - 74/100 at Gatton Bottom - no disaster stands but lost quite a few that should have been kills Edited July 12, 2009 by Bigweed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throdgrain Posted July 12, 2009 Report Share Posted July 12, 2009 Didn't see you there Dave! I shot a disgraceful 68 And I didnt even have the pump action excuse, as I got the Benelli out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigweed Posted July 12, 2009 Report Share Posted July 12, 2009 Didn't get there till 1 - went round in 45 minutes - every stand we went to was empty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter De La Mare Posted July 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2009 Got up too late to make 3 Acres so ended up at Shrove Hill. Actually a difficultish layout today, was high gun on 54/70 when leaving, may stick. Targets were actually harder than Meon Springs last week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagsy Posted July 12, 2009 Report Share Posted July 12, 2009 As the rest couldn't make it Del Digweed, Russdmc and myself formed an advance party and went to the A1 Shooting Ground for the first time. Was pleasantly surprised with the sporting layout which we thought was quite well laid out with a good variety of birds. We shot 96 across 12 stands finishing with 75, 68 and 71 respectively - not bad considering we never 'saw' the first pair on any stand and were all caught out once or twice. Good use was made of the tower which threw birds over various stands - I always need practice on these - no rabbits though. A word of warning if you go - make sure you're wearing safety glasses, I was hit in the face by falling shot on one stand, no damage but was thankful for the Oakley's We'll be going back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throdgrain Posted July 12, 2009 Report Share Posted July 12, 2009 Didn't get there till 1 - went round in 45 minutes - every stand we went to was empty I was thinking of popping back in the afternoon to buy some more carts and get a crafty second round, but couldnt think of a way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markio Posted July 12, 2009 Report Share Posted July 12, 2009 A shocking 31/50 this morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Elvis Posted July 12, 2009 Report Share Posted July 12, 2009 As the rest couldn't make it Del Digweed, Russdmc and myself formed an advance party and went to the A1 Shooting Ground for the first time. Damn, i thought it had been called off.....me and raja were well up for it!!!!!! Although i shot well Im not a big fan of 3 acres............ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun4860 Posted July 12, 2009 Report Share Posted July 12, 2009 A shocking 31/50 this morning. i hit 32/50 this morning...... :unsure: but as im still trying to get back into it and have a balance problem i was rather chuffed..... :yp: shaun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja Clavata Posted July 12, 2009 Report Share Posted July 12, 2009 Damn, i thought it had been called off.....me and raja were well up for it!!!!!! :unsure: Although i shot well Im not a big fan of 3 acres............ Yeah, double drat! Christened the 20 bore this evening with a couple of pigeons from the first two shots. Just finished oiling the stock and it looks a good un :yp: Will try it on the clays in the next week or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Elvis Posted July 12, 2009 Report Share Posted July 12, 2009 :yp: coolio!! :unsure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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