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[Khriss]

( including and not withstanding ' the deadly hun smasher Bren gun   '   )

[Khriss]

4 minutes ago, kevinjohnsonmbe said:

Looking grim all round then ?

Might be down to you showing yr Admirable Rear then Kev K

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

19 minutes ago, Khriss said:

Might be down to you showing yr Admirable Rear then Kev K

Return the favour:

 

 

[Khriss]

..... you may be outnumbered mate , forgot abt the Kilt section - at that point a cannister round would be appropriate    . K

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

7 hours ago, David Cropper said:

Taken the vaccine, I'm better now, thank you. In all seriousness,  how else will you control foxes in an environment such as Blencathra? It's the only effective way to control foxes, please don't say " Trained marksmen", a shot can be misplaced resulting in wounding and a lingering death, hounds either kill or they don't. No wounding with them. Foot packs in mountainous areas are the only way, ask some of the poor hill shepherds scratching a living where the loss of only one lamb is a disaster, if they agree with you. I don't think they will. I am recovering from too much champagne least night as a result of my 97th birthday. I could well be tetchy all day. 

Hope your self induced suffering is severe and long lasting Mr C!

 

? That’ll learn ya ?

 

The solution to struggling hill farmers is not fox hunting. That’s just bonkers. 
 

Hill farmers struggle because it’s an inherently unprofitable, inhospitable, financially and ecologically unsustainable hobby masquerading as a  commercial venture. 
 

As if that wasn’t obvious enough, the wholly inappropriate nature of farm subsidy being paid to the land owner - often NOT the poor hard working hands on farmer - the market dominance of supermarket buyers and imports from (literally) the other side of the planet all contribute in a far more significant threat to the lack of viability of hill farming. 
 

Forget all that though, a fox taking 1 ewe/lamb is a much easier concept to grasp AND (for some) provides an easy example justification for a sport / pass-time which is otherwise wholly indefensible, repugnant and illegal. 

 

But apart from that..... ?

Edited November 28, 2020 by kevinjohnsonmbe

[David Cropper]

5 minutes ago, kevinjohnsonmbe said:

Hope your self induced suffering is severe and long lasting Mr C!

 

? That’ll learn ya ?

 

The solution to struggling hill farmers is not fox hunting. That’s just bonkers. 
 

Hill farmers struggle because it’s an inherently unprofitable, inhospitable, financially and ecologically unsustainable hobby masquerading as a  commercial venture. 
 

As if that wasn’t obvious enough, the wholly inappropriate nature of farm subsidy being paid to the land owner - often NOT the poor hard working hands on farmer - the market dominance of supermarket buyers and imports from (literally) the other side of the planet all contribute in a far more significant threat to the lack of viability of hill farming. 
 

Forget all that though, a fox taking 1 ewe/lamb is a much easier concept to grasp AND (for some) provides an easy example justification for a sport / pass-time which is otherwise wholly indefensible, repugnant and illegal. 

 

But apart from that..... ?

Sod off, I'm still ill. 

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

10 minutes ago, David Cropper said:

Sod off, I'm still ill. 

WEAK POINTS AND STRONG

 

You may advance and be absolutely irresistible, if you make for the enemy's weak points; you may retire and be safe from pursuit if your movements are more rapid than those of the enemy.

 

 

[Khriss]

Indeed and a bird in the hand is not worth two in a bush, if yr firing 76mm cannister - at said bush. 

 

@David Cropper, hope yr feeling better now.... Sick parade WAS several hours ago....... ?    K

[Stubby]

21 minutes ago, Khriss said:

Indeed and a bird in the hand is not worth two in a bush, if yr firing 76mm cannister - at said bush. 

 

@David Cropper, hope yr feeling better now.... Sick parade WAS several hours ago....... ?    K

Is that Gerry moving about down there ?  Stack my vitals so it is . Wait for it , wait for it .......☺️

[David Cropper]

45 minutes ago, Khriss said:

Indeed and a bird in the hand is not worth two in a bush, if yr firing 76mm cannister - at said bush. 

 

@David Cropper, hope yr feeling better now.... Sick parade WAS several hours ago....... ?    K

Thank you Khriss.  You sir are a gent. Champagne, wine from the Loire area followed by Kronenburg. I think I may be bulimic.  Same symptoms as suffered by Princess Diana. Plus nearly a tin full of Celebrations went down my neck. Dog took me for a walk this morning, I was a very ill boy. Didn't manage sick parade.