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You miss every shot you don't take.

A mate was a member of Derwent Valley Running Club. I went along once. The coach gave a little spiel. "Welcome to the first meeting of the year for DVRC. <yada yada yada>. Any questions?" <silence> "Double Vaginal Roman Catholic?" <much more silence>

I look forward to seeing what Zardonic makes of the whole thing.

Keep the month names sensical. And add the thirteenth month. 7 day week 4 week month 13 month year = 364 days

No. I probably didn't notice.

I've always objected to serving potato with toad in the hole. It's redundant beigestuff.

I’ve watched that ten times at least. The title makes it. Sublime.

Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Liza Minelli, “Queen.”

Does anyone know anything about the US legal process for deciding to kidnap a foreign head of state? Like is there a form we can fill in or something?

Thermals and big socks today. Possibly two sets. My hands/fingers have been feeling it recently. Mittens today. Big army skiing ones I got years ago for 50p and haven’t hitherto needed.

Aaaand it’s snowing.

I’m actually up and breakfasted in good time today. Needed to make sure the van could start and clear the windscreen, having done nothing for a fortnight. Beating today. It’s not actually that cold here but we congregate at the corner of a field before the fourth drive that always seems cold and I imagine will today. The guns always take twenty minutes to go the long way round and tool up and we stand there like freezing cold idiots.

I don’t know. A_____y is my guy but it’s not his business. He just works there

I know a guy in Suffolk who restores them, on the off chance anyone is in need.

FUXCKER. Beat me.

What do you farm? Do you not wince at geting grease, hydraulic oil etc on pricey stuff like Swazi/Kaiwaka/Betacraft?

Proper farmers wear Screwfix high vis and a Frosty Jack's loyalty scheme peaked cap.

Ridgeline smocks are popular because they're cheap, long on the thigh (when a lof of other jackets aren't) and good enough for what most people who wear them do. Plus they've become the uniform (fashion I suppose) for a lot of rural types (largely shooting and peripheral), which is an advantage in itself. Say you're out at a bonfire night and are wondering where to stand. You might see a bloke in a Ridgeline smock and stand near him because there's a good chance you can strike up a conversation about a shared interest. They might be a pain with dust sticking etc but that's fine. They're not designed for full-on hard work. That's what stuff probably more like Kaiwaka is for. P.S. For the rare occasions I work in the rain, I wear some Regatta piece of crap that I don't like and therefore don't cry about when I catch a dog on it. Aware little help to anyone needing something good for every day but why not write it anyway for only the cost of a few more ounces of Steve's bandwidth.

It was a ferret. Was.

That’s Charlie isn’t it? I left the headless one out for 36 hours and it moved a few times so it’s something strong enough to drag a chicken but not strong enough to carry one. And only a bit of it eaten. Littler nibbles than a fox would take I’d have thought.

Aye. Very vexing. What’s Toby? I’m too posh to know rural slang.

Ferret (probably) back. Two killed last night and one beheaded a couple of nights before. As with most conflicts, my well bred roosters roosted high and safe and let the lower orders get slaughtered.