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We had springer spaniel that used to eat magic mushrooms Beautiful dog Died in her sleep when she was eight I buried a beautiful dog, broke my sons heart ( she was asleep on his bed) Leave them alone
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Bear in mind Yamaha are no longer doing petrol engine research They must see the writing is on the wall..... I would have thought back pachk carrying batteries and plug in tools might be a way forwards
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Forgotten smell of caps in toy guns, thanks for that..... I remember foot n mouth in 60's too Came back when I was assessor Combine drove over where they buried remains Soil was soft and combine took "big bite" of earth that did it no good at all
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Do you live or work in rural Scotland?
ArthurBottlesworth replied to Tim Stobart Tree Surgery's topic in General chat
Down here in Wales They were "looking for people" to get involved in a project, as I had some experience I thought I go and see if I could help Turned up for first meeting, load of mates and me, didn't get invited to second meeting cos serious money was invoved, it was so clear it was all dodgy......shame the vicar was involved ..... If local government stinks, why isn't central gov't cleaning it up? Can only think it's even dodgier....... -
I'm dithering over nissan leaf ...... But potential savings well worth having I reckon £350 a month possible .....
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Elephant poo ---- when circus visited, love that smell weird innit Lathe Cutting oil Colliery Steam engines - hot oil - coal smoke - Bolton fish market - could spend hours there
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People are getting weirder and weirder, TV I think ..... When I was assessing used to regularily give a tramp a lift, he was great company on a drive, always happy to see him...I think he was happy guy Gave up with normal hitchikers though, they just wanted sit in silence, they can do that on a bus! Perhaps they never talk to anyone.....
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Just walked the dogs and there were three glow worms Two weeks early, so hopefully a good year for them....
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Thats why the call the front passenger seat the "death seat" ..... Pretty heavy impact, what was the load ?
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Best way to remove grass from gravel drive
ArthurBottlesworth replied to ArthurBottlesworth's topic in General chat
Been looking at burners In german = flammenwerfer Got to have a tool with that name, much better than x300 -
Best way to remove grass from gravel drive
ArthurBottlesworth replied to ArthurBottlesworth's topic in General chat
Will try to get some pictures ...... Its badly infested .... -
Buying a woodland
ArthurBottlesworth replied to Philmypower's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Where can you buy grazing/woodland at £2k / acre? -
My mates eldest came home from work and did this - it killed him What a waste of sixteen year old lad I reckon you saved those kids lives ......
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Guy on my dads squadron was shot own over france and landed on french main road His mate landed and they came back two up in a spitfire My dad dldn't believe you could get two in a spitfire cockpit but they did ..... My dad wasn't spitfire pilot but ground crew
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20 years ago went to beaches on fiftieth anniversary They had just opened museum in Caen Some scary stuff There was american guy at american beach talking to his wife about his dad who had landed there and had a very tough time ....... Dog man on shoots in Bala ( now dead) had landed and gone right through to germany Said they stopped on banks of rheine ( I think that was river) and he was watching germans in greatcoats moving on the other side - he shot six Next day theycrossed and he'd shot six kids - he couldn't tell. They were just guys in german greatcoats ......
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I'm sure we'll here some interesting stuff here too.... I can't get my head around WW1 but WW2 had to be fought,
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Best way to remove grass from gravel drive
ArthurBottlesworth replied to ArthurBottlesworth's topic in General chat
Tried one of these, think I may weld some scarifiers on to make it a bit more aggressive at digging in..... No one seems to rent mulchers round here so this looks next option Roundup Strim Grade Repeat until sorted ..... -
I know loads of pople on here will have D Day stories This is mine 70 years ago today My dad was ferrying a dakota between two airbases on south coast He said channel was absolutely full of boats so they went for a look and ended up over france When flak come up they turned around and came home, and told no one where they had been.... Hope it wasn't just a story.....I like the idea of going to D Day " for a look"
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Beautiful Not many days like this in a year ( lifetime)
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Two weeks in Condom next month Haven't had two weeks holiday for 24 years, I'm as excited as a kid
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I need to clear about half acre of gravel that is infested with grass.. Weedkill first Or dig and then weedkill?
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FRIGHTENING STATISTIC 25% of the women in this country are on medication for mental illness That means 75% of them are running around untreated
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milled timber wanted for a bar / shelf
ArthurBottlesworth replied to bigdave's topic in Milling Forum
I had bright idea of buying old fashioned zinc bar from french cafe to use in my kitchen as a worktop Abandoned it when I found they were £15k + as others had thought it a good idea too Mate put big piece of elm ( i think ) as a worktop, warped horribly after year or so ..... -
Need to advise bosses insurer that there is claim pending Perhaps talk to your solicitor first .....
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Girl stopped on country road Stopped and went toher She locked herself in car and was terrified Said she'd run out of petrol Wouldn't even let me put enough in tank to get to garage Had to leave her .........
