ArthurBottlesworth

Local RAC man has 4x4 transit Loves it, he hated his discovery said it was total crap.....

Been looking online for gypsy superstitions with a view to keping them off your property Suprisingly little online about this but apparently the following upset them 1) womens skirts ! Something to do with women being unclean below the waist 2) dead crows, specifically says they will turn round if they see a dead crow So you need a keeper to hang his dead crows on your fence ......

Logging up large oak today that blew down in gales Tree was very healthy but cut into one branch and brown liquid ran out, when split this branch smelled of vomit ...branch about 15 inch diameter Wood was very wet, and heavy, not splitting nicely either ..... Any idea what it was?

Travellers were operating round here couple of years ago Aged guy appeared in transit pick up asking for junk, back of his pickup was full of worthless crap, rotten roofing sheets, old buckets that sort of stuff Luckily my neighbour saw him going up lane and phoned me so I could meet him in the yard...saw him off but not before he'd slowly and deliberately backed full length of yard looking at everything ....... Week later local farms done over for quads .....lukily farm lad onway frompub saw his mates bike and gave chase..... Magistrates bailed traveller who promptly did a runner caught again couple of weeks later with exactly same scenario ..... So sent down ths time I now padlock gates everytime we go out AND PUT PLYWOOD COFFIN LID ON THE GATE......GOT THIS TIP FOM SCRAPMAN he says travellers very superstitious and will not pass anything to do with death, thats why scrapyards often have scrap hearse next to gates..... Guy down valley is ex police solicitor he has plastic skeleton under his cattle grid ..... Spoke to police about this they confirmed travellers are very superstitious and thought it might work ..... Took about 30 mins to make and fix, so worth a try

Has anybody used them for landrover work Considering putting vehicle in there, but would like some feedback first....

Hadn't appreciatedany of the above Very interesting Thanks

My old dog used to sleep on a rug over a new oak floor I didn't appreciate she was leaking a bit until I moved the rug It gave the oak floor a beautiful partina , and something to remember her by now she has gone !

Woman on radio 4 today saying CALL OUT. Charge for mending domestic appliance is £100 Presumably + work and parts

Bill Gates takesa month off every year just to THINK. About microsoft Google give everyone a day every week just to THINK about google

My biggest problem is I'm allergic to work - it makes me tired ........ Dr won't give me a sick note though

I wish I could be an employee but it's not in me I wish I could have held down a pi$$ easy gov't job for thirty years but it's not in me I wish I could keèp my trap shut when an employer does something stupid but I can't So self employment is my only option ........

Bought gold watch for £120 Saw same one in magazine for £2500 Gave it to my son ........

Just got to shrug your shoulders and walk away, though its hard to do it These people are a penny a tonne and there is always a glut on the market

Think that says it all Mike

Problem was she gave them permission to " help themselves " no chance of conviction.... Kicking myself for not getting locksmith in on day 1 ..... Cannot list stuff, it's more " didn't my mum have one of those" ........and where has that gone? Scummy way of making a living though Undertaker told me his father had been taken for £35,000 This is apparently now a serious problem with old people living longer, and getting forgetful and doddery ....

Chucking it down, Bookeeping yuk

Clearing my mums after she died we had a skip on front drive We'd also left stuff leaning against wall we were taking away I took cleaners home whilst my son was in house When I returned he was laughing his head off, he said seven neighbours descended en masse as I droveaway, and were in the skip in seconds ....... This was supposedly posh midde cass area .... They also took stuff leaning against wall which we had to recover They were taking stuff we had offered free to charity shops ....... Worse problem was my mums cleaner and my ex sister in law, my mum had said get a momento from the house...... It was like they'd burgled it, they literally took carloads away....including my mums engagement ring, antique jewellery, silver ornaments ......right down to my grandads medal for going into a burning colliery in 1910 Cleaner has car boot stall....... Can't do anything about it because she gave them permission ..... Apparently cleaner has made profession of this.....she has eight old customers .....production line

Nice relaxing summer sitting in sun and eating good food I think....

Abraham -- he was going to use it to kill his kid but then didn't bother Apparently he used to hear voices Today they'd put him in a home, then they made him a saint Must be worth megabucks !

Wonder if someone had been feeding it My mil feeds badgers at her cottage, before she was ill they used to put chip pan on every night and make them chips! They were very tame badgers .... If someone had tamed the fox it might be tempted into your house .....

Didn't they make gear teeth for water/wind mills with apple wood ?

I would have thought asking for trouble using rifle/shotgun in built up area Bound to be an anti close by who would love to cause you trouble and probably lose you your fac Difficult to find an alternative though,

12 bore Brenneke would stop one ! Stop an elephant too......

There was article about big cats in the field Magazine Rang author - he had no doubts at all about them One flushed on shoot in Bala few years ago, all proper countrymen read a lot , Incredibly secretive animals In Johannesburg van delivering leopard crashed and leopard escaped General panic so they put trapsout And caught three! Capstick ( big game hunter andauthor " death in the long grass" ) was in game area in africa , this was heavily hunted area Client wanted to shoot a leopard , he said not seen one here ever , and nor has any other game hunting party - client moithered so to keep him quiet put bait up trees - to his suprise and embarassment, found leopards In 1960's you could just buy a leopard in Tib Street Manchester, some of those will have been released, and I believe they are breeding in the UK

I'm with you Dean these claim happy people can trash a business that's been built up over years ....