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David Cropper

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  1. Just to give a bit of good news after Big J's bad news. The local dog charity, who raise so much to help rescued and abused dogs, put out an appeal for helpers to clear an old hunt kennels in readiness for the arrival of several dogs coming in from Ukraine tomorrow. A lady had travelled to collect them and bring them to safety in France. The call came out at 0730 Saturday,  by mid morning 42 people were on their way to help. A lady had bought a property with a former hunt kennels tucked away in her wood, it was in a bad way, roof panels smashed by falling trees and generally left for years in crap order. She is involved with the charity so offered the kennels for the Ukrainian dogs. A local tree surgeon, a Scot, did amazing work, for free, other volunteers cleared up, strimming, shovelling all the debris away etc. I went up yesterday to grind out the stumps, my mate a chippy was there fixing up the doors and sorting out the fencing. It made me feel pretty good when I'd finished I must admit, the way I look at it is that without this charity I wouldn't have found and taken on Charlie. Dog people are pretty special in my eyes, not me, I'm an arse.

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  2. 39 minutes ago, kevinjohnsonmbe said:

    The “Walters” are on the march:

     


     

     

    Bit cynical there Mr Johnson. Good luck to them. If they are Walts,  then they are going to receive a few harsh lessons and wish they'd stayed at home. I must admit that that chap's kit looked brand new. Does it really matter if they are Wannabes or ex Forces looking to help? 

  3. 2 minutes ago, Doug Tait said:

    Sounds familiar David. When I'm off my food it's "have some toast then", but the dogs would get an afternoon spent cooking chicken and rice, or some diced liver to interest them. Ironically it's the stink of liver cooking in the house that would probably put me off my food in the first place!

     

    How is Charlie getting on?

    Still the same Doug. We took him for a ride this morning, parked next to a river in the car park, got him out, no lead as he is good without one, didn't like it as it was a strange place, then trotted back to the car. He'll never change hit that's ok with us. It on my morning walk he meets another dog, he's not got a problem with the owner, he knows that they are ok. If he meets someone on their own, he doesn't feel safe. All I can think of is getting another dog for him bit that's not really feasible. My wife is still not confident with dogs apart from Charlie. He's lying on my feet at the moment, I can't move, fat sod. That's the dog, not me.

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  4. 1 hour ago, sime42 said:

    It's just the one, a male, that's aggressive. He's a sneaky bugger; as soon as you turn your back he creeps up on you. Surprisingly quiet for such big birds. He's drawn blood on a few occasions, with me and others.
    If they were mine I'd use a big stick to teach some respect. Got to be careful though, not good for customer relations!

    If it was mine it would be in the freezer!

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  5. This is my position in the pecking order. Wednesday I packed in at 1230 for my grub. Gets in the van,  reaches for the Tupperware box holding my sandwiches, to find I'd picked up out of the fridge a similar box with last night's leftover cooked cauliflower stalks and a couple of small florets my wife saves to mix into the dogs dinner. When I rang her to say I'd no grub bar two tiny floretes, she was most concerned that Charlie didn't have any veg! Bleeding marvellous! 

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  6. 5 minutes ago, Big J said:

     

    Indeed. The joke (and it's always funnier when you explain it) is that no-one so visually impaired as to require Braille would ever need access to a Pilot's Lounge :D

    I think I preferred it when you posted the jokes your kids gave you!

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  7. 5 minutes ago, kevinjohnsonmbe said:

    Not surprised - was the similar when Chernobyl happened. 
     

    You still got your AGR in the loft David??

    Wouldn't fit me now anyway! I knew a safety officer at Winfrith Atomic site in Dorset, I actually lived in Winfrith Newburgh village, and he'd been to Chernobyl before the meltdown. He was horrified and terrified at the lack of safety. Corner cutting, blatant breach of most obvious procedures and crap kit. Not a pleasant scenario to contemplate the future of any of us. Time to stock up the wine cellar, I think Mr Johnson. 

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  8. 10 hours ago, trigger_andy said:

    Your opinion seems to be the polar opposite of Scotspine, correct? Unless you are an " Internationally respected voice of geopolitics" what makes you think that your opinion is any more valid than his? 

     

    Are you wasting your day-job or since you're one foot in the grave already perhaps you view your opinions more highly than someone who has a day job because you have so much free time to do your own research and are almost an Internationally respected voice of geopolitics, in your own head of course. 

    I've just crawled out of my coffin as apparently I'm nearly dead,  to reply to your usual poisonous diatribe. Where did you get the idea that I sit at home as I don't have a day job? I still work full time as you probably realise,  but you must have thought that I'd rear up and give you a bit of sport. I can't even be arsed to get annoyed, you really aren't worth it.

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  9. 41 minutes ago, scotspine1 said:


    Don’t watch TV or RT. I’m making observations based on how Putin has acted before in Ukraine, Georgia etc and how the west has responded. It’s ok to view a situation from a neutral, objective standpoint and not be brainwashed by media who want you to follow a very specific narrative. 
     

     

    Unbelievable! I assume you are an Internationally respected voice of geopolitics and you work part time in arb to give your overworked brain a rest? Or am I taking the piss? You're obviously wasted doing your day job.

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  10. 8 hours ago, scotspine1 said:

     

    They are being sacrificed by the Ukrainian regime to make the war as bloody as possible and get lots of footage of the Russian army mowing down untrained civilians for atrocity propaganda. They are being set up to be martyrs for misguided propaganda purposes. 

     

    Giving untrained civilians AK47s and expecting them to use these weapons effectively  against trained soldiers is akin to giving a monkey a razor blade and expect it not to cut itself. 

     

    It is a despicable act of desperation and would suggest Zelensky knows his days are numbered. 

     

    Utter Bollocks!

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