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My wife and Mbepe have given us two beautiful kids, so I definitely can't be gay... 🤔

When the time comes, comrade, there won't be enough lampposts for the bastards. We'll have to make 'em share!

Righto, no he's in the middle of England, no spoilsport Irish regulations to deal with! I guess that would make it a bit more of a hassle for me to take ownership of it when the inevitable arrives though, which I hadn't really considered... so thanks for that.

Nice one, I'll look into that. Cheers Stubby.

Yeah, they've got a few of those all right, and I got them a Goodnature 24, which I'm a big fan of. But I'm just looking at other avenues as well. Cheers though!

I Lol at Thai massage I wouldn't be opposed to suggesting an air rifle as opposed to an air pistol, as I'd inevitably be inheriting it at some point in the future and I imagine I'd get a lot more use out of it, rather than a pistol. I had great fun plinking with my grandad's air rifle when I was single digits, and I wouldn't mind owning one again.

What do you mean by a garden gun, boss? Keeping in mind a lack of certification for the individual concerned, and given his current health, not many years left to obtain and enjoy one... I'd say cats are probably the way forward, or maybe even ferrets!

Oh no! I'm being taunted by a simpleton! I'll have difficulty getting to sleep tonight! Here you go buddy, that's at about your level: https://climatekids.nasa.gov/kids-guide-to-climate-change/

Simple, you stick a cork in 'em and charge people for hot air balloon rides. Win-win.

Fair enough, thanks for the advice chaps. I might just get them a pair of cats again instead, the rodent problem has been on the rise since their last brother and sister cats died a few years ago. Maybe a little crossbow? Shuriken? Throwing axe?

Yeah, methane is the real pisser, hugely destructive. Mankind really needs to get a handle on it, and the two easiest ways to do that are to reduce our consumption of red meat and dairy as much as any individual is able to, and for WhoppaChoppa to stop talking out of his f*cking arsehole.

Can anyone recommend an air pistol for an elderly man with mobility issues for hitting rats at fairly close range? He fired all sorts of guns in the middle of the last century, 50s and 60s, growing up under the RAF and at OTC, so he has some prior experience, but not much since then. Thanks for any suggestions.

Righto, I've heard of it all right. Not been to the lake district since I was about 8, I think. Love to go again. No ropes needed today, but we brought one just in case.

Proper terrain! Where is that?

Tell you what... strong stuff, this. Goldenroot, Rhodiola rosea, well worth a go. Big improvement on the auld sertraline. Try and get some for the garden if you can, but it is also available at your local Holland and Barret. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodiola_rosea

Phwoar, that's a nice vessel.

Jesus Christ!! Scary stuff. I'm not saying that the helmet isn't at fault here, obviously it's a key player... but the blame for that situation lies squarely with the instructor. There should have been a tagline attached to the back of the harness or a continuation of the tie-in rope from the front attachment point to assist in pulling the child down. With regards to lids on kids at climbing walls, though... not necessary, in my humble opinion. It's a question of environment, I lid my kids when there's risk of rockfall from above, or other parties throwing stuff down on you.

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Anyone with limited space, a modest budget to spend, and a few spare children to occasionally operate the device, should consider building or buying a compost tumbler. Follow the recipe and you get usable product in 6 weeks or so with minimal effort, and the removal of any pests associated with the practice, be they real or imaginary.

I know the kind of buckle of which you speak, often on the chest strap of hiking or mountaineering rucksacks. I've never seen one on a helmet though, that's an interesting idea, as a last resort method for attracting attention to yourself.

Well there are those freeze distillation beers that are brewed to a normal strength and then partially frozen, and the ice crystals skimmed out... leaving all the alcohol and all the flavour, until it is unpleasantly treacly and bitter... but I think straight fermentation tops out at about 20% these days, and only when using a very powerful and boring yeast that can only digest pure white sugars, not the complex blend of starches and sugars in various malts, which you can only get to 14, 15, 16%, the strongest of the unnecessarily strong Belgian-style beers. There might have been exciting developments on that front in recent years, I know there's always competition between a few of the superstar breweries in that game to brew the strongest-possible pure beer without freeze distillation. But not my bag really. As you say, arbitrary, and you've really got to be in a very specific mood for anything stronger than about 7% in a beer, in my opinion.

Where do we draw the line between beer and wine, when we've stepped away from grain and grape? Simple percentage, with a cutoff of, say, 10.5%? Fizzyness? Intended quantity of drinking in a single sitting? Some particular idiosyncrasy to the creation process? Is a flat, 12% cider actually an apple wine, or is it still cider? Is a sparkling 9% ginger drink a strong ginger beer or a light ginger champagne?

The last few posts are a real breath of fresh air. Thanks chaps.

Being from a rock climbing background before getting into arb, I see chinstraps as essential due to the possibility of doing anything inverted (great fun, looks cool, why wouldn't you), I think anyone who finds them uncomfortable and faffy to be a big bag of whinges.