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I heard that she got it into the shoebox using the lid, so she didn't touch it at all, so wouldn't have the chance to realise. But yeah, a bit dim all the same. At least she's dim and kindhearted instead of dim and psychopathic.

Nope. Edit to expand on this, the auld fella doesn't go walkabout, but if he gets a scent of a fox when he's out for his midnight piss, he'll take himself up the mountain to check it out. I don't worry about him doing this, because he has no interest in livestock, and it would be nice see a dotted line on a map just to see where he gets to. But he is he is stock safe, and it took a hell of a lot of work to get him that way. Hopefully the new guy will follow in his shoes, but I don't imagine he'll be off the lead when we are out and about for a long while yet. Anyway, starting him early.

Good enough for me. Nice one.

I've been looking at my options for this lately, it'd be a huge peace of mind. Is Tractive top of the list for you for any reason? In other news, 12.5 year old Baldric now has 8 week Oscar to train.

Yeah, they say that a scary amount of infrastructure in the US is held together with nothing but wishes, and that there's time bombs all over the country. I can't imagine driving a boat into them would help at all. Edit I think John Oliver did a decent episode on it a while back, it'll be on the Last Week Tonight youtube if you Google it.

Oops... m2-res_480p.mp4 Singapore-registered container ship hits bridge in Baltimore US, 20 confirmed missing from the bridge so far, car drivers and construction workers.

Sorry to hear this Conor. My condolences.

I'm not going to argue, having grown up next to Coventry. But it has improved a good bit the last couple of decades, it's not like it was in the 80s and 90s.

Shall we take bets on who he really is?

I'm very happy for them.

No, but go on, sounds bloody interesting.

It is every thread, isn't it.

Is it at all confusing to see messages addressed to someone you have filtered out, with no context attached? Cripes, I wonder if I'm blocked. I wouldn’t even know if he can see this post...

Don't worry, no need to go all the way to Afghanistan after all. Putin says it was the Ukrainians. Vladimir Putin has told the Russian people that Ukraine is linked to the Crocus City Hall terror attack on Friday night that killed at least 133 people. In a video address lasting five-and-a-half minutes, the newly relected Russian president said Russian security forces believed they had apprehended all four direct participants in the attack, who were caught heading for Ukraine, which was preparing to receive them over the border. Kyiv has rubbished the claims. 11 people have been detained in total. Islamic State has claimed it carried out the attack, something which Putin did not mention in his address. He described it as a “bloody, barbaric terrorist act”, Putin said the victims were “dozens of peaceful, innocent people - our compatriots, including children, teenagers, and women”. He said the Russian Federation would “identify and punish everyone who prepared the terrorist attack”. Ukraine has denied any link to the attack. Presidential advisor Mykhailo Podolyak said attempts to connect the two were “absolutely untenable”. He said “Ukraine has not the slightest connection to this incident. Ukraine has a full-scale war with Russia and will solve the problem of Russia’s aggression on the battlefield”. Neither Putin nor the FSB publicly presented any proof of a link with Ukraine.

Oof, that's a big leap from the last time I checked. Not surprising by some of the footage though.

Apparently a cell of ISIS based in Afghanistan. Both US intelligence and the group itself claiming responsibility seems to support the idea. I'm surprised to be honest, my first thought was Putin doing it himself to muddy the waters a bit, for whatever reason he'd think it necessary. 60ish dead now, 145 injured. The gunmen are currently still at large. I suppose, logically, Vladimir will now want to divert some of his military capabilities towards Afghanistan... What could possibly go wrong!

Anyway, I'd say it's definitely worth painting the eucalyptus in the original post white. Couldn't hurt.

Oh I'm definitely not saying that's why they've done it in the pictures above, I'm just spitballing. Might just be aesthetics at times.

It'd keep a lot of creepy crawlies out of the tree, easy pickings for birds as they scuttle uptrunk. Assuming it's painted with something that won't harm the tree. There's a good few species of moth with wingless females that crawl up into trees to lay eggs, barriers are a common control for them on fruit trees. White paint might create a bit of a barrier, and feed the birds at the same time.

Yeah, anything with red gooseberries in it wouldn't last long, bloody lovely fruit. If you get any good quantity of blackcurrants and have any left after the vodka, then I can recommend making wine with them. I've made many gallons of blackcurrant wine, always worth the effort and getting better with every year of age.

I mean, it kind of is a public forum, he's allowed to share his opinion or commentary wherever he may please. I don't find myself agreeing with him very often, but he often phrases things in an entertaining way and occasionally even borders on profundity.

For cheap leg protection you're best off keeping an eye out on all the websites that do clearances every now and then, and hope there's something in your size. I've got 50, 60% off before.

Very interesting. I do suddenly wonder about cross pollination and potential hybridisation with native varieties, and the possible detrimental effects on dependant species, but those thoughts are heavily outweighed by the promise of easier hawthorn gin and pancake syrup.

Jaysus, those are some big haws. You'd not be long harvesting those. Many thorns? There's native hawthorn in every hedgerow in every direction of course, but I'd be tempted to have a tree or two of that variety tucked away somewhere if harvesting is made easier.