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mackem

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  1. That sounds like the stuff of riverbank legends,imagine if he had banked it,what an experience,thanks for sharing that,I could almost hear the silence when the rod broke and line snapped.
  2. I had hairs standing on the back of my neck reading that,did you or your friend even attempt to guesstimate the weight?
  3. The bloke didn't stand a chance,poor guy.
  4. My lady in her younger days caught more and probably bigger salmon than most brit salmon anglers,even now she loves salmon fishing. Brit record 64 lb caught by georgina ballantine,huge fish,imagine catching this running up a UK river.
  5. Bit further south we dropped the H.......and said anted,homing pigeons were anted.
  6. There's a lake behind the house,sometimes especially this time of the year theres hundreds of canada geese on it preparing to migrate south,I walk round it most mornings.Couple of weeks back I could hear distant shotguns popping off,the next morning I found three dead geese blown by the wind in the lake edge,I figured they had been pricked.
  7. Good to see this section is still in use,always liked making nets as a kid.
  8. Update.... Pregnant 'drugs mule' Bella Culley will have her baby behind bars after agreeing two-year prison deal in Georgia - despite family paying huge £140,000 fine | Daily Mail Online WWW.DAILYMAIL.CO.UK The Teesside teenager's parents were given three weeks to find £215,000 to secure her freedom at...
  9. They don't want to integrate,they have their own communities,mosques,schools and courts in the UK,they are seeking new lands.
  10. I have seen two pieces of footage,Muslim guys on that march,both saying we are intent on taking over.
  11. This could get interesting.
  12. Labour's new deputy leader Lucy Powell among five 'landlord MPs' who made more than £30,000 in public money last year renting flats to colleagues... despite promise of a crackdown a decade ago | Daily Mail Online WWW.DAILYMAIL.CO.UK Figures obtained by the Daily Mail reveal that five landlord MPs received more than £30,000 in...
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  14. I remember leaving school and the shipyards and mine had closed down,absolutely nothing for a school leaver,couple of years later I headed south and worked on docklands on the isle of dogs for an Irish firm McGinleys,and used to get my cheque cashed on a Friday night in an Irish pub in Kilburn called McGoverns,a tiny slot at the back of the pub you used to pass your check through and your cash would be passed back out,sometimes rough looking blokes would walk down the queue of cheque bearers rattling a bucket collecting for whoever and whatever.
  15. mackem

    Pet hates.

    What a sheltered life i have led.
  16. mackem

    Pet hates.

    Natural diamonds are dropping slightly in value at the minute sadly,due to Chinese "grown" stones.
  17. mackem

    Pet hates.

    Long term psychology,diamonds are forever,the 1940's Hollywood/De beers diamond engagement ring sell.
  18. It's for my lady,she just scraped the side of a car we only bought two years ago,she is like a car thief,bit of a hill Billy.
  19. Looking to order one today,something 4k and decent,what's everyone using,winter and ice roads are just around the corner.
  20. I have put on here before Ireland was always a conduit for illegals into the UK mainland,now its a destination of choice itself for many both legal and illegal.
  21. I was chatting to a filipino bloke and his wife a few months back,both nurses,both working in Dublin,he said you have loads of OFW nurses there.
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