WILF
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Looked a decent hare to me mate, it would have straight lined a lot of dogs in my opinion.
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I just shot a Lab x Whippet that I got for my lad a few years back…..an absolute article and total pain in the arse, couldn’t do what a lab does, , couldn’t do what a whippet does, didn't have any killer instinct at all and just found ways to piss you off all the time. Theres a reason all the lads who were out killing things with dogs in a seriously way never had these type of crosses….its because they are shite !
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Well what I watched was a really classy animal, 2 and a half minutes on a decent hare, no kick up, turned it, boxed it and just outclassed the hare all the way along….took its time, no rush, and then killed it ! Class mate. I know the sum total of f**k all about the finer points of hare coursing but I know what I watched was class to watch. If lads can bring dogs down as nice to watch as that then fair play to them, you could watch it all day long.
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Although not a lurcher lad as terriers were his thing, one of the most thoughtful, intelligent, kind and cutting lads we have not seen for a very long time was a lad called Chief ! You could read lads like that musings all day long and it would be time well spent.
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I’ve recently seen a video of one of your dogs I think mate, all I can say is, hats off to you…..it’s was an exceptional animal to watch. I know we have a bit of craic on here but nobody could fault you round a dog judging by that…..there’s plenty would like to be a step behind you dog wise old chap.
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Now, if you want to talk about dogs that lad had the best dog I have ever seen. The dog was a pure machine !
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That was a previous dog, he ate the back of a mates truck…..luckily the lad was one of the soundest lads you would ever meet and told me not to worry. I was mortified especially seeing as the lad and his family were lovely generous people.
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I’d had bull blooded dogs before, Sal/bull/grey types and found them wanting, but I just clicked with my dog…..I’m not experienced enough to know the whys and wherefores mate, we just suited each other.
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The dog suited me because he wasn’t fragile, you could take him out night after night anywhere in the country on any terrain and he would smash about and you’d take him out again the next night and get the same or not for a few days and then out and get the same. Bumps, bangs, cuts, banged up feet never bothered the dog at all. I had a coursing type out of good breeding and I just found the dog way too fragile, I wasn’t the man for that dog, he needed better than me and I just broke him.
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That’s the ones, a mutual friend put me into them and that’s how I ended up with my lad. Stiff is very generous, he was a reliable old mutt except on one particular quarry which for some reason he never wanted to know about although he would have been well able. In the hands of a better man he would have been a better dog, as it was he was my pal and as good a dog as I deserved and we had some good fun.
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No mate, it was bred by some lads who I believe you are acquainted with…….good lads, was bang into their dogs and from very posh background. The lads dad owned an airline I heard ! The boys went to Africa to hunt Dik Dik and look for gold !…..they asked me for a line off my lad to take out there and hunt Dik Dik but we never ended up doing it.
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Fair play to you mate, a man of your means still humble enough to shop in the discount trainer section at sports direct !……
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The look that says “why did I marry this bloke again ?” lol
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They wish they had legs like them mate, in them days they was machines ……f****d these days mind ! lol
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I’m a pretty simple bloke mate (as I’m sure many will vouch for ! lol) and I like simple little moments if that makes sense. I was born and brought up round there and I just like the place, I wouldn’t want to live there but it’s nice to visit…..took my wife there for our first ever day out 30 years ago, I was a bit lighter in them days ! lol
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Well, anyway, today I’ve not been building in the west of ireland…..I’ve been soaking up the sun in Greenwhich by the river ! Pie, mash and liquor and a mug of strong tea for breakfast. Then a nice walk round the park, market and Maratime museum….stood in front of Admiral Lord Nelson’s clothes that he had on at the battle of trafalgar (I’ve done it many times in my life, but it never gets old) Back out and along the river to the Trafalgar Arms with my oldest boy, daughter and her boyfriend…..sat and had a pint of coke with lime and ice, they had Peroni and watched the rive
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That base was put down for a sheep pen mate and it’s out of level. So, I took out the falls in blockwork to make it level plus, where I live it’s best to follow the old adage of house building: Give it a big hat and a big pair of boots. It will start pissing down every day come October and won’t stop again until May….all the houses here are built in contact with the ground and all of them have damp issues, badly ! I figured if I’m doing it myself, my way, I’m getting off the ground.
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Out of shot is another smaller concrete base mate, I’m going to put another smaller version of the building on there as her bathroom, gas shower, composting loo maybe ? I have my own septic tank it can all be disposed of in…..I don’t know all the details yet as I haven’t sat and worked it all out.
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Couple of reasons mate, first off they are freezing in the winter and with the damp climate on the west coast they deteriorate like f**k. Second, IF I did want one (I bought a really nice one for my mum when we fist moved over) they are a pure pain in the arse to get up my lane and into my gaff….. It was a nightmare getting my mums one in and a pure nightmare getting it out again when I sold it. Been there, done that, not practical boss.
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Caravans are f***ing freezing ! lol we want it a bit comfortable mate.
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I was rather hoping you could imagine me something state of the art into existence mate?…….you've managed it with every f***ing thing else ! lol
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Great stuff, so that’s You, me, Charlie, Grandpa Joe and five ummpa lummpas ?
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No, he has invited me on the Florida extravaganza.
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Can I just confirm if I’m still invited ?
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How much do they pay to broom round the platform 4 hours a day ?
