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I often struggle with your posts and rarely do they not bring a tear to the eye or a lump in the throat. The fact that you somehow manage to soldier on day after day must truly be an inspiration to us all. You hang on in there kid and remember the words of O'l Blue Eyes And if I don't think it was worth one single try, I'd jump right on a big bird and then I'd fly
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The 2 bloodied ones look like pure Bedlingtons, as we know Lakie blood improves coat texture and colour. The terrier in the top picture looks it has outcross blood, but obviously it is wrong to make assumptions from a photograph as the camera often lies More power to the man who's grafting them though. The photograph is of my great uncle George Johnson. Apparently he made a bit of coin exporting them to the USA, so I'm related to a dog peddler!
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These threads usually get around to the lack of quality working Bedlington terriers available to produce quality lurchers. Was there ever any quality working Bedlingtons available? I've had the pleasure of seeing a few Bedlington x whippets work. Never owned 1, had a good friend who kept them and even allowed me to borrow the ones he owned on occasion. Great rabbiting dogs but none bred from the mythical working Bedlington. The sires of the little lurchers were modern KC stuff. Dogs too big to work as a terrier and bitches a bit too sleight for regular work to ground even if they had the
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I've been looking at the same things in the same places. Not on the cards at the moment for me as I commented on another thread so wont bore people again here. I love the street views, no streets, just incredible landscapes . It's madness not to live in such places if a person has the desire to and the freedom and resources to make it a reality. As your post illustrates, you don't need to have won the lottery from the financial aspect but could be winning the lottery from a quality of life perspective.
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Had not tried this before but took a punt when spotted doing the weekly shop reduced from £12 to £10. Which probably means it retails for £8 in other places. Very nice though.
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A closet of homophobes
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All work related but: A flood of plumbers A shock of electricians A narcotic of ceiling fixers A graft of ground workers A slumber of painters An angst of apprentices A bumble of builders A confusion of clients A duplicity of quantity surveyors
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That's bonny dog. Nothing in the picture for scale but I would imagine not a small dog. A bull mastiff in all but name and colour or KC registration. The phenotype of a bull mastiff.
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I remember when ram raiding was all the rage where I grew up for a short time, not that I ever had the inclination or the bottle to get involved. Mad to think now that shops and shopping malls used to have very little in the way of structural or mechanical security. All you had to do was steal a couple of vehicles, drive through Curry's window if you had the balls, then fill your boots
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I had the exact same experience with newts escaping in the house Some remained unaccounted for and I just assumed that our mentally unstable pet crockadilapig (mongrel Russell) had eaten them. But mam found a few dried out behind radiators, she was not happy.The last place I would have expected them to head to.
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My 1st hunting experiences were in pursuit of newt. I didn't realise at the time that it was hunting but it was. Setting out in search of a particular animal with the intention of catching it. Finding places were not many other people ventured. Little oasis' amongst industry and pollution with miraculous ponds of fresh water clean enough to sustain "pond life" hidden away. The expectation, the excitement on finding and the elation of making a catch. To be taken home and put in the tank for a little while before returning back to where it came from, more or less. To this day when I spot a newt
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I hear what you're saying but the downside would be my rural idyll being compromised by c**ts, and let's face it, walkers CAN be c**ts. I've been spat on and told "I hope you get cancer" by walkers walking through land that I have been legally hunting on in the past. Don't get me started on cyclists. No, too near to the beaten track for me
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I'm kidding myself with the "going off grid" idea. Unforeseen (well, something that I never factored in but probably should have) family commitments dictate that it cannot happen. But a move will, just needs to be within reasonable distance of where my family reside. No great hardship as there are beautiful places within that "bubble". Spotted a likely property today on an estate agent website. In an area that I have always liked and still have an open invite on a friend's permission not too far away from the property location, just mostly sniping rabbits with an air rifle these days.
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There's a joke in there somewhere... I'd rather read War and Peace than...? Sorry TOMO, no offence intended.
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FAO Mackem. This is a good read. More the rise than the fall. Good honest research IMO. Interesting report on charge of the Light Brigade, a comedy of errors (apart from lads getting slaughtered) that could almost have resulted in a famous victory. Saul David used to put out some good historical TV documentaries but haven't seen anything from him for quite awhile. Possibly because he is male and tries to educate and entertain with facts. To get an historical documentary on TV these days it would appear that you need to be a woman with theories that all that we have been led to believe pr
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As you wrote when the stars align, if she had no been the runt of the litter you would not be feeling the loss but would also not have enjoyed owning and working her. That's life.
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I have always tried to swerve politics as it does my head in and very rarely knocks at my door. I have never gained or lost because of which political party happens to be in power. The gains, losses or just going along nicely has always been entirely down to myself. Cannot quite escape it at the moment though how ever much I try. These "pledges" that the various desperate to be in power, or retain power maggots are "pledging" if they are in power? If they have good ideas and genuine plans to solve the present problems in the UK, if they do not get voted in or re-elected, are they going to keep
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They can play in the wrong colours and wear gay armbands under control of the 5th columnists who make the decisions but I think the lads have enough inside themselves to do it... if we get out of the group stage. And that is the part the manager may f**k us up on.
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The best laid plans of mice and men... you never know what can be just around the corner. Dogs have always been a lamp (LIGHT) fuel refill rather than a drain to me.
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Just part of growing up possibly? When I 1st got a place to kennel dogs I went a bit mad for a few years. Like a kid in a sweet shop. Took a while for the penny to drop.
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A worryingly professional job by Serbia today. Letting Sweden play and then taking their chances. If Southgate pisses about with a cautious game they will beat us. Let's hope he shows some balls with the array of game winning talent that is available to him.
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He needs to go back to Villa.
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Regarding Grealish, good call from Southgate but a shame. Is it going to be another example of a possible world class British or Irish player failing to live up to his potential? But he's a grown man and hopefully his "advisers" are not ripping him off with the millions that he is earning. Ousted out by Anthony Gordon? Without wanting to tempt fate I can see Euro 2024 being to Gordon what 1990 World Cup was to Gazza, but hopefully without the self imploding. Being at Newcastle he has the right manager to protect him from that at the moment. Not that I am biased.
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I used to often get Jehovah's knocking on my door assuming that I am an ignorant heathen who has never read the Bible but they have not called for quite a while now. The last time I could not have been more hospitable. Invited them in, sat them down, poured them a whisky. They didn't touch the whiskey, rude! (admittedly nasty scotch received as a thank you for doing a job for someone but still) As they were explaining all about Jesus I searched through the dodgy box for something to play in the background and eventually found some soft porn. Korean I think, may have been Japanese, but some bon
