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  2. It used to be very busy on here in the close season but they are mostly on bookface or titter nowadays .Only a handful of diehards are keeping the place alive today I have only left the house or garden twice this year both for hospital or doctors appointments .Pretty much housebound i can get a pulse of 110 just walking to the bog and most days i am in and out of it 3 times in 1/4 of an hour in intense pain so wandering to far a hazard as i get little notice and crap myself. When at my last docs appointment (cost £30 to get there and back) after my camera and ct scan he asked me why i was there . I said to see what they found after the camera and ct scan .nothing he said everything was normal .When i said somethings been missed he raised his eyes and asked me if there was mental illness in the family . He asked me to leave when itold him if i am still having the problem then the problem persists perhaps its something else .He rose opened the door and said good bye .Something has happened to the planet its crazy PS i sent a complaint detailing my visit and the doctors response to my worries ,to date nothings been heard back and as the doctor (first time i have ever seen him) was of Pakistani origin i doubt i will except perhaps a visit from the police with a trumpted up race hate charge .Doctor hate perhaps his race was irrelevant in this case.
  3. Yesterday
  4. If you have a modern 'smart' tv its possible ,there are some cameras and most have microphones .I got an ok google remote with my tv but left it in the drawer and used a simpler remote that has less buttons than the original has . I once said hey google and the tv responded showing the tv has a microphone built in . I looked into the menues and found a setting that illuminates an LED when (allegedly) the microphone is in use (its always in use anyway listening for ok google ofcourse) but when you say ok google and ask questions it lights up then goes out when it presumes your fed up asking what the temperature is in peru or iceland etc. But a quick google there lots of reports of people looking into the little red or black window and seeing what they think is a camera so your mate could be right but i doubt theres enough agents watching everyone but it could explain why police dont solve crimes they are watching your mate ball deep in his mrs lol Anything with a camera AND the ability to transmit via wifi and or bluetooth can be controlled by outsiders everything that connects can be connected to even Zuckerberg and the rest have tape over their laptop cameras
  5. Come on fellas - It's been 2 days short of a month since anyone posted on the coarse anglers section so lets kick off with yet another one, sure to kill it off for good (Hopefully Not) Here's a few more, Maggot & Method Feeders I made out of detergent spray bottles & tubes, sweetex dispensers, Inhalers (Don't we need them, to breathe a bit of life) and CO2, Airgun cartridges. Have I a hope or half a chance?? But Anywayee - What would you say ......
  6. I've a mate, who believes that Gov' Agencies have the ability to watch you via the Telly !! Who knows?? People laughed about moving pictures, electric lighting (They'd never catch on) & putting a man on the Moon!!
  7. Last week
  8. Confucius institutes in our universities, many thousands of student visas issued to PLA members every year, a cabinet member married to a Chinese national and illegal Chinese police stations in our cities. We're just not taking the potential threat seriously. We even allow Chinese post grad students to work in our most sensitive tech development industries.....
  9. "Why you No Rissen Cookie Boy - We Flies the Ships and We Sales Them".
  10. Germany under the ? Yanks under the ? Gov just realised a foreign power is giving us hassle.They dont mind having chunks of Britain bought by them but they'll overlook that . This ofcourse includes all foreign powers but China is the country of the month. Great excuse say something on Facebook that causes concern and it was the Chinese ! The Chinese this and the Chinese that everything bad is now a result of Chinese interference .Some MP said 20 years ago x is a git and the excuse China went back in time and changed it will probably be used.Its the exact same as the USA using Reds under the bed as excuses and more dangerously excuses to get involved overseas . Ukraine as an excuse is getting stale so we need another bogy man to excuse things (as usual) We should be moving our subs to pompey or devon or another English port ,why fund the white loathing foreigner that runs scotland and spend the money here .Mind you i can see Putin smiling as we start to update our creaky nuke defence ,a rowing boat and a barge with a sparkler on it is hardly going to cause much concern in Russia lol Didnt spot anything concerning Britain doing the exact same now and through history to every country we can think of and all those countries doing their best to undermine every other countries government but thats not revelant in the governments agenda ofcourse. If ifcourse we didnt do all that dirty stuff we wouldnt need MI6 ofcourse
  11. Are you thinking of splashing out on one, like Bill?
  12. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BZD58V6M/ref=emc_bcc_2_i Perhaps Lewinsky shopped there ?
  13. I went out with the torch again this evening to see if the newts approved of the new reeds I'd cut for them and lo and behold we have yet another new female GCN , making at least 5 females, a record. I can't really count the males as they move around the pond, following the females, whereas the females can be counted when they stop to spawn on the reeds. At least with 2 young ones there is hope for the future as the older ones must be at least 10 years old by now as I brought them from my last pond along with a couple of males. Does anybody know of a daphnia supplier either local to Waterlooville or Portsmouth as although I can get them the price hasn't gone up but the amount per bag has got a lot less this year.
  14. Earlier
  15. We all need a few hours off doing our duty
  16. It'd save me a job, & make more time to go fishin'.
  17. Reference buzzards. Yesterday I was watching the newts in my pond when I was disturbed by some seagulls getting agitated overhead. Looking up I saw a pair of buzzards circling and being mobbed by about half a dozen gulls. While watching I saw a red kite come for a look at what was causing all the noise. The buzzards just drifted away and the kite followed them. Nice to see it's still around, I just wonder if it nests in our area as there are some good trees nearby. Some good news on the newt front. Due to the recent warm and sunny weather, the newts are spending more time in the warmer top water and are spawning well. Well, the pond weed is later this year so I've had to "improvise" with some dried reeds which I grow in and by the pond. I've broken some of the longer stems off and laid them on the surface and there was some spawn in the leaves when I checked this morning. When I went for a look this evening with a torch I was pleasantly surprised to see I've gained a female GCN, so I now have 3. She must have hatched 3 years ago before the cat/pond disaster and lived on land around the pond under the log or leaf pile. She is slightly smaller than the other two so it must be her 1st year of spawning. She should help the gene pool a bit. Just need some frog and toad spawn to complete the amphibian family. I was told of some frog spawn that had been put in a ditch but when I looked for it there was nothing to see, fox or ducks probably had a feast. Well, I'll end on a high note for a change. Some more good news. My wife came out to see the newts by torchlight after her night out at the cinema with my sister and niece and we spotted yet another female GCN, this one was a younger one, probably 3 years old and her first spawning, this now makes the numbers up to 4 females so all good so far. I'd not seen her in the pond before so she may have been hibernating under the log or leaf pile and the recent sun has awoken her. I had a young GCN given to me by a neighbour today, her cat brought it in, unharmed, it was last years hatch so I suppose with all the rain it had traveled far from my pond but it went in without a problem, too young to tell what sex it is. The next problem is Daphna to feed them when they hatch as most of my "green water" that I breed them in has been seriously diluted with all the rain so it will be an "expensive year" again. Look on the bright side Norman, the pond is looking healthy and full of life since the disaster. Fingers crossed.
  18. Hmmmmm Not just here Lots of data needed ,is everone that had the jab getting it? Is everyone who caught covid getting it .Is it having the jab with or getting covid after getting it ? Is it accidentally having the jab introveniously the cause or ois it a certain manufacturer or certain batch causing it . Perhaps our sudden influx of muslims are here to impregnate the surviving females after all us guys drop dead of getting the jab or catching covid or both?
  19. Steve Harley death: Cockney Rebel musician dies aged 73
  20. Another season comes to a close - my first one since retiring and as a consequence I got out a lot more especially in the autumn/winter though plans were somewhat thwarted by the high water levels in the rivers. Since I left work in June we have had 9 consecutive months of significantly above average rainfall. The springs of the Kennet 'broke' unusually early in mid-October (they typically start flowing late December/early January) and as a consequence many venues have been inaccessible let alone fishable. This did at least nudge me to seek out some new swims - with some success! Best Carp 11lb 6oz. 25 September Free-lined bread flake - Willows Lake. As usual, I spent most of the summer trying NOT to catch carp in my pursuit of big tench. This was one of the few I caught deliberately on an evening the tincas didn't turn up. Best Tench 6lb 8oz. 20 June. Lift method, prawn sections - Willows Lake. A good summer on the tench front with 13 fish over 5lb and this was the best of 3, 6lbers. Rumours of an 8lber coming out of a club water had me putting in a lot of effort for the species! Best Chub 6lb 2oz. 9 February. Trotted maggot. River Kennet, Newbury -Whitehouse stretch. A venue I re-discovered as a result of trying to find bits of river I could actually get to in the floods! This particular swim became an instant favourite producing 3 chub over 5½lb in 3 of my first 4 visits to it. I wonder what it will fish like in normal levels! All in all though another great year for chub with 100 over 1lb for the 4th consecutive year, though average weights were down a little with 21 over 4lb of which 6 were over 5. Best Bream 5lb 2oz. 16 June. Trotted maggot. River Kennet - Marsh Benham. The majority of my Bream were river caught (same as 22/23 season) and this opening day catch was the only one over 5lb. Best Crucian 3lb 4oz. 10 August. Float fished prawn sections. Harris Lake, Marsh Farm Fishery, Milford. I only made 3 trips to Marsh Farm this summer - some quality tench fishing on club waters keeping me on 'home soil' - This super crucian however was a good reminder of why I make the effort - and was actually my biggest ever from Harris. Best Perch 3lb 1oz. 21 November. Trotted maggot. River Kennet, Hambridge. For the 2nd season running my season's best perch comes from the river as opposed to the canal though the K&A did throw up a number of big 2s this season. Best Grayling 2lb 6oz. 22 October. Trotted red sweetcorn. Lower Itchen. A feature this winter has been how well my local stretches of the River Lambourn have fished for Grayling. I've had over 70 1lb+ fish with quite a few 1½lb or better - including my first 2lber in 2 decades. My season's best however was this stroppy fish (twas a nightmare to try and photograph) from my only trip to the Itchen - my February trip being cancelled due to flooding. Best Barbel 2lb 2oz. 11 July. Trotted maggot. River Kennet, Hambridge. Always good to see barbel these days whatever the size and whilst there have been a smattering of half decent barbel coming out this season to other anglers, my only contribution, whilst float caught, was much more modest. Best Dace 1lb 1oz. 21 November. Trotted maggot. Kennet & Avon (flowing) canal, Thatcham. My best 'wow' moment of the season! A venue that has thrown up some big autumn dace in the past few years had me returning with the intention of trying to do just that again. Never expected anything of this calibre - my first 1lb+ dace since 04/05 season.
  21. Once i invent a device that stops water going through the mesh of my dehydrator i can then dehydrate water .think of the benefits ...extreme lightness compared to unhydrated water and you could fit a gallon in a matchbox so your haversack could contain enough to cross death valley . If you dehydrated sea water you would get free salt so you could rehydrate some and boil bacon . All you have to do is rehydrate a pint then add it to the amount of rehydrated water to get a pint of reconstituted water ,big game changer Todays soup was potato and leek ,pretty easy to make just cut up pots (no need to peel) into inch cubes but i used frozen leeks but chucked in an onion to improve it .Not as good as soup 1 (potato and onion) i think the chinese powder gave it the heat so i will put a teaspoon in todays soup tho see if it improves . So far the consistency is ok if you dont fill with water to max but use the veg at max .Its a pity you have no setting for a semi chunky soup but i guess if i could be arsed i could use the chunky setting then use the smooth+ button to manually chop it smaller ,but if i am going that far i might aswell just buy a tin of the stuff but get sugar and salt in deadly amounts
  22. My top time saving tip is very simple, lots of recipes call for boiling water but when I watch the kettle it seems to never boil! So I fill the kettle with water and wait for the click, then, when you have your boiling water place it in a suitable container and then freeze it, then when you need boiling water just take it out and bingo! **note** I’m not allowed in the kitchen very often.
  23. What! They poke a handfull up there and feel it swelling lol. hmm interesting nightime sex play though makes a diiference to a whole mackeral i suppose. OH you mean 'eaten' by the mouth ,whoops
  24. Pearl Barley was eaten as an old Remedy for Issues, "Down There" - specifically in women suffering with Cystitis.
  25. https://www.bwpawards.org/2024-winners Nice little video about Bitterling wins the Video category....
  26. It seems a bit counterproductive buying a device (machine A) that produces things fast but to put in an ingrediant i have to go into the garden open cupboard 3 and get my pressure cooker out t( a nice multicooker machine B)to make a ingrediant suitable to go in machine A . I do have some pulse and grain additive somewhere its several years old but dry so i may resort to the old fishing method of putting some in a big vacuum flask covering it with boiling water and leave it overnight to see if its soft enough 12 hours later .Thinking about it boiling the water in my water dooda is machine C and perhaps the flask technically is machine D .Bugger once its made and i reheat it its done in a microwave (machine E) or on the stove top machine F .I may aswell just open a soup kitchen or a hotel kitchen lol No soup today i made sausage rolls i ate 5 ...they were awfull ! But i wont give them to the foxes after my hard work .Best use cheap sausage meat methinks 97% stuff doesn't work so well No soup because i had run out of potatoes and onions i kinder liked soup 1 and freezer 3 in shed 3 has a lot of room in it for errr soup and stuff i just wish frozen tomatoes came out better but are only fit for ........soup Ps i can recomend the 5.7l version of this ,not the cheapest but not a ninja ,the support staff are brilliant they sent a free silicone seal for my soupmaker after i asked if they sold replacements https://www.amazon.co.uk/Pressure-Electric-Cooker-Litre-Chrome/dp/B06XC7R53Z/ref=sr_1_3?c=ts&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.vnR2NiGIhLudKaS1WsIObiIibzEtKB9DX5JN2G0qkTYSQV0YymfJ1x4WjVJylEQQ0m013YqsZf5QeQ-ggPS7stGP9mqnkl_5jDmLrJEiyHZDYVZ8qzXAYw1ojl9y1VrbXlJuxpwyPL1qDf-CzaRoNs_-XdGqgACA6SGFC0XuVamlbJRVczuQBfg_ABOBjOjkkA_6goBcL6N98tFmgQtbzYz-dtACxItGjgKwoeZVnk0.NEckwzsQ0LnzlNTXKZyj2xG5sMHoG3zJZ8KmMmOZS8U&dib_tag=se&keywords=Electric+Pressure+Cookers&qid=1710454213&s=kitchen-appliances&sr=1-3&ts_id=3538346031 PS the mrs hates it lol as i mentioned shes no cook ,never used my combi oven bar as a microwave ,never used my breadmaker (s),never used my air fryer .........BUT uses the hotpoint hot water dispenser so could be trained eventually lol
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