Martin56

Hi Norm - you can get a foam spray from B&Q which encases the nest & the insecticide it contains, kills them. Do it at night though when the buggers are home & in their gym Jams.

Well said Si - you don't "Compress" a fresh water rod on the cast, anywhere near as much as one would using a "Beach Caster". The softer action on a FW rod takes up most of the shock.

You mean like the woman who spent around 40 Grand over more than 12 Months, getting her Brother back from a visit to the Caribbean - who was told he couldn't re-enter the UK because he had no proof of UK membership!! Who mentioned 19 year olds?? I'm a 1956 Baby - who could well have been in the same boat (no pun intended)

There is of course the Archive option for ANY documents, which can always be resurrected as & when required!!! It could seem that the destruction of said important record smacks of political (or even personal) Agenda!!.

OK then, so what's to stop Illegal immigrants (of whom fit the right profile ie Black & the right age group) from claiming to be "Windrush Babies"?? The Records have been destroyed - The gate is wide open IMO. I'm really not bothered either way, but it seems a fair point??

Based purely on what you're saying above chesters, I daren't even open the link to have a look. I'm no computer expert by any stretch of the imagination, but I believe that opening some links can invite big trouble re viruses/malware etc. Links containing loads of spelling mistakes are always to be suspected as bogus/phishing. That's the reason I try not to open ANY links via my Email, Including those of which I'm familiar. There are some very good copies of big names like PayPal etc out there!! Beware of the opening line "Dear Member" or similar - PayPal ALWAYS open with your name.

I'm a council tenant & we had a nest in the living room air brick so I phoned the Leeds city Council?? Pest Control number. It was THEN explained to me by them that they didn't actually belong to the council, but took work from them AND it was going to cost ME £52 for the nest destroying!! I wasn't having any of that, so I phoned the LCC Environmental saying that The council is the Landlord - I'm merely a tenant, therefore the Nest was theirs - NOT Mine!! Sure enough, next day they came along & destroyed it FOR FREE. How many more companies are Masquerading as council, when in fact they are in fact, hiding behind Council phone book pages.

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The smillie was meant to read B !!

I didn't know that Ken - so why has Mr's May issued an apology then?? - when Maybe she should have taken the very same stance as yourself. I seem to remember very clear messages about a deadline for naturalisation as British citizens around 10 years ago. I really have very little sympathy for folks who know that they have to make a formal application for citizenship but couldn't be arsed to sort it out - for 50 years. That may have been because those affected's Landing Passes were destroyed, making it impossible to prove that ...... A) Who they are (now the landing pass destruction thing has come to light) They landed on our shores legally. C) It's only recently become an issue re new immigrant laws. Many of whom landed using their parents passports/documents. (Legal at the time) They Naturally assumed that because they were Initially accepted, there would be no future problem with them being able to stay, so Where do you get 50 Years from Ken if the Deadline was 10 years ago. Of course the apology could well have been issued to avoid any, "Because My Skin Is Black" inferences at all costs!!

As the title suggests, the big law firms will be chasing up the Windrush immigrant victims & will take the Establishment to the cleaners (& rightly so) for it's clients. "No Win, No Fee" - Can't lose, so what's to think about!!

Hi Norm' - you Might want to try targeting the Sea Angling section?? I for one hardly ever look on the for sale section, & it won't stay on the main forum page forever. Just a thought mate.

Maybe we should lobby for Capital Punishment over here for certain types of murder, Including VIOLENT career criminality!! Let's get these wasters out of the way.

Ya' Gonna' need some stronger Elastic!!!!

You are right ajay - you didn't - I realised that & tried to correct that by editing - I clearly didn't cover my tracks well enough, sorry mate.

A 12 Bore or Gage Shotgun (Gauge in the UK) is the size of a ball equivalent to one twelfth of a pound of lead. A 12 Bore Barrel = 0.729 Inches diameter.

Yes ayjay Pellets are, but shot are not manufactured through a circular die - they are still (as far as I'm aware, but will stand corrected) made in a "Shot Tower" see below. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shot_tower

A #2 shot for Shotguns measures 0.15" (inches) or 3.81 mm. It seems the standard for shot varies from country to country, although the standard for Olympic Clay/Skeet shooting will have strict controls so it's the same for all competitors.

Things have moved on maybe a bit since shot sizes were quoted as the species of Animals they were designed to kill ie Buckshot. Swanshot (But still stand loosely even today) Here's some examples. https://gunnewsdaily.com/shotgun-shell-sizes-comparison-chart-terms/

An alternative to a Cage Feeder are these Pellet Feeders - Various sizes & shaped like a shovel (for wetted/damped pellets of course) :- https://www.googleadservices.com/pagead/aclk?sa=L&ai=DChcSEwiTgbjxuKHaAhXMk-0KHRQMCUYYABAOGgJkZw&ohost=www.google.co.uk&cid=CAASEuRo4iOAxikb5qGcVIM4k6w5Lg&sig=AOD64_2GuYMRdZgt1wAuqSqJh22NJpM1RQ&ctype=5&q=&ved=0ahUKEwj24rPxuKHaAhUnJMAKHRiOATkQ9aACCEI&adurl=

Newsnight tonight - Alexander Nix Interview!! CEO of the title - Complete & utter waffling tosser - the BBC have had his strides down over the Company's shakedown of around 50 Million Facebook members personal details. It started with Individual members as a questionnaire, then linked in ALL their friends. Forget Putin - It's for sure there are more immediate, day to day sinister Agencies on our own shores!!

Be assured Chesters, our Submarines will already be positioned for the worst case scenario & Putin will know that!! His problem is he doesn't know where from. Underneath,(pardon the pun) He's clearly a scared man - otherwise he'd be up for a FAIR election process!! Thankfully - our Military minds are by far smarter than our political ones.

Hot off the press - Thornton's have Introduced a new line to their Continental Chocolate Box. It's called a Russian Chokinov, an Infusion of Dark, Secret Ingredients which leave you with a to die for, life changing experience. Putin your mouth & forget the world.

Yeah - mebe that wot appened innit.

Hare coursing is now illegal, but is still rife, mainly in Lincolnshire, with thousands of £'s Bet on the outcome. When it was a Legal sport - Never mind the cruelty to the poor Hare (which usually got away through strategically placed gaps in the hedge) The point of the sport at that time was, points scored on how many times the dog could turn the Hare - Not Killing it. The real Tragedy was the Number of Greyhounds & Lurchers put down by the Hooray Henry's in the game. Namely Sir Mark Prescott (Race Horse Trainer) who would buy maybe 100 dogs for the Coursing Season - then have 60 or so shot because they weren't up to it. Don't think he ever managed to win the "Waterloo Cup" - The Blue Riband Hare coursing Prize at the time.