corydoras

So Bassets were used by the French to chase deer, hare and rabbits. I am having problems getting my head round this! Bassets are these things that are about 18 inches high at the shoulder, about 3 feet long and weigh about 50 kilos? How one could ever catch a hare (like the use whippets for this where I come from) defeats even my fertile imagination.

Eggs are vegetarian? From corn-fed chickens no doubt!

Does Michael Howard cast a reflection in a mirror?

And whilst I am in a critical, fed-up mood what is all this stuff about Bassetts and Beagles? Beagles were (are?) used to chase hares. God knows what Basset's were bred to chase originally but one presumes that it must have been some kind of quarry that did not run very fast. Most Basset's I have seen were bat fastards who could not catch a liquourice allsort [ 15. November 2004, 05:03 PM: Message edited by: corydoras ]

Are there any other kind of facts?

Err, no.

Hear, hear! [ 12. November 2004, 11:30 AM: Message edited by: corydoras ]

So if they were oiks that would be OK? [ 12. November 2004, 07:23 AM: Message edited by: corydoras ]

quote: Originally posted by Huge_Vitae: A lot of shops/companies instructed staff not to accept the notes as a hammer on a nut excersize and I think this still remains. If they did I think that they may have been acting illegally, unless there is a law in England that says that a shopkeeper can refuse to accept Sterling as payment?

Wag is correct. I use Ghost most days and it will clone a 20GB disk onto a 60GB disk no problem. If you have Windows XP you can still make a new DOS boot disk. It is one of the options when you format a floppy disk. [ 11. November 2004, 04:31 PM: Message edited by: corydoras ]

Aplogies if I caused any offence, none was intended.

All this fuss just 'cause I wanted to know how Ferret's dog got on against the kitten :confused:

Every time something is banned, you take a liberty away from some group or other. There are much more important things to be discussed in our Parliament than whether or not to ban hunting, with or without dogs. Once they have sorted out or hospitals, education system, lack of affordable housing and last but not least Iraq then they can waste time on mangy foxes.

I was more interested in the outcome of Beagle v Kitten demon

All Cuba got from the Americans was the Buena Vista Social Club for Retired Taliban

Well?

Even cheaper, two big bricks. Just watch your thumbs in the middle

Severus A quick bit of Scots History. Battle of Stirling Bridge, September 1297 Battle of Bannockburn, 23 June, 1314 Battle of Flodden Field, 9 September 1513 The Black Watch was formed as a regiment of the line in 1739 from 6 Independent Compainies formed in or around 1729. So, no Black Watch squaddies at any of these battles! The Black Watch may have a place in the heart present day Scots (indeed it was the regiment my own father served in, during the Mau Mau Uprising) but it was not always thus. The Black Watch was formed after the Act of Union in 1707 (now if there was one Act of Parliament that ever needed repealing, this is the one, but that is another story, for another post) and their main duty was to enforce the Disarming Act of 1746 which basically forbade Higlanders to bear arms and the 1748 amendment which forbade the wearing of Tartan clothing. [ 10. November 2004, 05:02 PM: Message edited by: corydoras ]

They serve to remind me that we are becoming a nation of PC woosies.

Perfecto! I love a good fireworks display. Curious that us Brits have to wait until winter to have one.

'kin lost me :confused:

I am glad I am off to France for the weekend. It is like bleedin' Bosnia in Southampton tonight! (No offence intended to any Bosnian members) [ 05. November 2004, 08:48 PM: Message edited by: corydoras ]

Ok Peggy, put us out of our misery. Was the little kid bragging or telling the truth?

Since you asked, I hate the fcuking things. I know that I am always on about how I hate the State interfering with our lives and banning this, that or the other but if there is one thing I would ban it would be selling fireworks (yes even sparklers) to Joe Public.

quote: Originally posted by poledark: [QB... yes THREE quite near to where I live and they are not to fools who ran out of road, but to victims of reckless motorists, two of whom failed to stop or report the accident. Not quite the same as the wallowing in grief that the Spectator was referring to. Den [/QB] Whether I run out of road or get spread all over it by some plonker or another, my sentiment is the same. No roadside flowers for me. Give the money to the RSPCC or the RSPCA or any other charity. What good does a soggy bunch of 'mums at the roadside do?