Chris Plumb
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Great Idea - give them all the encouragement you can....
Chris
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Well ALL my major purchases in the past 3years (rod/reel/brolly - even line) have been as the result of recommendations from fellow anglers - some even from this site!! Personally I wouldn't be swayed by a celeb - after all their usually being paid to say that aren't they??
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Well ALL my major purchases in the past 3years (rod/reel/brolly - even line) have been as the result of recommendations from fellow anglers - some even from this site!! Personally I wouldn't be swayed by a celeb - after all their usually being paid to say that aren't they??
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Cheers guys - already read this stuff - thanks anyway...
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Cheers guys - already read this stuff - thanks anyway...
Chris
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Bit of a long shot this - though some of you may consider it a challenge!!
I'm trying to track down an on-line edition of the above book. It was first published in 1577 and is the 2nd ever printed work (in English) on angling. Izaac Walton plagiarised it, lifting whole sections verbatim and even used the same 'treatment' - that of a conversation between hunter and angler - for The Compleat Angler. He is even said to have copied mistakes from this earlier work into his own.
Would quite like to see the comparisons for myself - hence the request. I have found it relatively easy to find on-line copies of Compleat Angler, The Treatise of Fishing with an Angle and even the Aelfric Colloquy (A Saxon writing from the 10th Century) but haven't been able to track down this one (the first time the mighty Google has failed me!!)
I've been recommended dogpile & startingpage as other search engines I could try - any other recommendations??
TIA
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Bit of a long shot this - though some of you may consider it a challenge!!
I'm trying to track down an on-line edition of the above book. It was first published in 1577 and is the 2nd ever printed work (in English) on angling. Izaac Walton plagiarised it, lifting whole sections verbatim and even used the same 'treatment' - that of a conversation between hunter and angler - for The Compleat Angler. He is even said to have copied mistakes from this earlier work into his own.
Would quite like to see the comparisons for myself - hence the request. I have found it relatively easy to find on-line copies of Compleat Angler, The Treatise of Fishing with an Angle and even the Aelfric Colloquy (A Saxon writing from the 10th Century) but haven't been able to track down this one (the first time the mighty Google has failed me!!)
I've been recommended dogpile & startingpage as other search engines I could try - any other recommendations??
TIA
Chris
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Could do a lot worse than starting here...
http://homepages.tesco.net/~barbel/html/ar...ng/rodmenu.html
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Could do a lot worse than starting here...
http://homepages.tesco.net/~barbel/html/ar...ng/rodmenu.html
Chris
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Newt - I saw that research. Worried that beer contained Oestrogen and that drinking too much could turn you into a woman scientists in Canada fed 100 male volunteers 6 pints of beer. They were then observed for 3 hours.
The full findings were - Researchers noted that all volunteers:
Got emotional for no apparent reason
Lost their sense of direction
Were unable to drive an automobile
Rambled on unintelligably to no-one in particular
Got very upset if they thought no-one was listening to them
Spent an inordinate amount of time in the bathroom usually in groups.
No further research is planned
C.
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Newt - I saw that research. Worried that beer contained Oestrogen and that drinking too much could turn you into a woman scientists in Canada fed 100 male volunteers 6 pints of beer. They were then observed for 3 hours.
The full findings were - Researchers noted that all volunteers:
Got emotional for no apparent reason
Lost their sense of direction
Were unable to drive an automobile
Rambled on unintelligably to no-one in particular
Got very upset if they thought no-one was listening to them
Spent an inordinate amount of time in the bathroom usually in groups.
No further research is planned
C.
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These are extracts from actual letters to various councils and housing associations throughout the U.K.
1. I want some repairs done to my cooker as it has backfired and burnt my knob off.
2. I wish to complain that my Father hurt his ankle very badly when he put his foot in the hole in his back passage.
3. And their 18-year-old son is continually banging his balls against my fence.
4. I wish to report that tiles are missing from the outside toilet roof. I think it was bad wind the other night that blew them off.
5. My lavatory seat is cracked, where do I stand.
6. I am writing on behalf of my sink that is coming away from the wall.
7. Will you please send someone to mend the garden path. My wife tripped and fell on it yesterday and now she is pregnant. We are getting married in September and we would like it in the garden before we move onto the house.
8. I request permission to remove my drawers in the kitchen.
9. Can you please tell me when the repairs will be done as my wife is about to become an expectant Mother...50% of the walls are damp, 50% have crumbled and the rest are plain filthy.
10. I am still having problems with smoke in my new drawers.
11. The toilet is blocked and we cannot bath the children until it is cleared.
12. Will you please send a man to look at my water, it is a funny colour and not fit for drinking.
13. Our lavatory seat is broken in half and is now in three pieces.
14. Would you please send a man to repair my spout, I am an old age pensioner and need it badly.
15. I want to complain about the farmer across the road, every morning at 6am his cock wakes me up and it's now getting too much for me.
16. The man next door has a large erection in the back garden, which is unsightly and dangerous.
17. Our kitchen floor is damp. We have two children and would like a third so please send someone round to do something about it.
18. I am a single woman living in a downstairs flat and would you please do something about the noise made by the man I have on top of me every night.
19. Please send a man with the right tool to finish the job and satisfy my wife.
20. I have had a clerk of the works down on the floor six times but I still have no satisfaction.
21. This is to let you know that our lavatory seat is broken and we can't get BBC 2.
22. My bush is really overgrown round the front and my back passage has fungus growing out of it.
23. And he's got this huge tool that vibrates the whole house and I just can't take it anymore.
24. That is his excuse for dog mess that I find hard to swallow.
Chris
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These are extracts from actual letters to various councils and housing associations throughout the U.K.
1. I want some repairs done to my cooker as it has backfired and burnt my knob off.
2. I wish to complain that my Father hurt his ankle very badly when he put his foot in the hole in his back passage.
3. And their 18-year-old son is continually banging his balls against my fence.
4. I wish to report that tiles are missing from the outside toilet roof. I think it was bad wind the other night that blew them off.
5. My lavatory seat is cracked, where do I stand.
6. I am writing on behalf of my sink that is coming away from the wall.
7. Will you please send someone to mend the garden path. My wife tripped and fell on it yesterday and now she is pregnant. We are getting married in September and we would like it in the garden before we move onto the house.
8. I request permission to remove my drawers in the kitchen.
9. Can you please tell me when the repairs will be done as my wife is about to become an expectant Mother...50% of the walls are damp, 50% have crumbled and the rest are plain filthy.
10. I am still having problems with smoke in my new drawers.
11. The toilet is blocked and we cannot bath the children until it is cleared.
12. Will you please send a man to look at my water, it is a funny colour and not fit for drinking.
13. Our lavatory seat is broken in half and is now in three pieces.
14. Would you please send a man to repair my spout, I am an old age pensioner and need it badly.
15. I want to complain about the farmer across the road, every morning at 6am his cock wakes me up and it's now getting too much for me.
16. The man next door has a large erection in the back garden, which is unsightly and dangerous.
17. Our kitchen floor is damp. We have two children and would like a third so please send someone round to do something about it.
18. I am a single woman living in a downstairs flat and would you please do something about the noise made by the man I have on top of me every night.
19. Please send a man with the right tool to finish the job and satisfy my wife.
20. I have had a clerk of the works down on the floor six times but I still have no satisfaction.
21. This is to let you know that our lavatory seat is broken and we can't get BBC 2.
22. My bush is really overgrown round the front and my back passage has fungus growing out of it.
23. And he's got this huge tool that vibrates the whole house and I just can't take it anymore.
24. That is his excuse for dog mess that I find hard to swallow.
Chris
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And I'd sooner have a 3½lb grayling or roach than either of them!grahamdaubney:Tonight I,ve had a conversation where I,ve said I would sooner have a thirteen pound barbel than a thirty five pound carp,which to put it mildly was treated with some disbelief.Are pounds and ounces everything?
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And I'd sooner have a 3½lb grayling or roach than either of them!grahamdaubney:Tonight I,ve had a conversation where I,ve said I would sooner have a thirteen pound barbel than a thirty five pound carp,which to put it mildly was treated with some disbelief.Are pounds and ounces everything?
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Signal Crayfish in the Kennet is one of the reasons I've switched to pellet for most of my barbel fishing - resist their attentions much better. However if you've got crays around - its unlikely the barbel are in residence - they're a major food source.....
Chris
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Signal Crayfish in the Kennet is one of the reasons I've switched to pellet for most of my barbel fishing - resist their attentions much better. However if you've got crays around - its unlikely the barbel are in residence - they're a major food source.....
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Louisiana - surely
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Louisiana - surely
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Subject: Solving the Election
Once upon a time, long, long ago there was a Presidential election that was too close to call. Neither the Republican presidential candidate nor the Democratic presidential candidate had enough votes to win the election.
Therefore, it was decided that there should be an ice fishing contest between the two candidates to determine the final winner. There was much talk about ballot recounting, court challenges, etc., but a week-long ice fishing competition seemed the (manly) way to settle things. The candidate
that catches the most fish at the end of the week wins.
After a lot of back and forth discussion, it was decided that the contest would take place on a remote and cold lake in Wisconsin.
There were to be no observers present, and both men were to be sent out separately on this remote lake and return daily with their catch for
counting and verification.
At the end of the first day, George W. returns to the starting line and he has 10 fish. Soon, Al Gore returns and has zero fish. Well, everyone assumes he is just having another bad hair day or something and hopefully, he will catch up the next day.
At the end of the 2nd day George W. comes in with 20 fish and Al Gore comes in again with none.
That evening, Bill Clinton gets together secretly with Al and says, "Al, I think George W. is a low-life cheatin' son-of-a-gun. I want you to go out
tomorrow and don't even bother with fishing. Just spy on him and see if he is cheating in any way.
The next night (after George W. comes back with 50 fish), Bill Clinton says to Al, "Well, what about it, is George W. cheatin'?"
"He sure is, Bill, he's cutting holes in the ice."
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Subject: Solving the Election
Once upon a time, long, long ago there was a Presidential election that was too close to call. Neither the Republican presidential candidate nor the Democratic presidential candidate had enough votes to win the election.
Therefore, it was decided that there should be an ice fishing contest between the two candidates to determine the final winner. There was much talk about ballot recounting, court challenges, etc., but a week-long ice fishing competition seemed the (manly) way to settle things. The candidate
that catches the most fish at the end of the week wins.
After a lot of back and forth discussion, it was decided that the contest would take place on a remote and cold lake in Wisconsin.
There were to be no observers present, and both men were to be sent out separately on this remote lake and return daily with their catch for
counting and verification.
At the end of the first day, George W. returns to the starting line and he has 10 fish. Soon, Al Gore returns and has zero fish. Well, everyone assumes he is just having another bad hair day or something and hopefully, he will catch up the next day.
At the end of the 2nd day George W. comes in with 20 fish and Al Gore comes in again with none.
That evening, Bill Clinton gets together secretly with Al and says, "Al, I think George W. is a low-life cheatin' son-of-a-gun. I want you to go out
tomorrow and don't even bother with fishing. Just spy on him and see if he is cheating in any way.
The next night (after George W. comes back with 50 fish), Bill Clinton says to Al, "Well, what about it, is George W. cheatin'?"
"He sure is, Bill, he's cutting holes in the ice."
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As a kid (& we're talking junior school here!) I used to catch sticklebacks from a storm drain - using a handline dangled from an open manhole cover!! Imagine my surprise when one day I caught 3 dace - very pale from being in the dark but otherwise healthy looking!
Chris
[ 15 March 2002, 08:31 AM: Message edited by: Chris Plumb ]
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As a kid (& we're talking junior school here!) I used to catch sticklebacks from a storm drain - using a handline dangled from an open manhole cover!! Imagine my surprise when one day I caught 3 dace - very pale from being in the dark but otherwise healthy looking!
Chris
[ 15 March 2002, 08:31 AM: Message edited by: Chris Plumb ]
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Well that didn't last very long did it Elton??!!
116 achieved tonight!!!Chris
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Great Idea - give them all the encouragement you can....
Chris