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poledark

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  1. Tricky one that, my little stream dumps into a 100ltr dustbin and this is cleaned about once a year as the silt and mud builds up. I assume this comes from the atmosphere? The stream bed has an uneven flow with several areas that collect silt and algae, these acting as a filter. Me? I would leave it so, but my wife "tidies up" with a hose when refilling/topping up.

     

    Must admit, it does look better when all the gravel and stones are visible :)

     

    Den

  2. As the judge said, he knew someone was behind the door, whoever it was had very little space to use to to take avoiding action, Oscar knew the room was small and was well aware that he was almost certainly going to hit that person when he fired several shots. Therefor his intention was quite clear, and his action was "culpable"

     

    Den

  3. May have been meant as a light hearted compliment Kris. Your camo is obviously pretty effective looking stuff and the staff noticed and made what they thought (meant) was a cheerful gesture. When I first took my two wheeled barrow around a carp lake (20 years ago) I got lots of "abuse" "choc ices, lollipop man" were just some of the "insults". But of course they weren't insults.

     

    Start to get worried when no one wants to even talk to you.

     

    As Andy 1984 said,, ffs it was a joke

     

     

    Den

  4. Lots of the latest sea rods have sections of glass spliced in, mainly in the tip section to show up bites better. I was shown some brand new prototype very expensive 14ft beachcasters at the weekend, and it performed as well as carbon :)

     

    I once took issue with Dick Walker when he said glass was very good for smashing down nettles when clearing a swim :hammer:

     

    Plenty of uses for glass still.

     

    Den

  5. Sorry Dave, just had a vision of you trying to explain that it wasn't "The formation being described is a massive, cross-bedded, quartzose, non-calcareous, poorly cemented, medium/fine-grained, delta-front sandstone " to a group of school kids :) perhaps the writer of the signage decided it was easier to put Sandstone, leaving further explanation to others?

     

    Den

  6. Ours seems to seed itself almost anywhere, even round the front of the house now :) Just waiting for it to colonise the bank on the other side of the road .... tried to establish some other "weeds" there, but little success yet,

     

    Den

  7. We (wife and dogs) tend to live in our conservatory almost all year round, and just outside the doors, a mass of Verbina (?) grow each year. Butterflies, bees and various other creatures love them and they are ideally situated for the tripod and camera with me behind :) The moths have visited us for the last 3 years to my knowledge, I spent some hours chasing one last year with pretty poor results, as you say Lutra, they don't stop still for long. It seems that the wind may have helped me as the moth had to fight it to keep station :)

     

    Best year yet for butterflies, up to 7 tortoishells, peacocks, red admirals, large whites and commas all busy feeding at the same time, although the red admiral likes a lie in, we don't see him until the afternoons. Maybe the 6 metre strip that is not cultivated around the fields is having some effect, the bit behind us is a jungle of nettles and other stuff, asked the farmer not to cut them down, and he agreed :) Unbelievably some of our neighbours actually go out and mow it.

     

    And the dragonflies that lay in the top pond (oh yes, we have two ponds :) )

     

    Den

  8. I heard the voice of a god i will never listen to anything again ,bugger! i was thinking out loud

     

    Steady on old chap, I am only a disciple :)

     

    Seriously though, I had done about 50 sessions after a thornback from the beach, only about 4 pickups which all came off. Decided to put the thinking cap on and apply some carp thinking. Started to think that it may be a hooking problem (specially in view of the ones that came off) So came up with the bait mount so hooks were clear.....................INSTANT and continued success. A bit like when I started to use a hair rig (hook clear) for carp.

     

    I know this is a coarse forum, but you can fish huge baits mounted on the wire hair.

     

    Den

  9. Started using that rig early this year, for casting large baits, and it transformed my catch rate. With the hook/s uncovered the hook up was increased dramatically. Can't wait to try it out with sprats for the cod this winter.

     

    Still getting out about 3 times a week, funny old world though, I have done more night fishing on the beaches this year than in the last 20 years carpfishing :)

     

    Can't hit the distances I used to do though :thumbdown: a little of this :showoff: might help :)

     

    Den

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  10. Tried that Kris, It didn't work, so tried different options (default to ms) and still no joy. Tried restarting and still no! it kept resetting itself to Ask.com

     

    I then noticed a little message popped up down the bottom saying " movies toolbar has stopped an attempt to change your homepage", so I clicked on this box and was informed that Bandoo was responsible, (bandoo is Ask, and "movies toolbar" is part of it) and I managed to delete it

     

    Thanks for your help

     

    Den

  11. I'm amazed that something as politically incorrect as Top Gear has survived so long on the BBC. Being enthusiastic about motoring and making risqué jokes and having presenters who don't conceal their lack of right-on politics. It's probably not appropriate or responsible. I'm sure they'd rather have Janet Street Porter and Marcus Brigstocke talking about how marvellous bus travel is and how the trains need renationalising. But then Top Gear does get lots of viewers and make rather a lot of money.

    Your last sentence says it all really, especially the bit about lots of viewers :)

     

    Den

  12. Ha Ha Barry....I had a 2nd hand Renault traffic van and ran it for 3 years. Never seemed to have much power and would tend to overheat a bit going up hills. Got a bit wealthier and bought a new Transit, dealer didn't want the Renault, so decided to "do it up a bit" and sell it myself.

     

    Fiddled with the points and advance /retard bits and suddenly it went like the clappers.....sold it to a mate who blew up the gearbox :)

     

    Den

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