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 Topic: puppy sitting |
Shane
Replies: 7
Views: 3265
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 Forum: Livestock and Pets Posted: Mon Oct 31, 22 8:51 am Subject: puppy sitting |
| Salukis are extremely skittish, nervous dogs that need a lot of patience to train, but they do eventually respond well to an assertive master. Awkward-looking and gangly around the house and garden, t ... |
| Topic: relaxing pollution enforcement, with fishy update |
Shane
Replies: 50
Views: 38926
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Thu Sep 22, 22 10:58 am Subject: relaxing pollution enforcement, with fishy update |
| Unlikely to be sewage, as a major release would kill by depleting the water of oxygen, and that would affect the entire water column. I'd guess that something toxic and heavier than water has been rel ... |
| Topic: relaxing pollution enforcement, with fishy update |
Shane
Replies: 50
Views: 38926
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Thu Sep 22, 22 4:12 am Subject: relaxing pollution enforcement, with fishy update |
| Defra's explanation that stormy weather is responsible for the deaths of razor clams does seem like rather a stretch |
| Topic: Wildlife |
Shane
Replies: 2259
Views: 2477165
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Wed Sep 14, 22 12:26 pm Subject: Wildlife |
| Look more like Typhoons than Tornados to me, dpack |
| Topic: EV price parity |
Shane
Replies: 19
Views: 4666
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Wed Sep 07, 22 4:33 am Subject: EV price parity |
| The 15 mph may be due to the morons that have decided that electric bikes/scooters/etc are an appropriate tool for whizzing through crowded pedestrian precincts. I've nearly been taken out a few times ... |
| Topic: EV price parity |
Shane
Replies: 19
Views: 4666
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Tue Sep 06, 22 1:06 pm Subject: EV price parity |
| My mother's in Devon and bought an ebike a year or so ago. She's absolutely loving it! As you said, she tends to use it as a normal bike and uses the motor to assist up the hilly bits. |
| Topic: Introduce Yourself |
Shane
Replies: 1271
Views: 2018479
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Forum: Welcome Posted: Sun Sep 04, 22 1:17 pm Subject: Introduce Yourself |
| Welcome aboard! |
| Topic: Wildlife |
Shane
Replies: 2259
Views: 2477165
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Thu Sep 01, 22 5:13 am Subject: Wildlife |
| [url=https://www.bats.org.uk/about-bats/bats-and-disease/bats-and-disease-in-the-uk/bats-and-rabies-faqs]UK bats, rabies and a greengrocer's apostrophe - as you say, not too dangerous, but still best ... |
| Topic: Wildlife |
Shane
Replies: 2259
Views: 2477165
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Thu Aug 18, 22 4:25 am Subject: Wildlife |
| I must admit, the standard unit of measurement from north of the border known as a "bawhair" is a little easier to visualise |
| Topic: Wildlife |
Shane
Replies: 2259
Views: 2477165
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Wed Aug 17, 22 4:14 am Subject: Wildlife |
Well, they do say "smaller than a gnat's ****" from down my way  |
| Topic: Wildlife |
Shane
Replies: 2259
Views: 2477165
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Tue Jul 26, 22 1:00 pm Subject: Wildlife |
| I suspect he will be sitting in the garden underneath their ledge with his mouth wide open as soon as they start testing their flight feathers |
| Topic: Wildlife |
Shane
Replies: 2259
Views: 2477165
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Mon Jul 25, 22 12:30 pm Subject: Wildlife |
After brood #1 failed, the second attempt seems to be more successful. Nice of the moggie to keep a permanent watch on things, just to make sure they are okay
https://www.downsizer.net/gall ... |
| Topic: photos again |
Shane
Replies: 10
Views: 13168
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Forum: Site guidelines, Announcements, Problems and Suggestions Posted: Tue Jun 14, 22 5:20 am Subject: photos again |
| I'm guessing he hit his thumb with a hammer |
| Topic: water supply, here will do |
Shane
Replies: 5
Views: 10041
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Wed Apr 13, 22 11:32 am Subject: water supply, here will do |
| Looks a bit like the system of leats that were put in on Dartmoor between the 16th and 18th centuries. |
| Topic: Wildlife |
Shane
Replies: 2259
Views: 2477165
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Thu Apr 07, 22 12:02 pm Subject: Wildlife |
We have a new resident, much to the frustration of the cats, who can see it but not reach it. Two eggs under there:
https://www.downsizer.net/gallery/31019/Dove_small.jpg |
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