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This has got to take the prize for the most stupid money and time wasting project that a socialist government could invent https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr788kljlklo

they are good quality boots - if a bit too classy for the likes of me My wife has 2 or 3 pairs

There is a huge amount of work and skill in making a board There really is little money in it I've made 5 in my life - none very good By the time I've bought the clark foam blank, fibreglass material, fibreglass resin etc Then spent 20 hours shaping. glassing and finishing Fitted fins and...

My mistake It is still there However my comment about the British Stasi is still relevant

Looks like it has been removed You'll get little comment from folk in the UK on such matters as everyone has to avoid the stasi

This is interesting The first I’ve heard of it I’m the only surviving family member as far as i’m aware I shall look into it Not holding my breath though !

Sea story We call(ed) them ‘salty dits’ Same thing

I understand very little of these complexities, however, when you set a battle field You really don’t piss off the allies that hold your flanks Then make a poorly planned charge at an equivalent enemy force I fear that your fearless leader has done us all significant damage Trump is already...

At 10’ ? Full charge ? I’d be lucky to have time to cycle the bolt and shoot my own foot

I really really hope that your middle finger is correct and my dog’s tongue is just a tongue Else we are all in the poo

A film flam artist I love that expression I struggle with my feelings towards this Presidency On the one hand - his attack on the pseudo science of the past 20 years or so, I applaud Net zero Females with pricks Hand outs to the bone idle Getting rid of criminals and free loaders...

It is a combination of calibre, ease of use, reliability, availability and cost Different for hunters compared with guides/PH ‘ s

A highly perceptive illustration of modern African governance More frighteningly It is beginning to resemble the current US administration Your fearless leader and our fearless leader … For entirely different reasons Are going to leave West hugely damaged Putin and the Xi are in a totally...

I use paper for DG calibres Paper doesn’t lie Steel takes an awful bashing from heavy calibres I also fear the ricochet ‘Charging lion’ is a paper target on wooden sled Each to their own of course

This is not new Outside the make believe world of tourist hunting, this is, and always has been, the reality of Africa, its peoples and politics I’d love to drop half of the UK,s societal drips into Southern Africa for a week Most wouldn’t emerge J

It’s a fair question at the end

Unless and until Trump finds, waves, and is prepared to use, a seriously big stick Putin will continue to take the piss out of him

It appears that ivW’s daughter has chosen the 404 as a guide’s rifle As such it will be used only if the “wheels fall off “ In the protection of either 4x4 based, or walking, tourists And only at distances not exceeding 15m (20m for ele?) It is not necessarily being used as a hunting tool...

Trump is certainly hiding his talents as a 4 D chess master well He is cunningly pretending that Putin is playing him like a fiddle No doubt he will suddenly pull out a master stroke Or perhaps not …

I’m in Italy skiing and supping a rather good Italian red with 7 other long standing friends One of them sent a group photo to a colleague The response? “Some where there is an old people’s home wondering what happened to their residents” Bit rude

This is not really about Ukraine She plays a bit part in a single act of a bigger play Of far greater significance is the direction Trump is taking the world Why? What is the motivation? Who will it benefit (and harm) in the short and medium term? What will the US’s enemies do to exploit...

Now we will learn what Trump is giving to Putin …. … and just exactly what is the nature of the monkey on trump’s back … To quote an old ‘art of the deal’ phrase

They will indeed require a stiff drink They have neglected their duties for far too long Some situations are so serious, and so absurd, that humour is all that you have left

I’m having a good scratch around But I’m struggling to find a nation that your Strategic Genius has not yet insulted, devalued and turned his back on Other than his new best mate Still One good thing His Christmas card list should be a bit shorter this year … and he won’t be short of...

Zelensky showed an honesty, integrity and courage the like of which most of us, under such pressure, could not muster They are the qualities that build nations Perhaps we might all try not to confuse strength with inherited power and abuse of privilege Trump did the American people no favours

I’m many things Cool is definitely not one of them Seriously though, we in the UK have to careful what we write in Starmer’s Britain

I might be reading the room incorrectly but I think Trump is going to have to work hard not to be seen as an unreliable partner on the world stage in the future

I can't argue with the serious of the position that Zelensky find himself in However - he was belittled and played, just so Trump could grab some mineral wealth Trump has created a schism in western alliances - for what? A few quid? I'm not a fan of the EU but I hope that the Nations of...

Trump is being told to ''do one'' That must be a novel experience for him My nature is for the underdog Trump isn’t clever - he is just an over privileged bloke with a big ego and a bigger gob He just met someone with courage and nothing to lose rather than pandering sycophants Interesting

I once asked a friend why he was out digging snow holes with his son one winter I asked, as I knew him to be part of a SF Reg and I was just taking the mick He said ''If you have to ask then you probably wouldn't understand'' That was my first (emotional) reaction to the OP I have a huge...

just one No second choice? It would be the Swaro 1-6x24i EE I bought it two years ago and it is truly a great scope

Sorry Deleted - as you can go to prison for such comments in modern Britain

There is some merit in Trump trying to drive a wedge between Putin and China Perhaps blowing some sunshine up his backside might be worth it Further more, a complete collapse of Russia could result in a fragmentation of the various regions that make up the Russian nation Imagine those...

I must say I don’t really understand his obsession with peace It has never existed, ever, at any time in world history Human conflict is not unlike the ocean currents They are always present and always move The trick is to be using those currents to help, rather than hinder, your journey

Powerful interview Both enlightened and reassuring

… and can’t turn corners …

When you, the manufacturer, are being told by the representatives of their largest market, that they are moving in the wrong direction.. Only the Europeans could be arrogant enough to tell you that you are wrong Bless them

Dare I suggest that the one that rules them all … is the iron sight Somehow we all managed with open sights and none of us starved

I don’t pretend to understand the nuances of shuttle diplomacy However I do understand this 1. NATO is finished 2. Trust has been replaced by diplomatic manoeuvres and fake smiles 3. We in the UK have a Stalinist regime we can’t get rid of for 4 more years, by which time there will be...

Very little if any of this has to do with a genuine concern for Ukraine’s future Trump isn’t interested in anything other than mineral rights The European leaders are mostly interested in keeping their Global Socialist cause on the road However there is a very real threat to western cohesion...

The Chinese have been in Zambia since the early 70s Anglo American owned and ran all the mines from Chililabombwe (Bancroft) to Kabwe (Broken Hill) They were far from perfect but better

That video very very loosely mimics one of the shooting drills that SA Field guides are required to pass annually The close up of the ‘easing springs’ drill, on the vid, is a close representation of what is required in order to prepare your rifle prior to taking tourists out on a game drive It...

Shooting off sticks is very common here in the UK Something that is practiced regularly Quads are by far the most stable Twin sticks, common in Africa are harder to hold steady as the rifle is only supported up front A hunter can significantly improve stability from the addition of a rear...

One scope? It would be a toss up between Z8i 1-8x24 Or Z8i 2-16x50

on another matter This afternoon it has been announced that those two little boys, aged 9 months and 4 years old, whom Hamas claimed were killed in an IDF strike, were strangled Just think about that for a moment

I bought a kick stop for my R8 pro success when fitted with the 404 Jeff barrel The kick stop never left the cabinet

The Art of the deal might work when you are buying shopping malls When you are head of the (currently) most powerful nation on earth.. Every nuance, every gambit and every statement is pored over by every institution and every Gov on earth Every miss statement has profound consequences...

I suspect that Trump and Putin have cooked up a little plan where Putin gets a new pro Russian leader of Ukraine Defacto a return of ownership to Russia In return Trump gets the mineral rights He seems to be quite willing to split the West in order to do a deal with a liar for mineral rights...

Today I was talking to an old friend who is a joint owner of one of the Coutadas Whilst chatting I was surprised to find myself saying that I feel a similar disquiet now, here in the UK, that we felt in Rhodesia in the late 70s He and I are of the opinion that the political elites of the EU...

I suffer from ‘rifle’itis’ Too many - and - despite shooting daily, my accuracy, precision and ‘just knowing the gun’ is diminishing My ideal quiver are 1. Blasers for hunting 2. AI for target 3. Cz 457 for rabbits and the like All switch barrels on just 3 platforms I’d love to own others...