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Post by andy on Feb 2, 2023 18:15:15 GMT
SWMBO is highly amused that her car has failed its MOT with a broken headlamp leveling device. That's been broken for at least 18 of the 23 years she's had the thing! Plenty of other stuff to do but we should be back to one each on Monday. Just glue some lego to it  I did eventually fix it properly...new part was about £50 and a couple of 10mm bolts IIRC. Got away without having to get the lights recalibrated. |
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Post by zou on Feb 2, 2023 18:19:20 GMT
Remove a large number of deer to help restore the forests. Volunteering to help eat them?  |
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Post by willien on Feb 2, 2023 19:00:19 GMT
Mais Oui!
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Post by steveandthedogs on Feb 2, 2023 19:54:40 GMT
Frogspawn!
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Post by JohnY on Feb 2, 2023 20:39:43 GMT
I am willing to eat sheep meat and venison. No need for rewilding with wolves and all that. Human beings are now the top predator.
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Post by andy on Feb 2, 2023 20:51:12 GMT
I am willing to eat sheep meat and venison. No need for rewilding with wolves and all that. Human beings are now the top predator. An estimated 10,000 deer are killed annually on Scottish roads according to one source. Wonder if wolves ever killed that many? Perhaps if fresh growth on trees was much more widespread they would have less impact in localised areas of planting? |
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Post by JohnY on Feb 2, 2023 21:02:36 GMT
Perhaps not. There may have been a balance between wolves and deer. Scots could commercialise this natural organic resource properly.
In England we are told to eat less meat for environment reasons. It would seem that perhaps we should eat more venison for environment reasons. Of course it can be a bit dry. No problem. Lard it with pig fat.
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Post by andy on Feb 2, 2023 21:35:30 GMT
Perhaps not. There may have been a balance between wolves and deer. Scots could commercialise this natural organic resource properly. In England we are told to eat less meat for environment reasons. It would seem that perhaps we should eat more venison for environment reasons. Of course it can be a bit dry. No problem. Lard it with pig fat. There are still wildcats that can hunt small deer too. Apparently their favoured hunting ground is woodland margins....a bit like the clearings that occur in boggy woodland. |
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Post by gray1720 on Feb 2, 2023 21:59:29 GMT
****! Need some plants in my pond sharpish in case I get taddies! |
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Post by willien on Feb 2, 2023 22:19:31 GMT
I am willing to eat sheep meat and venison. No need for rewilding with wolves and all that. Human beings are now the top predator. An estimated 10,000 deer are killed annually on Scottish roads according to one source. Wonder if wolves ever killed that many? Perhaps if fresh growth on trees was much more widespread they would have less impact in localised areas of planting? FFS - What would be the insurance costs if that was true? |
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Post by willien on Feb 2, 2023 22:20:48 GMT
Perhaps not. There may have been a balance between wolves and deer. Scots could commercialise this natural organic resource properly. In England we are told to eat less meat for environment reasons. It would seem that perhaps we should eat more venison for environment reasons. Of course it can be a bit dry. No problem. Lard it with pig fat. There are still wildcats that can hunt small deer too. Apparently their favoured hunting ground is woodland margins....a bit like the clearings that occur in boggy woodland. That looks like completer and utter crap. |
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Post by andy on Feb 2, 2023 22:51:20 GMT
There are still wildcats that can hunt small deer too. Apparently their favoured hunting ground is woodland margins....a bit like the clearings that occur in boggy woodland. That looks like completer and utter crap. Maybe they've never killed sheep or goats either then  |
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Post by willien on Feb 3, 2023 12:57:30 GMT
Scottish wildcats are only about 25% larger than a domestic cat. Edit - Last time I checked Mouse deer were not native to Scotland.
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Post by andy on Feb 3, 2023 13:41:14 GMT
Scottish wildcats are only about 25% larger than a domestic cat. Edit - Last time I checked Mouse deer were not native to Scotland.
The ones I've seen are more like twice the size. Young deer can be pretty small and even a stupid pet labrador can catch them. |
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Post by willien on Feb 3, 2023 14:31:19 GMT
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