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    All Change!

    Congrats from me. Life very soon takes over any kind of ‘spare time’ and fills it up, so make sure that you’re doing things that you always wanted to. Life also doesn’t need to be too expensive if you cover the important things, but give yourself a little treat every now and then! Health to...
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    LoraWan

    Have you guys had a look at the Ringway Manchester YT channel? He covers a lot of radio stuff - my particular twist is for cellular, having been a cellular geek - but he’s done some interesting videos around meshtastic LORA devices.
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    Crossbow ban consultation

    Idiots and those with ill intent always have and always will commit crimes without any recourse to what is or isn’t legal. Banning crossbows and so-called broadhead arrows won’t make any difference to those people. They will still find ways of sourcing those kinds of items for illegal use, and...
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    BcUK Photograph of 2024 March Heat

    Through the lounge window
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    The “Isn't Life Great” thread

    Sounds a bit like Secret Island in Wivey…. :)
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    Withdrawn Archery. Screw in broad heads.

    Try Merlin Archery online. Broadheads will be few and far between in the UK as only people who go overseas to bow hunt would use them.
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    Why I hate (most) modern torches

    Watched & liked. It’s good to get it off your chest sometimes :)
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    Whistling arrow for fun….

    Hi Hugh. Well, for feathers it isn’t really the size so much as the oil line in the feather, and how tough and resilient the barbs of the feather are. I tend to follow advice from an old friend of mine, Hilary Greenland, and especially from her book “The Traditional Archer’s Handbook, A...
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    Crossbow ban?

    Perhaps another aspect is that a crossbow is far easier to operate effectively as a weapon than a longbow is. Very little training or practice is required to be effective. But all of these comments are as old as time, qv crossbows being seen as “evil”, and “an instrument of the devil”. In the...
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    Crossbow ban?

    Yep. Trade points are as old as metalworking.
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    Whistling arrow for fun….

    If I’m not using paid-for fletchings, I’ll just hang around lakes which hold stocks of geese or swans and keep an eye out….Alternatively, while I was still in Surrey, I made friends with some smallholders who raised turkeys…..a goldmine of great feathers for “a drink” :). See :
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    Whistling arrow for fun….

    If the whistler’s cost will be prohibitive for fun roving, then I’d suggest making a few flu-flus with 3x pieces of full feather fletchings on each shaft. They work well for stumping etc if you put an ordinary field point in the arrow.
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    Whistling arrow for fun….

    Could you post the link for @Broch ?
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    Whistling arrow for fun….

    Yep. It’s actually a brass two-part pile where the front part unscrews from the socket so that you can clean out any soil/dirt that will get in there on a ground landing. They aren’t that cheap, but built very solid so should last for ever(ish). I got mine here: Bearpaw whistling pile Also...
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    Government consultation on banning large knives and machetes

    Absolutely pointless gesture politics- “got to be seen to be doing something “. Those proposals would do nothing at all to reduce the violent crime rate. How about actually enacting the current legislation and use stop and search etc? Violent and illegal acts will still continue to be committed...