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    All poultry subject to compulsory registration

    Good. The number if noise complaints I deal with fuel to poultry, especially cocks kept in urban / semi-urban locations is high and ever increasing
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    Wood ear mushrooms

    Jew / Judas ear as Judy's Iscariot is supposed to have hung himself on an elder tree
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    Like a dog returns to vomit,,,,,,here we are again !

    Poor training for GG
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    Budget merino wool

    Isobaa via Sportspursuit Be aware of not only the mulesing issue on cheap merino (and Australian) but cheap stuff isn't made from the ultra fine grade. To get it to a fine fibre the cheap coarser wool is chemically treated to descale it etc. That is why some cheap merino itches - it's no...
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    Vegetarian/vegan camp food?

    I've a hiatus hernia - cut down on the fat, coffee, alcohol etc. Food that will give you acid reflux. With meat a big issue is your fat intake Have the Dr advised you to start taking a Proton pump inhibitor (omeprazole etc)? Other thing is to consider what activity makes it worse - I get more...
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    HEXAMINE. PLEASE READ!

    Says mercury compounds not elemental mercury
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    HEXAMINE. PLEASE READ!

    Mercury compounds but not elemental mercury (my stash is safe) ... ... Yellow phosphorus but not white Worst of all a list of sulfides....sulfides. It is sulphide in English, English. Even my auto fill knows that if set to UK English. They couldn't even spell check it right
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    Where to buy decent meths ?

    Not just me then. And with lemon rind as a cleaner
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    Woolley Jumper - recommendations?

    Doh https://www.glencroftcountrywear.co.uk/product/surplus-british-wool-chunky-jumper/
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    Woolley Jumper - recommendations?

    My go to out and about jumper. Worn the last two pheasant seasons. If its warm I've a single ply Shetland and various heavier weights for really cold days.... Also worth checking charity shops
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    Help to ID a primus stove please

    Don't bother with diesel. It will burn but it is messy and designed as a last resort. Paraffin in as cheap and much cleaner
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    sleeping in wool blankets

    Best way to sleep with wool blankets..... On the sofa in front of the fire, with a decent malt and the dog. That's how I use mine.
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    Setting up near a badger set

    Take bird feeder peanuts... They love them and rice crispiest. Then settle down to watch
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    Coleman stoves

    Propan-2-ol aka isopropanol lisn't a hydrocarbon it's an alcohol.....it has a flash point of 12c (more or less same as ethanol) compared to 50c for naptha give or take depending on the actual mix. Plus it can form explosive peroxides. There is a good reason to avoid using anything containing...
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    A light woolly

    https://www.bosie.co/shetland-shop/harley-of-scotland-everest-shetland-undyed-voe-moorit