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Aye, it would be an absolute disaster if those native pine martins wiped out a load of non indigenous pheasants. Mebbe need some wolves to control the pine martins ;)

This from the Irish Pine Martin site which sugests that over the last few hundred years its mostly been gamekeepers and people who regarded them as vermin who have killed them. "Pine martens were most abundant in Ireland when tree cover was at its maximum, and before our Neolithic ancestors...

As I clicked on this thread I had the image of vernier calipers in my head. Unfortunately I'm after metric though. If you're putting them on Ebay I'd include Liberia and the US as countries you'll post em to cos the US still uses Liberias measurement system. Ahem... something like that anyway...

Do you need me to google it for you? As for the killing of raptors I'm sure Ramis can google *raptor persecution leadhills* for more area specific details. Also, why does anyone think they are endangered in areas where theres masses of food? I'm not keen on spending too much time on ratching...

Dunno about all grouse moors but from what I hear since the widespread useage of medicated grit (which grouse consume to help break down heather) on grouse moors the amount of grouse per hectare has shot up by about 40% so significantly more food for predators. Some of which are protected by...

My money is on gamekeepers killing them by trapping em on little bridges over any ditches. Same as they killed all the Hen Harriers. Well, not on the little bridges over ditches obviously, as they can fly but they still killed em and are continuing to do so. If anyone disputes this, at least...

I have a thing that goes on the top of my De-Walt cordless tool batteries. They're either 5 Ah (at 18 volts) or 9 Ah (again at 18 volts) and I've used the 5 Ah one to provide 5 volts DC and charge several phones when at a festival. Wasn't an inverter though, they give out alternating current

There's a trick to this not being able to stand Deadpool thing... Don't watch it. You can thank me later, you now have extra life time not spent winging about things you don't even care about.

Manly Wasp in S90V steel. UK legal slipjoint in excellent steel, stainless, holds a great edge, has strong detent positions at closed, 45, 90,130 degrees and fully open. It is NOT a one handed opener, get over that issue and it's a nice tool. Very slicey blade shape. Clicky here.

I'm ok with most things but tools are a real issue.

That ^ exactly. I've been walking along an area with the dog for over a year using secateurs (and on the odd occasions a pruning saw) to clear an old path. The parts I've cleared only amount to about 250 metres as not all of the path was badly overgrown but it was dense stuff. Little by little...

There's a bloke on Youtube who goes round the world (or getting it sent to his home) tasting weird fruit. Fairly interesting chanel. Its called Weird Explorer. Clicky here.

Greengages can't be that hard to grow as theres a few growing on a bit of waste vround in Carlisle where I walk the dog. Taste nice enough to me anyway. Big fan of gooseberries and although I wouldn't call it a fruit, Rhubarb. As for other Strange Fruit? Theres a very dark song about that with...

Ahh, so I'm not the only one that can't be done with Altberg Defenders then. I have slate on the floor in our kitchen and they always feel like I've dropped a bit of washing up liquid on the floor. Then out on a pavement when its wet its the same thing, just a bit slippery. I once wore them out...

Hmm, I have a pair of those I just can't stand. The uppers are great but the soles have always just been a little slippery when wet (You could call an album that) and I've never trusted them on hard surfaces like rocks. Even after a few hundred miles worth of dog walking I just can't think of...

You guys aren't exactly selling this well. From the description I reckon I'd rather be stabbed in the eye with a thistle than watch people being deliberately set against each other to the point where they bicker constantly.

Few years ago I worked on the Windermere Jetty Programme and amongst other things we put a load of grippy decking down. This stuff was wood with resin and sand mix for the grippy bits. Normal TCT blades wouldnt get past about first bait time on day one but Poly Crystaline Diamond blades (with a...

It's in the report, do you want a to fire up a link to the PDF file or do you think you can find it yourself?

Can someone please explain to me his slightly old question is Less relevant now? Unless that no doubt expensive report into the Met was wrong, in which case can you provide the source of your information for evaluation.

I get that someone from abroad might not have read about the Met police being institutionally racist but the recent report by (from memory) Baronets Casy shows that black people are more likely to be stopped by the police,more likely to be charged and given much harsher when treatment when...