NewBasfordlad

Thanks Mick 'Old School' suits me just fine. As long as I am no longer in the 'blue world' I'm a happy bunny. Colin

If I sign out the forum goes back to normal, soon as I sign in its back to the blue world.

No difference for my I have tried going to the 'change theme box to reverse things but when I click on it bugger all happens. Stuck in a blue world with no headers nothing, someone must know how to rescue me and get me back to the original world. Colin

Thanks for the quick reply Mick. I notice the skin had changed and had a look in the 'change theme' box. I think I have dun somat stupid as its now an entirly different format. Colin

I seem to have clicked on a wrong button. The forum has gone blue, I think I may be stuck in a mobile application if that makes sense. How the heck do I get back to the normal format please. Colin

Ayupmeducks, You don't use gunpowder (which can go bang) in modern cartridges, thats for the old front stuffers. You use something called fast propellent, which just burns unless restricted, as in a rifle chamber. When I was reloading I used a lot of Hercules powders, now Alliant I think. That comes in one pound cans if you can call cardboard a can. Blue Dot & 2400 for my rifles and Red Dot for my handguns. I used to shoot a lot of practical pistol so coming up to a comp I would be shooting at least 300 rounds a week, every week. I could not have done that if I had to by new ammo so rel

I would have thought that in the States (the home of reloading) ammo wouldn't be a problem.

One of the stupid things about UK gun law is that you can go into a shop or order on line every thing you need to make ammo. Books, powder, primers, bullets, loading press etc. It only becomes illegal when you assemble them into a round of ammo. As to a plastic one shot, takes 5 minutes to reload plastic pistol. Like someone already said go buy an AK its cheaper. Another poor bugger shot in cold blood tonight in Birmingham. Colin

It was old style pennies for our gas meter, this would be in the late 50s. When the meter man called he would spread them over the kitchen table, quickly count them into 24s (2 bob) and make them into rolls by wrapping them with stiff paper. Colin

Thanks for making feel bloody old no2 , I was 20 when the last 36 or 37 my bus to work every day finnished. Colin

I am pretty sure your right Cliff, I rode on an awful lot of Nottm trolleys and they were all rear loading with an open platform. Colin

Like that straight passed our house. Colin

Very true but the lone nutters and others have just found other ways to kill people. It would have been a damn sight cheaper to bring back the short rope allied to a long drop.

Your a lucky man the last labour government banned semi rifles and all hand guns. Only good thing was they paid us extortionate prices for them to sweeten the pill. It cost them millions and armed crime is still as bad if not worse as it always was. Colin

I have lost count of the number of rabbits I have put down because they were suffering. At one time back in the 60/70s I used to carry a priest just for that purpose. Colin

Myxomatosis a very good argument pro shooting. And they taste loverly. Colin

I used to use the one at Hazelford. Leave the push bike in the Ferryboat Inn carpark and get the ferry to the other side to go fishing. Colin

'Sneck' was in regular use in our house New Basford. I always thought it originally refered to one of the old type bar latches on doors and gates. Colin

As far as I know the twins towers failed due to the steel work not being correctly insulated against fire. The intense fire caused by the jet fuel heated up the structural steels works, (please note the word structural) to the point where it failed. Concrete and glass will not stand on its own it needs the steel to support it hence the catastrophic failure.

What ever gave life to the theory that there were 3 assasins involved in the Kennedy shooting? Why would you need three when one can do the job? More mouths less security. Doesn't make sense to me.

Now that has got me thinking. If the tooth fairy doesn't exist then who left those tanners under me pillow when I was a nipper? Colin

Correct Beefsteak ruination it was. I lived Middleton Street when I was fist married so became quite familiar with the local oddities. Colin

Re the ex Gregory I always believed that nation corner was the junction with Ilkeston road. The church salvation, the school education, the pub damnation and the pawn brokers can't remember which nation that was. Colin

I have tried B&Q Verve this year 58% peat in, its not bad but there are a few lumps. Don't get mistaken with the peat free it is total carp. Colin

As I understand it the STAA was formed to look after three sets of inter connected allotments Hungerhill, Stonepit Coppice and Gorsey Close. One of the reasons given was that as a larger association they could get Lottery funding. Colin