Beekay 5,143 Posted December 14, 2019 Report Share Posted December 14, 2019 There you go SG., job done.!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deepdene Boy 642 Posted December 14, 2019 Report Share Posted December 14, 2019 Grey squirrels are VERMIN and should be treated as such. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,130 Posted December 14, 2019 Report Share Posted December 14, 2019 Tree rats! I have shot them in the past but I've gone soft and can't bring myself to do it now. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,416 Posted December 14, 2019 Report Share Posted December 14, 2019 51 minutes ago, Deepdene Boy said: Grey squirrels are VERMIN and should be treated as such. hey, my garden, my rules Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stavertongirl 1,719 Posted December 14, 2019 Report Share Posted December 14, 2019 1 hour ago, Deepdene Boy said: Grey squirrels are VERMIN and should be treated as such. If it doesn’t do any harm to me why should I harm it? 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,416 Posted December 14, 2019 Report Share Posted December 14, 2019 I just looked, there is NO legal definition of vermin in UK law so it comes down to personal opinion - I like 'em Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,600 Posted December 14, 2019 Report Share Posted December 14, 2019 I like squirrels (and I like pet rats - a friend of mine has 4 and they're lovely!) 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,143 Posted December 14, 2019 Report Share Posted December 14, 2019 I like squirrels too Brew. They taste delicious when baked in clay. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,416 Posted December 14, 2019 Report Share Posted December 14, 2019 3 minutes ago, Beekay said: I like squirrels too Brew. They taste delicious when baked in clay. I thought it was hedgehogs that were baked in clay... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,286 Posted December 15, 2019 Report Share Posted December 15, 2019 Yes so when you break off the clay the spines come out Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,416 Posted December 15, 2019 Report Share Posted December 15, 2019 I'll take your word for it Ozt... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rob.L 1,090 Posted December 15, 2019 Report Share Posted December 15, 2019 1 hour ago, Beekay said: I like squirrels too Brew. They taste delicious when baked in clay. The bloke who tarmacked my drive told they taste a bit like fox or cat, but need less seasoning. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,416 Posted December 15, 2019 Report Share Posted December 15, 2019 Your'e a bad man Rob.L... a bad baaad man... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,286 Posted December 15, 2019 Report Share Posted December 15, 2019 Saw a picture on another site that someone said was Amazon's new facility that is being built in Mansfield. They described it as a "fulfilment centre" FFS it's a wharehouse 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonab 1,644 Posted December 15, 2019 Report Share Posted December 15, 2019 Interesting slip in your reply there, Ozt. Could it be warehouse you meant or were you thinking at the time of whorehouse? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,158 Posted December 16, 2019 Report Share Posted December 16, 2019 Not ran over many animals over the years,,and always upset me when i did,,,,first time was back in the sixties ,,taking a girl (christine) from Mansfield to Blidworth Bottoms''...........ran over a large Rat.........really upset me,,,even took Christine straight home........... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,464 Posted December 16, 2019 Report Share Posted December 16, 2019 One occasion I remember many years ago, I was driving on a country road near Kegworth. Went round a bend and I saw a rabbit sitting in the middle of the road minding its own business. As there was no other traffic, I centred the car over the rabbit with the wheels either side, and drove over him without touching him. As I drove on, I looked in my mirror and the rabbit was still sitting there, probably thinking “what on earth was that just went over my head?” 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,143 Posted December 16, 2019 Report Share Posted December 16, 2019 Not quite squirrels and cat but I once ran over a big black Bullock. On my way to Boston with 26 tons of coal, and just gone through bright sunny area into a tree covered road. It was just like turning out a light. Two bullocks escaped from a field on my left and straight in front of me. Tried to drive round them but one dozy bugger swapped sides and I hit him full on. He went spinning off into the ditch. I managed to come to a stop but unable to steer or restart. My uncle eventually came out and it transpired I needed new steering rams, radiator, water pump etc., just to get me going. Reported when I got back that it didn't feel right. On examination, the cab mounting had been bent back 4.5inches. Lots more to this story. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,158 Posted December 16, 2019 Report Share Posted December 16, 2019 50 Million £'s worth of Jewellery Burgled from house of Bernie Eccleston'e's daughter in London,,,,,,shame init.......lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,305 Posted December 16, 2019 Report Share Posted December 16, 2019 Could have been worse. They could have stolen their cat! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,158 Posted December 16, 2019 Report Share Posted December 16, 2019 Never thought of that Jill...........a CAT Burglar....... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted December 16, 2019 Report Share Posted December 16, 2019 Snakes make an exploding sound when you run over them, killed a couple of foxes when I lived down under, I thought I'd done some serious damage with one, no, just a couple of spots of blood. Bats hitting the windscreen scare the crap out of a person, you don't see them until just before impact, killed dozens of birds, unintentionally!! Ran over the odd rabbit, even a cat once, it ran across the road, must have been on it's last life, mad a rattling sound when it got caught in the drive shaft. Never lost any sleep over them, felt sorry for the birdies though. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,158 Posted December 16, 2019 Report Share Posted December 16, 2019 23 hours ago, Jill Sparrow said: Filthy creatures, we are. We pollute, we destroy, we poison and we breed incessantly. We need getting rid of for the sake of the once beautiful planet we are exploiting to destruction. YOU are Spot on Jill,,,, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,305 Posted December 16, 2019 Report Share Posted December 16, 2019 I was driving home in the early hours some years ago and, passing a lonely churchyard, was startled by a white shape in front of my windscreen. A barn owl! It didn't touch the car, just brushed the glass with its wings. A most beautiful bird. I've seen them at other times but never at such close quarters. I consider myself very privileged to have had that experience. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stavertongirl 1,719 Posted December 16, 2019 Report Share Posted December 16, 2019 Where I lived in Rossington there was only one row of houses behind us and then open farmland, woods and a river (not the Don can’t remember its name). There was a service road between the two rows of houses. Every night about 11 o’clock a barn owl used to fly from the field and down the service road. I very often used to go into the back garden to see it, it used to make the boys jump as it made no noise as it was flying just suddenly appeared overhead. There were also a pair bustards (is that the right spelling) which were released, into the wood possibly, we used to see them flying about and they nested and had offspring. There were kestrels there as well. Used to love to see them hovering and then hurtling to the ground when they saw something. The pit also had a pair of nesting kestrels/sparrow hawks, can’t remember which, that came back every year. It was always in the newsletter when they arrived and when they had young ones. Don’t know what happened to them as the pit was demolished and there is now a housing estate where it used to be. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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