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by matthopkins
Fri Apr 25, 2014 6:29 pm
Forum: Books and Educational Materials
Topic: help on urban forageing?
Replies: 29
Views: 11226

Re: help on urban forageing?

I read in the BASC magazine a few years back of a chap being charged with firearm offences, relating to taking pigeons from his local park (a public place) with his catty. By all means, if anyone wants to prove me wrong regarding the laws on such behaviour in a public place go ahead and try it for y...
by matthopkins
Thu Apr 24, 2014 8:45 pm
Forum: Books and Educational Materials
Topic: help on urban forageing?
Replies: 29
Views: 11226

Re: help on urban forageing?

I have been a walk already this morning round the village. I am a dab hand with a catapult, and the pigeons IN the village are less spooky. Took out two that were on lamp posts. I use clay balls that disintegrate if they impact something I didn't want to hit! However, it is a grey area legally, so ...
by matthopkins
Tue Apr 01, 2014 10:41 am
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: Stealth tax alert.
Replies: 30
Views: 5981

Re: Stealth tax alert.

This is NOT a tax on the consumer , it is the Government trying to force the hand of the multi national conglomerates to change the way that our food is manufactured and to simply start reducing the amount of sugar and other additives within our foods. Rightly or wrongly this is how i see it. We al...
by matthopkins
Wed Mar 26, 2014 11:12 am
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: Free Food Grade Buckets (With Lids)
Replies: 14
Views: 5891

Re: Free Food Grade Buckets (With Lids)

through a brewery friend of mine i can get these 25lt buckets with good sealing lids. they held food items used in brewing so are safe for food stuffs. If you are anywhere near norwich let me know as i can put you in touch with him as there are as many as you want for free. he also has many 25lt pla...
by matthopkins
Fri Mar 07, 2014 12:39 am
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: Would you?
Replies: 20
Views: 4675

Re: Would you?

my dogs eat anything, and i do meen anythnig with some of it off the beach being a rotting mess. Funny thing is they both wont eat cooked Quorn :?
Says it all really, sod you and your man-made fungus :lol:
by matthopkins
Fri Mar 07, 2014 12:26 am
Forum: Homes and Retreats
Topic: Legal Self defence in the home
Replies: 38
Views: 10626

Re: Legal Self defence in the home

Better to be tried in a court of law by 12 than carried by 6 ;)

after alls said and done its a perceived threat you are reacting towards.
by matthopkins
Thu Mar 06, 2014 8:05 am
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: Stealth tax alert.
Replies: 30
Views: 5981

Re: Stealth tax alert.

BUT unless something is done about it you can guarantee that 'REAL TAXES' will have to increase even more for all of us to help fund the NHS and care services because of all these fat B@~$*d's and their ill health. So yes bring on the nanny state to try and prevent that from happening. Of course th...
by matthopkins
Wed Mar 05, 2014 8:49 pm
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: Stealth tax alert.
Replies: 30
Views: 5981

Re: Stealth tax alert.

So what is so wrong with Government taking action (for once) to kick food producers up the arse with a view to making them cut out some of the unnecessary crap that they are adding to our foods???? Why the big thing about sugar being bad for us? Perhaps I should give the government a pat on the bac...
by matthopkins
Wed Mar 05, 2014 5:27 pm
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: Stealth tax alert.
Replies: 30
Views: 5981

Re: Stealth tax alert.

redskies wrote: This is just one more step on the road towards a real life Idiocracy!
At last, a bit of common sence.......thank you. ;)
by matthopkins
Wed Mar 05, 2014 5:12 pm
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: Stealth tax alert.
Replies: 30
Views: 5981

Re: Stealth tax alert.

Its a (proposed) 'Sugar Tax' to make food with high sugar content more expensive to buy/manufacture. The word proposed didnt come into it on the radio today and even so, why should it be more expensive for me to buy, im not fat i regulate what i eat? Quote: the UK has an obesity epidemic which is o...