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Friday, 27 July 2007

Foxes Love Shoes?!!

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R&E of stoke newington emailed to report being the victims of continued harassment by local foxes. They’ve also seen the family's s...
Monday, 23 July 2007

The Shoplifting Seagull

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Each morning the feathered felon stands outside a corner shop, in Aberdeen Scotland, waiting for the owner to open up. When the door opens,...
Sunday, 22 July 2007

Hitch Yer Skateboard To The EcoTech Bandwagon

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A while back The Northern Monkey and myself were in Venice beach CA for a few days, and were very impressed with some of the locals, and the...
Saturday, 21 July 2007

What The Fox Happening?

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Three hundred and ten days ago, while I still lived on the other side of the hill. I was sitting in my living room working on my laptop, whe...

Ceramic File Set

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At the same time as I got the SharpMaker (see Really, Really Sharp Knives ) I ordered these ceramic files. Ceramics may clog quickly, but th...
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Friday, 20 July 2007

Speaking of France

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Harvested (picked?) from a pile of slates in a wooded, but still inner-city (zone 2) garden, these snails were delicious. Kept in a bucket ...
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Keeping The Dream Alive - Get Reel (From Japan)

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Sitting at my desk dreaming of the next time I’ll light a little fire for a brew and sit by the estuary, watching a cork float pull out into...
Wednesday, 18 July 2007

Free Lure with Every Beer! Well Sort Of.

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I'm off to south west France in a couple of weeks so I’ve been getting my fishing kit together. I’m been hoping to spin for trout while ...
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Saturday, 14 July 2007

Luring Customers AKA Nikwax's Cunning Plan

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This post is a little outside the realm of my usual theme, but I was fascinated by how my own behaviour had been (benignly?) influenced. I n...
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Thursday, 12 July 2007

Found Myself; Thinking About Ishi

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"He looked upon us as sophisticated children -- smart but not wise. We knew many things, and much that is false. He knew nature, wh...
Sunday, 8 July 2007

Mud Larks of Deptford

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Mud Lark - ‘A fellow who goes about by the waterside picking up coals, nails, or other articles in the mud.’ Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue...
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Mitten Crabs

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Seen in the River Thames since the 1930s, the Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis) first arrived in Blightly as tiny larvae in ballast w...
Thursday, 5 July 2007

Stay Calm Boys, It's Not That Kind of 'Bush' Craft

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Italian stoners 'grassed up' by deer A student and a his pal both in their twenties were caught growing the wacky baccy on a mountai...
Wednesday, 4 July 2007

Really, Really Sharp Knives Spyderco Sharpmaker Review

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Being a bit of a lummox with a whetstone I wanted to try one of the sharpening systems that have proliferated in recent years The Lansky ...
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Wednesday, 27 June 2007

Relationship Milestones: The Dutch Oven.

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If you’ve held her head under the covers and farted, and she’s still there in the morning. She is officially your girlfriend.
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Rogue's Hat

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It’s a stunning summers morning. Three guys are fishing Guy One: “You have no idea what I had to promise the mrs to be here. I’m painti...
Tuesday, 26 June 2007

Anti Gerber Bias Alleged. And Confirmed.

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It’s not that I hate Gerber, it’s that I want to love Gerber, and feel so let down. Let down by the struggling design ethic: Last summer The...
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Cut To The Chase

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There are only two things you need for great food, really fresh ingredients and really, really, sharp knives. As regular readers will kno...
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Monday, 25 June 2007

Stay Calm Ladies, It’s Not That Kind Of Rabbit

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Mrs Bushwacker taught me this one with chicken, but as its Spanish I’m sure my bunny version is more authentic. 2 tablespoons of tomato pure...
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Sunday, 3 June 2007

Still Wheezing And A Little Saw.

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Not much to report on the fitness part of the project this week. Sadly there was plenty of Un-Fitness to report on at (ominous drum roll) th...