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by Kwaka
Wed Feb 22, 2017 7:59 pm
Forum: Off topic chat
Topic: Flu Jab
Replies: 12
Views: 6019

Re: Flu Jab

There is no live virus in the vaccine. A lot of people claim that they get "Flu" from the vaccine, this is not true. Genuine flu is really debilitating, and to those with a compromised immune system or co-morbidities can actually be fatal. You may have a sore or aching arm afterwards, a sl...
by Kwaka
Fri Jan 06, 2017 10:05 pm
Forum: FAC Sales and wanted
Topic: Batch tested Ammunition
Replies: 3
Views: 15774

Batch tested Ammunition

I have for sometime been shooting bench rest with my CZ455 .22lr getting some reasonable scores considering its a sporting rifle and i'm using cheap ammo. Not long ago I got involved in a conversation about using batch tested ammo. i.e. matched to the rifle. At nearly three times the cost of the stu...
by Kwaka
Sun Dec 04, 2016 6:53 am
Forum: Off topic chat
Topic: dumb & dumber thread
Replies: 9
Views: 4594

Re: dumb & dumber thread

I once got all the way to my shooting club, intending to shoot my CZ455 rimfire, to realise i had left the bolt in the cabinet at home! :oops: :oops:

I also once got to the clay ground and realised that I hadn't brought the shot gun slip with me. :oops:
by Kwaka
Sun Dec 04, 2016 6:47 am
Forum: Off topic chat
Topic: What do you do for a living
Replies: 24
Views: 10665

Re: What do you do for a living

Trained as an engineer, did sales engineer for various companies in the Midlands.

Now a paramedic! :shock:
by Kwaka
Tue Jun 21, 2016 7:54 pm
Forum: Off topic chat
Topic: The NHS
Replies: 33
Views: 11913

Re: The NHS

I always maintain that no matter what damage the government does to the NHS its the people within it and the other allied services that make it work and it can work brilliantly!

Wishing Morgan a speedy recovery and my best wishes to both you and Claire.

Take care

Neil
by Kwaka
Sun Jun 05, 2016 7:12 am
Forum: Off topic chat
Topic: On this day in history...
Replies: 256
Views: 81460

Re: On this day in history...

1944 World War II: A cafe in the French town of Benouville was the first place to be liberated from German occupation when British paratroopers seized control of a vital canal bridge in advance of the main Allied D-Day landings in Normandy the following morning on 6th June.
by Kwaka
Wed May 25, 2016 6:46 pm
Forum: General airgun chat
Topic: Just for fun and start some convo.
Replies: 3
Views: 2027

Re: Just for fun and start some convo.

I would wholeheartedly agree with Tim, i never got on with my Mamba lite scope couldnt group well with it found it difficult to judge distance and use the mill dots so i went back to Hawke and suddenly my groupings came back and i could hit things again. My father uses a Nikko Sterling and it suits ...
by Kwaka
Tue Apr 26, 2016 12:56 pm
Forum: Off topic chat
Topic: Finally finished this book!
Replies: -1
Views: 1620

Finally finished this book!

m I have very fond memories of my dad and I sat around the telly on wet weekends watching old British war movies. Since then have always been a bit of a history buff, reading mostly around WW2 and the Falklands conflict. I started to read this when I was in middle school some Ahem! quite, a few year...
by Kwaka
Tue Apr 12, 2016 7:29 pm
Forum: Jokes and Jest
Topic: The Squire
Replies: 2
Views: 2914

Re: The Squire

Raj wrote:You little Pythagoras !!! 8-) :) :lol:


:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

Sorry! Saw this today and couldn't resist; made me chuckle and groan in equal measure!
by Kwaka
Tue Apr 12, 2016 7:23 pm
Forum: Jokes and Jest
Topic: The Squire
Replies: 2
Views: 2914

The Squire

So there's a far off place that consists of a triangular lake surrounded by land, with three kingdoms on three sides of the lake. The first Kingdom is rich and powerful, filled with wealthy and prosperous people. The second kingdom is more humble, but it has its fair share of wealth and power too. T...