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But is it a genuine concern? Apart from security staff and police I've not seen anyone obviously carrying a gun in the US. So if people are worried why aren't they carrying guns. If they are and the guns are concealed then they won't be much use if you're suddenly confronted by a "bad guy"...

making firearms illegal is a GREAT idea. Criminals everywhere will love you. Law abiding folks (like those stupid enough to hand in arms if such a law was passed) are then powerless against those that ignore such laws. Check out the crime stats on somewhere like Detroit and the lists of crime that c...

becks77 wrote:use bamboo blinds for nuno felting
http://www.ehow.com/how_7682823_nuno-felting.html
substitute bamboo blind for sushi mat (its cheaper!!)

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could also be a lack of zinc

Green Aura wrote:Well a cat's natural diet is raw meat :

must include some organ meats in here and bonemeal or another source of calcium

Seems to be hardening.

i will cut it up this afternoon, then leave it another week or so and then test it!

383gms mutton fat - rendered with bunches of herbs to a pretty green colour several years ago - has been living in my fridge 617gms canola oil heated to 45-50 celcius 218gms of sodium hydroxide into 300ml cold water Cooled to 50 celcius Poured fat into the lye, went from olive oil yellow/green to br...

PET is more permeable (for oxygen) than is glass - but that doesn't mean a lot in terms of bottling wine. Glass will keep oxygen out of wine for forty or fifty years, but there are very few wines which you'd want to drink at that age for reasons other than oxidisation. I'll go out on a bit of a lim...

here in New Zealand we have large aggressive birds like magpies that are known to harass chooks at times. To the point that they will not leave their pen. do you perhaps have something similar? Rooks maybe?

You would only need 2kg(ish) of strigged elderberries per gallon of wine unless you are planning on a 4-5 year storage to let it mature - a black bin bag full is likely to be a bit much, even across 4 gallons you may want to blend with a less full bodied wine before bottling to make it drinkable soo...

Chance would be a fine thing. If I don't switch the laptop off by 9 then I'll just fall asleep over it. If I switch it off and put it away then I just fall asleep in front of the TV instead. Whichever way, I'm asleep by 9. Zoe Zoe I am jelous beyond all belief. Dont matter what i read - eletric or ...

yep. Fun with insomnia

All good sugestions, i would add a hand mincer (unless you're veggie) and or a good pressure cooker - save energy and great for pulses - combine it with a hay box type setup and you're rock and roll!

Who binges on asparagus? Well, me, TBH. Or, I don't really binge on anything, but I can put away quite a bit. In fact we might have a bit left in the fridge {slopes off, shifty-eyed}. I love asparagus. I too resemble this remark, (at least whenever someone else is buying the stuff! Damn expensive)

Electric zappers that they fly into are excellent! And very satisfiying :-)