Recent content by Brianm

What a great thread this has been, a trip down memory lane taking me back to buying the first Norton International to come into Yorkshire with a 'featherbed' frame, enclosed valve gear, around 1954/55, superb!! I swapped it for a HRD Rapide and swapped that for a Black Shadow, then discovered...

Take one of your window locks to any good 'D I Y' shop and they should stock several different types and are not expensive. My local shop got me an odd one delivered overnight. Brianm

Try the wife's toothbrush !! Brianm

You should only have washed half the drive! Brianm

"Frankly my dear, I dont give a damn!" Brianm

Horn Re my previous post, Attleborough Accessories have moved and are now based in Birmingham. I can find no mention of 'Horn' on their new website. Brianm

I have found horn to be reasonably priced at Attleborough Accessories. Brianm

If you look on the Browning website there are full instructions for trigger pull adjustment, very simple even for us Yorkshiremen. Brianm

When I was very young I think the beef ration was 4 oz per month but no limit on horse meat. It was delicious ! The only way to tell the difference was that the fat was white whilst beef was yellow. There was a horse meat shop in Leeds Market with a sign 'human consumption only' if you...

I had a superb spaniel who won second place in the pick-up at Tatton Park Game Fair and then her daughter won second place in the pick-up at the first Harewood Game fair a few years later. Wonderful dogs!!!! Wonderful memories. You can drive a horse to water but a pencil must be lead.

The grass always seems greener, but is it? Keep the Browning !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Brianm

Zander are Pike/Perch hybrid and grow large and aggressive though not as big as pike usually. I would expect a 30 lb. pike to have a go at a goose, they regularly clean out a whole family of mallard including parents. Brianm

I should have been a Jew but I wasn't cut out for it !! Brianm

Splendid write-up Muir!! Charlie's truck has leaf springs !! Is it more than 40 years old? Brianm

The Deerstalking Handbook, written by Graham Downing, is a splendid read which will answer the majority of questions and was obviously written by a person who has 'been there and done that!' Brianm