CS: Pol-OBE etc recommendations

2001-01-04 Thread Nicholas Jones
From: "Nicholas Jones", [EMAIL PROTECTED] There was an article about this in the Telegraph last Sunday (New Years Eve) written by ex-MP Gyles Brandreth. The letters of support need to be from 'eminent people in the field' - weight of numbers won't usually be enough. It's s

CS: Legal-Knives

2000-12-07 Thread Nicholas Jones
From: "Nicholas Jones", [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you get hold of the Framar Shooting World knife catalogue, there used tro a a 'CIA letter opener' - essentially a boot knife made from soem sort of plastic. It was advertised as being light enough to store up a tie without being obvious

CS: Misc-hypocrite

2000-11-25 Thread Nicholas Jones
From: "Nicholas Jones", [EMAIL PROTECTED] The worst actor-hypocrite is surely Sean Connery - glamorising the use of guns as James Bond, then doing voice-overs for the 'ban the guns' feature post-Dunblane. The fact that he fervently supports the SNP whilst spending as little time a

CS: Legal-Ryan

2000-10-24 Thread Nicholas Jones
From: "Nicholas Jones", [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anyone in the UK would now accept its easier to get an illegal gun and use that, rather then apply for a FAC. Only when told what a hassle it is by FAC owners. Don't forget, many members of the public still think that we can store handg

CS: Pol-Reuters on proposals

2000-10-08 Thread Nicholas Jones
From: "Nicholas Jones", [EMAIL PROTECTED] Police swiftly hailed the move, as ministers vowed to help them beat gun-related crime. Chief Superintendent Peter Gammon, president of the Police Superintendents Association, said: ``The number of offences involving firearms has

CS: Target-Plate Shooting

2000-09-19 Thread Nicholas Jones
From: "Nicholas Jones", [EMAIL PROTECTED] It's been the experience at the Wrexham RPC that younger shooters enjoy the steel plate events, and they provide a fun entry into more 'serious' events such as Bianchi and 1500. They organise 2 of the UK's biggest such comps, the 'Wre

CS: Pol-Dump the Pump

2000-09-11 Thread Nicholas Jones
From: "Nicholas Jones", [EMAIL PROTECTED] Near Wrexham, the Rhos Esso station is nearly dry. The Texaco 2 miles away only had LRP (fortunately, my f**ked Maestro uses this!). My sister in Bourne, Lincs, reports that their Esso is dry of everything. Travelling back from Abersoch to W

CS: Misc-lead poisoning

2000-07-23 Thread Nicholas Jones
From: "Nicholas Jones", [EMAIL PROTECTED] The units in the UK are 'mcg of lead per 100ml blood' (I assume the mcg is 'milli centi gram' i.e. 10 micro grams - currently on vacation so can't confirm). Before working in my current job (making piezoelectric ceramics - coming into contact