Convergence
Marc March 27th, 2007
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Fishing and shooting are part of the fabric of the great British countryside
Marc March 13th, 2007
I was watching Rick Steins food heroes earlier on, amazing food, made me want to cook up a storm in kitchen. He made an excellent statement about shooting and fishing that I couldn’t agree more with.
Fishing and shooting are part of the fabric of the great British countryside. It is in our blood to catch food to eat. When shoot pheasants or catch a marvellous Bass for the table, I want to get in the kitchen and really do it justice.
Hear, hear! It’s so nice to see people voicing a traditional opinion on television. These days there is far too much censoring done by the PC brigade. While I absolutely don’t agree with killing for sport, I wholehearted agree with killing for the pot. I am a fisherman and will always take a good fish home for the table. There is nothing more satisfying that catching and eating your own dinner. It always tastes so much better.
The group he was shooting with also bread pheasants, to restock the ones that they shot. A nice touch, but not really necessary in my book if you only take enough for you and yours to eat. Generally populations of game are easily able to sustain themselves when they are hunted without greed.
With summer quickly approaching I am very much looking forward to fishing in the summer evenings with a fresh mackerel on the BBQ and the lines out in hope of a lovely Bass for a special meal.
Tales of woefull support
Marc March 3rd, 2007
Support doesnt have to be hard. I love xstandard, but their support sucks. Check out this email from them.
Hi Marc,
We have never tried this type of integration technique. It’s not something that we can support.
Regards,
-Jon
XStandard Support
Now does that suck or what! I don’t even think they looked at it! They have a great product, I think it is about time they upgraded their support staff!
Fair enough I am trying something pretty new, but even so, that level of support just doesn’t cut it. To top it off the reply was returned within 5 minutes of me sending my email!