maus said:
> On 2022-04-18, Tone <tone@email.com> wrote:
>> On 18/04/2022 10:03, maus wrote:
>>> On 2022-04-18, Tone <tone@email.com> wrote:
>>>> On 17/04/2022 21:01, RustyHinge wrote:
>>>>> Size is problamatic for field identification.
>>>>
>>>> in our case size was estimated against the sheep who also inhabited that
>>>> field. This thing was almost as big.
>>>
>>> North Welsh Sheep?
>>>>
>>>> And there were mysterious cases in the area of sheep being ripped apart.
>>>
>>> Uncontrolled dogs are a problem everywhere.
>>
>> If you wish to cast doubts upon what we saw, that's fine, but coming
>> from a position where you weren't there and didn't see what a boat load
>> of passengers saw, then this is beginning to sound a bit silly.
>>
>> https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/19467145.big-cats-still-loose-hampshire/
>
> Someone did research recently on UFO Sightings. Most occoured around
> closing time.

They only stopped off for a quick half, but then they got talking.

--
Richard Robinson
"The whole plan hinged upon the natural curiosity of potatoes" - S. Lem

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On 17-Apr-22 23:22, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
> In article <XnsAE7CA51181CFactura3476@144.76.35.252>, Peter
> <myshed@prune.org.uk> on Sun, 17 Apr 2022 at 15:13:36 awoke Nicholas
> from his slumbers and wrote
>>
>> This afternoon that big glowing thing in the sky appeared and it was quite
>> pleasant to sit in th gardning with a book. The local vixen wandered in,
>> yawned at me a couple of times and then settled down for a snooze on the
>> lawn. After a few minutes (perhaps when she realised that I wasn't going to
>> produce food) she wandered off again.
>>
> During the first spring that we had this year I took my first coffee
> (expresso) outside sat on our bench being warmed by the rising sun.
> Drank my coffee and quietly read the long read in my paper.
>
> Totally engrossed in my read, I caught the glint of an eye to my left. A
> magnificent fox had sat down on the pavement beside me and was looking
> out in same direction as I was pointing. When he realised that he had
> been spotted he quietly and slowly stood up and walked away.
>
> My wife said she had been looking through the window for about 5 minutes
> watching the pair of us.

"And the Fox got up and slowly walked away."

--
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Sam Plusnet said:
> On 17-Apr-22 23:22, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
>> In article <XnsAE7CA51181CFactura3476@144.76.35.252>, Peter
>> <myshed@prune.org.uk> on Sun, 17 Apr 2022 at 15:13:36 awoke Nicholas
>> from his slumbers and wrote
>>>
>>> This afternoon that big glowing thing in the sky appeared and it was quite
>>> pleasant to sit in th gardning with a book. The local vixen wandered in,
>>> yawned at me a couple of times and then settled down for a snooze on the
>>> lawn. After a few minutes (perhaps when she realised that I wasn't going to
>>> produce food) she wandered off again.
>>>
>> During the first spring that we had this year I took my first coffee
>> (expresso) outside sat on our bench being warmed by the rising sun.
>> Drank my coffee and quietly read the long read in my paper.
>>
>> Totally engrossed in my read, I caught the glint of an eye to my left. A
>> magnificent fox had sat down on the pavement beside me and was looking
>> out in same direction as I was pointing. When he realised that he had
>> been spotted he quietly and slowly stood up and walked away.
>>
>> My wife said she had been looking through the window for about 5 minutes
>> watching the pair of us.
>
> "And the Fox got up and slowly walked away."

*applause*

--
Richard Robinson
"The whole plan hinged upon the natural curiosity of potatoes" - S. Lem

My email address is at http://qualmograph.org.uk/contact.html

On 2022-04-18, Tone <tone@email.com> wrote:
> On 18/04/2022 17:32, maus wrote:
>> On 2022-04-18, Tone <tone@email.com> wrote:
>>> On 18/04/2022 10:03, maus wrote:
>>>> On 2022-04-18, Tone <tone@email.com> wrote:
>>>>> On 17/04/2022 21:01, RustyHinge wrote:
>>>>>> Size is problamatic for field identification.
>>>>>
>>>>> in our case size was estimated against the sheep who also inhabited that
>>>>> field. This thing was almost as big.
>>>>
>>>> North Welsh Sheep?
>>>>>
>>>>> And there were mysterious cases in the area of sheep being ripped apart.
>>>>>
>>>>> Tone
>>>>
>>>> Uncontrolled dogs are a problem everywhere.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> If you wish to cast doubts upon what we saw, that's fine, but coming
>>> from a position where you weren't there and didn't see what a boat load
>>> of passengers saw, then this is beginning to sound a bit silly.
>>>
>>> https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/19467145.big-cats-still-loose-hampshire/
>>>
>>> Tone
>>
>> Someone did research recently on UFO Sightings. Most occoured around
>> closing time.
>>
>>
>
> I'm beginning to think you are a bit of a troll here maus
>
> Tone

Your opinion. Great thing about USENET is that you can't be banned, just
killfiled by the individual reader. I hate influencers
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Tone said:
>
> I'm beginning to think you are a bit of a troll here maus

He(probably)'s rung my doorbell & ran away, too. V. short attention
span, maybe ? A maus with a taste for the dead-cat gambit ? shrug; wait
and see.

--
Richard Robinson
"The whole plan hinged upon the natural curiosity of potatoes" - S. Lem

My email address is at http://qualmograph.org.uk/contact.html

On 19/04/2022 12:57, Richard Robinson wrote:
> Tone said:
>>
>> I'm beginning to think you are a bit of a troll here maus
>
> He(probably)'s rung my doorbell & ran away, too. V. short attention
> span, maybe ? A maus with a taste for the dead-cat gambit ? shrug; wait
> and see.
>
>

Only one tictac for such.

Ignore. They hate that.

My policy from now on.

Tone

On 18/04/2022 10:41, John Williamson wrote:
> On 17/04/2022 20:17, Nick Odell wrote:
>> On Sun, 17 Apr 2022 15:13:36 -0000 (UTC), Peter <myshed@prune.org.uk>
>> wrote:
>
>>> After a few minutes (perhaps when she realised that I wasn't going to
>>> produce food) she wandered off again.
>>
>> Does this happen often enough to you for it to become ordinary? If it
>> were to happen to me I think I would be more than a bit overwhelmed by
>> the thought that a totally wild creature felt so comfortable in my
>> presence.
>>
> Brer Fox is a quick learner. It only took a couple of weeks for the
> local car park one to stop giving me more than a cursory glance when we
> passed in the night. (We often jbexrq the same hours.)
>
> He or she knew I was no threat, so as soon as it was sure I was me, I
> got the full on "Oh, it's *you* again" treatment.

The last gig I did in 2021, I turned up at the pub and started carrying
my gear in. A large fox, completely undeterred by the people outside the
pub, strolled across the car park within 6m of the front door.

Mike Fleming said:
> On 18/04/2022 10:41, John Williamson wrote:
>> On 17/04/2022 20:17, Nick Odell wrote:
>>> On Sun, 17 Apr 2022 15:13:36 -0000 (UTC), Peter <myshed@prune.org.uk>
>>
>>>> After a few minutes (perhaps when she realised that I wasn't going to
>>>> produce food) she wandered off again.
>>>
>>> Does this happen often enough to you for it to become ordinary? If it
>>> were to happen to me I think I would be more than a bit overwhelmed by
>>> the thought that a totally wild creature felt so comfortable in my
>>> presence.
>>>
>> Brer Fox is a quick learner. It only took a couple of weeks for the
>> local car park one to stop giving me more than a cursory glance when we
>> passed in the night. (We often jbexrq the same hours.)
>>
>> He or she knew I was no threat, so as soon as it was sure I was me, I
>> got the full on "Oh, it's *you* again" treatment.
>
> The last gig I did in 2021, I turned up at the pub and started carrying
> my gear in. A large fox, completely undeterred by the people outside the
> pub, strolled across the car park within 6m of the front door.

A line of parked cars, with a fox casually strolling along the tops of
them all, one after the other (or before, of course, depending on your
temporal preference).

--
Richard Robinson
"The whole plan hinged upon the natural curiosity of potatoes" - S. Lem

My email address is at http://qualmograph.org.uk/contact.html