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Search for "cable straps" on Amazon.

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Be very sparing with Citric Acid.

From Feedstimulants website.

Recommended dosage per kg dry mix:

Use around 0.5 – 1%. Maximum dosage 2%, depending on other ingredients used. Using too much will make bait repellant.

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All I can think of at the moment was the videon on YouTube of the drunk guy spodding.

How do I unlink my deeper from the ND range extender when I want to connect my smartphone directly to the deeper?
Is it a case of resetting the Range extender?

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I use a rubber lead insert and a rubber bead on the end of the leader that adds a cushioning effect above the lead. I also use the smallest lead I can get away with, generally 1 ounce and never go over 2 ounces.

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If that were my Granddaughter, me and my son would teach HER to ignore. The parents of her classmates would be talked to.

I understand you have a hundred anecdotes about the evils of the internet, as do I, but seriously, how each anecdote should relate to me I don't understand? My Missus, my Granddaughter, my ...? What reaction from me, or anyone for that matter do you hope to illicit?

A GENUINE word of advice because it really seems to be eating you up something bad. There is little you or I can do about it, and dwelling on it is bad for the soul. I understand you hope to change the way people think and act but I also know that is a battle even governments aren't willing to wage.
My way to protect my kids was basically censorship. And the router went OFF when they went to bed. At the time it was tough, but they thank me for it now.

That's my lot on the subject. All the best.

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To be honest I'm past caring. I've never been on Facebook or Twitter and have never felt any reason or pressure to do so. I know they wouldn't be good for my mental health. I realise children are generally not strongminded enough to do the same. Therefore my children were not allowed a phone of any type until they were 16. I wish other parents would do the same. I have seen some of the videos that get passed around via TikTok etc. It is frightening. Cartel tortures, beheadings, the list is endless. I don't expect a lot of parents understand or even want to know. Small children are watching such things and empathy is dying partly because of it.

If someone were to make derogatory comments about anyone I know or love, I would simply ignore them. Seriously, I wouldn't give it another thought.
It was the way I was brought up.
I know where the off button is on my phone, my computer and any other device that connects me to the online cesspool.
I also know how to ignore. Another dying art I suppose. Maybe that is my biggest mistake, forgetting that people really don't know how to just ignore any more. Revenge is king, and from what I can see from the likes of Netflix series that are advertised. Revenge porn seems almost as popular as porn itself.

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.....or simply just didn't enjoy the video.

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Personally I don't agree with the statement that younger people have it tougher today than when we were young.
When I was a lad mental health issues were such a taboo subject that they didn't exist. Nobody talked about, not even within the family. In fact I only learned through a friend that my Uncle had ended up in a 'mental institution' as the kinder term was back then.
Now there are a thousand shades of mental problems, some more complex than others. And depression is rife amongst so many, myself included.

As to the video, it was me that used the term "limited vocabulary'. It wasn't however meant as an insult. I wouldn't want to listen to ANYBODY speaking about ANYTHING for 90 minutes if they don't pause for breath. It annoys me. That tells you more about me than it does about the narrater. I couldn't listen to Stephen Fry talking about the Seven Wonders of the World for 90 minutes!
My criticism is more the fact that the producers of the film didn't edit it better, or perhaps punctuate it with silence here and there, or even the obligatory shot of a slow-motion steaming kettle.
I was quite surprised to read such glowing reviews, but each to their own.

Basically I just didn't enjoy it. In fact I found it boring here and there. My criticism was of the production and not the angler. Is saying someone has a "limited vocabulary"an insult? Is qualifying that fact by saying "he grew up in Manchester" an insult? It could be taken as such if you are that way inclined.
Anyway, I will think twice about what I write in future.

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The thinking behind "savoury" or fishmeal baits in summer is usually down to the oil in the fishmeal dissipating better in warmer water. Other non-fishmeal baits can be used all year round. I don't see any problem with using both types in the summer. People generally use a certain bait that they are confident in and stick to it without chopping and changeing too much.