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Use normal tape then. Otherwise PFTE tape would be ideal. That stuffs really thin. Otherwise, maybe something putty like, blu tac maybe?

A small rubber O-Ring or wrap some electrical tape near the end of the inner barrel so there is less space for it to manoeuvre.

https://i.imgur.com/lDKyIrd.jpg This one is a real shame. It was pretty unique. I never managed to get down to it when Reaper Ops took over, but played it once in the Red 1 days.

I think it's more "If you are customer facing or work with others, we don't want them to have their potential risk of exposure increased". Also jobs involving International travel. Random Exerpt: " Can employers indirectly compel employees to vaccinate? Businesses could decide to take indirect measures to pressurise vaccination of their employees, such as refusing staff entry to certain parts of the workplace or certain roles, if they cannot demonstrate that they have been vaccinated. Similarly, employers may be tempted to issue disciplinary action if an employee repeatedly refuses to be vaccinated. Any such measures should be considered very carefully before being implemented. If an employee’s refusal to be vaccinated is down to a disability/protected religious/philosophical belief, and results in disciplinary action from their employer, they may be able to issue a direct or indirect discrimination claim, and claim constructive unfair dismissal if they resign in protest. A better course of action for organisations would be to help employees to make informed decisions regarding their vaccination by sharing impartial, factual information."

It's a far better conversation now then it was then!

I stand corrected. I was playing at Wave Gotik Treffen in 2008 at Werk II. Quite a while back, memory is rather hazy.

I wont mention that I think Bisto Onion Gravy is amazing and doesnt require meat then...

Is it just me or do supermarkets do their level best to try and hide goose fat? It should be either near the Cranberry sauce or the stuffing. But eventualy found some nestled between eggs and dried pasta in Asda. I thought the stereotype is that all Germans cook their veg in meat fat? At least they did when I played at a festival in Leipzig! Glorious glorious taste.

Ah my wife is fine with it really, the fact I was English was quite the stumbling block with one of her family which nearly ended things. I voluntarily gave up pork in the hope it would help them accept me more. After we got married and were allowed to move in together they asked whether I would have a separate fridge for my pork... It turns out the missus never told them I gave it up... it wouldnt have been a problem after all! I just stuck without it since as I only ate the unhealthy bits anyway! In fact the only time I have eaten it since was when the missus tried her hand at cooking and got a pack of special fried rice. She took a bite of it and said it tasted funny, I said it tasted delicious. She didnt know what was in special fried rice... I love telling her Mother about that story!

You can at least tease her and say you are supporting British vaccines for British people. Her fault for getting the Yank vaccine 😉 Given a choice, I had my heart set on the Pfizer one considering it's supposed to be more effective against the variants and most of family are in Bristol. We'll see.

We have some things in common it seems! My Grandmother was born in Austria to German parents, my Great Grandmother was a staunch Nazi who defended Hitler to the hilt, yet my Great Grandfather was one of the 7% of pacifists and a true leftist socialist. I can only imagine the dinner table conversation. He was called up to service as a medic. They both fled to Austria when the allies got close. My Grandmother arrived in the country after meeting my English Grandad. Of course she is 100% anti immigration now and yes is fully aware of the hypocrisy!

I wish she hadnt smoked as much as she did in her younger years, her lung function was pretty crap before Covid as it is. She tends to keep my more incoherent rants tempered, sadly she wont let me do the same for hers! Wow, I didnt realise you got to choose. The missus family have had both types, the Pfizer one having worse side effects despite public perception stating that Astra is worse for it. Personally (and with no medical background) it doesnt matter which one you take, you may just be susceptible to either ones side effects. As soon as I get the call I'll gladly leap on whatever's available.

Envious. I married into a Turkish family, I gave up pork for love. It's the cheap and unhealthy bits of pork i miss. Haslet, sausages and bacon! Though lamb sausages arent that bad really. Think I'll start up a "What you cookin'? photo thread" in off topic soon!

Ditto, though the missus wanted Turkish Dolma instead of a roast today and frankly I can get them to keep their shape once boiled :-(. I dont mind vine leaves and rice... but on a Sunday??

Thank you for your wishes! I have high Hope's. I also loathe the demise of real political change as written in the other thread :-). Though it's a variation on a theme, I wonder if a true Socialist Nationalist party would be palatable to the majority. Good public services, putting the country first and having a points based immigration system (But without the racist warmongering Nazi authoritarian regime)

Much appreciated. She is certainly a character. Funnily enough we mostly talk about politics when we are together. She was in the running to become a conservative counsellor in the early 90s, she introduced me to John Major, William Waldagrave and William Hague at various Conservative party fundraisers and events. On my 11th birthday she bought me a signed Maggie Thatcher autobiography. John Bercow used to stay at her house when he was a young whipper snapper trying to gain influence. She has always been disappointed how I turned out politically despite her best efforts. Though she is happy that I am at least active in politics, have conviction in my belief and do more then post on the internet about it! (Honest! :-D) I certainly hope I can continue lively political debate with her for years to come!

Evidence seems to be going towards that transmission rates go down with people who have caught COVID despite having vaccine which is some good news. Sadly my crazy elderly battleaxe Grandmother has been very unlucky as shes currently battling the Bristol Covid Variant despite having her first Pfizer vaccine 4 weeks ago. Shes doing... ok. But it's touch and go. We'll know in a few days time. I have also been informed that my estranged Father has caught it. Hes an ass, but I wouldn't wish it on him. Mixed emotions. I wish I could begrudgingly praise this government for their response, but I really cant going by the stats.

I'll be brief as I am on a walk. Population shouldn't be an issue as we should have been investing more in the NHS to support our population, instead it has been bled dry or invested into frankly awful outsourced contracts. Which is why singapore managed it better then us, because they have an adequate health service that matches the population. You mentioned population density with NZ, but why not Singapore? Singapore has more population density then London yet handled it far better. Why? They had a health service that was proportionate to the health service amongst other reasons. With regards to setting equipment aside for potential pandemic, that's what many countries should do. The health service needs to be effective for disastrous events, not "barely functioning" in normal times. Criticise NZ all you want, they recognised they only had to do one thing, close the borders, which they did, it worked and saved them from hemorrhaging more money then most countries. One of the first things you do in a pandemic is to restrict travel. We didnt do that, in fact Boris was bent on herd immunity, until he was proved wrong. I certainly do vote at the ballot, but the role of an opposition party is to keep an existing government in check so that people are better informed at the next election. Though sadly the opposition is pretty feckless at the moment.

In the interest of fairness Hancock would outsource the chrono at massive cost to taxpayers, to his neighbour. who knows nothing about airsoft, wouldn't even turn up to the skirmish and wouldnt know how to operate it 😄

Taiwan, Singapore, NZ to name but some. Singapore has been amazing considering they are both a travel hub and one of the 5 most densely populated countries on earth. A few years ago the NHS conducted a 3 day pandemic exercise who's recommendations were suppressed and largely ignored by the government. Many of those recommendations if enacted would have drastically cut the amount of deaths and infections we have had up to date. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exercise_Cygnus

There are other governments in other countries who have done far better. I also think it's more that Boris is stuck between the science and the influential hard right of his own party. I have a tiny slither of sympathy for him in that regard.

I would absoloutely support this, politics is incredibly mickey mouse and I like very few serving politicians at the moment! My bet would be on Larry the cat for the win. Scratching Boris and Starmers eyes out.... brutal.

It's in response to the posts and general feeling that it's just the left that are more likely to ban firearms (which seems to not be challenged when stated here, I am playing counterpoint), Just clearing that up. NZ had a mass shooting and they have cleaned up their gun laws as well being a leftist/centrist government. The Conservatives were absoloutely right to ban those firearms, it was very close to banning Airsofts use of RIFs as well. The issue is already politicised by people "bashing the left" on the forum, I just want to make sure that people are aware it is not necessarily a "Left or Right" issue. Changes happen in reaction to an event or authoritarian methods of control. Edit: I am old enough to remember the mass shootings. Further edit: I hadnt brought up the idea that "governments will do it in reaction to an event" because I assumed that everyone knew that was obvious and a given. I am sorry I didn't specifically mention it before. I also agree that I did labour the Authortitive part of that statement when I shouldn't have as even a non authoritative government would have acted the same. (The government happened to be authoritative, but it has no real bearing on what resulted from the shooting, it was the right thing to do)

Hes just going to announce the roadmap, nothing will ease tomorrow AFAIK. My wife teaches and it's more likely they will just announce that they will fully open Primary school and partially open Secondarys in 2 weeks time. I reckon airsoft has at least another 4 weeks to go and even then, with heavy restrictions. It's too early to open back up anyway, amount of infections is still high.

I understand what you mean. Partisan politics can be poisonous. Especially when people tend to vote a certain party because they either dont like the people who vote for the other party, or they vote based on a single policy. Despite the other party having a whole raft of policies that would benefit them. I find Left or Right is like supporting a football team, you rag on the other team for no reason apart from they arent on your perceived side. Case in point I "might" vote for a party in the next election that may well ban Airsoft because I believe in the majority of their policies and enacting those policies are more important then playing airsoft once a fortnight. ‐----------- My opinion is that we have to base the reasoning of a license on what the average joe public sees. Sure, they are not live firearms, but to a "normal" person it's a firearm, which incites panic and for good reason. Hence why a license in my opinion will legitimise things more in the eye of the public and authorities. The current defenses in the UK are not fit for purpose as it's still too easy to get a RIF without the most recognised one (UKARA. IFs should be banned as bright colours can be painted on real firearms anyway. The majority of problems we face in Airsoft is bad press because of unscrupulous and/or stupid people going nuts with a RIF in public. We need to stop them from getting access to them so easily. A license wont stop it outright as anyone determined enough can get hold of one, but a verified license will stem the incidences somewhat to a lesser level. It will also separate us legitimate airsofters, from the stupid rabble who use them for purposes other then airsoft. You can yell at people until you are blue in the face, but they see RIF, they see firearms and I cant blame them.