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Jul 24, 20231 min read

Ernie Returns

This morning I took delivery of milk at the doorstep for the first time in 26 years. McQueen's dairy is starting a weekly delivery and...

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stevecowles

Jul 23, 20231 min read

Messor Barbarus (5) Update

I have had this small colony (queen number 5) for 2 months now, they arrived as a colony of a Queen and a handful of workers and that is...

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stevecowles

Jul 22, 20231 min read

The value of knowledge

A few years ago I used to primarily fund my hobby of RC racing by selling spares in what is a specialist niche market. Some of the spares...

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stevecowles

Jul 21, 20231 min read

AliExpress - My Initial Thoughts

I've always steered clear of AliExpress, it looked a bit too good to be true. Anyway, I wanted a few fishing bits and know that what I...

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stevecowles

Jul 20, 20231 min read

2023 Captured Queen Ant Update

I've been deliberately ignoring the queen ants I captured back on the 7th of July so that they can have some peach to do their own thing....

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stevecowles

Jul 19, 20231 min read

What's in the post?

The postman has delivered me a strange combination of cheap goodies today. Coloured plastic tape, sequins, sparkly tape, coloured beads...

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Eye can see the difference, can the fish?

stevecowles

Jul 18, 20231 min read

Eye can see the difference, can the fish?

Well, I can see the difference but will the fish? I’ve bought a couple of job lots of fishing gear from eBay, much of it secondhand so...

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stevecowles

Jul 17, 20231 min read

Vape Rebuild

I've had this GeekVape Zeus tank on my vape since September 2019, I have a second vape with another the same. Maintenance has been zero...

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stevecowles

Jul 16, 20232 min read

Job lot 3 and tackle update

My third eBay fishing job lot has arrived, so why did I buy this one? basically, I fancied a couple of Red Gill lures and bumped into...

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stevecowles

Jul 15, 20232 min read

Calming unsettled queen ants

I posted recently about the new queen ants I have captured, several of them seem to have had trouble settling in and have been very...

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stevecowles

Jul 14, 20231 min read

Is the cost of living crisis a scam?

I was just leaving town earlier today when I realised I'd forgotten to buy some butter, Home Bargains was close so I popped in there, not...

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stevecowles

Jul 12, 20232 min read

My Beginners Pier Fishing Kit

A complete disclaimer here, I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing, I won't let that stop me though so here is my current kit to be...

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stevecowles

Jul 10, 20231 min read

Trying out Morrisons Local

Well, our Walter Wilsons shop, which turned into a Co-Op, which turned into McColls has now turned into a Morrison’s local. I’ve known...

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stevecowles

Jul 9, 20231 min read

Experimenting by the Lighthouse

The weather was nice first thing this morning after last night's thunderstorms but the rain is forecast to return for most of next week,...

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stevecowles

Jul 8, 20231 min read

Flying Ant Day at Last

At about nine o'clock yesterday evening, I'd finished what I was doing for the day and was settling in for an hour of YouTube before bed...

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stevecowles

Jul 7, 20231 min read

Amused by the post

I received some more fishing weights in the post today, these are different to the last lot as they are ftted with a swivel rather than...

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stevecowles

Jul 5, 20231 min read

Feeling sorry for the postman

I want to make up a few basic fishing rigs myself in the near future rather than buying them, there is a saving to be made and it would...

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stevecowles

Jul 4, 20231 min read

Another job lot

The other day, I posted about an eBay job lot I purchased to build up my collection of fishing gear at an affordable price. If fact I...

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stevecowles

Jul 3, 20231 min read

House-proud ants

Ants are often quite neat and tidy, some species more so that others. I recently added a test tube pod (from Wakooshi) to my small Messor...

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stevecowles

Jul 2, 20231 min read

My first fishing trip

I went sea fishing with my own gear for the first time yesterday, was it a success? I believe so. In fairness, I caught nothing but...

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