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Cat survives after being shot with air rifle near Amersham
2:16pm Tuesday 4th October 2011 in News By Andy Carswell
Preston the cat. His pellet wound is clearly visible.
A PET cat cheated death after an air rifle pellet narrowly missed its heart and lungs.
The cat, called Preston, was in agony for up to two hours after being shot near his home in The Hill, Winchmore Hill, before being discovered by his distraught owners.
The RSPCA has today launched an appeal for information after the shooting, which took place some time between 5-6pm on Tuesday September 13.
Preston's owner Kerri Parker said she and partner Martin Curran returned home at 8pm to find him lying on the bed. He was breathing very quickly and did not want to be touched.
They immediately took him to the vets and he was x-rayed, which revealed that he had been shot with an air rifle and that the pellet had become lodged between his heart and lungs.
It was decided that it would be too dangerous to remove the pellet and Preston was given a course of treatment and released three days later.
Miss Parker said: “We just could not believe that someone would do this to an innocent animal and we are so very lucky that Preston survived.
“He is such a popular cat and everyone in the neighbourhood knows him, he is a real character, and I just can’t believe that someone shot him. I just hope that whoever has done this will get caught.
"We also heard that just two weeks before a neighbour’s cat had been covered in petrol so we are really worried.”
RSPCA inspector Rachel Smith, who is investigating the incident, said: “Poor Preston is very lucky to have survived. We are extremely concerned by this incident.
"It is absolutely vital that if anyone saw anything suspicious or knows of anyone shooting at animals in the area that they come forward with information. People cannot be allowed to get away with causing such awful injuries.”
Those found guilty of causing unnecessary suffering to an animal can face a maximum six-month prison sentence, and/or a £20,000 fine.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the RSPCA on 0300 1234 999.
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Comments (98)
2:37pm Tue 4 Oct 11
Cressex Offender says...
There is no excuse for cruelty to animals who are not able to
defend themselves.
2:56pm Tue 4 Oct 11
Moimar says...
3:07pm Tue 4 Oct 11
Trip says...
3:11pm Tue 4 Oct 11
pennman says...
3:44pm Tue 4 Oct 11
Bookworm123 says...
5:59pm Tue 4 Oct 11
Melanie1 says...
7:30pm Tue 4 Oct 11
ivor says...
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Let's hope the scum that did this are brought to book.
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8:01pm Tue 4 Oct 11
Marmite XO says...
I can't believe they are such bad shots. I think you can trace it back to the day they banned hand guns. A sad day.
8:04pm Tue 4 Oct 11
ivor says...
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8:07pm Tue 4 Oct 11
Melanie1 says...
8:14pm Tue 4 Oct 11
ivor says...
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Hello Melanie, take a look at my current blog then....
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At least I am man enough to apologise. Let's hope Marmite apologises too....
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8:22pm Tue 4 Oct 11
KentP says...
really? how old are you?!
8:26pm Tue 4 Oct 11
ivor says...
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It seems that some people are not of your opinion on that matter.
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Well, the matter is well and truly settled now and hopefully it will put an end to the rumblings that are continuing on articles throughout this site.
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You are more than welcome to post on my blog indeed I must admit that I miss hearing from you.
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8:27pm Tue 4 Oct 11
KentP says...
8:30pm Tue 4 Oct 11
KentP says...
8:30pm Tue 4 Oct 11
ivor says...
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Why would the book have to be thrown at them?
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Do you want think they should be injured too?
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Does that not make you as bad as the person who shot the cat?
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8:32pm Tue 4 Oct 11
ivor says...
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By their very nature the silent majority are unlikely to comment....
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You are more than welcome to comment on my blog though after all I have fully apologised so surely you will forgive me?
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8:33pm Tue 4 Oct 11
Melanie1 says...
8:36pm Tue 4 Oct 11
ivor says...
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Well, I have apologised fully and frankly now. Sadly I handled things badly and I regret what happened.
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Will you forgive me?
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8:36pm Tue 4 Oct 11
Melanie1 says...
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Enjoy your quiet, boring and (often) edited blog, because it seems likely you are very much on your own now!
8:38pm Tue 4 Oct 11
Melanie1 says...
8:40pm Tue 4 Oct 11
ivor says...
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I would rather be counted on an important site like this that from a tucked away corner of the internet.
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Surely you would also prefer to make your voice known on this highly respected site so everyone can read what you have to say?
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Have you read Ivor’s blog today? Click on the “BLOGS” link at the top of the page.
8:40pm Tue 4 Oct 11
Melanie1 says...
8:43pm Tue 4 Oct 11
KentP says...
loathe as I am to rise to the bait, this is a common idiom meaning "o apply the harshest possible punishment to"
no, I didn't say that, 'mister literal'... see previous point on idioms
you're utterly contemptible
8:45pm Tue 4 Oct 11
Marmite XO says...
Anyway, I stand by what I said. It makes me laugh how people take more interest in pets than people. Bring back national service - maybe that will improve their aim.
8:46pm Tue 4 Oct 11
ivor says...
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I am not contemptible at all, it is those who go around shooting innocent cats that are contemptible.
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8:46pm Tue 4 Oct 11
KentP says...
8:49pm Tue 4 Oct 11
ivor says...
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I can assure you that I do know what an apology is indeed take a look at my current blog and you will see for yourself.
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At least I am man enough to apologise and I think you should do he same.
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If you think it is acceptable behaviour to injure innocent animals then please tell me how many cats have you shot yourself?
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8:50pm Tue 4 Oct 11
KentP says...
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you do yourself no service of credibility by coming off like that selfsame sociopath
8:51pm Tue 4 Oct 11
ivor says...
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I can assure you they are out there but they are staying silent after all that's why they are called the silent majority!
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8:51pm Tue 4 Oct 11
Marmite XO says...
Only joking. I would have killed it.
8:53pm Tue 4 Oct 11
ivor says...
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Yes, go tell us how many cats have you shot?
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I don't think you would have the guts to pull the trigger....
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8:54pm Tue 4 Oct 11
u5r23 says...
8:56pm Tue 4 Oct 11
ivor says...
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9:01pm Tue 4 Oct 11
Marmite XO says...
I don't know about sharing my record of shooting cats, but I'd be more than happy switching off your life support machine.
9:03pm Tue 4 Oct 11
ivor says...
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Maybe you can't “share your record” because you don't have one?
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There is nothing big about posting controversial comments in order to get a reaction which I fear you have done on this news article....
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9:03pm Tue 4 Oct 11
KentP says...
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9:03pm Tue 4 Oct 11
Melanie1 says...
roboards.com/index.c
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9:03pm Tue 4 Oct 11
NicM says...
http://bucksbanter.p
roboards.com/index.c
gi
Lots of ex-BFP posters on here. Please don't be offended but you may be slightly vetted! We are a select crowd :-)
9:05pm Tue 4 Oct 11
Marmite XO says...
Must be too senile. Time to go to that home.
9:06pm Tue 4 Oct 11
ivor says...
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Vetted? In other words they may ask details (e.g. e-mail or street address) that could be used by fraudsters?
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Sounds dangerous to me....
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9:06pm Tue 4 Oct 11
Melanie1 says...
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With regards to your 2nd paragraph however, I'm in full support.
9:07pm Tue 4 Oct 11
NicM says...
9:07pm Tue 4 Oct 11
ivor says...
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I fear you have been exposed as a troll....
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9:18pm Tue 4 Oct 11
Marmite XO says...
The only way you're going to get anyone interested in what you do on the internet is if you kill yourself on a webcam.
9:21pm Tue 4 Oct 11
ivor says...
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Yes, I think what you said about shooting the cat was a blatant example of trolling.
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I can assure you that I have no intention of killing myself as I have literally hundreds of blogs inside me just waiting to share with you and all the other readers....
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9:23pm Tue 4 Oct 11
demoness the second says...
Nicely said but I think the only reason you have done it is because the comments have dropped and you want them back.
I said that I would never comment on your blog again and I won't.
Like others I will comment on news stories if you say something daft but quite frankly I am not interested in what you say.
Too little too late I'm afraid.
9:26pm Tue 4 Oct 11
Marmite XO says...
Why did you dignify it with a response then. You should consider the webcam suicide - maybe as your next blog. You could do the other hundreds after.
9:26pm Tue 4 Oct 11
ivor says...
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Actually I do not write my blogs for the comments. If you do not want to be where the “topics that matter” are discussed then that's your choice.
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You will be sadly missed.
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It's never too late to apologise for anything.
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9:28pm Tue 4 Oct 11
ivor says...
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Maybe I should write a blog about assisted suicide after all it is a hot topic at the moment and there's still the blog on abortion to do as well...
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9:31pm Tue 4 Oct 11
demoness the second says...
I have just checked - the most comments you have received on your blog since we all left has been 48.
But you do not write your blogs for the comments so I am sure this will not concern you.
9:35pm Tue 4 Oct 11
Marmite XO says...
9:38pm Tue 4 Oct 11
ivor says...
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But that was 48 comments on the topic and not silly things aimed at knocking my blog off course and trying to ridicule me.
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I honestly do not write my blog for the comments, nice as they are I would rather have ten sensible comments that give credibility to my blog than two hundred insults being flung at me. Now my column appears in the printed version of the BFP people I think people will listen to me more.
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Are you sure that those who have played the pied piper and taken the readers away to other places on the internet have not done so on with my best intentions in mind to “clean up” my blog and give me respectability?
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9:40pm Tue 4 Oct 11
ivor says...
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Well, I can assure you that I have no intention of giving up my blog as there are so many topics still to discuss.
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Did you read my blog entitled “Masterplan? More like Disaster-plan!”? There were some very interesting revelations there....
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10:49pm Tue 4 Oct 11
demoness the second says...
You prefer fewer more constructive comments.
We are all happy elsewhere.
Win win situation.:)
10:52pm Tue 4 Oct 11
u5r23 says...
10:52pm Tue 4 Oct 11
ivor says...
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As soon as things hot up in Wycombe and I take up the mantle on a controversial topic I think you find the hecklers will return to my blog to try to discredit me.
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Isn't it funny how some people left once the Booker stadium decision was revealed....
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While the hecklers are not there I gain credibility by the day....
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10:54pm Tue 4 Oct 11
demoness the second says...
You think what you like.
I don't care and that is my final word - so go play on your blog :)
10:55pm Tue 4 Oct 11
ivor says...
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You'll have to wait a while for approval indeed it took them ages to approve the application I made when it started a couple of weeks ago. Maybe they have got their acts together by now though....
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10:56pm Tue 4 Oct 11
demoness the second says...
11:00pm Tue 4 Oct 11
demoness the second says...
What is my avatar?
11:09pm Tue 4 Oct 11
ivor says...
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If I repeated anything on there I may give my identity away. I'm not that stupid....
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11:10pm Tue 4 Oct 11
demoness the second says...
I asked what my avatar was - that would not give anything away at all.
11:48pm Tue 4 Oct 11
KentP says...
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I've just posted a new thread on our message board, with a single word subject line
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I don't want you to respond on it or anything... I just ask one question: what word is it?
11:51pm Tue 4 Oct 11
ivor says...
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Yes, of course I will take a look now then the moderator will see who is logged on and terminate my account!
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Do you think I was born yesterday?
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12:00am Wed 5 Oct 11
demoness the second says...
The more we respond, the more he will answer back.
If Ivor is on BB then good for him
He won't learn anything and if he wants to contribute then I am sure he will be welcomed.
12:02am Wed 5 Oct 11
Melanie1 says...
12:04am Wed 5 Oct 11
A VOTER says...
If you are really on the site, you could easily say what avatar demoness the second is using....
Let me add to that by asking the same of myself.... What's my Avatar?
You would not be revealing your identity at all, you would be validating a statement that you have made indicating the length of time it took to be approved.
Now was that a lie, or was that the truth?
Ivor - Are you a LIAR?
A simple truth or lie test:
What's my Avatar?
What's Demoness the second's Avatar?
12:08am Wed 5 Oct 11
KentP says...
12:13am Wed 5 Oct 11
ivor says...
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Oh, no. You are not catching me out like that. Just assume that I have an account there.
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I still can't believe that everyone has snookered themselves by transferring to the forum leaving me to write my blogs unchallenged and without insult. My credibility is gaining by the day. Bliss!!!!
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Now I have issued the apology on my latest blog there is no reason for anyone not to return yet they have insisted they won't. They snookered themselves and the freeball has been offered but declined.... I am free to continue on my blog unhindered and with respectability.
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12:19am Wed 5 Oct 11
A VOTER says...
A simple test, one that doesn't reveal your identity, and you can't answer.
You try to evade answering the question, but the question is an opportunity to prove yourself to be true....
Therefore the only conclusion is that you are, and have always been... A LIAR.
12:19am Wed 5 Oct 11
demoness the second says...
Enjoy your blogs - I hope you get lots of constructive and interesting comments.
I am sure people will see you for what you are and answer accordingly.
You don't need us and we like where we are. We haven't snookered ourselves - we enjoy each other's company and now have a nice forum to chat on. I suppose we must thank you for bringing us together on your blog. No snookering going on.
Surely ( as I said before) that's a good thing?
12:24am Wed 5 Oct 11
KentP says...
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as I think someone else said, its a win-win situation for all of us!
12:28am Wed 5 Oct 11
ivor says...
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Well, you assume wrongly as I do have an account there.
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I'm sure you will still read my blogs but be unable to comment....
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12:33am Wed 5 Oct 11
ImpeturbableLawrence says...
12:33am Wed 5 Oct 11
ImpeturbableLawrence says...
12:33am Wed 5 Oct 11
ImpeturbableLawrence says...
12:33am Wed 5 Oct 11
ImpeturbableLawrence says...
12:37am Wed 5 Oct 11
ImpeturbableLawrence says...
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Have you read Igor’s blog today? Click on the “BLOGS” link at the top of the page and then click away again.
12:38am Wed 5 Oct 11
KentP says...
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still its good to know you're as full of rubbish on other people's articles as you are your own
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I might drop by your blog now and then to point and laugh at the lack of comments, I'm not going to read the content though...
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besides, I've read your blog for a couple of years now (it feels like a lifetime's worth) and you're just recycling the same blogs on a seasonal cycle, so why should I waste my time re-reading the same old tripe?
12:44am Wed 5 Oct 11
ivor says...
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I would never reveal who I am on the forum after all as I said my account would be terminated. Just assume that I have a presence there....
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It's your choice to gag yourself from responding to my blog. At least I have credibility there now and no doubt a new generation of readers will emerge.
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You mean we have a Masterplan every year and the Rye is dug up on an annual basis? I think not....
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12:51am Wed 5 Oct 11
A VOTER says...
12:51am Wed 5 Oct 11
A VOTER says...
12:53am Wed 5 Oct 11
KentP says...
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every single town development plan in the last 5 years has been dismissed as a crazy scheme by you (usually after a period of flip-flopping), so yeah we have heard this one before... and you were half a week behind the actual bfp journalist on reporting the work on the rye - spectacularly poor work ('oh but I didn't see it'... but it was reported on the bfp, and is *exactly* the sort of thing you usually whine about)... it was almost irrelevant by the time you'd given your account of it.
12:54am Wed 5 Oct 11
ivor says...
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I guess its just a shame you are not able to post that comment on the actual blog itself. Sadly you have gagged yourself.
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Now what do you think about that poor cat who was shot with the air gun?
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12:56am Wed 5 Oct 11
ImpeturbableLawrence says...
12:58am Wed 5 Oct 11
KentP says...
12:58am Wed 5 Oct 11
ivor says...
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As I said earlier by logging on to view the forum the moderators would be able to see the accounts that have been active and my persona would be exposed. Sorry but I am not that stupid.
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I can assure you that I do indeed have an account on there.
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If the town development plans were any good I would support them. At least I will not be pestered with defamatory comment on my blog any more and I will be able to put my point of view across to the wider public without fear of ridicule.
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Isn't it a shame about the cat that was shot.
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1:02am Wed 5 Oct 11
KentP says...
1:10am Wed 5 Oct 11
demoness the second says...
So......
If Ivor is on there, then he must have a different personae on here as well as the Ivor one and that personae must have argued with "Ivor" at some point as the people on the forum are mostly from his blog.
If this is true, then Ivor has been arguing with himself on his blog.
Which is a little bizarre to say the least.
7:16am Wed 5 Oct 11
NicM says...
By the way D it isn't me :D
7:57am Wed 5 Oct 11
usvelt says...
Your self-righteous actions are what have made your blogs the empty place they are now. You come up with an apology way to late after lying about the fact of what was changed in your ramblings. Sir you are a turd.
9:25am Wed 5 Oct 11
Trip says...
10:10am Wed 5 Oct 11
BOOKERite says...
4:39pm Wed 5 Oct 11
chelps says...
cat manure can lead to blindness and other serious health problems and so my children cannot play in their own garden. the only thing i find strange about this article is that a) only one shot hit the animal and b) petrol is expensive to waste if you are not going to light it and make the most of it and c) now the owners are known... go and shoot them too. it definately should be no crime to keep your garden as a safe environment for kids to play in. this should be an eye opener for cat owners that allow their "pet" to wonder around other peoples property.
4:57pm Wed 5 Oct 11
Trip says...
Which, incidentally, isn't dangerous to children.
12:22pm Thu 6 Oct 11
chelps says...
also, wild animals are wild. cats are pets. the point is, the owners are responsible for the amount of crap in the garden which is not comparable to the amount of birds mess etc. if you want a pet, great, just keep it to yourself. anyway, at least in your oppinion it is just the adults in the family that will get disease... phew!!!
12:23pm Thu 6 Oct 11
chelps says...
also, wild animals are wild. cats are pets. the point is, the owners are responsible for the amount of crap in the garden which is not comparable to the amount of birds mess etc. if you want a pet, great, just keep it to yourself. anyway, at least in your oppinion it is just the adults in the family that will get disease... phew!!!