JACKS SHED.

dugaboy · Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 8:24 pm Post subject: passaround book

on another forum i was involved in starting a floating book library the IDEA is that people put up books for passaround how it works .
set up a section passaround someone lists a book first person to claim it gets it sent sender pays the cost couple quid ?? next person reads book then lists it ( signs it ) posts who claims it next sends book cost postage READ BOOK FOR almost free this keeps going as long as everyone is willing to cover the cost of posting on to the next person
seeing as your getting the chance to read a book worth MAYBE £20 for cost of £2-3 is it a big deal ?? DOES MEAN THAT YOU HAVE TO TRUST PEOPLE??

IF there any interest I will put up the first book ragner bensons survival poaching depends on admin sorting out the details cheers

fish · Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 12:47 pm Post subject:

I LIKE THE IDEA OF THIS , i think a time limit should apply or some chap will put it on his book shelf and not get round to reading it for a few months.
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dugaboy · Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 2:37 pm Post subject:

mate i agree how about they keep it for a week to tn days then it goes to the next person if they have to post on here who its going to next we should be able to keep track of it ( just nickname ) cheers

fish · Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 2:53 pm Post subject:

yep sounds good , i will lookinto getting some re -usable postage bags the type where you just slip a bit of card into a window , one less thing to worry about ie getting a jiffy bag etc.
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fishy1 · Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 9:17 pm Post subject:

For that book, I'm definately interested. I am away starting the begginning of october though, will it get to me before then? If not, I might just drop out of this and buy the book so I don't have it stuck at mine for ages.

dugaboy · Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 9:31 pm Post subject:

mate if you want to start this off PM an address will post it asap then you have to agree to send it to whoever wants it next within ten days after you get it just sign it add any comments thats it cheers

fish · Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 11:05 am Post subject:

can i borrow it after fishy1?

i am offering to lend my hardbound copy of "A gamefishers days and ways" by Norman Hill.
it has a fine section on poachers and their ways! if there are no takers on this book within the 10 days of the borrower it should be returned to me.
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dugaboy · Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 1:17 pm Post subject:

that should be all right mate as soon as he sends address will start the ball rolling cheers

fishy1 · Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 2:33 pm Post subject:

I have sent you a pm with my address dugaboy, cheers.

fishy1 · Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 10:35 am Post subject:

Hi
I got the book yesterday, it was a nice surprise having been up until about 6 am with some kind of viral infection.

I then read the book in about 4 hours. I am a pretty fast reader. I may reread it before I pass it onto Fish so I can just get a better understanding of all of it.

"lists it ( signs it )" - What do you mean, do I write my name on the book? I am a bit confused, and perhaps do not wish my name to be knowledgable to everyone on the list.

Anyways, onto the book. It is written in a very obvious, stereotypical american way.

Benson strikes me as an idiot. He seems malicious, for example when a farmer is trying to stop him poaching him on his land, benson gets someone to put a bunch of fresh hides on the guys property, and then informs the authorities. The farmer gets landed with a 2 grand fine, and ragner takes great delight in this.

Another incident demonstrating pure benson is when he sees a bunch of other poachers shooting deer at night, using a lamp. Benson replys to them by shooting out there light, and is seemingly oblivious to the fact they miss the lamp twice, and could quite easily have killed the lamp operator.

"Survival poaching", this is not. This is poaching with dynamite and rifles. And dynamite features a lot in this book. Benson also omits life threatening information, for example when making a blackpowder substitute with potassium chlorate and sugar, he fails to mention that the mixture will become phemoninally unstable near any sulphur (which you would find in a gun barrel).

The fishing section is short and disappointing. Gill nets get a page and a half, seines are not mentioned. Some of the information is quite interesting, for example hanging dead animals above the water and coming back in a week to catch the fish attracted by maggots falling off.

Gill netting birds is basically mist netting them, but it is the first I had heard of anyone doing it, so I will try this.

This is more a book for a wannabe trapper, as most of the information is about keeping the pelts in good condition.

And seriously, bear traps aren't a "survival" trap, more a moneyearner. He explains how to sell what you kill, and how to not get caught, which is quite good.

Anyways, fish, pm me your address and I will send it on to you soon. Thanks dugaboy for this excellent idea.