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Thread: The Government wants to jail me
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8th November 2008, 15:02 #1
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The Government wants to jail me
Stick with me on this. It's interesting .....
A horse needs about a half hectare of grass to feed itself all year round. I have one hectare for my two ponies. Each pony eats about 2-3.5% of it's bodyweight each day, depending on weather, workload, age, etc. It's a high fibre diet that produces about 50% (dry weight) of manure from the 100% eaten. Due to the high water content of the diet, real manure weight is often higher than what went in in the first place. Cattle eat roughly the same, about 2.5%.
Still with me? Good.
My pony Sovereign is 350kg. He poos out about 10kg of manure a day on his half of the hectare. That's 3650kg each year. Over 7000kg per hectare. Cattle weigh far more than Sovereign.
The UK Government has just passed a law saying landowners can't add more than 170kg of manure per year, per hectare. Even if I dry every last ball of crap straight out of the pony, he's still massively over that limit.
The law has just made all dairy farmers, horse owners, sheep farmers, pig farmers and chicken keepers criminals Even somebody walking their Jack Russell in a one acre back garden would go over that limit!
Is this government so stupid as to not think before passing a law? There simply isn't enough of the UK to spread all it's cattle muck on, given the number of cows we have here.
Maybe I've been told the new regulations wrong, but as they are from a DEFRA leaflet sent to all farmers that seems a long shot.
By the end of January next year, I'll be a law breaker.
Anyone know of any more impossible laws we live with here? If I'm going to jail at least let me be a repeat offender :"The Jaguar's going cheap"
"Shouldn't it be purring?" :confused:
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8th November 2008, 18:01 #2
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That really is a load of old crap!
Jim Raynor will be returning soon!
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8th November 2008, 23:24 #3
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...the-table.html
Chocolate, raisins or grapes are "poisonous" for pets, according to the code, while a dog should not be disturbed when eating as this can cause "food-related aggression".
It also recommends that dogs should not be fed at the table as this can lead to begging - and that "curious" animals such as cats should be kept away from windows or tumble dryers.The Old Republic was a stupidly run organisation which deserved to be taken over. All Hail Palpatine!
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9th November 2008, 08:51 #4
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Originally Posted by Hazell B
I think the only solution is that you toilet train Sovereign.I could really use a fish right now
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9th November 2008, 17:48 #5
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Maybe if you stopped feeding them??
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9th November 2008, 18:24 #6
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Is this because of a party over there? I love watching the Brits debate in parlament. I think I like the Labour party, the Conservatives seem like a bunch of whiny jerks. But I dont know.
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9th November 2008, 18:31 #7
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Originally Posted by Brown, Jon Brow
Good job nobody noticed but me :"The Jaguar's going cheap"
"Shouldn't it be purring?" :confused:
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9th November 2008, 21:10 #8
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Apparently the number plate on my mums Scenic is illegal because it has a little St.Georges cross on it with ENG underneath. I think it's because the EU doesn't recognise England as a country. It should have an EU flag with GB underneath.
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10th November 2008, 07:16 #9
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Originally Posted by Hazell B
Good Lord! For a moment I thought I was back at school in a maths class
That sounds pretty stupid, I hope there's a good solution.There WAS nothing like rallying, Superrally is a joke!
LW Master!!!:champion:
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10th November 2008, 07:44 #10
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