JohnQuinn

Lets no be 2 faced about this transport issue, EVERY Fed that has put a bid in or have been asked for a quote are doing so to MAKE MONEY out of it. We ( Lanarkshire ) put in a bid that would have gained VERY LITTLE profit but as we are continuing to fund raise every little counts. Despite all the talk of Wicker v Aluminium i've never heard from a Doo what its preference is, but it seems there are plenty of members on here that have heard from their doos, wish you's could inform me how to speak their language.

Am looking for a wee van the now but canny get what i'm looking for at the price i want it at!! Ideally a wee Vaux Combo, a Caddy, Kangoo or similar sized van around a 56/57 plate with as low as poss mileage. Cash waiting

Aye Brian just as you say but i can handle it ok, just needed the wee break to get the job and now a can put everything into it that i've learned over the past 3 years and hopefully Shine in my new role. Don't know about 30% less Stevie but it'll free me up for 5 extra hours a week that a can put into the doos now

Aye you rub it in Dougie lol

Cheers Alan, as luck would have it am on holiday this week, so can Celebrate tae ma liver canny take any mare

That has actually been put to me, but i'm a doer no a talker so widnae fit in.

Aye it can Andy, but mind there are guys all over the place looking for work too, so his turn will come around just as it will for others.

Swine!! i wish i had known it was tonight i could have been there

Good on him Andy, he'll get to see the world before its too late for him to enjoy it, tell him well done from all the guys on here, great going from him.

Thanks guys, meant a lot to me because i actually enjoy helping others, especially when they're no feeling too clever.

Ma sister pretty much said that word for word Andy

Ye never know Michael

Was interviewed for a job within LAMH who are my present employers, it was essentially a promotion i was after and low and behold i got it Tae sweeten it up even more its about a 30% pay hike to boot I've never sweated over a job as much in my life but this was a make or break as my present job will be fazed out in about 4 weeks time, so i would have been signing on if a failed the interview, however the feed back i got was my interview was Brill

Here's what happened to me with my ETS. A bird arrived and entered the loft, there is a 2.5 inch runner along the front of my loft, including through the traps and the bird has to cross this before reaching the pad. There is a blocker in place as my traps are twice the width of an ETS pad, the blocker Forces the doos to walk over the Pad AFTER entering the loft. The bird i am highlighting slid around the blocker turning left on entry, ETS ring is on its Left leg so it didn't record its arrival as the ETS ring only went over the afore mentioned runner and missed the pad. I entered the loft caught her and scanned her over the pad manually. To me the positioning of the pad INSIDE the loft is paramount to it being LEGAL to use, even if it can present problems as i've just described. I have of course re positioned the blocker so a repeat is not possible now. The bird was my Ypres section winner in 2010 and my point is no matter what timing system you choose to use, if your bird is out in front you'll win the race. Simples. Ps. I disagree with the use of more than one pad per loft as i see that as an advantage over the manual clock users who race to different lofts in their garden and would have to carry their clock from one loft to another to time in different birds, even from one Section to another is a hindrance to them if the ETS user has a pad at EACH trap. Ps. Mind this is my PERSONAL position on it and does not represent anyone else's views, well at least none that have been said to me. atvb to all regardless of your chosen time in method, this season i will be using my Benzing manual clock for the Old bird season at least though will probably revert to ETS for my Yb's as catching them can dissuade them from trapping at all if they're home first more than once that is.

I beg to differ Jade, as you know i was on the committee for the past 3/4 seasons and imo, my input was to debates were dismissed out of hand because John run the SNFC as HE seen fit, it now appears that Phil will do likewise. BOTH men are at the top of my Respect list for the job they took on and i absolutely believe ALL decisions they took were with the Very best intentions. However if that is how the SNFC wish to be run then why have a committee in the first place. Not once had they any difficulty contacting me when i was needed to do some work, eg verifications/attend meetings etc, but when it came to moving the birds to Cheltenham last year all of a sudden they didn't manage to get hold of me for my opinion on the matter. That was a slap in the face to me and the others who's input wasn't requested or Required.

Cheers Arachie, i like to get things paid early, otherwise i forget all about it.

How/Who do i pay??

Aye it went very well with the Yb's fetching fair prices, big hand to Douglas Telfer who made a first class job as autioneer

All 3 are cracking looking dogs, the intelligence in Prince and his daughter is looking out them, Kess looks like she might have been the fastest of them??

I was referring to WHO can compete ya dummy, no what licence is needed or other wise. Don't quote me again on here Danny, if ye were in a pub ye widnae butt in on me so don't do it on here either.

The success of the Dalzell Open race today justifies sticking to our ( Lanarkshire) program, some fanciers have Chosen to Train their doos and others not to, because of the temps in particular, and the overall weather conditions in general. However some fanciers have carried on regardless and who's to say one train of thought is superior to the other

Rules regarding Club "Open" races have nothing to do with a Fed or the SHU, just as the boundaries of a club are outwith anyone else's influence.

Well whatever i done with this new bleedin winaes 8, i managed to disable my laptop altogether then when i got it "fixed" i realised it wisnae letting me onto the internet and the wee touch pad for ma cursor wisnae responding, think that was Tuesday night and i've only now got the Cursor working and am obviously back online so i'm thinkin of advertising ma self as a windaes 8 technician noo

Hard man tae beat as we're all learning more and more every year. Well done Dougal

When you visit the website you will see that i have given Ian his due credit in my welcome statement, the man is a living Legend.