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Hello, I am not clued up on these things but my brother in law is. When he was here he downloaded 'AVG anti-virus' it is free and the one he uses. He is a software engineer ( programmer to you and me) and he swears by it. Hope this helps, Paul.

Hi Jimmy, Try pigeoncourier.co.uk I believe they are now working with SPDS to cover Scotland. Regards, Paul.

Roland, do you take it yourself to help you get over the stress of ybs or give it too the birds? ;D Paul.

Smart looking birds. Good photos as well. Paul.

The Songbird Society was set up I believe by bird lovers who have become disillusioned by the RSPB or so I am led to believe. It is maybe time the RPRA and the SHU and alike made contact with this society to see if they can work together and possibly find a way to combat the raptor problem. I have spoken to members of the Songbird society and they are disgusted that the sparrowhawk problem has been allowed to escalate out of control. They see the massive drop in the number of birds that visit their gardens and see the sparrowhawk as public enemy number 1 in a lot of cases. Just a thought but our organisation and theirs may become allies and fight the fight together. Paul.

What happens if you dont believe in god? I dont think we have to accept it at all. We as a body need to do something about it. Someone mentioned farmers being legally allowed to protect their sheep. Why cant we legally protect our pigeons. After all some pigeons are worth a lot more than sheep and there are some who make their living from racing pigeons so why is it we cannot legally protect our flocks? Paul.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank Adrian (thunderboult) for the dark hen he sent up to me. She is absolutely class and you must have some team of birds if you can give one like her away. You are a credit to the sport and i thankyou. All the best, Paul.

Its a marathon not a sprint ladies ;)

Bart has by far the best avatar paul.

They are doing well Jimmy. I have 6 youngbirds weaned from my 3 pairs. I have another just hatched today along with two due tomorrow and eggs in the nest. The first ones are looking well. There is a lovely pair of dark w/f's i have just moved. The hen on my avater is one of yours from last year sitting on the first youngbird of the year. Paul.

Ally that is a stunning clip. I even called my wife through to watch it. I think I will have to get some of these. Paul.

Found these Roland they are funny too. Paul. Tommy Cooper Jokes I can picture him saying these jokes Two Aerials meet on a roof - fall in love - get married The ceremony was rubbish but the Reception was Brilliant. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Man goes to the docs, with a strawberry growing out of his head. Doc says, "I'll give you some cream to put on it." -------------------------------------------------------------------- "Doc, I can't stop singing the green green grass of home." "That sounds like Tom Jones syndrome." "Is it common?" "It's not unusual." ------------------------------------------------------------------- A man takes his Rottweiler to the vet. "My dog's cross-eyed, is there anything you can do for him?" "Well," says the vet, "let's have a look at him" So he picks the dog up and examines his eyes, then checks his teeth. Finally, he says, "I'm going to have to put him down." "What? Because he's cross-eyed? " "No, because he's really heavy" -------------------------------------------------------------------- "Doctor, I can't pronounce my F's, T's and H's." "Well you can't say fairer than that then" ------------------------------------------------------------------ Two elephants walk off a cliff...... boom boom! --------------------------------------------------------------------- So I went to the dentist. He said "Say Aaah." I said "Why?" He said "My dog's died." --------------------------------------------------------------------- So I got home, and the phone was ringing. I picked it up, and said 'Who's speaking please?' And a voice said "You are." ------------------------------------------------------------------- So I rang up my local swimming baths. I said 'Is that the local swimming baths?' He said 'It depends where you're calling from.' --------------------------------------------------------------------- So I rang up a local building firm, I said 'I want a skip outside my house.' He said 'I'm not stopping you.' --------------------------------------------------------------------- Apparently, 1 in 5 people in the world are Chinese. And there are 5 people in my family, so it must be one of them. It's either my mum or my dad. Or my older brother Colin. Or my younger brother Ho-Cha-Chu. But I think it's Colin. --------------------------------------------------------------------- So I was in my car, and I was driving along, and my boss rang up, and he said 'You've been promoted.' And I swerved. And then he rang up a second time and said 'You've been promoted again.' And I swerved again. He rang up a third time and said 'You're managing director.' And I went into a tree. And a policeman came up and said 'What happened to you?' And I said 'I careered off the road.' --------------------------------------------------------------------- Now, most dentists' chairs go up and down, don't they? The one I was in went back and forwards. I thought 'This is unusual'. And the dentist said to me 'Mr. Cooper, get out of the filing cabinet.' -------------------------------------------------------------------- So I was getting into my car, and this bloke says to me "Can you give me a lift?" I said "Sure, you look great, the world's your oyster, go for it." --------------------------------------------------------------------- Two cannibals eating a clown. One says to the other "Does this taste funny to you?" --------------------------------------------------------------------- Police arrested two kids yesterday, one was drinking battery acid, and the other was eating fireworks. They charged one and let the other one off. --------------------------------------------------------------------- You know, somebody actually complimented me on my driving today. They left a little note on the windscreen; it said 'Parking Fine.' So that was nice. --------------------------------------------------------------------- A man walked into the doctors, The doctor said "I haven't seen you in a long time" The man replied, "I know I've been ill" --------------------------------------------------------------------- A man walked into the doctors, he said "I've hurt my arm in several places" The doctor said, "well don't go to those places" --------------------------------------------------------------------- I had a ploughman's lunch the other day. He wasn't very happy. --------------------------------------------------------------------- I went to buy some camouflage trousers the other day but I couldn't find any. --------------------------------------------------------------------- I bought some HP sauce the other day. It's costing me 6p a month for the next 2 years. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Two blondes walk into a building..........you'd think at least one of them would have seen it. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Phone answering machine message - "...If you want to buy marijuana.............press the hash key..." ------------------------------------------------------------------- I went to the butchers the other day and I bet him 50 quid that he couldn't reach the meat off the top shelf. He said, "No, the steaks are too high." --------------------------------------------------------------------- My friend drowned in a bowl of muesli. A strong currant pulled him in. --------------------------------------------------------------------- A man came round in hospital after a serious accident. He shouted, "Doctor, doctor, I can't feel my legs!" The doctor replied, "I know you can't, I've cut your arms off". --------------------------------------------------------------------- I went to a seafood disco last week...and pulled a mussel. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were chilly. They lit a fire in the craft, it sank, proving once and for all that you can't have your kayak and heat it. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Our ice cream man was found lying on the floor of his van covered with hundreds and thousands. Police say that he topped himself. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Two fat blokes in a pub, one says to the other "Your round." The other one says "So are you, you fat slob!"

Knowing Stevie I am surprised it wasn't an underwear shop he directed you to Adrian ;D ;D ;D

I went to buy corn today and i was told that bucktons are about to drop their prices by around a pound a bag. Hopefully this will be the case, better in my bank account than theirs

Stevie i will do my best

Like the last photo the blue and the grizzle. Nice pair of birds. These white grizzles were not my cup of tea but I am coming round to them they look good. Best of luck with them I am sure they will do you well. Keep the photos coming. Regards, Paul.

I agree with you 100%. As I posted last night if you are not happy here or anywhere else just leave and remember to close the door on the way out. Paul.

Still awake. I remember being told by someone that they had never failed at anything in their lives. Yes he had made mistakes and got things wrong along the way but he had learned from their mistakes and in his opinion if he had learned something it could not go down as a failure. You are right in what you say it is the ones that dont learn and keep making mistakes that are an issue. Very much like pigeons. Paul.

Trouble is that no matter what you do you cannot keep everybody happy. Some people think the world revolves round them and that the world owes them a living. I do all I can to improve the atmosphere and working conditions and I reward and recognise good performance. In general the working environment would improve if the couple of moaners would stop bringing everyone else down with their winging. Most people dont want to hear it. Every work place has them just look around you know who they are. Some people need to take a long hard look at what is going on in the wider world an appreciate what they have got. At the end of the day there is a job to be done and some cant grasp that. I will say that the people I have referred to are very much in the minority and most relish coming in and doing a good job and take a great pride in what they do, but alas that will never be everybody. You are right things should be discussed openly but there are too many who just want to cause bother and wind people up. I personally would not get involved if I was so opposed to everything that goes on. Free speech comes hand in hand with freewill nobody is forced to 'put up with this' so to speak. Paul.

A truly great pigeon Derek. Well done. Paul.

I hope it all goes well Terri. Here is to a good future for you. Paul.

Fair play Chriss I just tell it how I see it and we all have opinions and as they say 'opinions are like belly-buttons...... we all have one' Paul.

Try Taylors choice, much cheaper than Boddy & Ridewood and very reasonable delivery as well. Alternatively watch E-bay I got a cracker a couple of weeks ago for £20 like new would have cost in excess of £80 from afore mentioned B&R. Paul.

Chris we are singing from the same sheet mate. I, as i am sure you do, come on here because I enjoy the site and think that this is a tool that we do not appreciate. I have said before some people should take a step back and think about a would-be new starter thinking about starting up and typing pigeon racing into Google and ending up here when it is kicking off. That is right Budgies or Canaries here I come and who could blame them. Paul.

Chriss it is a bit like selective hearing or so my wife tells me i.e i am very good at hearing what I am interested in and filtering out the rest. There are a lot of things that get posted on here but at the end of they day i 'rubber ear' them. Yes there are agendas all over the place and most of them pass me by as i cant be bothered with them. Life is too short to go chasing lost causes. It is a bit like racing pigeons in that you should not worry about the ones that dont make it, only worry about the ones that are in the loft and too many make that mistake about the ones that are lost. Move on. If you dont it will eat you up. i have been fortunate on here as i have got to know and become friends with some top class people. They are the people i will worry about not all the toss*ers. So I will continue to sign on and enjoy the site, that does not mean that I will accept the cra*p that is spouted on here it will get the rubber ear or more appropriatley the glass eye treatment. As I said anyone not happy close the door on the way out. Paul.