OLDYELLOW

couldnt tell you who goes to our fed meetings , there usualy decided before you turn up to vote , and in past it was the many Hull clubs with fewer members that got most of the say to the detriment of the clubs in the north , thats why a New Fed was made , because they were ruining our fed when they all ready had both north road feds and south road feds now thats just greedy and selfish

lets hope for a fuel shortage and a good harsh winter ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

i think if any of the R.P.R.A committee are over 65 and retirement age then they should not hold a post , also a very good point why doesnt the regional secatarys job get advertised each season ?

there will always different opinions and people that wont get on with others and if they cant win in one club they split and form another , as a new comer you would think that we are all wanting to race our birds that much is true but some wont fly amongst the best , each town could be divided into sections to allow for disadvantages in overfly ectra but you would still get the odd one or two saying that its unfair ectra. Amalgamating clubs into marking stations would reduce the small clubs and would be the way forward , but the breakaway clubs wouldnt want it as they like it the way it is

i think it would end up with the channel been split in to milages and you will probably be able to choose which point you send to as a individual , and baskets / birds be transfered before they go across water on ferry creation national racing , as for most feds transportaion could be shared and birds be put up in sections as the U.N.C do , if the Unions did any running they could sort this out but we are still at finding the flint to create fire in pigeon racing terms

if its never a sport ill still do , it if i couldnt fly for money i'd still do it , if it was banned i'd still have my pigeons , nothing would stop me doing the thing i enjoy the most

ill give mine now there aint any

well that be blown out of water be down to club officals then fed officals then down to regional secatary still a lot of dinosaurs running around not knowing there extinct

10ML per litre of water for 1 to 2 days before basketing

they would have to comply if it were a R.P.R.A rule

well i think the biggest problem will be stray returns , all unions should make all transporters carry a stray basket , i put my strays in a box with transporter driver and hes more than happy to help them on there way , as for buying birds well id make sure if i was buying i had visited loft and would be happy if not eager to bring any new pigeons to there new home ,

sue them lol they have gone bust so wouldnt get a jar of fart gas out of them

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oops looks like Louella will have to have more costly away sales

bonfire night not too long away to stock up on some pocket rockets can hold and light and direct them to FRIGHTEN percy and his like away

and you'l never guess the R.P.R.A arent answering the phone , what are we paying our membership for ?

T.P.A shed are another one to stay clear of the design of my loft was wrong and the flooring wont support human weight and alot of knots fall out of wood that they put down to natural shrinkage i put i down to crap timber and the floor is made from match board yup you have got it they probably make matches out of it and aint fit for purpose.

how about clearing all the for sales and starting a fresh ? as then all will be veted , or it would give previous postings the benifit of no rules been enforced

in the current financial market with rising fuel costs and negative growth housing market at a stand still , i cant see anyone want to make amtrack an offer as they will no doubt be in the very same position , i guess this will become common place , my father inlaw lost his job as a delievery driver for another firm just because his route had become no longer viable and they was loosing money , welcome to the start of a recession

widowhood for me won from 86 miles to 512 miles on it

some might just be doing that

well done top flying

i think a few of the doom and gloom merchants need to get the sandwhich boards on and write 'the end is nigh' on them and walk around town , they be laughed at , im very optomistic about the future of pigeon racing , probably one of the most taken up activitys when people retire , yes people work and thats a deterent but ets will help a few more back , the last thing any new starter needs is to look at these type of threads and think bloody hell may as well get the latest console game at least they'll be able to buy the games for them , as for one loft races taking over it will never happen . Theres a few types of fanciers theres the ones that are in it purely for money and to line there pockets and theres the get rich quick via one loft racing due to the prestige it could bring and win big bucks , and theres the one's that loves there pigeons and the enjoyment they bring whether on top or on the bottom of the game . Those that have lost there heart for there pigeons arent fanciers there senders of pigeons i suggest that the latter are the doom and gloom merchants , and yes i do know of several clubs that will go to the wall because of lack of members but im sure theres solutions for the remaining members , such as flying with a nearby club , even if it means just flying for federation honors

yup an auction format would see a normal £35 bird go for double, you'd be quids in , and laughing all the way to the bank ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

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