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This was originally shown on BBC TV back in the seventies. Ronnie Barker could say all this without a snigger Irony is that they received not one complaint. The speed of delivery must have been too much for the whining herds. Try getting through it without converting the spoonerisms [and not wetting your pants] as you read .... This is the story of Rindercella and her sugly isters. Rindercella and her sugly isters lived in a marge lansion. Rindercella worked very hard frubbing sloors, emptying poss pits, and shivelling shot. At the end of the day, she was knucking fackered. The sugly isters were right bugly astards. One was called Mary Hinge, and the other was called Betty Swallocks; they were really forrible huckers; they had fetty sweet and fatty swannies. The sugly isters had tickets to go to the ball, but the cotton runts would not let Rindercella go. Suddenly there was a bucking fang, and her gairy fodmother appeared. Her name was Shairy Hithole and she was a light rucking fesbian. She turned a pumpkin and six mite wice into a hucking cuge farriage with six dandy ronkeys who had buge hollocks and dig bicks. The gairy fodmother told Rindercella to be back by dimnlight otherwise, there would be a cucking falamity. At the ball, Rindercella was dancing with the prandsome hince when suddenly the clock struck twelve. 'Mist all chucking frighty!!!' said Rindercella, and she ran out tripping barse over ollocks, so dropping her slass glipper. The very next day the prandsome hince knocked on Rindercella's door and the sugly isters let him in.. Suddenly, Betty Swallocks lifted her leg and let off a fig bart. 'Who's fust jarted??' asked the prandsome hince. 'Blame that fugly ucker over there!!' said Mary Hinge. When the stinking brown cloud had lifted, he tried the slass glipper on both the sugly isters without success and their feet stucking funk. Betty Swallocks was ducking fisgusted and gave the prandsome hince a knack in the kickers. This was not difficult as he had bucking fuge halls and a hig bard on. He tried the slass glipper on Rindercella and it fitted pucking ferfectly. Rindercella and the prandsome hince were married. The pransome hince lived his life in lucking fuxury, and Rindercella lived hers with a follen swanny!

Good post Julia. And one that to maintain them views you will / would have to be totallt independant. Good luck, I like d your reply, it's staunch of realism.

Wel Wayne, if you hadn't started posting / replying etc. then posters would be swapping posts on here with you. You have had some cracking applaudings, and the odd raking. Sure, but that is buisness. If the two Headings that were set up for 'Posters' to feel just relate their expierences as to Good or bad, then overall the picture would be clear and clean. No hassle, just 'Views' which in the main have been very supportive of you. But when you start a 'Topic' or thread, then you invite even more cooments and even stir that part of human nature that feels that you WANT nd Invite views regardless, so folks do. Simple as that! So poster will feel obliged to post! Hence you bring the 'Views' out and they are down to your self. Nothing is forever rosy in the garden... it has seasons and turn arounds.

Why post then, only causes arguments. These sort of posts were asked to be stopped by Moderator Not rue. It was put up, as I suggested, va Dovescote, that 'Good and bad' stories alike to be posted. Only TRUTH though. This was agreed and has been done. However, some decide to flout that and put up their own site etc. Seems also that the couriers themselves are to blame for 50% or more of the posts. 'Self praise is no praise' springs to mind. Now if, such as yourselve and others did just use them two posting heading, the very aim wishing to acheive would be met. Good or bad stories. THIS was to give the site a fair and balanced oppinion of the couriers used. Now I personally see no wrong in voicing ones expierences, good or bad. It was or thought this was good regards keeping the couriers keen and more importantly on the ball. Gosh if I bought a bag of apples in tesco's that some appeared bad, I have every right to take back, for money back or replaced! Sure one can't take back pigeon in reality, but one must have the right of redress surely. Fine having good stories... but they are not worth a jot if there is no yard stick!

Bill Butterfield - formerly from Monkey hanging' place excells big time with them. Still able to replenish... but he is in Canada. Seen quite a few that have them, but having a 'Senior' moment as to who and where...

Chairman I believe just the opposite in regards being able. Yes 'Little children help mother' is a fine scenario... but we need several independant couriers to cope. Even Amtrack as a National firm - saving costs went bust. But that was in no way detrimental to our fancy. Other overheads and Managerment caused that. Let's have 10 different couriers touting for our buisness, and they all setting up new vans etc. Far better surely than the cake being poorly divided and them packing it up.

A little sensible competition has to be good. Raises standards and keeps costs sensible. Once a Cartel starts, then we will have the 'Ole Potatoe' of them being a law unto them selves and able to charge what they like. Golly just look at the stick Amtrack took every day, never mind every week in regards of Prices. No, don't need no codswallop spouted about 'Amtrack' did this or that, or didn't do .... etc. etc. Old hat That! But now we have 'New Hats' and competition etc. and posts about 'Joiniung Up'! :-/ :-/ :( Yes sure, have them help each other when applicable, as I advocated! But as for being 'One'! No way, One price - too dear, One Way - Ours so take or leave it - On standard! One you have to put up with! So sad that posters even thing such things, let alone post them! Contriving and spouting that Couriers should revert back to what Amtrack offered and gave us eh!Struth, and I was a defender of Amtrack... But now things are vastly better, and yet codswallop starts to choke the poor fish! Struth!!! Where are we here, get real!

Best to let this, and any other topic left in peace! Let sleeping dogs lie and lying dog's sleep I say. No need for any comments, posts etc. Just abide time and sh...

Well it's like in the Candy store... some lad nicks some sweets... others daren't But outside they all want a dip into them, and soon there is none for the first lad. Must say I believe some comments here are ludicriss and in very poor taste, Let alone sportsmanship!! Still I guess thay are 'Pigeon fanciers! Indeed, they are probably the very ones, and often first I dare say, to call others for the very spoilt and childish behavior they themselve are manifesting now! Just wait and try to be good children till the 'Teacher' gets back in class. My my, whatever next! telling tales as to why the Others shouldn't be allowed to be voted for... and why everyone else barr 'ME' shouldn't be voted for. Golly if any novice, necomer could see this rediculous babyish antic, they say 'Leave me out ... that sport deserves everything it gets! -Or don't get. Struth give over and blumming wait children OTHER have got a life... !

£15 is the norm at Auctions. It is sensible for to get the Bids started. Best to work up, than have no bids at all I reckon.

Free to a good home... Mind you will have to collect or have it couriered at your expence .... Or it's not for sale :-/ :B :B

When I smoked, I found I had to have a fag first thing in the morning ... As I told the missis, it helped me cough better lol. ;D But true!

And :(issn't that the sad part!

Seems Monday will do me. Need to sweep the leaves off the roof. Set up a front on top. Put a new electric fence into place. Let the hens exercise from now on. Then start santifying the inside yet again. then paint the whole inside, either with Lime, or Paint - perhaps both. Golly must be Ground Hog day all over again lol

Well must say, and tis a sad fact, that I am glad that I made my decision straight off - I was the first too - that I wished not to be included. Like I said, my ole ticker can do without the 'waiting lo and thought others were more deserving. Could certainly have done without this thread too! Tis a shame really that the thread has gon ethe way it has. Maybe after the cold water has been splashed, moped up etc. it will be decided not to be held next year! Who knows?

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Golly, glad about that ... for a dreadful moment I thought Maidmarrionment was giving you spelling lessons lol ;D ;D

Yep know where your coming from. Been there. Once I spent £140 on a op fon the leg for a Lurcher youngster I had. - Never was the same, and corners were straight lol. But the week after a car clobbered a dog. It didn't sto[p of course, and by law needn't. Though it snarled and tried to bie me, I eventually got it bounded in my jaccket. - Covered in Blood it was no more good. Any way I took it the vet where I had spent that money... 1970, and that was a lot of dosh - and told him it was my dog, but felt it probably needed to be put down. He agreed and asked for £8! I said I hadn't and that he should put it out of it's misery. He said he would when I gave him £8! I took it to another Vet- had no car and was carrying it - who agreed and put it down. That is the one that does PDSA. The other didn't. Think as 'm now a pensioner I will apply any way. One never knows if and when it might be handy.

Now I do like that pigeon. If handles - to my liking - as good as he looks I'd like a dozen lol. Mind still has race rubber on, so may be a bit behind lol. But really like it.

Yeah... very poor really because the facts are no where near correct ... 74 Dickens awards for starters I believe .... 53 / 54 to Pigeons. etc. etc. Be more now of course. But then again any publicity is good I guess. Mind I was speaking only yesterday to our local vet receptionist regards pigeons. I asked if they did PDSA - Which I knew they did - they answered Yes. I asked if they did Autopsies ... The answer was Yes. Seems though that the receptionist and the Vet differed, because he said 'Yes ... but not on pigeons'. Mind it does take 4 - 6 weeks to enrol and become a member. But all in all I believe that the PDSA is a great concern that has helped many animals and thus 'Owners' down on their luck. Must have been countless ops. treatment paid for by this deserving cause.

Have to agree with Paulo's posting the Ad for novices etc. Many may have seen, and forget where it was. Many never knew. And anything that may be of use to ANYONE, not just novices has to be good and commended. So Asha, Kiss my butt lol ;D

No really Sam, it just wasn't good enough! Likewise a Cheqeur Cock bird. Won every year of it's race life from 70miles to Bergerac 535 miles. As a yearling wouldn't mate, flew brill just to it's perch with he vigourously defended sucessfully against all comers. Won three times to new loft, and Both on the North and South. had many good hens, even bad ones - on purpose of course - Never bred Piddly Pip. Never did, and would never have. Yes young were good 'Homers' but not racers. Sometimes - on purpose of course - is used when the hen lacks the quaility to reproduce the 'Good parts' and then one hopes the Cock Birds Good parts shine through... and sometime regardless, they never come through

Had a Red Chequer till just a few weeks past ... Only ever had one night out from the races - * Pau -. Otherwise always in the clock. Flew consistently 2nd for 8 years. Did actually take a couple of cards.... Never bred Piddly Pip. Now every time it was trained, especially in early season, it took a day or 3 /4 to get home! Most said, cracking looking bird... but I'd get shot off personally'! You know what! they were right!

Clear plastic. Birds will always know quicker, and reinforce just where they are. Makes that all homing, I believe, a tad quicker for them too. Will steal a march when Libertaed.

Overton, unbeatable at ALL distance. Kept them in a Ole coal shed. It had a wire cage door and a tree actually growing through it. Yes a few boards made it a draft proof etc. 1952! £80 would nigh buy a house. That's what he paid for a new state of the art one with many great flandangles like sliding trays for easy cleaning etc. It stood where his ole coal shed once stood! Never ever took even another card and packed up defeated in 1959!