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Gordon Chambers (and he is a world renowned sauce) told me if ever I had / got (Fortunately haven't), best to inoculate them! Also stated ANY illness and jab them again with PMV. Many countries jab 3 times any way... first whilst in the nest ... then 4 weeks after, and a few weeks after again.

Now your done it ... Wife harks on now about having 'Moral Support' regards the kennel lol

Gosh, what a surprise for Duncan ... He thought no one would bother to P.m. him ... Let alone phone him :emoticon-0136-giggle:

Cancelled my BHW months ago. Sometimes never got it ... Then in say September would get it. Not just once or the odd time, but many times... And some NEVER got. they said a little while ago that their Distributors were being changed and that would improve things etc. Golly Gosh!

Welcome Gordon.

True Hillstreetblues48 3 miles from me there is a Dove Cote of gigantic proportions. At least 25 foot high and 30 x 25 square In fact there are two joined together. of same sizes. Only way in each side, for humans, is one little square door ... like the bottom half of a Stable door. Just a few narrow slits - like the Norman's arrow slits for the doves / fantails etc. to enter. Built about 2 and a half foot wide walling. Nest boxes. There have protruding blocks standing out about 9 inches. The nest boxes are aside of theses being behind other big blocks. I'd say these nest boxes measure about 18 inches long. 9 inches wide and high. Literally 100's. No water and very little sunlight - just through the few slits (About 6.). It is dark and the youngsters are reared of course in the dark. No means of water of course. These(This) was built for the lord of the manor to furnish his workers with a few eggs, of pigeon pie. Youngster when out side would join the old birds at drink from a stream. It is truly a remarkable and great place to visit.

Been on about for some time. The armed forces are / or have stated that regards messages 'Pigeons' are the safest means as any and all other can be intercepted.

Absolutely the best. Once had many asking for it ... But expected my to save and store it! Now I have a good friend who is a Vegan, and has a large Garden. I bag it up as and when and drop it off. He starts spreading it October. This allows the rain etc. to wash it through. Placed directly against the roots is not good as it will burn. He is quite knowledgeable in this regards and will gladly take the deep litter too. A. Keeps the soil warm in cold nights, and then rots and gets wash through. This also makes good fertiliser. Off course at one time the Scots used to burn it.... then rub the ashes into a bald head. Supposedly to make the hair re grow. True! :emoticon-0140-rofl:

Time Athlete Nationality Date Venue 4:28 Charles Westhall United Kingdom 26 July 1855 London 4:28 Thomas Horspool United Kingdom 28 September 1857 Manchester 4:23 Thomas Horspool United Kingdom 12 July 1858 Manchester 4:22¼ Siah Albison United Kingdom 27 October 1860 Manchester 4:21¾ William Lang United Kingdom 11 July 1863 Manchester 4:20½ Edward Mills United Kingdom 23 April 1864 Manchester 4:20 Edward Mills United Kingdom 25 June 1864 Manchester 4:17¼ William Lang United Kingdom 19 August 1865 Manchester 4:17¼ William Richards United Kingdom 19 August 1865 Manchester 4:16 1/5 William Cummings United Kingdom 14 May 1881 Preston 4:12¾ Walter George United Kingdom 23 August 1886 London Amateurs[edit] Time Athlete Nationality Date Venue 4:55 J. Heaviside United Kingdom 1 April 1861 Dublin 4:49 J. Heaviside United Kingdom 27 May 1861 Dublin 4:46 Matthew Greene United Kingdom 27 May 1861 Dublin 4:33 George Farran United Kingdom 23 May 1862 Dublin 4:29 3/5 Walter Chinnery United Kingdom 10 March 1868 Cambridge 4:28 4/5 Walter Gibbs United Kingdom 3 April 1868 London 4:28 3/5 Charles Gunton United Kingdom 31 March 1873 London 4:26 0/5 Walter Slade United Kingdom 30 May 1874 London 4:24½ Walter Slade United Kingdom 1 June 1875 London 4:23 1/5 Walter George United Kingdom 16 August 1880 London 4:19 2/5 Walter George United Kingdom 3 June 1882 London 4:18 2/5 Walter George United Kingdom 21 June 1884 Birmingham 4:17 4/5 Thomas Conneff United Kingdom 26 August 1893 Cambridge, Mass. 4:17 0/5 Fred Bacon United Kingdom 6 July 1895 London 4:15 3/5 Thomas Conneff United Kingdom 28 August 1895 New York City 4:15 2/5 John Paul Jones United States 27 May 1911 Cambridge, Mass. As there was no recognized official sanctioning body until 1912, there are several versions of the mile progression before that year. One version starts with Richard Webster (GBR) who ran 4:36.5 in 1865, surpassed by Chinnery in 1868.[3] Another variation of the amateur record progression pre-1862 is as follows:[4] Time Athlete Nationality Date Venue 4:52 Cadet Marshall United Kingdom 2 September 1852 Addiscome 4:45 Thomas Finch United Kingdom 3 November 1858 Oxford 4:45 St. Vincent Hammick United Kingdom 15 November 1858 Oxford 4:40 Gerald Surman United Kingdom 24 November 1859 Oxford 4:33 George Farran United Kingdom 23 May 1862 Dublin

Sir Roger Bannister, the first person to run a mile in under four minutes, has died at the age of 88. His time of three minutes 59.4 seconds, set at Iffley Road sports ground in Oxford on 6 May 1954, stood as a record for just 46 days but his place in athletics history was assured. Bannister also won gold over the same distance at the 1954 Commonwealth Games and later became a leading neurologist. He was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2011. Please don't forget HE wasn't the first man to run a 4 minute mile. That honour went to John Landy who clocked 4 minutes dead the season before. (Just in case it comes up in a pub quiz or such lol) This follows another great death of Derek Ibbotson who broke the mile record with a 3 minute 57 seconds not long after John Landy had taken back the world record from Bannister. Food for thought. The next 17 records for the Mile record 8 went to British runners. ... Believe I am correct off the top of my head, but will look it up some time. 3:59.4 Roger Bannister United Kingdom 6 May 1954[5] Oxford 3:58.0 John Landy Australia 21 June 1954[5] Turku 3:57.2 Derek Ibbotson United Kingdom 19 July 1957[5] London 3:54.5 Herb Elliott Australia 6 August 1958[5] Dublin 3:54.4 Peter Snell New Zealand 27 January 1962[5] Wanganui 3:54.1 3:54.04 Peter Snell New Zealand 17 November 1964[5] Auckland 3:53.6 Michel Jazy France 9 June 1965[5] Rennes 3:51.3 Jim Ryun United States 17 July 1966[5] Berkeley, Cal. 3:51.1 Jim Ryun United States 23 June 1967[5] Bakersfield, Cal. 3:51.0 Filbert Bayi Tanzania 17 May 1975[5] Kingston 3:49.4 John Walker New Zealand 12 August 1975[5] Gothenburg 3:49.0 3:48.95 Sebastian Coe United Kingdom 17 July 1979[5] Oslo 3:48.8 Steve Ovett United Kingdom 1 July 1980[5] Oslo 3:48.53 Sebastian Coe United Kingdom 19 August 1981[5] Zürich 3:48.40 Steve Ovett United Kingdom 26 August 1981[5] Koblenz 3:47.33 Sebastian Coe United Kingdom 28 August 1981[5] Brussels 3:46.32 Steve Cram United Kingdom 27 July 1985[5] Oslo

I was away for a few days. Filled the 7 litre water drinkers up etc. Friend. a very reliable and good friend feeds and water them. Said if frozen water use the sink in doors, but to check! No frozen water...! Came back late Thursday night. Now as you may recall I have an open loft, but had shut the loft aviary up. But left a big aviary along the front open so they could come out into the open to perch etc. Thursday, again water not frozen. But a strong cold Eastern wind tore through Thursday and during the night. So first time in years I ad a slight icing on top of the water. Broke easily with finger, but took indoors and refilled. No doubt whatsoever if I had enclosed them inside the loft it's self they would have been not frozen. ... Thought should have two sets of drinkers to swap. But then laughed to my self 'No need'. Also some trees have now been cut down etc. so there is even more of a wind cutting across or into the loft. So am more than happy. Indeed - like many others used to have to break ice every other day through winter months.

didn't you, that I'd be back on spout praise for Laura and Eilidh . Laura Muir produced a superb run to win her second medal of the World Indoor Athletics Championships, with silver in the women's 1500m in Birmingham. The Briton, 24, chased home Ethiopia's Genzebe Dibaba, who took gold when Muir won bronze over 3,000m on Thursday. Muir clocked four minutes 06.23 seconds, behind Dibaba (4:05.27), with Netherlands' Sifan Hassan third nigh another 4 seconds behind. Her success followed a first global individual medal for fellow Scot Eilidh Doyle who took bronze over 400m. Both full of confidence and belief with the famous Scottish tenacity eh! :scotland:

Floods ... and water rates increased with the water boards explaining it's because of the extra work and it's the wrong kind of rain!

Good to see Kat get the Gold. Will help her mental approach no end in the future. Some may try and decry it saying Thiam and another weren't there. I say you can only beat what is in front of one ... Besides she maybe would have picked up much more points if not falling short of her best in ALL bar one event.... Which would / will put her up with the elite any way, and when performing as such would improve too. Mind having said that, she wasn't far off a world record ... and is / was quite capable of breaking it.

Didn't know, think that Karen James was back at the RPRA. Or is this something I missed ... or have mixed up with some one else. http://www.rpra.org/avian-influenza-bird-flu-prevention-zone/

Laura Muir won Great Britain's first medal of the 2018 World Indoor Championships in Birmingham, as a gutsy display delivered bronze over 3,000m. Against a field of star quality at that! Once the exams are out the way, I believe, hope, that a truly great time will evolve. I believe, regardless how good this, and past performances have been, IT IS only the start and making of a brilliant career. Yes I look forward with great expectations. Laura has every thing one has come to known, and expect from a Scot. Tenacity and belief in them selves. A never say die attitude. To see her look of pain and determination, not too proud to say, brings tears of emotions and a screaming at the telly... I wish her well for the coming 1500 metres.

Well done Scotland in beating England in the Calcutta Cup! You have given your selves a chance of winning the title. Again it goes to prove, Class, winning streaks, DON'T deserve to win alone. Scotland stayed in our face and - no excuses about the bad two / three decisions via Owen - and stuck to it. Indeed England deserved to lose. Will do the English side good and bring them back to earth if needs be. Will have taken some pressure off their' shoulders no doubt. Well done again Scotland.

How true

Does one take it that the posts are to be via same person.

Solutions simple: Cats simple ... Electric fence. S/H etc. a glass fish tank with canaries sitting perches in it ... placed on table. Or glass a foot deep around top of loft where the birds perch. Always have the glass nice and clean. One can easily get toughen glass in a tip out side of a double glazing place if want to build own glass fence. covered WHEN birds out if needs be.

Maybe all those whose 'Bird Tables' are attacked and birds eaten should A. Call the Police AND B. POST / PHONE AND EMAIL THE RSPB! Nay crime but a good input I feel. Accompanied with 'I will no longer donate to the RSPB and further will definitely won't - like many do - leave any thing in my will to the RSPB lovers of culling garden birds etc.

Well the fancier he operated on was Jimmy White, from Pentland. Any way Thanks Hotrod and Big Davie. Appreciate your inputs / posts.

Well it appears no one knows or can enlighten me here as to whether same family or not eh!

Don't know about that ... But I think I married her! :emoticon-0136-giggle:

There is a flyer, who flies still via the name Hamilton. He is a doctor / Surgeon etc. He flies in the Nationals and is from the fife area. I think he may well be. I know a good flyer who was under his knife. When he was recuperating the surgeon came in to see his progress. Was quite insulting really and said some unkind things. Then said 'Do you know who I am'? Mate felt like saying can't help you there, but .... of'. He was jesting. Said that he was fed up being beaten by him ... and then congratulated him of his good positions and returns and commended him on his success and flying. Turns out that they got on well later ...