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Open the clock press the A button, display says Time Set, then press the B button until the time goes to the right hour.

I use 2 litre or 3 litre milk containers, I always measure water for the birds, often first sign of a problem is if water consumption changes, mine only get what I think they will drink every day, obviously different when feeding yb but otherwise I find water use fairly constant.

Did I read it right, £99 for 26 birds? Less that 4 quid apiece?

Definitely got the biggest cheer of the day when it passed, quite an eventful meeting. Wish Mick Roche all the best with the new job of president, following Henry is a thankless job, won't be easy. Glad to see a good turnout which is important to any organisation. As I stated earlier the limit was the clear wish of the members and that has to be respected. Now let the fun begin! Bandit let me know when you need the rings I'll talk to you then.

I've no problems with the decision, it was about 80/20 in favour of the limit, thats democracy. I also have the right not to agree even if a 50 bird limit will not affect me. Turnout was excellent, best I've seen in many years and I have been to the agm for the last number of years. As I said in another post on another site money was never mentioned as a reason for the limit, nor was capacity on the trucks. Tommy Lowry spoke on the issue which was a motion from the committee and he mentioned fairness. Nobody put forward an argument that it would save us from sending a 3rd truck because nobody knows how many members/ pigeons are affected. I think on races when we have channel and land races on the same day we may well need a 3rd lorry to go. If thats the case the spare lorry would leave with even less crates on it, meaning less revenue. Think this limit will affect a lot of people with youngbird racing, going on figures over the last few years we average 30 per man in the first couple of youngbird races. Who knows may be a side effect that people don't get wiped out too early..... As for ets ring sales no worries Paul I won't be putting the prices up to compensate!!!

Peter Gibb should be able to sort you out, he sells bricon in NI.

Capacity not an issue in the fed, we have 2 new transporters but also still have the 2 old ones.... now we have capacity for 23000 if we needed it! Remains to be seen if the new state of the art transporters give better returns than our old trailers, I know 1 thing, its more dangerous loading the new lorries, no platforms, back to scaffolding tower which we stopped using in the 80's after a couple of accidents. Anyone notice the bill for 1500 euros on the balance sheet? Also the new crates have very sharp edges, think you'll need gloves unless you want to lose a finger......

In the beginning was the T1 which took AA batteries and had a red LED display. The T2 was the next version which as stated looked exactly like the T3, its an older model. These clocks would be at least 16 years old, probably why they are cheaper but take the same battery as a T3.

Was racing the INFC Penzance YB race on 9th September, hard race with a good north wind. Got an email reporting a yb in La Coruna, about 500 miles away and all water. Guess they just went with the wind. Same man got another 3 in the same time on 11th. If anyone knows a Billy Ramsey, must be from NI one also belongs to him GB09H01050 you can let him know. Also heard of another reported in the same town by a different fancier, sounds like quite a few made the same mistake.

Regret to announce the sudden death of Terence O Brien of Cabra this morning, condolences to the family on this very sad occasion. Alan

Can you get rings elsewhere, I thought all ets systems are supposed to work with all ets rings.

Wind looks the same for tomorrow, just have to see what happens.

Just heard we have a holdover! There are strong winds on the channel, force 5-6 northerly.

Anybody hear any news on this race today? Are they out yet? I hear the entry was lower than normal due to headwinds all the way.

Hi, Anyone needing information on IHU rung strays or union info this is the new web site. Its worth a look. Could admin please update in the links info? Any feedback let me know, I'll pass it on. http://irishhomingunion.com/

INFC due to liberate in Quimper today, thats not happening. No information about what is going on, our substitute racepoint is Hastings, or it could be cancelled. Anybody hear anything?

Thanks for that, If its small enough you might be able to email it.

Guess nobody has software for a pc microscope.....

Hi I have a microscope which can be hooked to a pc, its a usb camera type icm532. I've no driver software, anybody here have it who can send it on to me? Thanks, Al