Pigeons and professions

[hotrod]

im a joiner(time served) ,fit windows,doors ,conservatories ,kitchens ,i also fit bathrooms ,ceramic tiler, roof tiling  ,plastering,rough casting ,even do a bit of brick laying  ,i do just about anything that makes me money, even shovel $hite if the pays good .

[Guest bigda]

Served my time as an electrican

 

Now a nuclear fuel supervisor / engineer

 

are you in  windscale chris  

[VMS]

Everyone seems to have very high tech job descriptions,so on that basis i am a refractory clay engineer.

BRICKLAYER. ;D ;D ;D

[gulkie]

class wood butcher[kitchen fitter]

[pjc]

Now this might stir up a few emotions/reactions.

After posting this message within a few minuets it’s plain to see there are a lot of professional people out there passionate about pigeons.

 

With all this expertise in the sport why is it that the sport of pigeon racing in decline.

 

Seems to me that the sport is not being promoted and marketed to fulfil its puritanical.

 

I have come back to pigeon racing after 30 years and very little has changed.

 

If the sport was promoted properly playing to its strengths i.e. patron Queen, on Coronation Street, charity work and the gambling/money side of the sport to name but a few, maybe it would have some clout to address the things like birds of prey and encouraging younger people to get involved.

To me it’s like anything you can be the best, have the hobby, do the best work but if no one knows about it it becomes futile to encourage growth and change perceptions.

 

My opinion would be that the sport needs to employ some one not necessarily in pigeons but some one who would get out there and promote pigeon racing to raise its profile.

 

NB. That was sharp Old yellow but I am afraid that the gritting of the roads is not my department but it was funny!

 

 

you are correct but it will never change until the dead wood at the top are removed and the organisations have a big shake up to allow new ideas to be implemented.

[belmont]

I'm a psychiatric nurse. Often chat to some of the older blokes we get on the ward about the pigeons they used to keep......not sure if they went mad after they gave up the doos, or whether the doos helped them keep a lid on it.

[ally mac]

Now this might stir up a few emotions/reactions.

After posting this message within a few minuets it’s plain to see there are a lot of professional people out there passionate about pigeons.

 

With all this expertise in the sport why is it that the sport of pigeon racing in decline.

 

Seems to me that the sport is not being promoted and marketed to fulfil its puritanical.

 

I have come back to pigeon racing after 30 years and very little has changed.

 

If the sport was promoted properly playing to its strengths i.e. patron Queen, on Coronation Street, charity work and the gambling/money side of the sport to name but a few, maybe it would have some clout to address the things like birds of prey and encouraging younger people to get involved.

To me it’s like anything you can be the best, have the hobby, do the best work but if no one knows about it it becomes futile to encourage growth and change perceptions.

 

My opinion would be that the sport needs to employ some one not necessarily in pigeons but some one who would get out there and promote pigeon racing to raise its profile.

 

NB. That was sharp Old yellow but I am afraid that the gritting of the roads is not my department but it was funny!

 

 

 

It was talked about last year how much money is raised by pigeon folk, this site and its members alone mst have raised tens of thousands. That is something to be proud of!!!!! and could surely be used to promote the sport.

 

Al.

 

[DOVEScot]

I was an assistant chief engineer (I made his tea) when the mines closed. I have owned three successful businesses which I sold and retired on company pensions and investments, now I am just an entrepreneur

[Guest Mav]

I am a LGV driver but in the yard shunting trailers around on a late shift.

[ally mac]

im a joiner(time served) ,fit windows,doors ,conservatories ,kitchens ,i also fit bathrooms ,ceramic tiler, roof tiling  ,plastering,rough casting ,even do a bit of brick laying  ,i do just about anything that makes me money, even shovel $hite if the pays good .

 

Wish we had met before we did Stu, I wouldnt have had the cowboys that i did fitting my new windows  :-/

[Guest anto]

always wanted to be a dentist ......................... open wide now your going to feel a sharp *expletive removed* in the back of your mouth madam ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

 

iam shocked mark ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[hotrod]

 

Wish we had met before we did Stu, I wouldnt have had the cowboys that i did fitting my new windows  :-/

 

i never said i wiz any good aly  

[Guest bristolkev]

i`m a hose engineer/technican

[ally mac]

 

i never said i wiz any good aly  

 

Aye but wee Graton would tell me if you were sh1t  

[ch pied]

Retired , Licensed Aircraft Engineer

[Babybird]

Nurse in a Transplant Unit and have my release business  

[hotrod]

 

Aye but wee Graton would tell me if you were sh1t  

 

the wee man will tell you the truth mate . just ask him .

[KELLY]

iam a roofer for a north east company

[A.J]

Make whisky hic

[Guest shadow]

ex royal air force 22 yrs  

[Guest frank dooman]

I'm a psychiatric nurse. Often chat to some of the older blokes we get on the ward about the pigeons they used to keep......not sure if they went mad after they gave up the doos, or whether the doos helped them keep a lid on it.

 

you could be very handy on here there,s a few nutters on here ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[ally mac]

 

the wee man will tell you the truth mate . just ask him .

 

I'm sure he would Stu, I already know your a good tradesman anyway. Looking forward to a wee night with Grant, always good fun! I've a couple of phots I should send you  

[Guest Jargre-]

Nurse in a Transplant Unit and have my release business  

Good on you Rose, what grade are you?

 

[hotrod]

 

you could be very handy on here there,s a few nutters on here ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

 

yes mate i i know who would be first in line ,(a clue he's from lanarkshire)

[Guest ljb107]

Doing carpentry at college