Times & Returns Saturday 24 Th August

[geordie1234]

we will see george we have still to have our race

Ofcoarse Jamie we may well be skelped tomorrow but it's by far a better day for us than it was today

[VMS]

Was a great forcast for the west today George look for yourself or did u not lol

[geordie1234]

Was a great forcast for the west today George look for yourself or did u not lol

I did look and so did many other feds look and thought it was too dodgy.....you surely canny still think they got it wrong?

[Guest stb-]

Thanks mate decent returns in what seems to be a nightmare of a race .

 

 

Can u naw read rab ,expletive remove you said I can't read , I asked him WHAT caused it ?

exactly im remiterating the same thing

[Delboy]

Stuart, I think you take it to heart if folk get a bad race and ye start losing the heed a wee bit.You are doing your best as race controller and whatever happens after the birds are released is really not down to you, unless of course bad weather conditions are forecast. Basically, with BOP numbers now, the convoy is in the hands of the Gods.If you know you tried your best then nobody can ever question your judgement or they can form an orderly queue for the job at the next AGM lol.

[Guest stb-]

Stuart, I think you take it to heart if folk get a bad race and ye start losing the heed a wee bit.You are doing your best as race controller and whatever happens after the birds are released is really not down to you, unless of course bad weather conditions are forecast. Basically, with BOP numbers now, the convoy is in the hands of the Gods.If you know you tried your best then nobody can ever question your judgement or they can form an orderly queue for the job at the next AGM lol.

I think stuts hand wid be tied to a certain exstent with us being taken by s lan , as a think they have a rule to say the doos huv tae go on the friday so there was no choice for 24hr delay even if he wanted to .Also if folk are that worried they shouldny have sent any

Edited August 24, 2013 by stb-

[newstart]

I think stuts hand wid be tied to a certain exstent with us being taken by s lan , as a think they have a rule to say the doos huv tae go on the friday so there was no choice for 24hr delay even if he wanted to .Also if folk are that worried they shouldny have sent any

hi big yin do not let them get you Ayrshire got it too nothing to do with the controlling any way your doing a job no many others would try

[Guest chad3646]

exactly im remiterating the same thing

 

 

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[Guest stb-]

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you should no be taking them e,s chad there no doing yer heed any good

[Guest chad3646]

you should no be taking them e,s chad there no doing yer heed any good

 

 

it looks like hotrods doing your head in is that your tail between your legs i dont see you spouting of to him

[Guest stb-]

it looks like hotrods doing your head in is that your tail between your legs i dont see you spouting of to him

i have said what i needed to say and stut dont do my heed in as i know he wants good races every time, as del said he takes the poor returns to personal , but it would be nice to know what caused the problem today as the birds were pushed of line today , where and why we prob will never know . As i said on friday i wasnt sure how it would turn out and i cut my cloth accordingly , have 60% tonight and hope for a few more tommorow .

[Guest chad3646]

i have said what i needed to say and stut dont do my heed in as i know he wants good races every time, as del said he takes the poor returns to personal , but it would be nice to know what caused the problem today as the birds were pushed of line today , where and why we prob will never know . As i said on friday i wasnt sure how it would turn out and i cut my cloth accordingly , have 60% tonight and hope for a few more tommorow .

 

 

fair doo

[VMS]

I did look and so did many other feds look and thought it was too dodgy.....you surely canny still think they got it wrong?

They were racing east and us west weather was fine in the west

 

I think stuts hand wid be tied to a certain exstent with us being taken by s lan , as a think they have a rule to say the doos huv tae go on the friday so there was no choice for 24hr delay even if he wanted to .Also if folk are that worried they shouldny have sent any

First time I've heard that rule rab

[hotrod]

Just to clarify it was my decision to send. Not s, Lanark as I though we would get a race which we did ,absolutely 100% not one line of flight contact mentioned bad weather every one said a good racing day with excellent. Visibility . Apart from one guy saying it was full cloud cover enroute , would this stop racing pigeons ? Don't think so , and to geo .lanarkshire was the only west coast fed not to send , all other Feds were racing up the east coast where any bad weather was that is why they delayed and if we were racing that route then yes we would have delayed too.

[airdrie2]

Just to clarify it was my decision to send. Not s, Lanark as I though we would get a race which we did ,absolutely 100% not one line of flight contact mentioned bad weather every one said a good racing day with excellent. Visibility . Apart from one guy saying it was full cloud cover enroute , would this stop racing pigeons ? Don't think so , and to geo .lanarkshire was the only west coast fed not to send , all other Feds were racing up the east coast where any bad weather was that is why they delayed and if we were racing that route then yes we would have delayed too.

midland fed on west route delayed 24hrs stuart who would be a convoyer

[walterboswell59]

i dont know where people are getting this it was ok in the west stuff the bbc showed the same for cast from wed heavy rain at the race point thats why wee did not go you cant lib in pissing rain because the rest of the way is clear and to be honest i thought the guys had a better chance racing from the east as the rain was behind them in the morning but you allways get mist or fog down the east coast preventing eary libs they were just unlucky imo now days you can lib in perfect conditions and still get done it happens to us all a lot of birds should work back today in this weather and birds going over hope our fed have a good race and the others get some birds through today good luck to all

[airdrie2]

Ofcoarse Jamie we may well be skelped tomorrow but it's by far a better day for us than it was today

lets not jump with two feet george weather fine sun and moon ? geo1234 for lanarkshire president atb for today and hotrod your doing a great job dont take the knocks too much too heart

[bigjamie]

there is no one thinks anymore about the welfare of the birds than stuart if you ask me percys have had a go at them ok the wee odd shower here and there would not stop them getting home if you seen something that scared the sh** out of you you would run any direction you could to get away from it thats what our poor wee birds do it happened to me last year my son let go 30 ybs phoned me to say the birds were going into trees the lot that 2 big birds were chasing them i got 8 ybs back out of 30 and only got 1 reported never seen the other 21 again ask rab stb he will tell you about bop strikes that guy gets hit all the time :animatedpigeons:

[tiger]

well guys yous were unlucky yesterday but what I will say big stu he would have done his home work he,s 100 % doo man and would not have put them up if he did not think it was right

[geordie1234]

lets not jump with two feet george weather fine sun and moon ? geo1234 for lanarkshire president atb for today and hotrod your doing a great job dont take the knocks too much too heart

Didn't say Stuart made the wrong choice I have only been commenting on lanarkshire fed.....I know stuart is 100% doo man and I know he has a thankless job

 

George for president? No thanks

[hotrod]

well guys yous were unlucky yesterday but what I will say big stu he would have done his home work he,s 100 % doo man and would not have put them up if he did not think it was right

Some one that knows me , cheers John .

[geordie1234]

Some one that knows me , cheers John .

Well done Stuart for putting your neck out and taking such a job on .....thankless job

[budgie]

Atmospherics should be looked at more closely when deciding to liberate pigeons .

[JADE]

Atmospherics should be looked at more closely when deciding to liberate pigeons .

Think you`ve hit the nail on the head there. Definitely something in the air yesterday...and it wasn't just percys

[ForestForever74]

Mobile phone networks have to be looked at. This must be having an effect on homing ability. There is no reason not to think it wont have a long term effect on humans over time but in the short term I think its one of the reasons our birds can no longer home in great numbers.