Roland

I don't write now... but did a fair bit a little while back, 3/4 years back. Indeed but am often asked, in fact very often asked, to start my column up again. Doubt if this will ever happen, but who knows. I ruffled a few feathers lol and had some threats lol. Indeed iOne club was so riddled with a bad conscoius that they thougfht I was referring to them... could have bben too, but wasn't on that occasion. I'd agree with Simon 100% in what he has stated. i never did put in results though... was two oters doing that in my area. But one must also be aware, and realise a simple fact. Truth is they are human, and some are there to better their own nests, and others after feathering their' nest a re interested in others birds... take that how you wish. Also, some are blatant hypoocrites, and deliberately use their space to enhance friend and circles. Know of some that are deliberately fibbing and stating untruths, and many know this, unfortunately there is a lot of B/S believed and harm to trusting folks and especially to the fancy at large. Good golly, sure the scribes words must be reliable, accruate - as far as posile - and in the interest of the sport as a whole. Of course the simple fact is 'It's Not' and 'It won't be'.

:-/ :-/ Rooting, is that when you're picking yer noses? ;D ;D

:-/ :-/ Why?

like a pour on, and let Percy enjoy if he must...

open door! just let them pick around in the garden. They will find plenty to amuse them ... and have the loft door as a 'Safty zone to fly into. Light feed to your voice. Good luck.

No need to rock the boat, especially needlessly. Just ask that ALL velocity's are forwarded as Phil and Gangster have said. They will and the record will be, quite rightly yours. I

or spit in the eye... and smokers spit even better. The cause, most likely, is probably a draft ... little hole, need no bigger than a nail head that is causing a draftin it's eye

Great, but when you see it, or get it - which I hope you never do - you will say 'Wished... especially if it wipes the board with you. But everyone to their own. Though as a regulated rule, and Dafra rule I feel you shouldn't being advocating as such personally.

Not too late to jab. most should be done at least twice, 3 times as youngsters. - This we discussed on here before - Personally I would remove, and treat all the others pronto. Bet your bottom dollar they all have, even if not showing signs yet.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/theoneshow/article/2008/07/dlo_falcon1.shtml One the plus side (for Irish fanciers anyway), the rspb cannot confirm if there are peregrines in Ireland. Probably means a good few hundred pairs if their their own previous calculations are anything to go by. Or does it mean they are not indigenous like the eagle owl here, and should be removed. Nah, them crafty Irish RSPB taught their peregines to feed on snakes . ;D ;D

Swallows etc. apparently photo the sky every night, then remembered likeso they know exactly where they are at all times... Indeed remove them of line a little and they just get lost. Incidently it would take a 12 story building to do the same...! :-/

Fantastic mucker... I did last December and still paying ;D Was getting married this 08/ 08 /2008, but keep forgetting to mention it to her :X 8) Any way congratulations, and don't send me any cake... be stale time the pigeon finds it way down here lol ... I know there are some pigeons in Scotland, I dropped 10 past 3 weeks ago, and the Fed QUITE A FEW TOO. 6 now back between us...

Nowt wrong with those birds... Remember also that it is thought that when shedding and replacing they have extra energy... like a woman having a baby gets a load... then does all the house work etc. which makes the labour harder ;D But many swear that it the best time to send... others feel that it's for the growing of the new feathers...

Leave mine in also, any bird, loft fit, that has 2/3 chucks should take a 100 miles race in it's stride.

Yep got the same one... always entertaining and interesting reading. I believe, personally, all Race Controllers and Liberators should read Steves viewson these... have them all still no doubt.

Me... even sending a gilted limo for me and Joyce free of charge... A true canny Scotsman there! ;D ;D

How very true, one I have been harking on about for 5 years now. The silly answer that it is the 'Dog'd B*****cks' and suffices doesn't stop the same members asking and moaning most weeks 'Did you give them any waters... mine came home thirsty as ...' etc. Simple with a fish pump... one used for a say 4 foot tank to have running WATER on Four sides. This means also that it would reduce any contamination from affected birds! And some fall on stoney ground eh!

Have to agree with you there Mick 100%. Above my dreams. but all power to your elbow mucker ... Money where mouth is and that's for sure... Easy for us with no money, or able to face the logic, to ha ha boo it. Carry on mucker, and who ever gets it, lets hope it helps to set up a sucessful loft of winners!

Well done gal ... hopes it regular too lol ;D

Afraid I fear that that would be the later. With toda's climate in fuel costs, every £'s a prisoner, but feel that they would run from a needless peeing contest. Has to be a real lucrative market to get competition... and as the fact that Amtrack has gone unchallenged for so long, i further feel that shows there is the money in it to warrent a market.

Oh yes, I have no doubt that the good man himself will donate a small % Let's see2.5% of 250,000 means... ;D

You know, and these are real facts, Many started with Churchers in days gone by. Many had great results. Now the reality is 98% of pigeons aren't up to it. That is a hard to swallow fact. 80% ... more if one believes all they hear and read, are bred in the purple. 95% are related to National winners etc. etc. 25 IN real terms make the grade. Now if s a stray, bred in the pink meets another stray at the church rendovue and have young, chances are that they will breed better youngsters that MOST fanciers / Lofts. It has at least as much chance as most matings. If I was realastic, then a see nothing wrong in having 12 strays (6 pairs) and would do as well, if not better than most lofts. Golly 10 minutes before 50% of birds are lost, they are thought of as a 'Hope' a 'Main stay' of the future in the loft!

If it was we wouldn't be here... be a ice planet. Any nearer, even a few 100 miles and we would be shrivelled up...

Time for another joke ... repeats perhaps som, but have so many I often forget lol. An old nun who was living in a convent next to a Brooklyn construction site noticed the coarse language of the workers and decided to spend some time with them to correct their ways. She decided she would take her lunch, sit with the workers and talk with them; she put her sandwich in a brown bag and walked over to the spot where the men were eating. She walked up to the group and with a big smile said: "Do you men know Jesus Christ? " They shook their heads and looked at each other. One of the workers looked up into the steelworks and yelled, 'Anybody up there know Jesus Christ?' One of the steel workers yelled down, "Why"? The worker yelled back, "His wife's here with his lunch." Did you hear about the Irishman, who was heading for the airport, and he saw a sign that said "Tullamarine Airport-Left" ...so he turned around and went back...!! I posted this before I think … but like it any way lol A young ventriloquist had been touring clubs around the world. One night he's doing a show in a small town in Oklahoma. With his dummy on his knee, he starts going through his usual dumb blonde jokes. A blonde woman in the 4th row stands on her chair and starts shouting: "I've heard enough of your stupid blonde jokes! What makes you think you can stereotype women in that way? What does the color of a person's hair have to do with her worth as a human being? It's guys like you who keep women like me from being respected at work and in the community, and from reaching our full potential as a person. Because you and your kind continue to perpetuate discrimination against not only blondes, but women in general ....and all in the name of humor." The embarrassed ventriloquist begins to apologize, when the blonde yells: "You stay out of this, mister! I'm talking to that little shxx sitting on your knee!" A man walks into the street and manages to get a taxi just going by. He gets into the taxi, and the cabbie says, "Perfect timing. You're just like Frank." Passenger: "Who?" Cabbie: "Frank . He's a guy who did everything right - all the time. Like my coming along when you needed a cab, things happened like that to Frank every single time." Passenger: "There are always a few clouds over everybody." Cabbie: "Not Frank, no he was a terrific athlete. He could have won the Grand-Slam at tennis. He could golf with the pros and beat them. He sang like an opera baritone and danced like a Broadway star and you should have heard him play the piano. He was an amazing guy" Passenger: "Sounds like he was something really special" Cabbie: "There's more.......He had a memory like a computer. He could remember everybody's birthday. He knew all about wine, which foods to order and which fork to eat them with. He could fix anything. Not like me. I change a fuse, and the whole street blacks out. But Frank, well he could do everything right." Passenger "Wow, he some guy then." Cabbie: "He always knew the quickest way to go in traffic and avoid traffic jams, not like me, I always seem to get stuck in them. But Frank, he never made a mistake" Passenger. "Mmmm, there's not many like him around." Cabbie: "No that’s true, and he really knew how to treat a woman, to make her feel good and would never answer her back even if she was in the wrong; and his clothing was always immaculate, shoes highly polished too - he was the perfect man! He never made a mistake. No one could ever measure up to Frank." Passenger: "An amazing fellow. How did you meet him?" Cabbie: "Well, I never actually met Frank." Passenger: "Then how do you know so much about him?" Cabbie: "I married his **BLOODY** widow."

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