Murray wrote: ↑Tue Oct 22, 2024 8:25 am
Just a little side story, when we were in Bendigo, D. Cox would sometimes get me to look after his birds if he had to be away for kid's sport in another state or something. He knew that I would look after them like my own.
Once, when he was away and I had just trapped a combine winner for him, he said there were two babies running round on the floor in the loft and I should take one. I've long since learned that when Davey says you should take one, you really should take one I took one home.
Next day I had stuff happening and opened the sputnik when I got home and walked away. Out came the baby and flew onto the roof. At the exact moment I went
The baby wandered around on the roof and then took off with the others. Then it disappeared. I saw it flying around until dark.
I was thinking, "How am I going to tell David I've lost it?" I had an unsettled night and in the morning it was sitting on the sputnik.
Very clever youngster.
When I told Davey about it, he was unconcerned. It was only much later that he told me what it's bred off
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Great story mate
Do you still have said pigeon ?? Or anything down from it !!
Murray wrote: ↑Tue Oct 22, 2024 8:51 am
We are taking Roadrunner's and Trillian Baby's youngsters to Bendigo tomorrow, putting them in D. Cox's loft.
About 140 mile round trip. All open road, it's easy. We've done it many times this year.
But Jimmy the Commodore was about a thousand kilometres overdue for a service. As my old boss always used to say, "Oil is very cheap compared to new engines". So I had him serviced at a place in St Arnaud.
The car is very good, he said. I mentioned that he's done 300,000 kilometres. The bloke grinned. That's nothing.
I have found a new mechanic, another step forward.
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I hope you had a good trip Muzza, and that the birds are nicely settled into their new home I hope they do well for you both.
Murray wrote: ↑Tue Oct 22, 2024 8:51 am
We are taking Roadrunner's and Trillian Baby's youngsters to Bendigo tomorrow, putting them in D. Cox's loft.
About 140 mile round trip. All open road, it's easy. We've done it many times this year.
But Jimmy the Commodore was about a thousand kilometres overdue for a service. As my old boss always used to say, "Oil is very cheap compared to new engines". So I had him serviced at a place in St Arnaud.
The car is very good, he said. I mentioned that he's done 300,000 kilometres. The bloke grinned. That's nothing.
I have found a new mechanic, another step forward.
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I hope you had a good trip Muzza, and that the birds are nicely settled into their new home I hope they do well for you both.
I'm afraid a good, proper, hands on mechanic is a dying breed these days, modern mechanics wouldn't know what a socket set or spanner is let alone a torque wrench lol If they can't plug it into a computer they're lost
Murray wrote: ↑Tue Oct 22, 2024 10:26 am
There are some people of a woke left persuasion who are very displeased with me because I persist in driving a car with a big engine.
I counter that my old car is worth about nothing, and costs me very little to run.
To buy a new electric car would cost perhaps $60,000 and have little resale value, and the more they dismantle the power grid, the more unlikely it is that there will be any electricity to charge it up.
Crikey, they get very very disjointed over that. The facts always seem to upset them.
I'm afraid I'm with you Muzza, I'll go kicking and screaming before they get me to buy an electric car
Murray wrote: ↑Tue Oct 22, 2024 2:03 am
The garden was very overgrown and neglected. We have taken a phenomenal amount of rubbish and prunings out.
Some roses we cut off at ground level, and away they go! This climbing rose had a fairly severe haircut, look at it now!
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Murray wrote: ↑Tue Oct 22, 2024 8:25 am
Just a little side story, when we were in Bendigo, D. Cox would sometimes get me to look after his birds if he had to be away for kid's sport in another state or something. He knew that I would look after them like my own.
Once, when he was away and I had just trapped a combine winner for him, he said there were two babies running round on the floor in the loft and I should take one. I've long since learned that when Davey says you should take one, you really should take one I took one home.
Next day I had stuff happening and opened the sputnik when I got home and walked away. Out came the baby and flew onto the roof. At the exact moment I went
The baby wandered around on the roof and then took off with the others. Then it disappeared. I saw it flying around until dark.
I was thinking, "How am I going to tell David I've lost it?" I had an unsettled night and in the morning it was sitting on the sputnik.
Very clever youngster.
When I told Davey about it, he was unconcerned. It was only much later that he told me what it's bred off
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Great story mate
Do you still have said pigeon ?? Or anything down from it !!
Yep. she's the pied one in that picture. I went out first thing this morning to make sure everything's okay, and she's got one hatched and one chipping.
She's a yearling.
Greetings from the land down under.
Blessed is he who expecteth nothing, for verily, he shall not be disappointed.
Murray wrote: ↑Tue Oct 22, 2024 8:25 am
Just a little side story, when we were in Bendigo, D. Cox would sometimes get me to look after his birds if he had to be away for kid's sport in another state or something. He knew that I would look after them like my own.
Once, when he was away and I had just trapped a combine winner for him, he said there were two babies running round on the floor in the loft and I should take one. I've long since learned that when Davey says you should take one, you really should take one I took one home.
Next day I had stuff happening and opened the sputnik when I got home and walked away. Out came the baby and flew onto the roof. At the exact moment I went
The baby wandered around on the roof and then took off with the others. Then it disappeared. I saw it flying around until dark.
I was thinking, "How am I going to tell David I've lost it?" I had an unsettled night and in the morning it was sitting on the sputnik.
Very clever youngster.
When I told Davey about it, he was unconcerned. It was only much later that he told me what it's bred off
008.JPG
Great story mate
Do you still have said pigeon ?? Or anything down from it !!
Yep. she's the pied one in that picture. I went out first thing this morning to make sure everything's okay, and she's got one hatched and one chipping.
She's a yearling.
She looks good mate, I hope her babies do well for you
Some good news and some bad news.
The pied Heremans hen hatched one baby yesterday, but the other one didn't hatch. . Unlike her first baby which was small, this one is big and strong, so I am pleased.
The Billion Dollar Baby hatched one this morning. The big dumb grizzle Thone' sits hard on the eggs and flattened the other one so it's another single. Nice strong baby too.
Three other pairs are very close to hatching babies in the next couple of days.
Greetings from the land down under.
Blessed is he who expecteth nothing, for verily, he shall not be disappointed.
I took one home.
