Deadendkid
40 posts
Nov 15, 2007
1:25 PM
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hi can you guys help i want to make a list with excuses as to why someone dont fly their birds sorta like a fishermens list saying why he didnt catch any fish i want to paint it to my loft so in can have some loughs
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sundance
286 posts
Nov 15, 2007
1:30 PM
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too many hawks...... thats about the only one I hear. I go to a huge animal swapmeet every year and there are a lot of people selling, so called rollers. but they all say the same thing. they are great rollers from this family or that, but I havent flown them in years cause of the hawks.LMAO
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Butch @
Sundance Roller Lofts
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RUDY..ZUPPPPP
471 posts
Nov 15, 2007
2:59 PM
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Well i fly often no B.O.P here in west texas....
My only excuse i have is when i have too many adult beverages...lol
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parlorfancier916
409 posts
Nov 15, 2007
4:19 PM
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it's hawk season...
I got squeekers in there...
the birds haven't homed yet...
I flew them already...
that's not a kitbox it's my holdover pen...
they might rolldown because I haven't flown them for a while...
I just saw a hawk fly by no way!...
my favorite one
Those are Parlor Rollers they can't fly...
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Nrhoua (Doua) Xiong
4581 25th ave. sacramento C.A. 95820
http://freewebs.com/parlorrollers
Last Edited by on Nov 15, 2007 4:25 PM
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Velo99
1393 posts
Nov 15, 2007
4:53 PM
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Are you asking for excuses not to fly while you`re there or to fly in competetion?
I just fed them.
too windy
too still
too cold
too hot
too humid
too dry
just started moulting
just finished moulting
I just paired and my best birds are in the breeder loft.
The hens are eggy.
I don`t have to prove anything to anyone,including myself.
I have the best birds in three counties,refer to above post.
The judge doesn`t like me.
My region sux and we can`t get a good judge.
The guys in my region hate me because I won in 1926,and jack my schedule when I do try to fly in competetion.
I missed the deadline,for three years in a row.
I forgot to pay my dues.
I can`t get off work and don`t trust the RD and judge in my backyard with my dog,... I mean birds.
Funny thing is I have really heard a lot of these.
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V99
Flippin`The Bird!
http://www.bluedotloft.50megs.com
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sundance
287 posts
Nov 15, 2007
5:44 PM
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A REAL ROLLER GUY AINT LOOKIN FOR EXCUSES AND SUCH
OR REASONS NOT TO FLY
A ROLLER GUY IS LOOKIN FOR JUST THE RIGHT DAY
TO LAUNCH HIS KITS TO THE SKY
THE PREDS ARE A PAIN
AND THE WEATHER TAKES A TOLL
BUT NOTHING CAN STOP US
FROM WATCHING THEM ROLL
Hey deadend kid, paint that on your loft.!!!!!!
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Butch @
Sundance Roller Lofts
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Tony Chavarria
Site Publisher
1864 posts
Nov 15, 2007
5:50 PM
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Butch, EXCELLENT!
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RUDY..ZUPPPPP
475 posts
Nov 15, 2007
6:07 PM
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Kenny Hartman good posting........
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RUDY..ZUPPPPP
476 posts
Nov 15, 2007
6:07 PM
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Kenny Hartman good posting........
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bman
494 posts
Nov 16, 2007
6:11 AM
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Open the kit box and the Bulls&&t stops!!!
Fly them NO EXCUSES!!
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Ron
Borderline lofts
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Ballrollers
947 posts
Nov 16, 2007
7:13 AM
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Good one, Kenny! I think you just about covered them all! And believe me, I have heard them all in the past couple of years as Fly Director. How'd your birds do in your regionals?
YITS,
Cliff
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John
73 posts
Nov 16, 2007
9:11 AM
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Deadendkid,
you must be young but you will learn one way or the other. You go ahead and paint that list of excuses on your loft wall and get in all the laughs you can for now.Make sure that after you paint all the excuses on the wall that you leave room at the top of the list for " I Don't Have Any Birds To Fly". That way you want have to make any excuses when it's your turn to fly,you will be telling the truth and not making any excuses! A old timer and I cann't remember who it was now,once told a group of us that " you have to learn when to fly as well as when not to fly". you really have to learn the weather in your area becase you can loose birds on days when the sun is shinning bright, windy and overcast days. The Hawks are not the only problem but they are the biggest problem. I have learned when my birds come out and start flying west that is a big problem. I have lost whole young birds kits like this, they fly toward the ocean and I never see them again.
So go ahead and paint that list and laugh it up but you look at that list and your eyes catches that # 1 reason " I don't have any birds to fly" that laughter can quickly turn to tears.
John
Last Edited by on Nov 16, 2007 10:58 PM
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Skylineloft
365 posts
Nov 16, 2007
9:47 AM
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John,
How true it is.....
Good post
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Ray
Breeding Quality Spinners,
"One Roller At A Time".
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PR_rollers
76 posts
Nov 16, 2007
6:43 PM
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Sundance nice one,,,John great post and so true.....and with an excuse like that all you have to do is open the door..
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Ralph....
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CSRA
482 posts
Nov 17, 2007
2:07 PM
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Great post thanks for bringing that part of the hobby to the front page
good job
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RUDY..ZUPPPPP
1717 posts
Jun 12, 2008
6:50 PM
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I think the best excuse is too windy...............
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RUDY PAYEN
PANCHO VILLA LOFT
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RUDY..ZUPPPPP
1728 posts
Jun 13, 2008
8:23 PM
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RUDY PAYEN
PANCHO VILLA LOFT
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RUDY..ZUPPPPP
GOLD MEMBER
2791 posts
Sep 12, 2009
1:17 PM
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No excuse here...lol
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RUDY PAYEN
PANCHO VILLA LOFT
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roller alley
179 posts
Sep 12, 2009
8:45 PM
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i dont fly,MY BIRDS ARE FOR SHOW.lol put that on the top. i think ill do that for a laugh...
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fhtfire
2091 posts
Sep 13, 2009
11:13 AM
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A-team was abducted by Aliens....Dog ate my homework....was in the Phillipines and running a convention...LOL
Need more color!
rock and ROLL
Paul
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nicksiders
GOLD MEMBER
3679 posts
Sep 13, 2009
11:26 AM
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Nobody knows how to judge real Birmingham Rollers.
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Just My Take On Things
Nick Siders
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Joe Valdivia
11 posts
Sep 13, 2009
6:28 PM
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one falcon and 2 coopers are my excuse right now lol. lost five of my 15 in 2 days :(
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J_Star
2174 posts
Sep 14, 2009
4:59 AM
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It is people choice to fly or not to fly. If they wish not fly, they just simply need to say NO. If you wish to fly, then you are more than welcome to join. Why do we have to harass anybody?
Jay
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harrison
1247 posts
Sep 14, 2009
1:50 PM
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I am new to flying comp and am a member of the all england roller club.
In this club you only have the chance to fly once a year so I would love to beable to compete more then just that.
Were I come from we dont have a local club so at the moment I am having a bad time indeed trying to compete.
Thats my reason for not flying but boy would i love the chance to beable to compete as much as possible.
I still fly my birds for my oun enjoyment everyday and untill a club comes along I will keep doing so.
My city was one of the top citys for rollers 10 years o so ago and now there isnt even a club.
WHAT A SHAME.
The thing is every were i go in my car i see kits of rollers flying about.
I have this dream that a club is on its way.
Harrison H.K.R ROLLER LOFT HULL UK.
Last Edited by on Sep 14, 2009 1:53 PM
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jnyce
792 posts
Sep 14, 2009
6:30 PM
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start the club urself harrison
jerry t
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wannaroll
45 posts
Sep 14, 2009
7:01 PM
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Of course I can't fly my birds the Barometer reading is too high. The extra pressure will make my birds disapear in the atmosphere and they will end up landing in another state. OH MY!
Those darn hawks can't fly that high.
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Dave - Hesperia, CA.
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gotspin7
2527 posts
Sep 16, 2009
4:43 AM
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It is people choice to fly or not to fly. If they wish not fly, they just simply need to say NO. If you wish to fly, then you are more than welcome to join. Why do we have to harass anybody?
Jay, I do not think they are harassing anybody really. I might be wrong but to me is like having a race horse and talking to everyone how fast your horse is but you NEVER race it.. I know I might not be right and to each his own, but sometimes it is like GEES..... LOL..
P.S.. Not trying to pick on you at all, please do not take it as such...
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J_Star
2180 posts
Sep 16, 2009
5:08 AM
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I agree with you gotspin7...however, from the sound of this thread gave me the impression that is just to pressure and intimidate the none competitive flyers. It was just my reflection on this thread.
What I see is people don't have a worthy kit to enter competition. Once they have a good kit, you won't have to twist their arm to join. We need to help them assemble a good kit. Although, some people might talk the talk but when asked to show, they will buckle and have excuses. I understand that...
Jay
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CSRA
1765 posts
Sep 16, 2009
5:54 AM
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Some people are not as competitive as they think they are safer to talk and not fly lol
Last Edited by on Sep 16, 2009 5:54 AM
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Scott
2559 posts
Sep 28, 2009
11:09 AM
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Here is the proper thread that this belongs in Todd
(Scott,
Of course it aint happening,because we are not flying on the same day,the same conditions,or more often the same judges[that is subjective anyway],and same team of kit birds.
So you can plainly see the 1 day out of the year that some one has a chance,on a world level, could be a big flop or be the best kit they ever put up and everything in .
That does not discount the 2 to 300 plus times out of the year that we have had better or worse flys.This is rellevant to the mental and physical factors you mentioned above.
If it was the one true test as you claim,that competition winner would and should be expected to win all the flys after that,and we both know that aint happening...Aloha,Todd
Scott,you know I'm for the competitions,but when someone wins an event,it is the guy who )
Last Edited by on Sep 28, 2009 11:12 AM
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STUDENT 2 THE GAME
156 posts
Sep 28, 2009
11:21 AM
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lol
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Tony Chavarria
Site Publisher
3717 posts
Sep 28, 2009
11:53 AM
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LOL There are excuses and then there are "reasons". If you don't like someones stated reason then to you it is an excuse. Either way, why should anyone else care?
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FLY ON!
Tony Chavarria
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Scott
2561 posts
Sep 28, 2009
11:54 AM
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C'mon guys, lets get this stuff in the proper threads, where moderators ?
("Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed,
and in such desperate enterprises?
If a man does not keep pace with his companions,
perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer."
(Henry David Thoreau--1817-1862)
Last Edited by on Sep 28, 2009 11:55 AM
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Tony Chavarria
Site Publisher
3718 posts
Sep 28, 2009
11:55 AM
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Scott, you at home today? We gonna do those birds?
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FLY ON!
Tony Chavarria
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PAUL R.
103 posts
Sep 28, 2009
12:42 PM
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If my team "seems" ready, I will put them up in comp, and if they are not, then I dont. Be about it, dont just talk about it.
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STUDENT 2 THE GAME
157 posts
Sep 28, 2009
1:27 PM
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Look I was lol at what was said I lol because it was plain funny . As for me competing ..its about fun to me and hanging with the boys . I can say " its my first year " or whatever ..I might not score a point ..but then again I might win . I thought it was about fun. Maybe Im wrong but Im still gonig to fly if I have birds.
Larry
Make It Rain Lofts/N.C.R.C.
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Tony Chavarria
Site Publisher
3719 posts
Sep 28, 2009
1:47 PM
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Paul, your post sounds like a Nike commercial:
"...be about IT - don't just TALK about it."
Nike
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FLY ON!
Tony Chavarria
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Phantom1
221 posts
Sep 28, 2009
2:15 PM
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"Nobody knows how to judge real Birmingham Rollers.
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Just My Take On Things
Nick Siders"
This is not meant to sound patronizing by any means. I have to admit Nick, this is the most brilliant thing I believe I've ever heard regarding both subjects of judging and the BR. It's so profound that I think we should all adopt it and hang it above the doors of our lofts as a subtle reminder. If it's your fly time, you'll see it. If it's just feedin' time for a guy with a bunch of crayons sitting on a perch, you'll see it. Some will say Excuses either way or justifications either way. I still think it's brilliant.
I LOVE IT!
Eric
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PAUL R.
104 posts
Sep 28, 2009
3:06 PM
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Perhaps being about it could be a huge step for alot folks.
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pat66
414 posts
Sep 28, 2009
4:40 PM
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If you have em , fly em!!!!!!!!!!
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Pat
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pigeon pete
390 posts
Sep 28, 2009
5:13 PM
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I only ever used 2 excuses.
I) I don't have enough rollers to make up a team.
2) I don't have enough rollers to make up a team.
I used the same excuse twice, (:> Pete.
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Tony Chavarria
Site Publisher
3720 posts
Sep 28, 2009
5:30 PM
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LOL
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FLY ON!
Tony Chavarria
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nicksiders
GOLD MEMBER
3720 posts
Sep 28, 2009
6:11 PM
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Not competing because you don't have a team ready is unexcussable. The only time that should happen is like what Pete is saying. Not enough birds
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Just My Take On Things
Nick Siders
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bman
723 posts
Sep 29, 2009
7:03 AM
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I would never condemn anyone for not flying. But for me it is what I look forward to all year.Always enjoy it.Ready or not they always go up. I think the team needs a better coach thou.LOL
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Ron
Borderline lofts
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Bill from NJ
82 posts
Sep 29, 2009
4:02 PM
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Deadendkid said: "can you guys help i want to make a list with excuses as to why someone dont fly their birds".
How about....
1) My birds fly like lead balloons and lawn darts, and I only have 3 left.
or
2) I only keep these pigeons as pets, for when my grandchildren come to visit.
or
3) I only keep these pigeons to use the droppings as a fertilizer for my tomato plants.
Are these excuses acceptable? (lol)
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