Raceing Pigeons

by label licker 4 Replies latest jw friends

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  label licker

  On Monday morning we had a pigeon confronted by our rotti. He didn't hurt it. Noticed there were bands on its legs so we looked up the number on a racing pigeon site and there it was. The owners number and where it was from and where it was going. With in twenty-four hours this little belgium bloodline worth about one thousand dollars was on a race going home. It had already done a six hour car drive from Northbay to Bradford.

  Man, these birds sure can go fast and find their way home. It's pretty neat. I went out and got food for it and water and it is in my house fast asleep. The thing was so tired it couldn't fly anymore. The owner was really appreciative and wanted to pay us but we said no. He said I was a real caring person and would be by to pick it up Sat. He's bringing his elleven year old son who has a mild form of autisim. (Asperger syndrome) He said in all his years of pigeon raceing he's lost afew birds. People will keep them and breed them. He has one racing pigeon that he paid fifteen hundred dollars for. This is an expensive hobby! Can't figure out why you would pay that for a bird just to let it fly away.

  You don't know how good that felt for a stranger to say those words. After I got off the phone I said to myself hey wait a minute, we just got the boot out of a religion and lied about. How can I be a good person? It was a really weird moment for one second and then I said you bet I am!!!!!!
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  Watkins

  That's a very interesting story, thanks - you are a nice and caring person!

  The good ones always get lied about by the label-makers... we just have to ignore 'em when possible, fight 'em when necessary.

  That stupid religion, making what's good into bad and bad into good. But it's those little niggles of - wait. a. minute., that can't be right..." helped us get out. Now we understand they were teaching us to behave unnaturally, like: it's a good thing to watch a child die that could be saved by a medical blood procedure - that's the complete opposite of a rational and natural response. Or like: it's a good thing to refuse to talk to your children and grandchildren because someone doesn't believe in your religion anymore, and not only that, but you have act convincingly like you're happy to do it... for Jehovah. Something that feels so horrible on both sides cannot be good - and it isn't. They tried to redefine 'love' but what a huge fail. How they tried to warp our minds is... humbling. But wow, what a wonderful feeling is this freedom!

  Of course you did a good thing - ya done real good! Now you'll probably be scurrying about doing nice, caring and normal things all over the place, without even thinking - no limits - no fears!

  w
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  designs

  Raising pigeons is fun, my brother and I raised quite a few while in school. We would let them out everynight after school and they would soar around the neighborhood and finally come home for the night. On weekends we would take them on trips, 20-40 miles away and release them, they would fly several hundred feet in the air and get their bearings and head for home. They always beat us.
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  prologos

  Is it true that they are desperate to get back to their mates?

  jealous protectors?

  in Wt parlance "marital jealousy, a noble sentiment equal to the zeal for kingdom preaching?"
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  label licker

  Homer the pigeon went back to his owner today. He was dying to fly so we decided to drive him down and drop him off. Had he gone to the loft he was suppose to go to he would have won a decent prize and if he had come in first. I could not believe what the prize would have been. A whopping $45,000.00 canadian! This race cost $1,200.00 to enter a team (minimum of five birds). You take your team over to where a guy will feed them and train them to be release and to come back to his loft. The thing is you'll never know if he really entered your birds or not. He could turn around and say he did and then kill them and say they got lost. There's suppose to be tracking devices put on these birds but not every race does it. What a gamble. It must be nice to have money to just throw away. He said Mike Tyson has carrying pigeons as well and does the same thing. Didn't know there was money in this but like the old saying you have to spend money to make money I guess.