Stafford

[laurab]

Hi

is anyone going to Stafford at the weekend?

[jimmy]

I'll be there Laura :)

Not sure what jacket to wear yet, what about you :razz:

[dave85]

I should be there!

Are feathered-friends having a meeting place at the sale?

Thanks
Dave

[Waxbillman]

i'll be there from about 8.30.

i'll be helping out on the WFS stand which is upstair table Cr4 summut like that.

why don't we meet there? and while we are there you can all subscribe!!

just look for the young 5ft 9 dude with the WFS badge on

matthew:lol:

[jimmy]

sounds like a great idea. (the meeting up, not subscribing to the WFS, i can't stand wrestling :razz: )

[Waxbillman]

:lol: :lol:


don't worry Jimmy your exempt from joining as generally we don't allow men in straight jackets
with multiple avatar personality dissorder

matthew

[jimmy]

:) :) :)

[kenny]

hi jimmy

make sure you take plenty of photos you guys.i will be in the hospital

ken

[laurab]

It looks like I won't be going guys :(

[Waxbillman]

thats a shame Laura, and kenny

you'll both miss a great day, i hope you get on ok at the Hospital Ken

matthew

[nigel]

Hi all,

Does anyone know what is actually goin to be there on Sunday as I have had mixed reports as to Parrots and Poultry ?
Is there usually loads of trade stands similar to other large shows, as I need a few bits and pieces to get the birdroom stocked ready for the arrival of my breeding stock?

Nigel

[jimmy]

Hi Nigel,

Havn't been before myself, but i'm told there are all types of birds except birds of prey & loads of stalls selling bits & bobs, just about everything.

jimmy

[kenny]

hi jimmy

ask matt if he will be wearing his blue body warmer

ken

[jimmy]

Hi Kenny,

I think he's swapped it for a pink & grey shell suit. :razz:

[Waxbillman]

hello Nigel


in my opinion Staffords is one of the biggest and best ales day in the country.

to my knowledge pigeons, poultry and birds of prey will not be allowed.

there is hundreds of traders that sell everything you could possibily want for your birdroom, and there is even more breeders tables there selling just about every bird in aviculture
as well as clubs and societies.

:lol:
Jimmy

no i will be wearing my blue bodywarmer, or may be if i am feeling a little bit dangerous a grey one, blue is the lightest colour that i wear, as i tend to wear morbid cloths.

Pink!!! just saying that colour makes me sick, I'll see you at Stafford then Jimmy:-x what will you look like then, as i need to tell the local heavy mob!!

matthew:)

[laurab]

Matthew said "in my opinion Staffords is one of the biggest and best ales day in the country."

If that is the case I'll be there and mine is a pint please :razz:




Can anyone tell me what time it starts and finishes?

[jimmy]

Hi Matthew,

A picture of me & my brother, so you will recognise me, i'm the one on the right.


"A pint of your best ale please landlord" :razz:

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a173/groundforce/UGLY-MEN.jpg

[Waxbillman]

:lol: :lol: your parents should have named you Billy big ears.

i'll just look for the fellow who has a pair of satalite dishes for ears,

by the looks of its you don't need eye sight, with those great elephant ears you could pick up the sound of a flea scuttling about on a mouse in Australia

PMSL :lol: :lol:

Matthew.
no offence to the blokes like

[Waxbillman]

hello Laura

good on you, i told the truth about it, it is better than the national ever was in my eyes, though i'm not a showman so Paul would probabily differ.

it starts at 10 and ends at 4 i believe. get there well before ten though as the ques are usually miles.

Matthew

[laurab]

Sshh, don't mention queues, I am trying to persuade Roger to take me ;-)

[Waxbillman]

oh, sorry i forgot he has infiltrated the site, no there isn't queues miles long just a few hundred metres thats all

matthew

[chris]

Hi Matthew,

who needs a queue? just tell Laura the secret way in that you told me:wink: everyone who's going have a great day out, i just wish i could be there

Chris:wink:

[kenny]

matt

mines a pint of speckled hen please

ken

[Waxbillman]

ok mate, looks like i'm buying the drinks then, i'll have a pint of John Smith's

what time will the drinking commence?

look like the secrte way is blocked you need a lapel badge and a armband luckily i have both

matthew

[laurab]

Oh err!!! :razz: :razz:

I have an FBA badge, and a tattooed band on my wrist...does that count??

[Waxbillman]

Ken

....... that was shocking,

sorry Laura you will have to queue like everyone else, still i will wave to you from the window now and again, once i have bought all the good birds.

matthew

[kenny]

hi laura

i have got a NCA badge you can borrow

ken

[laurab]

Thanks Ken

will it help? ;-)

[kenny]

might do you can go in as an official inspector and get in first to buy all the best birds before matt gets them all


ken

[laurab]

I only want to go so that I can join the Waxbill Finch Society in person!

[Waxbillman]

about time Laura!!
hopefully i will be there to sign u up

matthew

[laurab]

Does anyone know what the entrance fee is?

[laurab]

S'ok I have just found it myself ;-)

[kenny]

hi all

as i have said i will be in the ossie for the best part of a week but my son is going to lend me his lap top,so if they will let me plug it in there i will be able to keep in touch,i will have to sweet talk the nurses

ken

[jimmy]

Hi Kenny,

what date you going in mate.

[kenny]

hi jimmy

i am in from saturday morning to tuesday mate hopefully they will let me have my sons laptop working but not for the first couple of days as the stuff they put in you is radioactive and you have to lay down for 24 hours or it gives you a thumping headache ,but if they let me use the laptop i can still use it on a slope hopefully!

ken

[Waxbillman]

hello Ken

i wish you all the best at hospital Ken.

when you are radioactive does it have any side effects like a 3rd eye?

matthew

[jimmy]

Tends to make your fingers swell up Matthew.

[laurab]

Bad news guys, Roger and I will not be attending the Stafford show :-( I was so looking forward to meeting you all. Don't forget when you are out there plugging the websites mention feathered-friends ;-)

Paul has very kindly offered me a lift, unfortunately I am out of Prozac, so I have declined. :razz:



Err......this is still the Stafford thread isn't it? LOL

[Waxbillman]

that is a great shame Laura.

you will miss the best show on Britain


i think is the right thread laura, but you know what the jokers are like don't you? Jimmy.

i hope to see you at eith the new national or next Stafford.

matthew

[jimmy]

Hi Laura,

Sorry to hear you are not going to Stafford, we'll have to have a group meet at kings Lynn.

See you sunday Matthew, i,m leaving today at 11.00am so i can get to hotel and watch the football (in the bar), then its a quick shower & hit the town time :razz:

[Waxbillman]

:lol: sounds good Jimmy.


see you then,

matthew

[laurab]

I hope everyone has a fantastic day at Stafford :razz: I hope to see plenty of reports from you all, if only to make me feel jealous! ;-)


As I can't go, I will be indulging my other passion....photography. Roger, Elsa (my youngest) and myself are going out and about to take a few photos'. Hopefully we will get a few good shots between us.

Hope to hear from you all soon:)

[chris]

Hi all,

i'll second what Laura said, it's a pity i can't go as i was looking forward to meeting a lot of you, and joining the Waxbill Society

Chris:wink:

[PAUL HEARN]

Hi everyone,

To those of you who couldn't be there today, I'm very sorry to say you did miss out on a great event, but there is some very good news for members here regarding today, I will PM anyone interested with the news.:D

I must say I was pleased to see the number, variety and quality of Birds on offer today, an excellent turn out!
The attendence was also great, I was very lucky to meet with both familiar and new faces from various Bird Forums, a few friends from various Bird Clubs both here in Dorset and Surrey and a few friends from the hobby in general.
But I was most pleased to meet with a very old friend from the days of my World Show coach trips, I haven't been on these trips for over ten years, so how pleased was I to see Jimmy 'The Mad Welshman' Jones after all these years buying a pair of Java Sparrows from Steve Nesbitt on the JSSUK stand?:lol:

Of course from the familiar faces I met again, Steve Nesbitt to buy a good quality Silver Java Sparrow hen, two Timor Sparrow cocks from Steves friend Bryan Roberts one of which is for myself, the other has gone home with a new face for me, Stan'Kello/Bonio' Watt (great to meet you in person mate;) ).
I met with a few of the FF3 Gang, Laus, I bought two Tri-Coloured Nuns from his friend whose name I can't remember,DOH, Lee (Bone), John (Softbillman), Denis Teece and a few new faces, Val (Riley), Builditbob, Chipbuttie etc, etc.

The new Birds I have here for breeding with next year are far from what the AR would have you believe, they are fit and healthy, feeding, drinking and bathing as any healthy Birds do.

I hope very much that those of you who couldn't make it today will be able to arrange things better for the Spring Stafford Sales day, I will see you there.

Paul.;)

[jimmy]

Hi all,

just arrived back fron Stafford, got there yesterday at 2.00pm, in the pub to watch the footie, back to hotel for a quick shower, then down the road for a nice Ruby Murrey, after that in chicago's for a spot of boogying :razz:

Got to the sale about 11.00am (with a blinding hangover), i pre-ordered 2 tickets and left them in the hotel, so had to que up for about an hour.

Bumped in Matthew, felt sorry for him stuck upstairs away from it all, it was nice to meet you Matthew.

I've got to say a massive thank you to Robb (from cnai & bbia) and his good lady, i was nervous about getting the right birds and Robb came round with me and gave me a few pointers.

Once again robb, many thanks mate

So what did i buy,

2 goldfinch cocks £52.50 ea
1 Greenfinch Hen £15.00
3 clear hen Canaries (just ordinary canaries) £10.00 ea
A dimmer/timer switch £105.00
Some seed £1.75 KG
A fantastic carrying box £15.00
A pork roll from the hog roast van £2.50

All in all an enjoyable weekend, whilst in the que to get in, the bloke next to me turned out to be the binman who collected bins at the hotel i stayed in, so i got a brief history of Stafford hotels and how many bins each one has per week, very interesting :?

I,ll have one of those pm's please Paul.

[Waxbillman]

hello all

i too really enjoyed myself, i've been going for years but enjoyed this year's the most, i was in there at 9:15. i was on the Waxbill finch society's stand most of the day, but i still enjoyed it, i finally put a face to Paul and Jimmy and one or two others.
i bought a grand pair of 05 chocolate silverbills for £14. And came home with the male violet ear.

Amongst other things my head was spinning i was talking to so many people.

Matthew

[Waxbillman]

i forgot to also mention

i saw not a single AR there luckily for them.

the 2 bird per cage rule was a laugh, all the breeders had 2 birds per cage where as the traders had the usual amount - are they exempt.

there were one or 2 rarities there, quickly snapped up.

matthew

[laurab]

I am glad to see you boys are back home safe and well.

As for me, what was supposed to be a relaxing day out turned in to a loo spotting day! I'm afraid I succumbed to the stomach bug :( Luckily we found a shop that sold Immodium, so all was not lost........err...bad turn of phrase maybe? LOL

A PM for me too Paul please ;-)

[PAUL HEARN]

Hi Jimmy,

I'm sorry I missed you matey, but I'm also sorry I forgot to mention meeting Matthew,:sad: I'm sorry Matthew that I had to rush off to carry out yet another pre-arranged deal,:roll: I did have a lot on my plate regarding sales of Birds for other people including Bee-Eaters, Mesias etc.

I can only hope that there will be an event where we Forum members can catch up for a proper chat sometime.

Paul.:wink:

[Waxbillman]

definately, we will all meet up one day, maybe at the new national, or at the next Stafford in march.

i was a little busy too, though sadly the violet ear did'nt sell PAUL!!!!

matthew

[PAUL HEARN]

Hello everyone,

I will post more tomorrow and forward the requested PM's, I'm done stick a fork in me.:roll:

But I may have enough energy to sink another very well needed Kronenbourg?

Paul.:grin:

[Pyxel]

I will have one of them PM's Paul, send me a Kronenbourg aswell, im running low :mad: ;-)

[laurab]

Thanks for all the feedback guys, it is very much apreciated.

I have read some other threads (as I am sure you all have) and I cannot believe there are so many shy people out there! Fancy going all the way to Stafford and not introduce yourself to people you chat to on a forum!

[chris]

Hi all,

i'm glad to hear you all had a great day out:grin:

Paul, i'll have one of those PM's too please:wink:

Chris:wink:

[josoll]

A pm for me please,and does anyone know the dates for March yet as my oh has to book his days off well in advance,and i just hope it dosen't clash with Crufts as i usually help man the Breed stand for four days. If it does i think i will have to bow out of helping on the Sunday!

[dave85]

hey all,

Unfortunatly i wasnt able to make it :( :( gutted!

Sorry i didnt get in touch sooner people especially paul but im at uni now,

Spent the day doing my new extension to aviary instead and its nearly done.

Is anyone going to newark? as ill definatly be going and will be looking for new things.

Paul you still got the hen chocolate silverbill for me?

Thanks
Dave
p.s - paul ill have a PM please

[nigel]

Hi all,

I'm afraid I didn't manage to make it yesterday, was out on the cider on saturday and didn't get up in time and felt pretty ropey. I will have to arrange my social calender a little better next time. There is a sale/show in Dec for the Colour Canary Breeders Assoc which is part of the poultry show for some reason so will have to make sure I can go to that to pick up some info anf bits and bobs.
A PM for me paul please
Nigel

[PAUL HEARN]

Hello all,

I wish I had taken today off of work because I'm still wiped out from yesterday, 32 years old and the stamina of a 96 year old with a dead Goat strapped to my back.:roll:

Matthew, I'm sorry I didn't see you before I left to make an insulting offer on the lovely Violet Eared Waxbill.

Dave, I don't have the Chocolate Silverbill you wanted, the Bird was taken to the event for you all the way from Wales, for it to then go back to Wales. The owner of the Bird was unhappy about this, as I was too, I had sent you PM's from here and FF3, why didn't I receive a reply??

Laura, I agree it was sad that so many of us went to the Show, and some of us didn't meet up, but I have this problem sorted for the Spring Show the meeting point for the next Stafford Sale is THE BAR at 12pm and Laura's buying!!:lol: Very tasteful Jesters hats with flashing lights and our names on will be made available by post prior to the event for the bargain price of £14.99 including postage!

The PM's will be sent to all of you who have requested one (sorry Pyxel, no Kronenbourg mate), it isn't huge news, but I think you will all agree it is great news for the Website and Forum, of course Laura for running the show and keeping the Family in order, Carl for giving Laura the best present ever on her 30th Birthday:lol: and for all of us grateful members!

Nigel, shame on you for your terrible excuse for not turning up at Stafford.:D

Paul.

[laurab]

30th birthday! Paul you are too kind ;-)

[Waxbillman]

Hello Paul

well i still have him and £35 was a good price, i am thinking of keeping him now.

though i would be stupid to really, a fellow member may sell me a hen at a good price so who knows. i have seen them £60 each, now surely he was a bargain, captive bred too!!, your loss mate.

yep we will definately all meet at Stafford in March if we have been killed first by bird flu as the anti's would say. though i was very dissappointed, they dint have any John Smiths!!!

matthew

matthew

[PAUL HEARN]

Hi Laura and Matthew,
Laura, whats wrong with a tiny bit of blatant creeping once in a while? I think everyone here knows you are really 33.:wink:

Matthew, I hope you do keep the Violet Ear and that you find a hen for him ready for 2006, good luck mate.:wink:

Paul.

[jimmy]

Out of interest, who has the job of catching the birds that made it to the ceiling and how do they do it, its not like catching them in a birdroom :?

[PAUL HEARN]

Hi Jimmy,

The escapee Birds are caught by using catapults, airguns and poisonous gass.:twisted:

On a seriuos note, the Birds will be caught by the next day when they will come down to feed and drink, by this time when the halls are almost empty the Birds will feel confident enough to do so.

Paul.:wink:

[dave85]

hey paul,

Regarding Pm's i havent access to net very much recently due to being at uni plus if i had got on ff3 i wouldnt have read it cuz im suspended still for unknown reasons - since problems with ash happened it has been.

I am really sorry i didnt make it but it wasnt my fault and i only have a few peoples numbers but cudnt get through to many on sunday.

Dave

[PAUL HEARN]

Hi Dave,

No worries mate, it can't be helped now, lets hope that any Birds needed for breeding next year can be sorted for the Spring Stafford Sales day.

Paul.:wink: