Originally posted by MrIzzz dude talk to me if you get into Omegas
Im sure I could hookup omegas, but they worth quite less than Tag Hueurs. and the way Im doing this is the more the watch is worth, the more money I make and the more money you save
Originally posted by bdjuf Im sure I could hookup omegas, but they worth quite less than Tag Hueurs. and the way Im doing this is the more the watch is worth, the more money I make and the more money you save
too bad I can't access Rolex
i just fell in love with omegas about 5 years ago. theres something about them that i really love. i'm not much of a watch guy, but i found that some of the more expensive watchs just dont look right on my arm...lol...so i like to keep to simpler styles
I'm a PhD student in Molecular Genetics at the Univ of Utah, researching the molecular mechanisms of aging so that I can extend the human life span while slowing the aging process.
Originally posted by Cloner I'm a PhD student in Molecular Genetics at the Univ of Utah, researching the molecular mechanisms of aging so that I can extend the human life span while slowing the aging process.
Originally posted by Cloner I'm a PhD student in Molecular Genetics at the Univ of Utah, researching the molecular mechanisms of aging so that I can extend the human life span while slowing the aging process.
i hear ya.....so i guess gfy finally has a genuine genius.
btw, you might wanna take that link to that board out of your sig before the mods see it
Originally posted by bdjuf give me 2 weeks, Ill show you the catalogue of the Tags, you can choose whichever one you want and Ill deliver it at your door
Originally posted by Cloner I'm a PhD student in Molecular Genetics at the Univ of Utah, researching the molecular mechanisms of aging so that I can extend the human life span while slowing the aging process.
Originally posted by MrIzzz thats an impressive list.
now how do you race pigeons?
Quick version:
You raise them in a loft. You let them exercise daily by flying early morning for an hour or two ( they come back for breakfast....if you feed them first, they'll stay away for hours.)
there are two racing seasons.
For the six weeks before the races start, you "toss" them 2-3 times a week. Tossing is where you take them away starting at 5-10 miles away and release them. Then you gradually increase the miles from home up to 150 or so. Some lofts will take their new birds 30-50 miles away for the first toss to cull out the weak ones.
A 'new' bird or 'young' bird is a year old or younger. They have races for young birds and other races for old birds.
You belong to a local club. Then for the races, you take your birds down to the club the day before and big trucks go around to all the clubs and pick the birds up.
They drive the birds up north and release them all at the same time the next morning. The release sites start at 150 miles and go up to 750 miles.
Then your birds fly like bats out of hell, racing to get home.
When they get home they land on the landing board and walk through a little doorway into the loft. There is a special electronic band around their leg that has all their info. On the door is a reciever. When they walk through, the reciever marks them 'home'.
Your reciever is connected through a phone line to the main club which tallys the birds times.
Then they take the exact mileage from the release site to your particular loft and average out with the birds flight time, how fast they were flying and for how long.
Birds with the best times place.
The "SnowBird" race is like the kentucky derby for pigeons.
Babies born to the winner of that race can be sold for up to 10,000 USD. And the winner gets 250,000 USD
Sorry, that is not exactly the short version I hoped it would be, but even in it's length, it is still only a small fraction of the pigeon racing world.
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You raise them in a loft. You let them exercise daily by flying early morning for an hour or two ( they come back for breakfast....if you feed them first, they'll stay away for hours.)
there are two racing seasons.
For the six weeks before the races start, you "toss" them 2-3 times a week. Tossing is where you take them away starting at 5-10 miles away and release them. Then you gradually increase the miles from home up to 150 or so. Some lofts will take their new birds 30-50 miles away for the first toss to cull out the weak ones.
A 'new' bird or 'young' bird is a year old or younger. They have races for young birds and other races for old birds.
You belong to a local club. Then for the races, you take your birds down to the club the day before and big trucks go around to all the clubs and pick the birds up.
They drive the birds up north and release them all at the same time the next morning. The release sites start at 150 miles and go up to 750 miles.
Then your birds fly like bats out of hell, racing to get home.
When they get home they land on the landing board and walk through a little doorway into the loft. There is a special electronic band around their leg that has all their info. On the door is a reciever. When they walk through, the reciever marks them 'home'.
Your reciever is connected through a phone line to the main club which tallys the birds times.
Then they take the exact mileage from the release site to your particular loft and average out with the birds flight time, how fast they were flying and for how long.
Birds with the best times place.
The "SnowBird" race is like the kentucky derby for pigeons.
Babies born to the winner of that race can be sold for up to 10,000 USD. And the winner gets 250,000 USD
Sorry, that is not exactly the short version I hoped it would be, but even in it's length, it is still only a small fraction of the pigeon racing world.
that is absolutely amazing...wow. the impressive part is that i read that entire post
seriously though, that sounds like a really cool different type of hobby (or sport). i've definitely learned something here tonight that i never expected
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