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What a day (13-11-24)

'Hello Ad, It is Leo here. Are you okay there?'
"Ha, Leo. Okay? Hmm

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Old rascals (09-11-24)

Especially things that are important for us personally arouse interest.

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Questions (04-11-24)

Rarely heard so much whining about paratyphoid fever than in recent months

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Question from Lin

Some people pride themselves on the "many friends" they have. I had few, but good ones. One of them was Lin

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To blame or not to blame (09-10-24)

Very rarely will I visit somewhere without announcing myself in advance. And visitors are expected to do the same.

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Some foreigners (23-09-24)

It's normal that foreigners have questions and ask them to fanciers from here. There, the sport is (much) 'younger', especially in the Middle East.
The cradle is here.

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Well spent (23-09-24)

I made my living as a teacher in high school. Mostly with pleasure and only once did I really let myself go. When teenagers were throwing coins at ducks.

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Just some pigeon talk (21-08-24)

A letter in the mail? That was a long time ago!
From an older person?

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Striking (31-07-24)

What makes pigeon sport so interesting for many are the surprises that often occur, things that one did not expect or cannot explain. A few examples:

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Wasted time (28-06-24)

18% of adults would still be smoking now, in 2023, the majority women. Well, 'in my time' it was different.

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At Daniels results speak (28-06-24)

We didn't know that racing with hens can perform so well from books, as practice has shown.

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Better in the past ?

What I can still remember from my childhood is very little and... There is not a lot of good in that.

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Booze, rivalry and more

If you blindly accept everything that people want you to believe in pigeon sport, you have to possess an elastic mind.

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Fabels (28-05-24)

'Fabels' is the name of a kind of roadside restaurant in the area. I sometimes go there for coffee after a walk in the nearby woods.

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The chicken or the egg (24-04-24)

Usually a ten-minute chat is enough to be able to say whether someone has talent as a fancier or whether he is a fiddler and will remain so.

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