hi every one

                      i am a new member today , i have always loved birds, when was at school decades ago we used to live on top of the cliff  in a Suffolk village called KESSINGLAND south of LOWESTOFT were i would rescue seagulls gillimots ducks etc etc  which were covered in oil from ships or tangled in fishing nets or line,,so always had a love  for birds .helped a tawny owl who broke his leg, so cycled 3 miles to the country vet who pulled a stick out of the hedge and taped to his leg and said i will send the bill to your father?? dad was not pleased when he got the bill for 15/- or 75p which was a lot of money then especially when you are trying to help a wild bird..??? so that a bit about me . the wife has the same out look on animal as me..on a recent trip to kalkan TURKEY we spent most evenings buying cat and dog food for the street cats and dogs, but kalkan is a small town which love cats. a english woman who lives out there has donation boxes in most shops were she uses the money  to pay vet bills for the street cats and dogs and a program to sterilize the cats and dogs  well hope i have not bored you but just a little history of us ..

WEll hello steve....u managed it , i new you would in the end lol, great to have you here, sounds like your going to be perfect and fit right in , we have live chat on a monday and thursday evening you will have to join us, think there is a quiz with crystal this thursday in chat always a good laugh, hope to see u there, have a good look round the forums

thanks kerry for a warm welcome to thre site (forum)
steve xx

Hello Stephen and welcome to BL. Animal lovers are always welcome here.

I guess if you're in Suffolk that Lesley G will be your ACO - she seems to cover most of East Anglia.

Have you got any birds of your own? If so, we'd love to see pictures.

Have you had any thoughts about whether you'd like to safehouse or foster for BL? Help is always welcome.

are you still in the same area?.....just wondering which of our lucky ACOs is near you

Kerry - I think it will be Lesley lol

bummer why is there never any in the sticks with me i need SAFEHOUSES lol .....anyone in scotland lol

Hello Stephen, welcome to to the forums!
It sounds like you will fit right in.....though you may need to explain the "old money"
Sheila rescues the odd seagull, I am no where near the sea, but have been known to HR the odd dove or pidge when they get dumped on me.

Vicki x

Yes he will definately fit in. Welcome Stephen, Ahem !!!! Vicki, He wont need to explain "the old money" to me. I remember when a marriage licence was 7/6d.
You got 6 penneth chips at the chippy,and my first wage packet was £4 10/- 6d. lol
Hope to see you in chat Stephen.

ann cant belive u admitted to all that old stuff......i told u all she IS my mother, obvious now lol

Hello Steve, I'm new too and also remember the 'old stuff'.

Hiya Steve and welcome.  No need to explain the old money to me either, I grew up with it too  

 

Sue

 

 

Hi Steve,

Welcome to BL! I'm one of the metric generation sorry, I like everything to fit nicely into 100!

Ok girls.......back off.....this one is MINE!!!!!!!

HELLO.....Steven from Suffolk!!!!!! How do you fancy being a safe house?????

Oh...and welcome aboard to you and your wife by the way!!!

hi helen

           thanks for the warm  welcome, yes we have thought about  safe housing, and also fostering so we are open to all surgestions   and yes we used to have a lesser sulphur cockatoo, which we had for 8 years, harry he was terrific  he use to dance,  wave, talk ,and cuddle ,but after 5 years he started to self mutilate himself we tryed everything , a collar which we had to put on every time we saw blood. it use to brake  our hart to see him like this.we  were told  about special diets ,no good, a  avaian who lives near us told us about prozak we she reconmended as last resort, she got it for us we use to put it io his food .but again no good,in the end she told us on e day he might go to far, and might die ,, she said that he was a hormunual and need a mate, and said he would be better off in an avairy where he could pick his mate,??so we were terribly upset but we had to do what is best for harry so we gave him to a avairy/ breeder this was many years ago now may be there is new treatment.??

hi kerry

                 we have since moved over the border in to norfolk, NORWICH,

                                                                         steve

hi

       yeh my first pay packet was £5.. a week ,,half a crown an hour= 8 hours a day = £1.00 a day,, which is 12p an hour..frighting??????

                                                        steve &  jan

           

hi lesley

             as i have explained in my letter today i have crossed borders to canary city  in other words we live in norwich norfolk  the canarys are the  norwich football team run by delia smith ?? but still  a suffolk" boy" at hart not quite sure about the boy bit any more....

                                          steve  jan

hi lesley

                     i forgot to say yes we would be a safe house or a foster home.we like the large birds macaws  large cokatoos etc 

                                             thanks   steve  jan

wow u have all lost me about the money , u guys are truely showing your ages unlike us babies xxx welcome steve and jan xx