Note wrote in French

Ex-Para · 11-02-2009, 05:25 AM

I have a letter hand written in French and I can only read English, I know I could use the goggle translator but as it is hand written I don't know what some of the symbols are. It is about one of my racing pigeons that has got lost in France and I would like it back as it is a rather good one, I could send it as a attachment and it is not very long. I am in the UK.

**Basementgeek** · 11-02-2009, 06:02 AM

Sure, send it. I am sure somebody here is good in French.

BG

Ex-Para · 11-02-2009, 09:26 AM

France note.jpgHope this works as I would realy like to know what is in the letter. The bird a hen was in a race from Bourges to the North East of England where I live a 600 mile flight which it has done many times and never out of the first ones back she and has even won the race but this time she did not return but her grandson won the race

FanEAW · 11-02-2009, 01:27 PM

Mr. Machinsky - LuLu
82, Ave Pierre Mendes, france
62510 Argues, France

October 27th, 2009

Dear Sir,

I am letting you know from this very letter, that i have a pigeon belonging to you holding the ID
no. CF126NEH2003. I myself am Comlombophile , would it be possible to send me the
(carton/cardboard) and the pigeon's origins and to send it at the above address. i thank you in
advance, and I sincerely, dear sir, offer you my dearest salutations.

DonaldG · 11-02-2009, 03:13 PM

Aw gee, & I thought he was trying to say that it was very tasty!

FanEAW · 11-02-2009, 05:47 PM

LOL ^^

your welcomed btw Ex-Para ^^ hehe

**WereBo** · 11-02-2009, 06:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DonaldG

Aw gee, & I thought he was trying to say that it was very tasty!

That's in the PS on t'other side of the page....

ebackhus · 11-03-2009, 12:41 AM

I don't know much more French than the standard 4-letter words, but I'm amazed how well my translation matched to FanEAW's!

**grimx133** · 11-03-2009, 01:47 AM

Hmm, my translation was a bit different.

"Send me a box and tell me where to mail it."

FanEAW · 11-03-2009, 03:22 PM

by what i have read "Carton" in french could very well mean Carton or Cardbord or something like ID Papers... this is from France and expressions in french from Canada and from france a quite different.

Ex-Para · 11-04-2009, 04:53 AM

Thanks FanEaw I think he is wanting to keep it and asking me to transfer the birds registration etc. to him. I think if he let go it would come back as his town is not far from the English channel. Problem is I would like it back but I will have to workout what I am to do. As for the persons who replied taking the piss I don't suppose they would know of the many lives saved during the war because of the pigeons homing ability and the humble pigeon was the most decorated of all animals for services done, yes they did get medals same as other animals used in the war so take the piss out of that. The racing pigeon also is nothing like the dirty street feral pigeon.

DonaldG · 11-04-2009, 06:24 AM

Hey Ex-para

Sorry if you took offence - I was not taking the 'p' - Just my warped sense of humour - I am fully aware of the pigeons war time exploits....Also read my sig & you will see my support...

I can understand how frustrated it can be not getting it back...

My understanding is that a homing bird has an organ that is sensitive to magnetic flux and that it uses that as one of the primary ways of navigation back to 'Home'. Its loft, wherever that may be.

It is also my understanding that if the bird is kept 'captive' in a loft at a different home loft for any substantial time, its magnetic imprint is replaced by the new location.

My question is: how come it got lost in the first place?

The next bit is fact, not taking the 'p'...
Pigeons are a very good eating. There are many breeders, especially in Brittany area supplying them to the supermarkets. I have visited a 'Pigeon Farm' there.

I too love that type of bird and have several pet doves that fly free and feed from my hand but that doesn't stop me from eating pigeons. They ARE very tasty especially when served with a fine French red wine.

One of my Doves: 'Bonny'

DonaldG · 11-04-2009, 06:39 AM

BTW: you are correct that he may want to keep it: Colombophile = Pigeon Fancier. He is saying would it be possible to....

Mail him and say that it is not possible, please send him back (or let it free to find its own way home... Unless there is a risk of it getting lost again or ending up on a French dining table!)

Ex-Para · 11-04-2009, 07:12 AM

The letter I sent to the forum was the second one, the first one was translated to me by a brides maid at a wedding I was attending but who has now returned to the middle east where she works and in that first letter it was stated that the bird had an injury (broken Leg) but the wings where not affected so it was not really lost.

Your Somerset humour is not like the Gordie humour so does not go down well as I think you are still taking the piss and that is an end of it.

FanEAW · 11-04-2009, 08:09 AM

Pigeons are lovely, for my own personnal experiences, i used to own one, but sadly it died.

i had a beatiful White pigeon, I was used to letting him go free outdoor and he came back to eat and then got back out, for sleeping he was usually sleeping in his cage, one day he came back with a letter strapped to his saying, a bloody letter, someone wrote on the letter (wich was bloody) to help to whoever received the letter, he had a car accident and he mentioned where exactly on wich road he was, so i called 9-1-1.

DonaldG · 11-04-2009, 09:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ex-Para

Your Somerset humour is not like the Gordie humour so does not go down well as I think you are still taking the piss and that is an end of it.

Why aye, lad - Thats real canny.

I was born only 15 miles from N-u-T - I can claim to be a Gordie (just)

Yes, I did have my tongue in cheek when I posted it but I was not taking the 'p' as you put it. It is a fact, they are tasty as are many other creatures that some folk keep as pets.

It is a fact, as you surely must know, many fancier's birds are shot especially in France - many do end up on the table. That is reality.

**WereBo** · 11-04-2009, 01:37 PM

My apologies Ex-Para, like Donald, I wasn't taking the 'P' at your post or hobby. Hailing from N Yorkshire (Dales), I fully understand the appreciation for these respectable birds and the value of them, both the cost now and their part in history.

Again, my apologies to you, no way did I intend any offence.

11-02-2009, 05:25 AM	#1 (permalink)
Ex-Para Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: North East England Posts: 128 OS: Ubuntu, Knoppix, XP. Vista.	Note wrote in French I have a letter hand written in French and I can only read English, I know I could use the goggle translator but as it is hand written I don't know what some of the symbols are. It is about one of my racing pigeons that has got lost in France and I would like it back as it is a rather good one, I could send it as a attachment and it is not very long. I am in the UK.

11-02-2009, 06:02 AM	#2 (permalink)
Basementgeek Moderator, Home Support Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Central Ohio, USA Posts: 1,500 OS: XP Pro SP2/Vista Ultimate SP2 Blog Entries: 3	Re: Note wrote in French Sure, send it. I am sure somebody here is good in French. BG __________________ Donating to the forum keeps TSF free for all. Proud member of ASAP

11-02-2009, 09:26 AM	#3 (permalink)
Ex-Para Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: North East England Posts: 128 OS: Ubuntu, Knoppix, XP. Vista.	Re: Note wrote in French France note.jpgHope this works as I would realy like to know what is in the letter. The bird a hen was in a race from Bourges to the North East of England where I live a 600 mile flight which it has done many times and never out of the first ones back she and has even won the race but this time she did not return but her grandson won the race

11-02-2009, 01:27 PM	#4 (permalink)
FanEAW Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 117 OS: Vista Home Basic SP1 Build 6001	Re: Note wrote in French Mr. Machinsky - LuLu 82, Ave Pierre Mendes, france 62510 Argues, France October 27th, 2009 Dear Sir, I am letting you know from this very letter, that i have a pigeon belonging to you holding the ID no. CF126NEH2003. I myself am Comlombophile , would it be possible to send me the (carton/cardboard) and the pigeon's origins and to send it at the above address. i thank you in advance, and I sincerely, dear sir, offer you my dearest salutations.

11-02-2009, 03:13 PM	#5 (permalink)
DonaldG Manager Home Support, Assistant Manager Articles Team Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Somerset, UK Posts: 10,164 OS: XPsp2 Laptop & Vista Ultimate Desktop My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: Note wrote in French Aw gee, & I thought he was trying to say that it was very tasty! __________________ . Lest we forget... "They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them." Submit New Articles Here TSF's Photographer's Corner .

11-02-2009, 05:47 PM	#6 (permalink)
FanEAW Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 117 OS: Vista Home Basic SP1 Build 6001	Re: Note wrote in French LOL ^^ your welcomed btw Ex-Para ^^ hehe

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ebackhus Manager, Design Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: SATX Posts: 14,275 OS: WinXP Pro SP3/Windows 7 RTM My System Blog Entries: 28	Re: Note wrote in French I don't know much more French than the standard 4-letter words, but I'm amazed how well my translation matched to FanEAW's! __________________ ----------------------------- There are no dumb questions, unless a customer is asking them. Help in the fight against cancer and other serious illnesses.

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grimx133 Mentor Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Canada eh Posts: 3,144 OS: xp mce sp2, xp pro sp2, windows 7 beta My System	Re: Note wrote in French Hmm, my translation was a bit different. "Send me a box and tell me where to mail it." __________________

11-03-2009, 03:22 PM	#10 (permalink)
FanEAW Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 117 OS: Vista Home Basic SP1 Build 6001	Re: Note wrote in French by what i have read "Carton" in french could very well mean Carton or Cardbord or something like ID Papers... this is from France and expressions in french from Canada and from france a quite different.

11-04-2009, 04:53 AM	#11 (permalink)
Ex-Para Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: North East England Posts: 128 OS: Ubuntu, Knoppix, XP. Vista.	Re: Note wrote in French Thanks FanEaw I think he is wanting to keep it and asking me to transfer the birds registration etc. to him. I think if he let go it would come back as his town is not far from the English channel. Problem is I would like it back but I will have to workout what I am to do. As for the persons who replied taking the piss I don't suppose they would know of the many lives saved during the war because of the pigeons homing ability and the humble pigeon was the most decorated of all animals for services done, yes they did get medals same as other animals used in the war so take the piss out of that. The racing pigeon also is nothing like the dirty street feral pigeon.

11-04-2009, 06:24 AM	#12 (permalink)
DonaldG Manager Home Support, Assistant Manager Articles Team Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Somerset, UK Posts: 10,164 OS: XPsp2 Laptop & Vista Ultimate Desktop My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: Note wrote in French Hey Ex-para Sorry if you took offence - I was not taking the 'p' - Just my warped sense of humour - I am fully aware of the pigeons war time exploits....Also read my sig & you will see my support... I can understand how frustrated it can be not getting it back... My understanding is that a homing bird has an organ that is sensitive to magnetic flux and that it uses that as one of the primary ways of navigation back to 'Home'. Its loft, wherever that may be. It is also my understanding that if the bird is kept 'captive' in a loft at a different home loft for any substantial time, its magnetic imprint is replaced by the new location. My question is: how come it got lost in the first place? The next bit is fact, not taking the 'p'... Pigeons are a very good eating. There are many breeders, especially in Brittany area supplying them to the supermarkets. I have visited a 'Pigeon Farm' there. I too love that type of bird and have several pet doves that fly free and feed from my hand but that doesn't stop me from eating pigeons. They ARE very tasty especially when served with a fine French red wine. One of my Doves: 'Bonny' __________________ . Lest we forget... "They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them." Submit New Articles Here TSF's Photographer's Corner . Last edited by DonaldG; 11-04-2009 at 06:26 AM.

11-04-2009, 06:39 AM	#13 (permalink)
DonaldG Manager Home Support, Assistant Manager Articles Team Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Somerset, UK Posts: 10,164 OS: XPsp2 Laptop & Vista Ultimate Desktop My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: Note wrote in French BTW: you are correct that he may want to keep it: Colombophile = Pigeon Fancier. He is saying would it be possible to.... Mail him and say that it is not possible, please send him back (or let it free to find its own way home... Unless there is a risk of it getting lost again or ending up on a French dining table!) __________________ . Lest we forget... "They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them." Submit New Articles Here TSF's Photographer's Corner .

11-04-2009, 07:12 AM	#14 (permalink)
Ex-Para Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: North East England Posts: 128 OS: Ubuntu, Knoppix, XP. Vista.	Re: Note wrote in French The letter I sent to the forum was the second one, the first one was translated to me by a brides maid at a wedding I was attending but who has now returned to the middle east where she works and in that first letter it was stated that the bird had an injury (broken Leg) but the wings where not affected so it was not really lost. Your Somerset humour is not like the Gordie humour so does not go down well as I think you are still taking the piss and that is an end of it.

11-04-2009, 08:09 AM	#15 (permalink)
FanEAW Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 117 OS: Vista Home Basic SP1 Build 6001	Re: Note wrote in French Pigeons are lovely, for my own personnal experiences, i used to own one, but sadly it died. i had a beatiful White pigeon, I was used to letting him go free outdoor and he came back to eat and then got back out, for sleeping he was usually sleeping in his cage, one day he came back with a letter strapped to his saying, a bloody letter, someone wrote on the letter (wich was bloody) to help to whoever received the letter, he had a car accident and he mentioned where exactly on wich road he was, so i called 9-1-1.

11-04-2009, 01:37 PM	#17 (permalink)
WereBo Resident Village Idiot Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: SE London, UK Posts: 14,478 OS: Win-7, XP-Pro SP3 My System	Re: Note wrote in French My apologies Ex-Para, like Donald, I wasn't taking the 'P' at your post or hobby. Hailing from N Yorkshire (Dales), I fully understand the appreciation for these respectable birds and the value of them, both the cost now and their part in history. Again, my apologies to you, no way did I intend any offence. __________________ I shall meet all of my deadlines directly in proportion to the amount of bodily injury I could expect to receive from missing them.