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| judith.lea 2007-10-25, 9:25 am |
| On Oct 25, 1:38 pm, Sacha <sa...@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
> Suttons Seed co. is up for sale for anyone with some spare cash!http://tinyurl.com/3d6d7v
>
> --
> Sachahttp://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
> South Devon
> (remove weeds from address)
> 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
> children.'
Really? I wonder why? Better not let Ray and Matthew see it!
Judith
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| Dave Hill 2007-10-25, 9:25 am |
| On 25 Oct, 13:51, "judith.lea" <judith.le...@googlemail.com> wrote:[color=darkred]
> On Oct 25, 1:38 pm, Sacha <sa...@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
>
Will it come in a pictorial packet with instructions?
David Hill
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| Broadback 2007-10-25, 1:25 pm |
| Dave Hill wrote:
> On 25 Oct, 13:51, "judith.lea" <judith.le...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Will it come in a pictorial packet with instructions?
>
> David Hill
>
>
If the number of emails and snail mail I get from them is anything to go
by they are bankrupt! ;-)
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| helene@urbed.coop 2007-10-25, 1:25 pm |
| On 25 Oct, 15:17, Dave Hill <da...@abacus-nurseries.co.uk> wrote:
> Will it come in a pictorial packet with instructions?
:o))
Compare it with it's owner's site, Vilmorin below, and you can quickly
see that Sutton has very much kept to its formal post-war ways of
doing things, but so many things have changed in the world of
gardening since then, they simply are too old. I've never bought from
them. It would be a dream of mine to run a little business like that -
start from scratch and include lots of new things. I'm sure they'll be
ok and hope it's kept in Devon where it's started.
http://www.vilmorin-jardin.fr/
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| Dave Hill 2007-10-25, 1:25 pm |
| On 25 Oct, 15:51, hel...@urbed.coop wrote:
> On 25 Oct, 15:17, Dave Hill <da...@abacus-nurseries.co.uk> wrote:
>
>
> :o))
>
> Compare it with it's owner's site, Vilmorin below, and you can quickly
> see that Sutton has very much kept to its formal post-war ways of
> doing things, but so many things have changed in the world of
> gardening since then, they simply are too old. I've never bought from
> them. It would be a dream of mine to run a little business like that -
> start from scratch and include lots of new things. I'm sure they'll be
> ok and hope it's kept in Devon where it's started.
>
> http://www.vilmorin-jardin.fr/
Sorry but Suttons seeds started in reading and were there for most of
its existence really interesting read have a look at
http://www.suttons.co.uk/History.htm
David Hill
Abacus Nurseries
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| On 25/10/07 15:17, in article
1193321878.928584.301100@22g2000hsm.googlegroups.com, "Dave Hill"
<david@abacus-nurseries.co.uk> wrote:
> On 25 Oct, 13:51, "judith.lea" <judith.le...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Will it come in a pictorial packet with instructions?
>
> David Hill
>
>
Sad, though - end of an era etc.
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'
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| On 25/10/07 13:51, in article
1193316684.390031.250470@22g2000hsm.googlegroups.com, "judith.lea"
<judith.lea99@googlemail.com> wrote:
> On Oct 25, 1:38 pm, Sacha <sa...@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Really? I wonder why? Better not let Ray and Matthew see it!
>
> Judith
>
The very thought.......!
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'
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| Anne Jackson 2007-10-25, 5:25 pm |
| The message from helene@urbed.coop contains these words:
> I'm sure they'll be
> ok and hope it's kept in Devon where it's started.
Except that it started in Reading, which is in Berkshire...
--
AnneJ
You may search my time-worn face,
You'll find a merry eye that twinkles.
I am NOT an old lady
Just a little girl with wrinkles!
- Edythe E. Bregnard
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| judith.lea 2007-10-25, 5:25 pm |
| On Oct 25, 7:58 pm, Anne Jackson <amygd...@zetnet.co.uk> wrote:
> The message from hel...@urbed.coop contains these words:
>
>
> Except that it started in Reading, which is in Berkshire...
>
Hello AnneJ, you always, but always have facts to your fingertips,
does your name begin with Encly...... :-)) Hope everything is o.k.
with you and yours tonight.
Judith
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| Martin 2007-10-25, 5:25 pm |
| On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 07:51:32 -0700, helene@urbed.coop wrote:
>On 25 Oct, 15:17, Dave Hill <da...@abacus-nurseries.co.uk> wrote:
>
>:o))
>
>Compare it with it's owner's site, Vilmorin below, and you can quickly
>see that Sutton has very much kept to its formal post-war ways of
>doing things, but so many things have changed in the world of
>gardening since then, they simply are too old. I've never bought from
>them. It would be a dream of mine to run a little business like that -
>start from scratch and include lots of new things. I'm sure they'll be
>ok and hope it's kept in Devon where it's started.
>
>http://www.vilmorin-jardin.fr/
Irritating website 2007 Grand Prix?
--
Martin
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| Martin 2007-10-25, 5:25 pm |
| On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:20:46 -0700, "judith.lea" <judith.lea99@googlemail.com>
wrote:
>On Oct 25, 7:58 pm, Anne Jackson <amygd...@zetnet.co.uk> wrote:
>Hello AnneJ, you always, but always have facts to your fingertips,
>does your name begin with Encly...... :-)) Hope everything is o.k.
>with you and yours tonight.
The information was in the long newspaper article that Sacha posted a link to.
--
Martin
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| Martin 2007-10-25, 5:25 pm |
| On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 19:54:10 +0100, Sacha <sacha@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk>
wrote:
>On 25/10/07 15:17, in article
>1193321878.928584.301100@22g2000hsm.googlegroups.com, "Dave Hill"
><david@abacus-nurseries.co.uk> wrote:
>
>
>Sad, though - end of an era etc.
I thought it was the end of an era for Reading when Suttons moved from Reading,
Huntley and Palmers disappeared in a take over and Symonds Brewery was taken
over by Courage.
--
Martin
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| Anne Jackson 2007-10-25, 5:25 pm |
| The message from "judith.lea" <judith.lea99@googlemail.com> contains
these words:
> On Oct 25, 7:58 pm, Anne Jackson <amygd...@zetnet.co.uk> wrote:
> Hello AnneJ, you always, but always have facts to your fingertips,
> does your name begin with Encly...... :-)) Hope everything is o.k.
> with you and yours tonight.
Sorry to post off-topic, everyone, but I just need to let well-wishers
know that my grandson still has a fever, and is still on antibiotics...
You know, Judith, it occurred to me at a recent school reunion that
so much time was wasted at high school because not one of the teachers
managed to awaken in me a love of learning. That didn't come until
much, much later... I sometimes wonder what percentage of teachers
can actually _teach_ and how many merely regurgitate facts?
--
AnneJ
You may search my time-worn face,
You'll find a merry eye that twinkles.
I am NOT an old lady
Just a little girl with wrinkles!
- Edythe E. Bregnard
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| On 25/10/07 22:39, in article 313030303432363047211B0998@zetnet.co.uk, "Anne
Jackson" <amygdala@zetnet.co.uk> wrote:
> The message from "judith.lea" <judith.lea99@googlemail.com> contains
> these words:
>
>
> Sorry to post off-topic, everyone, but I just need to let well-wishers
> know that my grandson still has a fever, and is still on antibiotics...
Early days, Anne. He's young and he's resilient. I do feel so deeply for
you - one of my children had to have a major op of a different sort and I'd
have given anything to have had it for them. Your grandson will get there .
>
> You know, Judith, it occurred to me at a recent school reunion that
> so much time was wasted at high school because not one of the teachers
> managed to awaken in me a love of learning. That didn't come until
> much, much later... I sometimes wonder what percentage of teachers
> can actually _teach_ and how many merely regurgitate facts?
Ah - gifted teachers. I was lucky in that I had good English and French
teachers early on but absolutely terrible maths teachers. To this day I
can't do or understand Sudoku - it's another language to me and not one to
which I have the key. But because I had good *early* arithmetic teachers, I
can add up at the speed of light!
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'
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| Anne Jackson 2007-10-26, 3:25 am |
| The message from Sacha <sacha@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk> contains these
words:
> "Anne Jackson" <amygdala@zetnet.co.uk> wrote:
[color=darkred]
> Early days, Anne. He's young and he's resilient. I do feel so deeply for
> you - one of my children had to have a major op of a different sort and I'd
> have given anything to have had it for them. Your grandson will get there.
I just wish Monday was over and done with. Martyn is a strapping lad,
and, heart problem aside, as healthy as they come, but I just worry so!
Never a good sleeper at the best of times, I scarcely get a wink of sleep
at present.
[color=darkred]
> Ah - gifted teachers. I was lucky in that I had good English and French
> teachers early on but absolutely terrible maths teachers. To this day I
> can't do or understand Sudoku - it's another language to me and not one to
> which I have the key. But because I had good *early* arithmetic teachers,
> I can add up at the speed of light!
My 10 y.o. grand-daughter thinks it incredibly funny that her Nana, who can
tell at a glance exactly how many tiles will be needed for any
particular wall,
cannot for the life of her understand Sudoku... it's just totally defeats me!
I keep asking 'What is the _point_' of it! Crosswords, I absolutely love, and
find them a worthwhile challenge...
--
AnneJ
You may search my time-worn face,
You'll find a merry eye that twinkles.
I am NOT an old lady
Just a little girl with wrinkles!
- Edythe E. Bregnard
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| On 26/10/07 04:17, in article 313030303432363047216A4670@zetnet.co.uk, "Anne
Jackson" <amygdala@zetnet.co.uk> wrote:
> The message from Sacha <sacha@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk> contains these
> words:
>
>
> I just wish Monday was over and done with. Martyn is a strapping lad,
> and, heart problem aside, as healthy as they come, but I just worry so!
> Never a good sleeper at the best of times, I scarcely get a wink of sleep
> at present.
Worrying for our young never does stop. But his overall health otherwise is
hugely in his favour - really enormously so. It's a good thing this problem
has been detected and is being dealt with under controlled conditions of
choice.
>
>
> My 10 y.o. grand-daughter thinks it incredibly funny that her Nana, who can
> tell at a glance exactly how many tiles will be needed for any
> particular wall,
> cannot for the life of her understand Sudoku... it's just totally defeats me!
> I keep asking 'What is the _point_' of it! Crosswords, I absolutely love, and
> find them a worthwhile challenge...
Yes, I enjoy crosswords and have started doing them again - rarely
completing them I must say! But my attitude to Sudoku is exactly like
yours. It's a bit like my attitude to wind-surfing - why bother!
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'
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| Janet Tweedy 2007-10-26, 9:25 am |
| In article <313030303432363047216A4670@zetnet.co.uk>, Anne Jackson
<amygdala@zetnet.co.uk> writes
> Crosswords, I absolutely love, and
>find them a worthwhile challenge...
>
I can do Suduko but it's an effort whereas crosswords are always fun. I
have a book of gardening crosswords that I adapt to put in the Gardening
club newsletter. Kay gave me the book years ago as a present.
One answer stumped everyone last year. pom pon dahlias! I had to check
the spelling in the end! I always thought it was pom pom 
In the interest of staving off decrepitation of the cerebral kind I have
been playing those mind games for the PC. words and logic, no problem
but 3d awareness I cannot do easily for love nor money.
Same with gardening plans, I really can't imagine in 3d!
--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk
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| Martin 2007-10-26, 9:25 am |
| On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 12:41:26 +0100, Janet Tweedy <jan@lancedal.demon.co.uk>
wrote:
>In article <313030303432363047216A4670@zetnet.co.uk>, Anne Jackson
><amygdala@zetnet.co.uk> writes
>
>
>
>I can do Suduko but it's an effort whereas crosswords are always fun. I
>have a book of gardening crosswords that I adapt to put in the Gardening
>club newsletter. Kay gave me the book years ago as a present.
>One answer stumped everyone last year. pom pon dahlias! I had to check
>the spelling in the end! I always thought it was pom pom
>
>In the interest of staving off decrepitation of the cerebral kind I have
>been playing those mind games for the PC. words and logic, no problem
>but 3d awareness I cannot do easily for love nor money.
>Same with gardening plans, I really can't imagine in 3d!
Try this. Take your time.
http://www.forddoctorsdts.com/quizz...calAptitude.php
--
Martin
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| Martin 2007-10-26, 5:25 pm |
| On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 23:15:51 +0100, Janet Tweedy <jan@lancedal.demon.co.uk>
wrote:
>In article <9lo3i3pg1qo7hepu1adej4kpqquoqv7r1r@4ax.com>, Martin
><me@address.invalid> writes
>
>
>Thank you, I got to answer 6 and got confused with the question. No idea
>how gears move when attached to others!! I joined the RAC instead
LOL
Some gave up when they realised they had to count the number of teeth on cogs, I
almost did.
--
Martin
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| Janet Tweedy 2007-10-26, 8:25 pm |
| In article <e3q4i35a7t2fgfs64cig2ogejnp5mu9v0d@4ax.com>, Martin
<me@address.invalid> writes
>Some gave up when they realised they had to count the number of teeth
>on cogs, I
>almost did.
Oh I didn't mind that, I just couldn't understand a cog attached to
another cog on it's side.
Janet
--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk
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| Martin 2007-10-27, 9:25 am |
| On Sat, 27 Oct 2007 00:36:03 +0100, Janet Tweedy <jan@lancedal.demon.co.uk>
wrote:
>In article <e3q4i35a7t2fgfs64cig2ogejnp5mu9v0d@4ax.com>, Martin
><me@address.invalid> writes
>
>
>Oh I didn't mind that, I just couldn't understand a cog attached to
>another cog on it's side.
Some RAC men have the same problem :-)
--
Martin
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| Janet Tweedy 2007-10-27, 9:25 am |
| In article <vst5i396q6djanmok3a251ipmfbdtipj0t@4ax.com>, Martin
<me@address.invalid> writes
>
>Some RAC men have the same problem :-)
How reassuring Martin!
--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk
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| Martin 2007-10-27, 9:25 am |
| On Sat, 27 Oct 2007 13:21:09 +0100, Janet Tweedy <jan@lancedal.demon.co.uk>
wrote:
>In article <vst5i396q6djanmok3a251ipmfbdtipj0t@4ax.com>, Martin
><me@address.invalid> writes
>
>
>How reassuring Martin!
You could always give them the test to do before letting them lose on your car.
Here's a quiz that involves no counting, answers at the end. No cheating!
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/th...icle3099640.ece
--
Martin
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| Alan Holmes 2007-10-27, 5:25 pm |
|
"Sacha" <sacha@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
news:C3464CDC.5D076%sacha@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk...
> Suttons Seed co. is up for sale for anyone with some spare cash!
> http://tinyurl.com/3d6d7v
I think I have a spare fiver!
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| Alan Holmes 2007-10-27, 5:25 pm |
|
"Anne Jackson" <amygdala@zetnet.co.uk> wrote in message
news:313030303432363047216A4670@zetnet.co.uk...
>
> My 10 y.o. grand-daughter thinks it incredibly funny that her Nana, who
> can
> tell at a glance exactly how many tiles will be needed for any
> particular wall,
> cannot for the life of her understand Sudoku... it's just totally defeats
> me!
I cannot understand the interest in Sudoku at all, I am addicted to the
codewords.
> I keep asking 'What is the _point_' of it! Crosswords, I absolutely love,
> and
> find them a worthwhile challenge...
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| uk.rec.gardening 2007-10-27, 5:25 pm |
| On Sat, 27 Oct 2007 20:33:13 GMT, "Alan Holmes"
<alan_holmes@nowhere.com> wrote:
>
>"Sacha" <sacha@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
>news:C3464CDC.5D076%sacha@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk...
>
>I think I have a spare fiver!
Buy yourself a lobotomy!
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| Charlie Pridham 2007-10-28, 9:25 am |
| In article <MlNUi.3785$Eq.1732@newsfe3-gui.ntli.net>,
alan_holmes@nowhere.com says...
>
> "Anne Jackson" <amygdala@zetnet.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:313030303432363047216A4670@zetnet.co.uk...
>
> I cannot understand the interest in Sudoku at all, I am addicted to the
> codewords.
>
>
>
>
>
I agree sudoku is pointless, but killer sudoku thats another matter, I
have no doubt I would gain several hours each day if I could go cold
turkey and stop ( www.killersudokuonline.com ) check out the greater than
killer at the bottom!
--
Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall
www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and
Lapageria rosea
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| runner bean 2007-10-28, 9:25 am |
| On 25 Oct, 19:54, Sacha <sa...@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
> On 25/10/07 15:17, in article
> 1193321878.928584.301...@22g2000hsm.googlegroups.com, "Dave Hill"
>
> <da...@abacus-nurseries.co.uk> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> Sad, though - end of an era etc.
> --
> Sachahttp://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
> South Devon
> (remove weeds from address)
> 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
> children.'
Very sad if Suttons comes to an end. If there is land involved then I
wouldn't be surprised Wyvale buys it. They seem to be buying up every
other brown site around. The propertiesd alone will be worth a fortune
as more houses are needed, but what happens to people wanting plants
and nice centres?
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| Martin 2007-10-28, 9:25 am |
| On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 02:54:55 -0700, runner bean <neil@complete-gardens.co.uk>
wrote:
>On 25 Oct, 19:54, Sacha <sa...@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
>
>Very sad if Suttons comes to an end. If there is land involved then I
>wouldn't be surprised Wyvale buys it. They seem to be buying up every
>other brown site around. The propertiesd alone will be worth a fortune
>as more houses are needed, but what happens to people wanting plants
>and nice centres?
Locally garden centres are closing down all the time in Holland. There are none
left in the town we live in. The nearest one in the next village is going to
focus on garden design and selling garden furniture, and will no longer sell
plants. His plants were good, but his garden design isn't. It seems that more
and more people want plantless gardens.
--
Martin
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| On 28/10/07 09:54, in article
1193565295.070993.324520@z9g2000hsf.googlegroups.com, "runner bean"
<neil@complete-gardens.co.uk> wrote:
> On 25 Oct, 19:54, Sacha <sa...@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Very sad if Suttons comes to an end. If there is land involved then I
> wouldn't be surprised Wyvale buys it. They seem to be buying up every
> other brown site around. The propertiesd alone will be worth a fortune
> as more houses are needed, but what happens to people wanting plants
> and nice centres?
>
I wouldn't be surprised if Tesco buy them up.
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'
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| judith.lea 2007-10-28, 9:25 am |
| On Oct 28, 9:59 am, Martin <m...@address.invalid> wrote:
> On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 02:54:55 -0700, runner bean <n...@complete-gardens.co.uk>
> wrote:
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> Locally garden centres are closing down all the time in Holland. There are none
> left in the town we live in. The nearest one in the next village is going to
> focus on garden design and selling garden furniture, and will no longer sell
> plants. His plants were good, but his garden design isn't. It seems that more
> and more people want plantless gardens.
> --
>
> Martin- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
I don't know where you live in Holland but I have friends in Amsterdam
and Rotterdam and I found great garden centres/nurseries there,
although the last time I visited one was a few years ago so maybe
things have changed.
Judith
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| Martin 2007-10-28, 9:25 am |
| On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 11:13:21 -0000, "judith.lea" <judith.lea99@googlemail.com>
wrote:
>On Oct 28, 9:59 am, Martin <m...@address.invalid> wrote:
[color=darkred]
>I don't know where you live in Holland but I have friends in Amsterdam
>and Rotterdam and I found great garden centres/nurseries there,
>although the last time I visited one was a few years ago so maybe
>things have changed.
We live between Amsterdam and the Hague. Things have changed. There are a few
garden centres, but nowhere near as many as five years ago. The big ones
survive. The small and medium size ones have been closing. Similarly there are
derelict greenhouses all over the place.
--
Martin
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| Janet Tweedy 2007-10-28, 9:25 am |
| In article <1193565295.070993.324520@z9g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>,
runner bean <neil@complete-gardens.co.uk> writes
>Very sad if Suttons comes to an end. If there is land involved then I
>wouldn't be surprised Wyvale buys it. They seem to be buying up every
>other brown site around. The propertiesd alone will be worth a fortune
>as more houses are needed, but what happens to people wanting plants
>and nice centres?
>
Wouldn't Tesco under the alias of Dobbies, want to purchase it as well?
They are opening new garden centres (mostly take-overs) in the south at
least.
--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk
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| Janet Tweedy 2007-10-28, 9:25 am |
| In article <dgNUi.112441$j16.69593@newsfe6-gui.ntli.net>, Alan Holmes
<alan_holmes@nowhere.com> writes
>
>"Sacha" <sacha@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
>news:C3464CDC.5D076%sacha@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk...
>
>I think I have a spare fiver!
>
>
When did they sell out to a French company then? Why on earth did a
French company want it anyway, haven't they got enough UK stuff with the
water boards? Seems to me you can't expect the same level of commitment
to UK base enterprises if you sell out to overseas investors. They only
see the balanced books.
--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk
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| judith.lea 2007-10-28, 9:25 am |
| On Oct 28, 11:21 am, Martin <m...@address.invalid> wrote:
> On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 11:13:21 -0000, "judith.lea" <judith.le...@googlemail.com>
> wrote:
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> We live between Amsterdam and the Hague. Things have changed. There are a few
> garden centres, but nowhere near as many as five years ago. The big ones
> survive. The small and medium size ones have been closing. Similarly there are
> derelict greenhouses all over the place.
> --
>
> Martin- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
That would explain it as it must be at least five years since I was at
the Hague. O.T. I know but I loved the Rembrandt Museum at the Hague
and that small self portrait in oils where his eyes follow you
everywhere, genius.
Judith
| |
|
| On 28/10/07 11:04, in article 09YtfOCYzGJHFwrV@ukonline.co.uk, "Janet
Tweedy" <jan@lancedal.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> In article <dgNUi.112441$j16.69593@newsfe6-gui.ntli.net>, Alan Holmes
> <alan_holmes@nowhere.com> writes
>
> When did they sell out to a French company then? Why on earth did a
> French company want it anyway, haven't they got enough UK stuff with the
> water boards? Seems to me you can't expect the same level of commitment
> to UK base enterprises if you sell out to overseas investors. They only
> see the balanced books.
I think Vilmorin bought Suttons in 1994.
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'
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| judith.lea 2007-10-28, 9:25 am |
| On Oct 28, 11:41 am, Sacha <sa...@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
> On 28/10/07 11:04, in article 09YtfOCYzGJHF...@ukonline.co.uk, "Janet
>
>
>
>
>
> Tweedy" <j...@lancedal.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> I think Vilmorin bought Suttons in 1994.
>
> --
> Sachahttp://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
> South Devon
> (remove weeds from address)
> 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
> children.'- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
Isn't that a French company Sacha?
Judith
| |
| helene@urbed.coop 2007-10-28, 9:25 am |
| On Oct 28, 11:41 am, Sacha <sa...@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
> I think Vilmorin bought Suttons in 1994.
You think? Or did you look at the link I've put several posts above?
| |
|
| On 28/10/07 11:59, in article
1193572767.993279.323570@o38g2000hse.googlegroups.com, "judith.lea"
<judith.lea99@googlemail.com> wrote:
> On Oct 28, 11:41 am, Sacha <sa...@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Isn't that a French company Sacha?
>
> Judith
>
Yes and a very big one, too.
http://tinyurl.com/3dmgb8
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'
| |
| Martin 2007-10-28, 9:25 am |
| On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 11:32:34 -0000, "judith.lea" <judith.lea99@googlemail.com>
wrote:
>On Oct 28, 11:21 am, Martin <m...@address.invalid> wrote:
>
>That would explain it as it must be at least five years since I was at
>the Hague. O.T. I know but I loved the Rembrandt Museum at the Hague
>and that small self portrait in oils where his eyes follow you
>everywhere, genius.
Mauritshuis Museum? or have I missed something?
--
Martin
| |
| helene@urbed.coop 2007-10-28, 9:25 am |
| On Oct 25, 6:58 pm, Anne Jackson <amygd...@zetnet.co.uk> wrote:
> Except that it started in Reading, which is in Berkshire...
It's now in Devon since 1976.
| |
| Anne Jackson 2007-10-28, 1:25 pm |
| The message from Sacha <sacha@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk> contains these
words:
> "runner bean" <neil@complete-gardens.co.uk> wrote:
> I wouldn't be surprised if Tesco buy them up.
That would complement their acquisition of Dobbie's, certainly...
--
AnneJ
You may search my time-worn face,
You'll find a merry eye that twinkles.
I am NOT an old lady
Just a little girl with wrinkles!
- Edythe E. Bregnard
| |
|
| On 28/10/07 16:02, in article 31303030343236304724B28798@zetnet.co.uk, "Anne
Jackson" <amygdala@zetnet.co.uk> wrote:
> The message from Sacha <sacha@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk> contains these
> words:
>
> That would complement their acquisition of Dobbie's, certainly...
Apparently T&M is up for sale, too. Ray thinks that its present format was
the result of a management buy out.
Now I just wish that someone like Richard Branson would buy Little Chef and
turn them into really good roadside caffs like L'Arche in France! We ate
well at those and even got paper tray cloths into the bargain!
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'
| |
| Bob Hobden 2007-10-28, 1:25 pm |
|
"Sacha" wrote >
> Ah - gifted teachers. I was lucky in that I had good English and French
> teachers early on but absolutely terrible maths teachers. To this day I
> can't do or understand Sudoku - it's another language to me and not one to
> which I have the key. But because I had good *early* arithmetic teachers,
> I
> can add up at the speed of light!
Funny, but I hate crosswords especially those that don't give proper clues
whereas I love Sudoku, it's so logical. But then I was a slow starter at
reading, not interested as a kid, and only got interested when the Maths
teacher said "read the next chapter and do the questions at the end" ....
panic! :-)
--
Regards
Bob Hobden
17mls W. of London.UK
| |
|
| On 28/10/07 16:35, in article 5ojs0kFn8nprU1@mid.individual.net, "Bob
Hobden" <bobh@invalid.com> wrote:
>
> "Sacha" wrote >
>
> Funny, but I hate crosswords especially those that don't give proper clues
> whereas I love Sudoku, it's so logical. But then I was a slow starter at
> reading, not interested as a kid, and only got interested when the Maths
> teacher said "read the next chapter and do the questions at the end" ....
> panic! :-)
Just shows how early experiences influence us, I suppose. I do wish I'd
ever got a grasp of maths but one of my teachers was so wicked and so cruel
that I truly believe it frightened me off the subject for ever.
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'
| |
| Anne Jackson 2007-10-28, 1:25 pm |
| The message from Sacha <sacha@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk> contains these
words:
[color=darkred]
> Apparently T&M is up for sale, too. Ray thinks that its present format was
> the result of a management buy out.
> Now I just wish that someone like Richard Branson would buy Little Chef and
> turn them into really good roadside caffs like L'Arche in France! We ate
> well at those and even got paper tray cloths into the bargain!
I did management training with the Forte organisation, many years
ago, with a view to working in one of their Little Chefs... their
idea, not mine! I just went looking for a job as a part-time waitress!
Didn't get offered a job at the end of it, though - I didn't 'fit in',
somehow! ;-)
--
AnneJ
You may search my time-worn face,
You'll find a merry eye that twinkles.
I am NOT an old lady
Just a little girl with wrinkles!
- Edythe E. Bregnard
| |
|
| On 28/10/07 16:58, in article 31303030343236304724BFC475@zetnet.co.uk, "Anne
Jackson" <amygdala@zetnet.co.uk> wrote:
> The message from Sacha <sacha@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk> contains these
> words:
>
>
>
> I did management training with the Forte organisation, many years
> ago, with a view to working in one of their Little Chefs... their
> idea, not mine! I just went looking for a job as a part-time waitress!
>
> Didn't get offered a job at the end of it, though - I didn't 'fit in',
> somehow! ;-)
Can't think why? Time for your take over bid, perhaps? ;-)
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'
| |
| Anne Jackson 2007-10-28, 1:25 pm |
| The message from Sacha <sacha@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk> contains these
words:
> "Anne Jackson" <amygdala@zetnet.co.uk> wrote:
[color=darkred]
> Can't think why? Time for your take over bid, perhaps? ;-)
I absolutely refused to follow their guidelines on how long everything
should be cooked! *I* left everything until it was _properly_ cooked!
As for 'a portion of croutons is FIFTEEN croutons' well, I ignored that
too! Everyone got a spoonful - usually more than 15! If they thought
that I was going to stand and count out fifteen, every time someone
ordered soup, they had another think coming! 'A portion of chips is
eight ounces...'!! They were supposed to be weighed, as well!
As for the rest of their petty rules...e.g. 'a pancake must be exactly
twelve inches in diameter'!! Well, I ask you... do _you_ take a ruler
to your pancakes? ;-)
(Sorry for posting off-topic!)
--
AnneJ
You may search my time-worn face,
You'll find a merry eye that twinkles.
I am NOT an old lady
Just a little girl with wrinkles!
- Edythe E. Bregnard
| |
|
|
>
>"Sacha" wrote >
>
Sudoku is a puzzle of logic. The symbols can be any 9 distinct symbols -
the fact they are numbers doesn't make the puzzle mathemetical any more
than one would regard it as verbal if it used the letters A-I instead.
Killer sudoku, otoh, does require a certain facility with arithmetic
(though not mathematics) alongside logic.
--
Kay
| |
|
| On 28/10/07 18:17, in article YFaM6iDJJNJHFwdR@scarboro.demon.co.uk, "K"
<k@scarboro.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Sudoku is a puzzle of logic. The symbols can be any 9 distinct symbols -
> the fact they are numbers doesn't make the puzzle mathemetical any more
> than one would regard it as verbal if it used the letters A-I instead.
>
> Killer sudoku, otoh, does require a certain facility with arithmetic
> (though not mathematics) alongside logic.
>
For me, Sudoku is a bit like the slide rule. I have lost count of the times
people have tried to explain both to me and given it up as hopeless. I will
freely admit that I have an instinctive brain rather more than a logical
one, so I suppose that doesn't help in the first place! OTOH, I often see
the solution to a practical problem involving the use of time and resources
three steps ahead of the rest of the family. But I think that's probably
training-by-motherhood!
I simply don't understand how you get 'into' the whole Sudoku grid, make it
work etc. in the first place. But with crosswords, I often get an
instinctive leap to the answer and have to work out why it's right
afterwards. How *that* happens, I have no way of explaining. You have a
scientific brain, I'd say, I certainly don't.
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'
| |
| Janet Tweedy 2007-10-28, 5:25 pm |
| In article <C34A3282.5D992%sacha@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk>, Sacha
<sacha@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk> writes
>Yes and a very big one, too.
>http://tinyurl.com/3dmgb8
>
Was Sutton's a family concern before then?
--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk
| |
|
| On 28/10/07 20:08, in article bFkmR9ArwOJHFwMt@ukonline.co.uk, "Janet
Tweedy" <jan@lancedal.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> In article <C34A3282.5D992%sacha@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk>, Sacha
> <sacha@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk> writes
>
>
>
> Was Sutton's a family concern before then?
Yes, it was founded in Reading in the 1830s by John Sutton as a family firm.
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'
| |
|
| On 28/10/07 18:01, in article 31303030343236304724CE9778@zetnet.co.uk, "Anne
Jackson" <amygdala@zetnet.co.uk> wrote:
> The message from Sacha <sacha@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk> contains these
> words:
>
>
> I absolutely refused to follow their guidelines on how long everything
> should be cooked! *I* left everything until it was _properly_ cooked!
>
> As for 'a portion of croutons is FIFTEEN croutons' well, I ignored that
> too! Everyone got a spoonful - usually more than 15! If they thought
> that I was going to stand and count out fifteen, every time someone
> ordered soup, they had another think coming! 'A portion of chips is
> eight ounces...'!! They were supposed to be weighed, as well!
>
> As for the rest of their petty rules...e.g. 'a pancake must be exactly
> twelve inches in diameter'!! Well, I ask you... do _you_ take a ruler
> to your pancakes? ;-)
>
> (Sorry for posting off-topic!)
Okay. You AND Richard Branson! And No, I don't take a ruler to my pancakes
- everyone else takes a shovel and fork. I make fabulous Yorkshire puddings
and awful pancakes. In fact, you've reminded I've got to work on those.
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'
| |
| Dave Hill 2007-10-29, 9:25 am |
| On 29 Oct, 00:06, Sacha <sa...@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
> On 28/10/07 18:01, in article 31303030343236304724CE9...@zetnet.co.uk, "Anne
>
>
>
> Jackson" <amygd...@zetnet.co.uk> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Okay. You AND Richard Branson! And No, I don't take a ruler to my pancakes
> - everyone else takes a shovel and fork. I make fabulous Yorkshire puddings
> and awful pancakes. In fact, you've reminded I've got to work on those.
>
> --
> Sachahttp://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
> South Devon
> (remove weeds from address)
> 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
> children.'
With people still asking about the origins of Suttons seeds I'll
repost the link to the company history
http://www.suttons.co.uk/History.htm
If I want a 12 inch pancake I use a 12 inch pan, for a 10 inch then a
10 inch pan and so on.
When did common sense die?
David Hill
| |
| Uncle Marvo 2007-10-29, 9:25 am |
| In reply to Dave Hill (david@abacus-nurseries.co.uk) who wrote this in
1193657143.024883.226440@y42g2000hsy.googlegroups.com, I, Marvo, say :
> With people still asking about the origins of Suttons seeds I'll
> repost the link to the company history
> http://www.suttons.co.uk/History.htm
>
> If I want a 12 inch pancake I use a 12 inch pan, for a 10 inch then a
> 10 inch pan and so on.
> When did common sense die?
>
I don't think it's dead, it's just not allowed because it isn't politically
correct.
| |
|
| On 29/10/07 11:25, in article
1193657143.024883.226440@y42g2000hsy.googlegroups.com, "Dave Hill"
<david@abacus-nurseries.co.uk> wrote:
<snip>>
> With people still asking about the origins of Suttons seeds I'll
> repost the link to the company history
> http://www.suttons.co.uk/History.htm
>
> If I want a 12 inch pancake I use a 12 inch pan, for a 10 inch then a
> 10 inch pan and so on.
> When did common sense die?
>
> David Hill
>
;-))
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'
| |
| Janet Tweedy 2007-10-29, 9:25 am |
| In article <1193657143.024883.226440@y42g2000hsy.googlegroups.com>, Dave
Hill <david@abacus-nurseries.co.uk> writes
>When did common sense die?
>
>David Hill
>
The day before the last General Election
(sorry couldn't resist that one David)
--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk
| |
| Anne Jackson 2007-10-29, 5:25 pm |
| The message from Dave Hill <david@abacus-nurseries.co.uk> contains these
words:
> If I want a 12 inch pancake I use a 12 inch pan, for a 10 inch then a
> 10 inch pan and so on.
> When did common sense die?
<G> Yes but it's difficult to make a pancake exactly 12" in diameter
when you're cooking on a huge griddle!
'Common sense' is the _least_ common commodity there is!
--
AnneJ
You may search my time-worn face,
You'll find a merry eye that twinkles.
I am NOT an old lady
Just a little girl with wrinkles!
- Edythe E. Bregnard
| |
| Anne Jackson 2007-10-29, 5:25 pm |
| The message from helene@urbed.coop contains these words:
> On Oct 25, 6:58 pm, Anne Jackson <amygd...@zetnet.co.uk> wrote:
[color=darkred]
> It's now in Devon since 1976.
Rubbish! It's _still_ in Berkshire!
Why do you persist in giving misleading information, Helene?
--
AnneJ
You may search my time-worn face,
You'll find a merry eye that twinkles.
I am NOT an old lady
Just a little girl with wrinkles!
- Edythe E. Bregnard
| |
| Martin 2007-10-29, 5:25 pm |
| On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 19:50:57 GMT, Anne Jackson <amygdala@zetnet.co.uk> wrote:
>The message from helene@urbed.coop contains these words:
>
>
>
>
>Rubbish! It's _still_ in Berkshire!
or the USA.
>
>Why do you persist in giving misleading information, Helene?
It can't still be in Berkshire according to UK Usenet Berkshire doesn't exist.
--
Martin
| |
| Serena Blanchflower 2007-10-29, 5:25 pm |
| * Anne Jackson wrote, On 29/10/2007 19:50:
> The message from helene@urbed.coop contains these words:
>
>
>
>
> Rubbish! It's _still_ in Berkshire!
>
> Why do you persist in giving misleading information, Helene?
>
Reading is still in Berkshire but, judging from their website
(<http://www.suttons.co.uk/ContactUs.htm> ), Suttons Seeds are now in
Devon, in Paignton. I assume that's what Helene was referring to.
--
Cheers, Serena
What would men be without women? Scarce, sir... mighty scarce. (Mark
Twain)
| |
| Anne Jackson 2007-10-29, 5:25 pm |
| The message from Anne Jackson <amygdala@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
> The message from helene@urbed.coop contains these words:
[color=darkred]
[color=darkred]
[color=darkred]
> Rubbish! It's _still_ in Berkshire!
> Why do you persist in giving misleading information, Helene?
<LOL> I realised after I posted this that you meant that
Sutton's Seeds are in Devon... I was talking about Reading... <LOL>
They do sometimes move county borders around, fools that they are!
Peterborough moved from Northamptonshire to Cambridgeshire at one time...
--
AnneJ
You may search my time-worn face,
You'll find a merry eye that twinkles.
I am NOT an old lady
Just a little girl with wrinkles!
- Edythe E. Bregnard
| |
| judith.lea 2007-10-29, 5:25 pm |
| On Oct 29, 8:52 pm, Anne Jackson <amygd...@zetnet.co.uk> wrote:
> The message from Anne Jackson <amygd...@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
>
>
> <LOL> I realised after I posted this that you meant that
> Sutton's Seeds are in Devon... I was talking about Reading... <LOL>
>
> They do sometimes move county borders around, fools that they are!
> Peterborough moved from Northamptonshire to Cambridgeshire at one time...
>
> --
> AnneJ
>
> You may search my time-worn face,
> You'll find a merry eye that twinkles.
> I am NOT an old lady
> Just a little girl with wrinkles!
> - Edythe E. Bregnard
Never mind Anne, it's still in East Anglia, or was when I last looked
<G>
Judith
| |
|
| On 29/10/07 22:18, in article
1193696323.506191.188210@y42g2000hsy.googlegroups.com, "judith.lea"
<judith.lea99@googlemail.com> wrote:
> On Oct 29, 8:52 pm, Anne Jackson <amygd...@zetnet.co.uk> wrote:
> Never mind Anne, it's still in East Anglia, or was when I last looked
> <G>
>
> Judith
>
I think they have/had a trial ground at Fermoy's garden centre, on the road
between Totnes and Newton Abbot, too.
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'
| |
| Martin 2007-10-29, 8:25 pm |
| On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 20:52:02 GMT, Anne Jackson <amygdala@zetnet.co.uk> wrote:
>The message from Anne Jackson <amygdala@zetnet.co.uk> contains these words:
>
>
>
>
>
><LOL> I realised after I posted this that you meant that
>Sutton's Seeds are in Devon... I was talking about Reading... <LOL>
>
>They do sometimes move county borders around, fools that they are!
>Peterborough moved from Northamptonshire to Cambridgeshire at one time...
The Berkshire Bubs moved to Oxfordshire.
--
Martin
| |
| judith.lea 2007-10-29, 8:25 pm |
| On Oct 29, 10:42 pm, Sacha <sa...@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
> On 29/10/07 22:18, in article
> 1193696323.506191.188...@y42g2000hsy.googlegroups.com, "judith.lea"
>
>
>
>
>
> <judith.le...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
> I think they have/had a trial ground at Fermoy's garden centre, on the road
> between Totnes and Newton Abbot, too.
> --
> Sachahttp://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
> South Devon
> (remove weeds from address)
> 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
> children.'- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
Aah, Ruth, Lady Fermoy, Granny of Diana, Princess of Wales.
Judith
| |
| Anne Jackson 2007-10-29, 8:25 pm |
| The message from Serena Blanchflower <nospam@blanchflower.me.uk>
contains these words:
> * Anne Jackson wrote, On 29/10/2007 19:50:
> Reading is still in Berkshire but, judging from their website
> (<http://www.suttons.co.uk/ContactUs.htm> ), Suttons Seeds are now in
> Devon, in Paignton. I assume that's what Helene was referring to.
Yes, I realised that after I'd posted. It's been 'head up bum' time
today, as my grandson was undergoing open-heart surgery, and I was
awaiting news of how he was after the op. I obviously wasn't thinking
straight.
However, I now know that he came through op okay, and is in ICU.
With luck he'll be transferred to the high dependency unit tomorrow...
--
AnneJ
You may search my time-worn face,
You'll find a merry eye that twinkles.
I am NOT an old lady
Just a little girl with wrinkles!
- Edythe E. Bregnard
| |
|
| On 29/10/07 23:50, in article
1193701852.066428.189070@k79g2000hse.googlegroups.com, "judith.lea"
<judith.lea99@googlemail.com> wrote:
> On Oct 29, 10:42 pm, Sacha <sa...@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Aah, Ruth, Lady Fermoy, Granny of Diana, Princess of Wales.
>
> Judith
>
Yes, I'm sure I once saw her there, flogging the candles and the choccies.
;-))
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'
| |
|
| On 30/10/07 00:18, in article 31303030343236304726786172@zetnet.co.uk, "Anne
Jackson" <amygdala@zetnet.co.uk> wrote:
> The message from Serena Blanchflower <nospam@blanchflower.me.uk>
> contains these words:
>
> Yes, I realised that after I'd posted. It's been 'head up bum' time
> today, as my grandson was undergoing open-heart surgery, and I was
> awaiting news of how he was after the op. I obviously wasn't thinking
> straight.
>
> However, I now know that he came through op okay, and is in ICU.
> With luck he'll be transferred to the high dependency unit tomorrow...
Good news, Anne and it will get better and better.
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'
| |
| Serena Blanchflower 2007-10-30, 9:25 am |
| * Anne Jackson wrote, On 30/10/2007 00:18:
> Yes, I realised that after I'd posted. It's been 'head up bum' time
> today, as my grandson was undergoing open-heart surgery, and I was
> awaiting news of how he was after the op. I obviously wasn't thinking
> straight.
>
> However, I now know that he came through op okay, and is in ICU.
> With luck he'll be transferred to the high dependency unit tomorrow...
>
I'm glad he's come through the op OK and I hope he makes a good recovery.
--
Cheers, Serena
Turn your face to the Sun and the shadows fall behind you. (Maori proverb)
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| Martin 2007-10-30, 9:25 am |
| On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:18:41 GMT, Anne Jackson <amygdala@zetnet.co.uk> wrote:
>The message from Serena Blanchflower <nospam@blanchflower.me.uk>
>contains these words:
>
>Yes, I realised that after I'd posted. It's been 'head up bum' time
>today, as my grandson was undergoing open-heart surgery, and I was
>awaiting news of how he was after the op. I obviously wasn't thinking
>straight.
>
>However, I now know that he came through op okay, and is in ICU.
>With luck he'll be transferred to the high dependency unit tomorrow...
I hope he makes a speedy recovery.
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Martin
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| Jennifer Sparkes 2007-10-30, 9:25 am |
| > On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:18:41 GMT, Anne Jackson <amygdala@zetnet.co.uk>
> wrote:
> Yes, I realised that after I'd posted. It's been 'head up bum' time
> today, as my grandson was undergoing open-heart surgery, and I was
> waiting news of how he was after the op. I obviously wasn't thinking
> straight.
>
> However, I now know that he came through op okay, and is in ICU.
> With luck he'll be transferred to the high dependency unit tomorrow...
So glad to hear this news Anne and please keep us up to date.
Jennifer
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| helene@urbed.coop 2007-10-30, 9:25 am |
| On 29 Oct, 20:58, Serena Blanchflower <nos...@blanchflower.me.uk>
wrote:
> * Anne Jackson wrote, On 29/10/2007 19:50:
[color=darkred]
> Reading is still in Berkshire but, judging from their website
> (<http://www.suttons.co.uk/ContactUs.htm> ), Suttons Seeds are now in
> Devon, in Paignton. I assume that's what Helene was referring to.
At last, yes that's what I was referring to off course, it says so on
Suttons's website and has said this since 1976, just like I said it on
my first post in this thread which was the 5th posts, would you
beleive!! Thanks Serena, a lot ;o)
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| Martin 2007-10-30, 9:25 am |
| On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 04:52:56 -0700, helene@urbed.coop wrote:
>On 29 Oct, 20:58, Serena Blanchflower <nos...@blanchflower.me.uk>
>wrote:
>
>
>At last, yes that's what I was referring to off course, it says so on
>Suttons's website and has said this since 1976,
Sutton's haven't had a website to say this on since 1976.
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Martin
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| Uncle Marvo 2007-10-30, 9:25 am |
| In reply to Martin (me@address.invalid) who wrote this in
km7ei316pji73e53no07ok0g8rp3e9scrd@4ax.com, I, Marvo, say :
> On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 04:52:56 -0700, helene@urbed.coop wrote:
>
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> Sutton's haven't had a website to say this on since 1976.
I think she meant Sutton's have said this, not the website has.
I may be wrong, I usually am.
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| Martin 2007-10-30, 9:25 am |
| On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 12:12:21 -0000, "Uncle Marvo"
<paul.r@deletethisbitfortescue.org.uk> wrote:
>In reply to Martin (me@address.invalid) who wrote this in
>km7ei316pji73e53no07ok0g8rp3e9scrd@4ax.com, I, Marvo, say :
>
>I think she meant Sutton's have said this, not the website has.
She meant that it is written on Sutton's website.
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Martin
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| Uncle Marvo 2007-10-30, 9:25 am |
| In reply to Martin (me@address.invalid) who wrote this in
27bei3p2eu1sitfi4iqdtg4lo9mcoiji5u@4ax.com, I, Marvo, say :
> On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 12:12:21 -0000, "Uncle Marvo"
> <paul.r@deletethisbitfortescue.org.uk> wrote:
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> She meant that it is written on Sutton's website.
You think? I can't tell what she means, cos she's French.
:-)
What did you mean, ma cherie puce?
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