"sacha" wrote

Vir Campestris said:

sacha wrote:
My NiN subscription runs out next month and I shan't be renewing it,

Other (free) news servers are available.

Andy

I know but thank you for reminding me. Unfortunately, after many years in
newsgroups I think things really have moved on. I resisted it for a long
time and I have a very soft spot for urg but...to be frank, the pool from
which it is drawn now is extremely small and the dialogue very reptitive.
For all of you who shun e.g. Facebook's many gardening groups and remain
here, I do wish you all well and I thank you very sincerely for all that
I've gained from urg, not least of which is my husband! The late and very
much lamented David Poole was responsible for me meeting and marrying Ray
and that happened through urg, just after I moved to Devon and David
recommended that I visit this nursery. We miss him very much indeed and
have a lot to thank him for as I thank all urglers for everything I've
learned here.


Dave Poole.. "We miss him very much indeed and have a lot to thank him
for"
So true, his plant knowledge was amazing and I always found him helpful,
often wonder what happened to the couple of plants I sent him.

Sorry to see you depart, I myself had my NIN subscription stop recently and
now use eternal-september which is free. Not worth paying for such these
days as Newsgroups seem to have become forgotten, even unknown, as more use
web based mail. I'm not on Fb but Sue is so we will talk by proxy, a bit
like Ray does through yourself sometimes. I do use Twitter to follow
firms/people that interest me inc. Hill House.

ps. builder should be handing back our garden this week for us to finish so
I can get onto taking those cacti cuttings I promised you.
--
Regards. Bob Hobden.
Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK