"DavePoole Torquay" wrote in message
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I noticed your tendency for the occasional abbreviation. It must be a
geographical quirk - "buga" there, "booger" here

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It's not an abbreviation, it's called hedging your bets :-)

I have a Taiwanese 'Sugar palm' (Arenga micrantha) ...


Ah, now you're talking, although in view of many folk's experiences, it
is probably too tender for growing 'oop't noorth'.

Get it right. It's "oop north" - no definitive article.

sigh

these s**th*rn*rs ...