p. pleater writes

"Tim C." wrote in message
.. .
Following up to Anne Jackson :

That's what I said, but it seems this isn't an acceptable request by
UK
shopkeepers. I've been told, so now I know.

Nonsense!

I know it's nonsense.

What have all these threads got to do with the topic of UK Gardening ?

It's called thread drift. It's a feature of usenet.

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Kay