"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 14/4/08 16:40, in article , "Pat
Gardiner" wrote:

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A stationers pointed me to the DYMO range.
http://global.dymo.com/enUS/Labels/default.html

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Has anyone tried this system? The output looks very suitable for sticking
to
wood, plastic. I can imagine sticking them to tree trunks, trays and
plastic
labels.

I can't see where they advertise them as being suitable for gardeners or
where they produce specific labels, which seems odd.

Bob Hobden and I have both said upthread that we've used Dymo labels for
our
gardens. They seem to last pretty well.

Sorry! Unfortunately a complication of recent medical problems has been
occasional gaps in my memory.

Long ops and intensive care can do that, it seems. I didn't know that and
thought I was getting Alzheimer's.

It frustrates everyone and embarrasses me, not least when I tell them the
same thing three times.

Fortunately, it rarely impacts on anything important. My long term memory is
fine

It is mainly things like remembering where I put things.

Now I have told you why labelling is so important to me! I have to label
immediately or I have no chance.

I suspect a lot of gardeners, and not just the older ones, have similar
problems.


Perhaps they bring out large red spots on marauding children?

I wish! We had one trying to swing from an empty hanging basket the other
day. I don't know if it's just me but modern parents seem to lack all
responsibility or common sense sometimes!
I do admit to telling one particularly idiotic woman who was allowing her
3
year old to wander alone around the garden, that this is a plant nursery
not
a child nursery! I did it politely and with a smile but I think she got
the
message!

Actually, as you can see my specialist subject is MRSA - and not because I
have had it, I haven't.

One cannot help having sympathy for the hospitals. You should see some of
the behaviour of parents in controlling young children on acute wards with
sick people.

A former policeman friend kept a pub and he solved the problem of unruly
children very easily. He would fix the parents with a very firm eye as they
arrived.

"Children are very welcome here, so long as they behave and stay up there!"
He had a raised alcove in a corner away from the bar to which he pointed.

They either took umbrage and walked out, or were quite happy with the
arrangement. Either way, he was happy.

I don't suppose you can do that with a garden centre.

Right, I'm off to buy a Dymo, whilst I rememeber.

Next time I post, check that I did it, will you?

I have yet to tell you the true story of XXXX's Seed Testing Centre No.7.
That was years ago, and I will rememeber that.


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Regards
Pat Gardiner
Test British pigs for MRSA now!
www.go-self-sufficient.com
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Sacha