Hi All,
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The Cook wrote in message
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Pat Meadows wrote:

On Mon, 07 Apr 2003 15:02:09 GMT,
(Frogleg) wrote:

On Mon, 7 Apr 2003 17:19:56 +1200, Kelvyn wrote:

In article, says...
On Sun, 6 Apr 2003 11:58:23 +1200, Kelvyn wrote:

Can anyone suggest a freeware garden journal/diary ? Have done a
thorough

Thankyou for your advice on how to conduct my life.....but i think
i am on top of things ok without that sort of help.

Well, it's a little hard to reply when my post wasn't quoted -- only
vilified, but I *wasn't* trying to advise anyone on how to conduct
his/her life I was merely making a suggestion that paper of some sort
would probably be a lot easier way to keep a garden journal than a
computer application.

He specifically asked about gardening *software*.

Don't you think it's a bit rude when someone asks about
gardening software (specifically), to answer that he should
use a pencil and paper (as if he'd never heard of a pencil
and paper in his life)?

I think it's a bit rude.

You also said: 'Ain't no computer application that can
match a written record.' This is not true. If it were
true, banks, governments, and big corporations would all be
using pencils and papers for all their records.

I really think the [pencil and paper is the best!] attitude
is funny when expressed *via Usenet*. If you actually
followed your own advice, you'd be corresponding with people
via snail mail and a pencil....



It would be a rare (and I expect, very expensive) computer application
that would allow for all the things *I* want to remember about *my*
garden.

No, it wouldn't. NotePad would do it. I would consider
that an inefficient and irritating way to do it, but NotePad
or any other (free) text editor would do it. It would be
less inefficient (for me personally) than a pencil and
paper, because I can type about 90 words a minute and I
certainly cannot write that fast (at all: much less
legibly).

I wouldn't dream of using one of them for this purpose
myself - I prefer the ease, efficiency, speed and greater
functionality of a purpose-built program - but NotePad CAN
do anything you can do with a pencil. You could use
Microsoft Paint for graphics: also free with a Windows
computer. Or you could use a really terrific free graphics
program called PhotoPlus 6.

Again, this wouldn't be MY choice. But a graphics program
plus a simple text editor (many, many of each are free) can
do whatever you can do with a pencil.

Purpose-built software though, or a spreadsheet or a
database program, has much much greater functionality and
ease of use.

Pat


Besides I can always find my computer. I wouldn't give odds on
finding the paper or notebook at any given time.

how do you fit the computer into your pocket ?.

Richard M. Watkin.




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