On 11/1/09 22:21, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

On Sun, 11 Jan 2009 22:15:01 +0000, Sacha wrote:

On 11/1/09 22:05, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

On Sun, 11 Jan 2009 21:55:46 +0000, Sacha wrote:

On 11/1/09 21:42, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

On Sun, 11 Jan 2009 21:29:17 -0000, "Christina Websell"
wrote:


"Ann Hartley" wrote in message
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Thanks for all the answers y problem of soot disposal!
If there is the slightest chance that it will keep slugs and snails away
I will use it!!


I didn't see your original post but according to my late grandparents you
can dig it into your soil to improve it and mixed with salt you can clean
your teeth with it.

You can clean your teeth with just salt, but who wants to nowadays?

Sherpa Tenzing had one filling as a result of following that regime!

I've got only one without following that regime. I broke a tooth eating
crispy
bacon.
The Romans invented toothpaste but neither tooth brushes nor tooth paste
tubes.

They also invented the first loo paper which was a sponge on the end of a
stick. No thanks!

Maybe that was really a toothbrush. I haven't got a lot of faith in
archeologists. )

Yes, well..... You can test it before me, thanks!

Mary Beard's book about Pompeii is nice. Did you know that some archeologists
think the rich in Pompeii kept their garden tools in their living rooms,
rather
than that houses severely damaged 17years earlier by an earthquake were used
as
store rooms? LOL

Well, I've been to Pompeii and would happily return tomorrow. I'm sure a
lot of us could say that but one thing they had going there was a civilised
community with a terrific civic organisation. Spades in the posh living
room along with the fountains or wonderfully tiled floors, doesn't seem to
do it for me! They appear to have lived a "place for everything and
everything in its place" sort of life. I know it's extremely famous but I
was genuinely moved by the Cave Canem floor tiling! It's small important
things like that which every school child should see, just to learn that
their generation isn't the centre of the universe! I felt the same when I
saw a cyclamen forcing its way through the paving stones of Epidavros
amphitheatre. We come and go but nature, whether through plants, animals or
the human animal, goes marching on.

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
(new website online)