Sacha wrote:
On 2010-05-05 17:20:29 +0100, "Ian B"
said:

'Mike' wrote:
"Bob Hobden" wrote in message
...


"ecohobby" wrote

Joined gardenbanter after a long time reading.

Just wanted to say hello, and apologise if I ask too many questions
as I find the more I follow this hobby the less I seem to know.

Welcome to this Newsgroup. (Look it up)

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Regards
Bob Hobden
W.of London. UK


and take no notice of those paranoid about people who post in
gardenbanter

It doesn't seem to me to be paranoid. One significant problem is that the
web forum doesn't thread conversations like usenet, resulting in
confusion
to people on gardenbanter (hence the "Clematis ID Continued" thread).

Participants in gardenbanter clearly think they're participating in a web
forum, when they aren't. There's surely nothing wrong with pointing that
out, is there?

Mike Crowe is a long lasting troll in this group. He is ignored or
disliked in equal measure so avenges himself by that sort of remark.
It's wrong and unfair to this group but as he is not liked here, he's
not concerned about that. uk.rec.gardening is a newsgroup and not a
forum and anyone can join us by using a newsreader and Google groups.

Or better still, subscribing to a newsfeed such as Eternal-September,
which is free, or one of the more comprehensive ones, which are
reasonably priced.

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Rusty