On 15/10/2010 15:08, Bill Grey wrote:
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On 15/10/2010 10:14, Bill Grey wrote:
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receives such attention while a another thread asking for advice on a
gardening question goes un-noticed?
Maybe it didn't appear, or nobody knew the answer. This is a
discussion group, not an advice bureau.
This is a true statement according to the grop's charter however where
does
askin for advice and a discussion on the subect start and finish. Just
to
make my point on the question of this being a discussion group not an
advice
bureau , consider the number of questions that have been asked and
"duscussed" since the beining of this mont.
I list six - and there are more,........all questions!
"Opening Kilner jars"
"Potatoes"
"Fishtail" Camelia"
"Aristea"
"Carrots"
"Gay" feather"
And your point is what exactly?
I shouldn't have to explain this if you'd been following the postings .
I cannot read your mind! You seem to have huge misconceptions about
Usenet which Janet attempted to correct. Granted she tends to be a bit
abrupt but what she said was accurate and was at one time in the Usenet
FAQ pretty much verbatim. No-one is obliged to answer your questions on
Usenet and answers given may range from the helpful to the downright
misleading and utterly bizarre raving loony fringe.
(take a look at sci.astro for instance)
Threads usually start with a question, but not all questions get
answered. It isn't uncommon for them to drift away from the original
topic either so thread titles can be misleading.
Advice on Usenet is worth exactly what you paid for it and in some cases
a lot less. eg. uk.legal does have some helpful souls, but it has a lot
of complete nutters whose advice would get you in serious trouble.
Before you and one other tries to patronise me further just just get off
your high horse before you fall off.
It did appear
The fact it appeared on YOUR screen does not guarantee, it propagated
round all our servers to all our newsreaders. Posts very often get lost
; which is why we suggest that if there's no response, the sender should
repost it.
I'm sure more that I use IE for bowser. The question to which I
referred
was responded to but without a semblance of an answer., thefore it did
appear.
If you post the message ID of the missing/ignored post then it can be
checked. There are no guarantees that Usenet message propogates OK, and
network timing at different servers can result in two or more people
making essentially the same reply being unaware of the other.
For the record - if I have information that I consider helpful to
someone, I
dont hesitate to offer any
assistance I can.
Fair enough, but if no-one has seen this mythical post of yours then it
stands no chance of being answered.
BTW who ever said it was my post, it was in fact mine,
An educated guess.
and it is very strange that everything else I've posted has appeared, and
been responded to withonsiderable vehemence - why? I don't know.
You seem to have a very thin skin.
I asked a quite ordinary question which had pne rather odd reply but no
more. Subsequesnt postings have generated a lot of heat more through
quessing than fact.
If you posted the msgid or thread title then those of us with some
knowledge of how Usenet works could look for it. FX: Quick scan.
I presume you are whinging about the pruning thread where apart from a
couple of spelling pedants you got no replies for a couple of days and
then took the hump and posted "thanks for your help".
As a general rule you can prune most things after they have finished
flowering or in autumn. But it helps to know if they are eg tip bearing
fruit trees or pyracantha if you want decent fruit set next year. A few
things with a tendency to rot or fungal infection have to be done at
exactly the right time of year and/or weather conditions.
Sambucus is pretty much a rampant weed unless it is the black cultivar.
I'd say inadvisable to grow the wild form in a small garden.
Regards,
Martin Brown