Jack: Other than seconding the notion of skipping the Neem Oil, I don't
think I can help you on the flasklings unless you find a good source for
actual flasks. I suspect that a lot of the damage is being done before you
get the little monsters (notwithstanding the best of care, packing and
intentions on the part of the grower shipping them to you).

So, you like Nero Wolfe G? Kenni

"Jack" wrote in message
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Ok, So can you correct my culture so half my flaskling stop dying, or
are you suggesting that I take up reading Nero Wolfe (a very good
author) to ease my anxiety
over their death, other than that correct my diction all you want, as I
find debate about the realities of a living language an interesting
debate, even though I personally despise the whole english language

Jack

wrote:
Al wrote:

This reminds me of my favorite exchange from one of Rex Stout's Nero
Wolfe
novels. In it Wolfe had maneuvered one of his suspects into the red
chair
and was making him nuts with his erudite pedantic style of
interrogatory
interlocution until the man simply could not take it any more. He
said, "I
came here to find out what you've done with my wife, not to have my
grammar
corrected!" To which Wolfe dryly replied, "I'm not correcting your
grammar.
I'm correcting your diction."

Good old Nero, a model of correctness.

J. Del Col

Doesn't everyone love Nero Wolfe? Quel characteur!

Diana

"Kenni Judd" wrote in message
...
Jack: Other than seconding the notion of skipping the Neem Oil, I don't
think I can help you on the flasklings unless you find a good source for
actual flasks. I suspect that a lot of the damage is being done before
you get the little monsters (notwithstanding the best of care, packing and
intentions on the part of the grower shipping them to you).

So, you like Nero Wolfe G? Kenni

"Jack" wrote in message
oups.com...
Ok, So can you correct my culture so half my flaskling stop dying, or
are you suggesting that I take up reading Nero Wolfe (a very good
author) to ease my anxiety
over their death, other than that correct my diction all you want, as I
find debate about the realities of a living language an interesting
debate, even though I personally despise the whole english language

Jack

wrote:
Al wrote:

This reminds me of my favorite exchange from one of Rex Stout's Nero
Wolfe
novels. In it Wolfe had maneuvered one of his suspects into the red
chair
and was making him nuts with his erudite pedantic style of
interrogatory
interlocution until the man simply could not take it any more. He
said, "I
came here to find out what you've done with my wife, not to have my
grammar
corrected!" To which Wolfe dryly replied, "I'm not correcting your
grammar.
I'm correcting your diction."

Good old Nero, a model of correctness.

J. Del Col

yep right up th the part where I have to walk over to where I threw the
book because I was ****ed that he spent 2 pages being so obtuse, some
time I like getting to the point, other time I enjoy seeing how it is
avoided. Well off to douse the babies.

BTW I remember someone saying awhile ago that the trick to being an
expert orchid grower was killing off the ones you can't grow fast so
you throw them away, and hiding the hanger-oners in the back where no
one will notice.

Jack

Considerable truth to that G. Next step is remembering (and exercising
the self-restraint) to quit buying the ones you find out you can't grow
VBG Kenni

"Jack" wrote in message
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SNIP
BTW I remember someone saying awhile ago that the trick to being an
expert orchid grower was killing off the ones you can't grow fast so
you throw them away, and hiding the hanger-oners in the back where no
one will notice.

Jack

Kenni Judd wrote:

Considerable truth to that G. Next step is remembering (and exercising
the self-restraint) to quit buying the ones you find out you can't grow
VBG Kenni
................
............


Few of us ever reach that level. ;-)

Yeah but so cute and / or pretty, this time it will be different, I
promise G

Kenni Judd wrote:
and exercising
the self-restraint to quit buying the ones you find out you can't grow