Home Depot ...........
 

I was at the local HD yesterday afternoon and asked if they were going to
mark down the orchids without blooms as they usually do. Well, no more
marking them down. They now say the venders will give them credit for the
dead and bloomed out plants. They didn't even mark down the 1/2 dead
flowers in the garden section.

Home Depot ...........
 

Yeah, there's a name for this sort of contract but I forget what it is. The
wholesaler 'eats' the plant. Nobody actually counts it as a 'sale' until
the customer can't return it for store credit... Makes you wonder about the
statistics that say orchids are the #2 flowering plant in terms of sales,
doesn't it? Apropos of nothing I understand all the stats saying internet
advertising is on the rise doesn't take into account all the people paid to
click on paid advertiser's links. It's all smoke and mirrors. Or as Twain
said, 'There are lies, there are damn lies and then there are statistics.'

Keep yer head down.

K Barrett

"Manelli Family" wrote in message
...
I was at the local HD yesterday afternoon and asked if they were going to
mark down the orchids without blooms as they usually do. Well, no more
marking them down. They now say the venders will give them credit for the
dead and bloomed out plants. They didn't even mark down the 1/2 dead
flowers in the garden section.

Home Depot ...........
 

It looks like my local Lowes is getting out of the orchid business
entirely - they put all the orchid related stuff in the bargain bin and
haven't had an orchid for awhile.


"Manelli Family" wrote in message
...
I was at the local HD yesterday afternoon and asked if they were going to
mark down the orchids without blooms as they usually do. Well, no more
marking them down. They now say the venders will give them credit for the
dead and bloomed out plants. They didn't even mark down the 1/2 dead
flowers in the garden section.

Home Depot ...........
 

I think it's a consignment agreement. And there is some kind of electronic
system to keep track of how many plants are sold.

A new (enormous!) HD just opened minutes from us. The one we normally
frequented regularly marks down its out of bloom plants. We bought several
Vandas there about a year ago. We'll see about the new place. I've actually
had some luck with HD plants on occasion.

Diana

"K Barrett" wrote in message
. ..
Yeah, there's a name for this sort of contract but I forget what it is.
The wholesaler 'eats' the plant. Nobody actually counts it as a 'sale'
until the customer can't return it for store credit... Makes you wonder
about the statistics that say orchids are the #2 flowering plant in terms
of sales, doesn't it? Apropos of nothing I understand all the stats
saying internet advertising is on the rise doesn't take into account all
the people paid to click on paid advertiser's links. It's all smoke and
mirrors. Or as Twain said, 'There are lies, there are damn lies and then
there are statistics.'

Keep yer head down.

K Barrett

"Manelli Family" wrote in message
...
I was at the local HD yesterday afternoon and asked if they were going to
mark down the orchids without blooms as they usually do. Well, no more
marking them down. They now say the venders will give them credit for the
dead and bloomed out plants. They didn't even mark down the 1/2 dead
flowers in the garden section.

Home Depot ...........
 

On Wed, 08 Aug 2007 21:17:15 GMT in Mark_OK wrote:
It looks like my local Lowes is getting out of the orchid business
entirely - they put all the orchid related stuff in the bargain bin and
haven't had an orchid for awhile.

They'll be back for mother's day.
Possibly back for xmas.
--
Chris Dukes
elfick willg: you can't use dell to beat people, it wouldn't stand up
to the strain... much like attacking a tank with a wiffle bat

Home Depot ...........
 

"Diana Kulaga" wrote in message
...
I think it's a consignment agreement. And there is some kind of electronic
system to keep track of how many plants are sold.

A new (enormous!) HD just opened minutes from us. The one we normally
frequented regularly marks down its out of bloom plants. We bought several
Vandas there about a year ago. We'll see about the new place. I've
actually had some luck with HD plants on occasion.


You have to get them before they're almost dead from root rot or
desiccation. I've had great luck with orchids from Wally World, Lowe's and
HD. I examine them very carefully before they go into my shopping cart. I
also repot them as soon as possible because that moss they're shipped in
holds too much moisture.

Home Depot ...........
 

"Mark_OK" wrote in message
et...
It looks like my local Lowes is getting out of the orchid business
entirely - they put all the orchid related stuff in the bargain bin and
haven't had an orchid for awhile.


I hope the Lowe's and HDs don't do that here because it's my only access to
orchids. Buying online + shipping charges is a little much for retired
people. Wally World only has them once or twice a year.

Home Depot ...........
 

No local society? Join the club, buy raffle tickets, see if you win any? I
usuallly do the 'Show and Tell' table at my society and I can't tell you how
many blooming orchids I hold up and discuss that were raffle table plants.
There's a wide variety of stuff there, too. The speaker usually provides a
raffle table of the orchids they speak about, so you get a chance at a bunch
of neat stuff. So the financial outlay would be the club's dues (~$20), and
the cost of raffle tickets (~$1 ea). Average that over a year, see if you
come out ahead waiting for Wally World or going to a club.

Just a thought.

K Barrett


"Manelli Family" wrote in message
...

"Mark_OK" wrote in message
et...
It looks like my local Lowes is getting out of the orchid business
entirely - they put all the orchid related stuff in the bargain bin and
haven't had an orchid for awhile.


I hope the Lowe's and HDs don't do that here because it's my only access
to orchids. Buying online + shipping charges is a little much for retired
people. Wally World only has them once or twice a year.

Home Depot ...........
 

"K Barrett" wrote in message
...
No local society?

There is an orchid society in a city about 30 miles from here. I know
little about it but can surely find out more. All I heard was that the
folks were all quite wealthy, not the blue jeans and T-shirt type, and
thought nothing of paying $200 for a plant. She felt very uncomfortable and
never went back.

Join the club, buy raffle tickets, see if you win any? I
usuallly do the 'Show and Tell' table at my society and I can't tell you
how many blooming orchids I hold up and discuss that were raffle table
plants. There's a wide variety of stuff there, too. The speaker usually
provides a raffle table of the orchids they speak about, so you get a
chance at a bunch of neat stuff. So the financial outlay would be the
club's dues (~$20), and the cost of raffle tickets (~$1 ea). Average that
over a year, see if you come out ahead waiting for Wally World or going to
a club.

It's certainly worth looking into.


Just a thought.

K Barrett

Home Depot ...........
 

On Aug 9, 1:03 pm, "Manelli Family" wrote:


There is an orchid society in a city about 30 miles from here. I know
little about it but can surely find out more. All I heard was that the
folks were all quite wealthy, not the blue jeans and T-shirt type, and
thought nothing of paying $200 for a plant. She felt very uncomfortable and
never went back.



yeah, my little local thing is blue jeans and t shirts (although i
think i'm probably the only one so casual as to have plants in
starbuck's cups), and we've picked up a few refugees from the local
big formal society who were feeling overly-- formalized.

we've already done one plant swap and i suspect there will be more;
despite going there with the intent to get *rid* of plants, i somehow
ended up with two free keiki's from another member's big plants. -
sigh-

--j_a

Home Depot ...........
 

wrote in message
ups.com...
On Aug 9, 1:03 pm, "Manelli Family" wrote:


yeah, my little local thing is blue jeans and t shirts (although i
think i'm probably the only one so casual as to have plants in
starbuck's cups), and we've picked up a few refugees from the local
big formal society who were feeling overly-- formalized.


LOL!!!

Home Depot ...........
 

Maybe you and 'she' could drive over together, become the jeans and t-shirt
crowd at the formal society. Failing that maybe when next you go to the
formal society you could ask around about other societies in the area.
Maybe there are others, (you never know). I know I was intimidated the
first time I went to my sociey's meeting. No one talked to me and worse yet
no one talked about orchids in the refreshment room so I couldn't even
eavesdrop about orchids!! Even till today I don't go into the refreshement
room for exactly that reason - nobody talks about orchids there. All the
orchid talkers are out looking at the plants on the raffle table and show
and tell table. Another 'benefit' of joining a society is that you get the
newsletter and can join some of the extra curricular activities, like the
BBQ and auction, or a greenhouse tour which would put you in contact with
more vendors. And, while I do buy $200 plants, I still drive down to the
SBOE for the $7.50 plant table. So don't count the local society down until
its out. Plus societies change leadership relatively quickly, so maybe its
changed by now. Heck even the Oakland society has changed its tenor since I
got into orchids. It used to be high falutin' now its just folks. But
don't let me strong arm you. I just think you need more information before
you make a decision. For example, I *still* haven't gotten Tom in Walnut
Creek to get over to the Diablo View OS, so I can't be so great at strong
arm tactics. *G*

K Barrett



"Manelli Family" wrote in message
...

"K Barrett" wrote in message
...
No local society?

There is an orchid society in a city about 30 miles from here. I know
little about it but can surely find out more. All I heard was that the
folks were all quite wealthy, not the blue jeans and T-shirt type, and
thought nothing of paying $200 for a plant. She felt very uncomfortable
and never went back.

Join the club, buy raffle tickets, see if you win any? I
usuallly do the 'Show and Tell' table at my society and I can't tell you
how many blooming orchids I hold up and discuss that were raffle table
plants. There's a wide variety of stuff there, too. The speaker usually
provides a raffle table of the orchids they speak about, so you get a
chance at a bunch of neat stuff. So the financial outlay would be the
club's dues (~$20), and the cost of raffle tickets (~$1 ea). Average
that over a year, see if you come out ahead waiting for Wally World or
going to a club.

It's certainly worth looking into.


Just a thought.

K Barrett

Home Depot ...........
 

wrote in message
ups.com...
On Aug 9, 1:03 pm, "Manelli Family" wrote:


There is an orchid society in a city about 30 miles from here. I know
little about it but can surely find out more. All I heard was that the
folks were all quite wealthy, not the blue jeans and T-shirt type, and
thought nothing of paying $200 for a plant. She felt very uncomfortable
and
never went back.



yeah, my little local thing is blue jeans and t shirts (although i
think i'm probably the only one so casual as to have plants in
starbuck's cups), and we've picked up a few refugees from the local
big formal society who were feeling overly-- formalized.

we've already done one plant swap and i suspect there will be more;
despite going there with the intent to get *rid* of plants, i somehow
ended up with two free keiki's from another member's big plants. -
sigh-

--j_a

I know what you mean. If I took two to get rid of I'm sure to come back
with three or four new ones. We looked up the information and decided to
make a meeting or two to see just how formal these people are. If the women
are in mink stoles and the men in Tuxes, we're out of there. ;0)

Home Depot ...........
 

The big boxes typically negotiate deals where they don't even pay for the
plant until it crosses their scanners while being sold. [And the grower
gets zinged if the plant re-crosses the scanners, being returned. That part
of the problem is negligible at big box volume, but there are a small number
of people who actually hold onto their receipts and thoroughly abuse that
one-year guarantee.] In general, what doesn't sell isn't worth being picked
up by the grower to attempt to rescusitate, but not getting them back leaves
the door wide open for pilferage. I suspect the growers supplying your
local HD have decided to find out for themselves how many of their plants
are just "not selling" and how many are walking out the back door. Kenni


"Manelli Family" wrote in message
...
I was at the local HD yesterday afternoon and asked if they were going to
mark down the orchids without blooms as they usually do. Well, no more
marking them down. They now say the venders will give them credit for the
dead and bloomed out plants. They didn't even mark down the 1/2 dead
flowers in the garden section.

Home Depot ...........
 

"K Barrett" wrote in message
. ..
Maybe you and 'she' could drive over together, become the jeans and
t-shirt crowd at the formal society. Failing that maybe when next you go
to the formal society you could ask around about other societies in the
area. Maybe there are others, (you never know). I know I was intimidated
the first time I went to my sociey's meeting.

"She" no longer lives here. My spouse and I decided we'd go to a few
meetings to see what the story is. We hardly expect people to be in blue
jeans and T-shirts. wink-wink I think she meant she felt out of place
because they appeared to be of the 6-figure income crowd.

No one talked to me and worse yet
no one talked about orchids in the refreshment room so I couldn't even
eavesdrop about orchids!! Even till today I don't go into the
refreshement room for exactly that reason - nobody talks about orchids
there. All the orchid talkers are out looking at the plants on the raffle
table and show and tell table.

I'll grab my coffee and bun and head for wherever the orchids are.

Another 'benefit' of joining a society is that you get the
newsletter and can join some of the extra curricular activities, like the
BBQ and auction, or a greenhouse tour which would put you in contact with
more vendors.

Yes, this is what we were thinking also. Even if they are a group of
snobs......... which they well may not be.

And, while I do buy $200 plants, I still drive down to the
SBOE for the $7.50 plant table. So don't count the local society down
until its out. Plus societies change leadership relatively quickly, so
maybe its changed by now. Heck even the Oakland society has changed its
tenor since I got into orchids. It used to be high falutin' now its just
folks. But don't let me strong arm you. I just think you need more
information before you make a decision. For example, I *still* haven't
gotten Tom in Walnut Creek to get over to the Diablo View OS, so I can't
be so great at strong arm tactics. *G*

LOL! :0)

Home Depot ...........
 

"Kenni Judd" wrote in message
. ..
The big boxes typically negotiate deals where they don't even pay for the
plant until it crosses their scanners while being sold. [And the grower
gets zinged if the plant re-crosses the scanners, being returned. That
part of the problem is negligible at big box volume, but there are a small
number of people who actually hold onto their receipts and thoroughly
abuse that one-year guarantee.] In general, what doesn't sell isn't worth
being picked up by the grower to attempt to rescusitate, but not getting
them back leaves the door wide open for pilferage. I suspect the growers
supplying your local HD have decided to find out for themselves how many
of their plants are just "not selling" and how many are walking out the
back door. Kenni


That's possible. What happens when they mark them down? Does the grower
still get their money?

Home Depot ...........
 

I truly don't know. I never got that far in my conversations with folks
selling to big boxes. My *guess* is that they take part, but not all, of
the hit of the mark-down. Based on what I did find out, selling to the big
boxes was not something I could pursue. Requires enormous volume, a ready
source of really cheap labour, a willingness to cut corners on stuff like
plant hygiene, etc., etc. Kenni

"Manelli Family" wrote in message
...

"Kenni Judd" wrote in message
. ..
The big boxes typically negotiate deals where they don't even pay for the
plant until it crosses their scanners while being sold. [And the grower
gets zinged if the plant re-crosses the scanners, being returned. That
part of the problem is negligible at big box volume, but there are a
small number of people who actually hold onto their receipts and
thoroughly abuse that one-year guarantee.] In general, what doesn't sell
isn't worth being picked up by the grower to attempt to rescusitate, but
not getting them back leaves the door wide open for pilferage. I suspect
the growers supplying your local HD have decided to find out for
themselves how many of their plants are just "not selling" and how many
are walking out the back door. Kenni


That's possible. What happens when they mark them down? Does the grower
still get their money?

Home Depot ...........
 

"Manelli Family" wrote in
:

I was at the local HD yesterday afternoon and asked if they were going
to mark down the orchids without blooms as they usually do. Well, no
more marking them down. They now say the venders will give them credit
for the dead and bloomed out plants. They didn't even mark down the
1/2 dead flowers in the garden section.


Yes, they have told me the very same thing here in STL. BUUUT! I caught
up with one of the venders bringing orchids in and GUESS WHAT? Once the
vender scans the plants into Home Depot's system it belongs to Home
Depot, no rebates, no credits no nothing back if the plant dies.
Management at Home Depot is so paranoid that they believe if they
discount the plants and they die people will bring them back for a full
refund. So the plants go into the trash. That's why I take all my money
to LOWES where they discount their orchids and a lot of other things.

Grow well and bloom magnificently

Home Depot ...........
 

"Dusty" wrote in message
. 33.102...
Yes, they have told me the very same thing here in STL. BUUUT! I caught
up with one of the venders bringing orchids in and GUESS WHAT? Once the
vender scans the plants into Home Depot's system it belongs to Home
Depot, no rebates, no credits no nothing back if the plant dies.

So he lied to me. What a creep! :-(

Management at Home Depot is so paranoid that they believe if they
discount the plants and they die people will bring them back for a full
refund. So the plants go into the trash. That's why I take all my money
to LOWES where they discount their orchids and a lot of other things.

Grow well and bloom magnificently

Yes, Lowe's does discount them. I think I'll take my money there from now
on as well.

Home Depot ...........
 

Hey Y'all!

I wear my tux every morning to go into the greenhouse to care for the
plants. What's wrong with that?

I do say it is quite warm in the middle of the day with that black jacket.
I was thinking about a white dinner jacket for the evenings.

Gene

Home Depot ...........
 

I bought a bunch(40) cold damaged phal's from Rona/Revy for $4 a few months
ago to use as an experiment in an aeroponics system. So far i've only
lost two and some were doubles so I am about even on that score. But the
big suprise was when I repotted them. Four of the ones with tags were P
amabalis and two of them were v.Formosa. A real nice bonus since I usually
only grow species.


"Manelli Family" wrote in message
...
I was at the local HD yesterday afternoon and asked if they were going to
mark down the orchids without blooms as they usually do. Well, no more
marking them down. They now say the venders will give them credit for the
dead and bloomed out plants. They didn't even mark down the 1/2 dead
flowers in the garden section.

Home Depot ...........
 

I was at a local HD today to get parts for the toilet repair. I stopped by
the garden section (like a moth to the light).

They had three fresh carts of phals, onc sweet sugar, and dendrobs. 6 inch
pot for 19.95. SAD looking plants from Florida. I wanted to make a sign
and tell the customers to drive out and see Al. At the same price they
would get something happy and healthy.

I'm sure the same is true in your area.

Good growing,
Gene

Aeroponics experiments...
 

On Tue, 14 Aug 2007 18:52:59 GMT in fSmwi.58154$_d2.27926@pd7urf3no Duncan wrote:
I bought a bunch(40) cold damaged phal's from Rona/Revy for $4 a few months
ago to use as an experiment in an aeroponics system. So far i've only
lost two and some were doubles so I am about even on that score. But the
big suprise was when I repotted them. Four of the ones with tags were P
amabalis and two of them were v.Formosa. A real nice bonus since I usually
only grow species.

So,
what setup and what results on the aeroponics?
--
Chris Dukes
elfick willg: you can't use dell to beat people, it wouldn't stand up
to the strain... much like attacking a tank with a wiffle bat

Aeroponics experiments...
 

I am using a modified " pipe dreams" system. It is a 6" pvc pipe with three
inch mesh baskets on 6" centers. Or is that 6'? i always get the foot and
inch symbel(sp?) confused. There is a mister between every other basket.
Works real nice as long as you keep the water cool(65F). I do approx
45sec on and aprrox 5 min off. I have done much longer off cycles with good
results as well but the tubes tend to heat up a lot in hot weather. Any
thing with a psuedobulb grows to insane size in no time. I had a Zygo
flower 4 times in one year and compleatly burst the pot. The biggest things
you have to watch for are the stem/rhizome getting to wet and salts
accumulating when water wicks up.

"?" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 14 Aug 2007 18:52:59 GMT in fSmwi.58154$_d2.27926@pd7urf3no
Duncan wrote:
I bought a bunch(40) cold damaged phal's from Rona/Revy for $4 a few
months
ago to use as an experiment in an aeroponics system. So far i've only
lost two and some were doubles so I am about even on that score. But the
big suprise was when I repotted them. Four of the ones with tags were P
amabalis and two of them were v.Formosa. A real nice bonus since I
usually
only grow species.

So,
what setup and what results on the aeroponics?
--
Chris Dukes
elfick willg: you can't use dell to beat people, it wouldn't stand up
to the strain... much like attacking a tank with a wiffle bat

Aeroponics experiments...
 

Should work great, but be careful of sharing plant pathogens....

--

Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com
Plants, Supplies. Books, Artwork, and lots of Free Info!


"Duncan" wrote in message
news:Y1Nwi.60432$_d2.20181@pd7urf3no...
I am using a modified " pipe dreams" system. It is a 6" pvc pipe with
three inch mesh baskets on 6" centers. Or is that 6'? i always get the
foot and inch symbel(sp?) confused. There is a mister between every other
basket. Works real nice as long as you keep the water cool(65F). I do
approx 45sec on and aprrox 5 min off. I have done much longer off cycles
with good results as well but the tubes tend to heat up a lot in hot
weather. Any thing with a psuedobulb grows to insane size in no time. I
had a Zygo flower 4 times in one year and compleatly burst the pot. The
biggest things you have to watch for are the stem/rhizome getting to wet
and salts accumulating when water wicks up.

"?" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 14 Aug 2007 18:52:59 GMT in fSmwi.58154$_d2.27926@pd7urf3no
Duncan wrote:
I bought a bunch(40) cold damaged phal's from Rona/Revy for $4 a few
months
ago to use as an experiment in an aeroponics system. So far i've only
lost two and some were doubles so I am about even on that score. But
the
big suprise was when I repotted them. Four of the ones with tags were
P
amabalis and two of them were v.Formosa. A real nice bonus since I
usually
only grow species.

So,
what setup and what results on the aeroponics?
--
Chris Dukes
elfick willg: you can't use dell to beat people, it wouldn't stand up
to the strain... much like attacking a tank with a wiffle bat

Home Depot ...........
 

"Duncan" wrote in message
news:fSmwi.58154$_d2.27926@pd7urf3no...
I bought a bunch(40) cold damaged phal's from Rona/Revy for $4 a few months
ago to use as an experiment in an aeroponics system. So far i've only
lost two and some were doubles so I am about even on that score. But the
big suprise was when I repotted them. Four of the ones with tags were P
amabalis and two of them were v.Formosa. A real nice bonus since I
usually only grow species.


Who or what is Rona/Revy?

Home Depot ...........
 

"Gene Schurg" wrote in message
news:NNqwi.7069$xc5.1365@trnddc06...
I was at a local HD today to get parts for the toilet repair. I stopped by
the garden section (like a moth to the light).

They had three fresh carts of phals, onc sweet sugar, and dendrobs. 6
inch pot for 19.95. SAD looking plants from Florida. I wanted to make a
sign and tell the customers to drive out and see Al. At the same price
they would get something happy and healthy.

I'm sure the same is true in your area.


Drive out and see "Al?" Who, what and *where* is Al? ???

Home Depot ...........
 

"Manelli Family" wrote in message
...

Drive out and see "Al?" Who, what and *where* is Al? ???

http://www.orchidexchange.com/

K

Home Depot ...........
 

Drive out and see "Al?" Who, what and *where* is Al? ???

Al Pickrel is our resident alien being/orchid seller, complete with aluminum
foil antennae.

Home Depot ...........
 

On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 12:09:45 -0700, Diana Kulaga wrote
(in article ):

Drive out and see "Al?" Who, what and *where* is Al? ???

Al Pickrel is our resident alien being/orchid seller, complete with aluminum
foil antennae.

.....and don't forget his wenches.

Tom
Walnut Creek, CA
Nikon D200

Home Depot ...........
 

Ah, yes. The wenches! You *do* realize that anyone coming into this board
for the first time will think we are all completely insane, correct?

But then, who's to argue?

Diana

"tbell" wrote in message
.com...
On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 12:09:45 -0700, Diana Kulaga wrote
(in article ):

Drive out and see "Al?" Who, what and *where* is Al? ???

Al Pickrel is our resident alien being/orchid seller, complete with
aluminum
foil antennae.

....and don't forget his wenches.

Tom
Walnut Creek, CA
Nikon D200

Home Depot ...........
 

On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 20:38:46 -0400, "Diana Kulaga"
wrote:

Ah, yes. The wenches! You *do* realize that anyone coming into this board
for the first time will think we are all completely insane, correct?

But then, who's to argue?

Diana


But it is also proof of EXACTLY how long this core has held up. If
there were no inside jokes - - there would be no long timers.

Home Depot ...........
 

Excellent point, Sue. It's a great board, full of great people.

Diana

"SuE" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 20:38:46 -0400, "Diana Kulaga"
wrote:

Ah, yes. The wenches! You *do* realize that anyone coming into this board
for the first time will think we are all completely insane, correct?

But then, who's to argue?

Diana


But it is also proof of EXACTLY how long this core has held up. If
there were no inside jokes - - there would be no long timers.

Home Depot ...........
 

It is a Canadian version of Home Depot.

"Manelli Family" wrote in message
...


Who or what is Rona/Revy?

Home Depot ...........
 

Yeah, we just have to let the newbies in on it before they decide we're all
nuts G. Kenni
"SuE" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 20:38:46 -0400, "Diana Kulaga"
wrote:

Ah, yes. The wenches! You *do* realize that anyone coming into this board
for the first time will think we are all completely insane, correct?

But then, who's to argue?

Diana


But it is also proof of EXACTLY how long this core has held up. If
there were no inside jokes - - there would be no long timers.

Home Depot ...........
 

You mean we're not all nuts? Could've fooled me!

Diana

"Kenni Judd" wrote in message
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Yeah, we just have to let the newbies in on it before they decide we're
all nuts G. Kenni
"SuE" wrote in message
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On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 20:38:46 -0400, "Diana Kulaga"
wrote:

Ah, yes. The wenches! You *do* realize that anyone coming into this board
for the first time will think we are all completely insane, correct?

But then, who's to argue?

Diana


But it is also proof of EXACTLY how long this core has held up. If
there were no inside jokes - - there would be no long timers.

Home Depot ...........
 

I know that I have the piece of paper that assures me that I am very very
sane (does that mean that I am IN-Sane???)

--
Yours Sincerely
Kye

"Diana Kulaga" wrote in message
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You mean we're not all nuts? Could've fooled me!

Diana

"Kenni Judd" wrote in message
. ..
Yeah, we just have to let the newbies in on it before they decide we're
all nuts G. Kenni
"SuE" wrote in message
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On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 20:38:46 -0400, "Diana Kulaga"
wrote:

Ah, yes. The wenches! You *do* realize that anyone coming into this
board
for the first time will think we are all completely insane, correct?

But then, who's to argue?

Diana


But it is also proof of EXACTLY how long this core has held up. If
there were no inside jokes - - there would be no long timers.

Home Depot ...........
 

"K Barrett" wrote in message
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"Manelli Family" wrote in message
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Drive out and see "Al?" Who, what and *where* is Al? ???

http://www.orchidexchange.com/

You're kidding right? That's like 500 miles from where I live. :-O


K

Home Depot ...........
 

"Diana Kulaga" wrote in message
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Drive out and see "Al?" Who, what and *where* is Al? ???

Al Pickrel is our resident alien being/orchid seller, complete with
aluminum foil antennae.

500 miles is a long drive for us. :-)

Home Depot ...........
 

Those questions about "Al" are important ones; who what and where. I am
still looking for the answers and "Al" is approaching 50. For a while
there, I did think I had a handle on *where* he was, but that turned out to
be erroneous.

I used to think that the size of the greenhouse and the variety of plants,
their prices, sizes, etc, were viewed favorably in an inverse proportion to
the distance and time driven to get here. I usually ask people where they
have come from, especially when they remark on how far they have come.
Often, it seems those who live nearby, within 45 minutes or so, believe they
have had a long drive and wonder disappointedly why don't see any large
white Phals like they saw at Home Depot. On the other side of the spectrum
are the people who show up from New York or Tennessee and spend several
hours combing through things and leave with a back seat full of plants
telling me they "enjoyed the drive" and repeating an often heard criticism
"I didn't see most of this stuff on the online catalog."

But, I do agree with you about those 500 miles; too far. Personally I
wouldn't drive more than about half an hour to see an orchid greenhouse as
big as the one I have in my own backyard.

Wherever thou doth find a wench capable of hoisting a 600 pound greenhouse
heater 16 feet into the air there too shall I be.


"Manelli Family" wrote in message
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"K Barrett" wrote in message
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"Manelli Family" wrote in message
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Drive out and see "Al?" Who, what and *where* is Al? ???

http://www.orchidexchange.com/

You're kidding right? That's like 500 miles from where I live. :-O


K