In article , Mike Lyle mike_lyle_uk@REMO
VETHISyahoo.co.uk writes
Jaques d'Alltrades wrote:
[...]
grower - his daughter trained as a physioterrorist with my mother.

Better than the one my daughter referred to as "Physio the rapist". I
told her we were lucky he wasn't a psycho.

Another unfortunate splittable word is mans-laughter
--
Kay
"Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river"

On 28/7/05 10:25, in article , "Nick
Maclaren" wrote:


In article ,
Sue Begg writes:
|
| Is it worth mentioning the fact that the US is so vast that they don't
| need to go abroad. They can get to visit almost any type of climate they
| wish and travel much further than most Brits do on their travels, within
| the US

It is also worth mentioning that both are common myths.

Firstly, it has only a few climate types - a hell of a lot more
than the UK, but many less than the British Empire (over which
the sun never set, natch).

Secondly, most people in the USA don't even leave their vicinity
(which may be physically large, but is often very homogeneous).

One survey I read about some time ago, stated that most Americans marry
someone living within 30 miles of their home town.
--

Sacha
(remove the weeds for email)

On 28/7/05 14:16, in article ,
"martin" wrote:

On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 14:01:22 +0100, Sue Begg
wrote:

I'm with you there. I have never been able to understand people who
spend large amounts of money to sunbathe, get drunk and eat a big Mac or
fish and chips.

But each to their own it is their money they are spending. From the
popularity of such holidays it would seem a large percentage of the
population desire them. As long as they don't make it compulsory :-)

In Peru last year I even tried roast guinea pig - it's actually rather
nice

I've never understood people who spend large amounts of money going
all the way to Peru, when you can roast guinea pig in your back garden
in the cold & pouring rain in a biting northerly gale at home for far
less. :-)

Rusty will be along with a recipe in a minute.

Yes but those home-grown ones won't be Lottery funded.
--

Sacha
(remove the weeds for email)

In article ,
Janet Baraclough wrote:
The message
from Sue Begg contains these words:


It was a lifetime's ambition to see Macchu Pichu and we went last year
for our honeymoon. First and probably only time abroad as I have no
interest in standard sun, sea, resort type holidays.

Well, having discovered that it's possible to travel abroad for more
interesting pursuitss, I can't understand why you never want to do it
again!

I have no desire to visit Khartoum, Los Angeles, Houston, Austin
or indeed most of Sudan or Texas ever again. But that may not
be what you meant.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

" |
| Is it worth mentioning the fact that the US is so vast that they don't
| need to go abroad. They can get to visit almost any type of climate
they
| wish and travel much further than most Brits do on their travels,
within
| the US

It is also worth mentioning that both are common myths.

Firstly, it has only a few climate types - a hell of a lot more
than the UK, but many less than the British Empire (over which
the sun never set, natch).

Secondly, most people in the USA don't even leave their vicinity
(which may be physically large, but is often very homogeneous).

One survey I read about some time ago, stated that most Americans marry
someone living within 30 miles of their home town.
--

Sacha
(remove the weeds for email)

A number of postings suggested I was not qualified re England of
today......seems as though others appear to be qualified re USA of
today....wonder why the difference....

In article ,
Harold Walker wrote:

A number of postings suggested I was not qualified re England of
today......seems as though others appear to be qualified re USA of
today....wonder why the difference....

You weren't a member of the Junior Jet Club?

[ A small prize to anyone who recognises the reference. ]


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Nick Maclaren wrote:
In article ,
Harold Walker wrote:

A number of postings suggested I was not qualified re England of
today......seems as though others appear to be qualified re USA of
today....wonder why the difference....

You weren't a member of the Junior Jet Club?

[ A small prize to anyone who recognises the reference. ]

I wasn't, but... Dan Dare on Radio Lux? BOAC? I'll plump for the
latter.

--
Mike.

In article ,
Mike Lyle wrote:
Nick Maclaren wrote:
In article ,
Harold Walker wrote:

A number of postings suggested I was not qualified re England of
today......seems as though others appear to be qualified re USA of
today....wonder why the difference....

You weren't a member of the Junior Jet Club?

[ A small prize to anyone who recognises the reference. ]

I wasn't, but... Dan Dare on Radio Lux? BOAC? I'll plump for the
latter.

Your prize is the Nick Maclaren accolade for Good Guessing. Yes,
back in the days when it was Better On A Camel (and don't ask what
people were doing on the camel), and the Comet started to replace
the Viscount, BOAC did one of the inane publicity exercises for
underage passengers. I think I still have my certificate somewhere.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Nick Maclaren wrote:
In article ,
Mike Lyle wrote:
Nick Maclaren wrote:
In article ,
Harold Walker wrote:

A number of postings suggested I was not qualified re England of
today......seems as though others appear to be qualified re USA
of
today....wonder why the difference....

You weren't a member of the Junior Jet Club?

[ A small prize to anyone who recognises the reference. ]

I wasn't, but... Dan Dare on Radio Lux? BOAC? I'll plump for the
latter.

Your prize is the Nick Maclaren accolade for Good Guessing. Yes,
back in the days when it was Better On A Camel (and don't ask what
people were doing on the camel), and the Comet started to replace
the Viscount, BOAC did one of the inane publicity exercises for
underage passengers. I think I still have my certificate
somewhere.

Uncle and family went back to Oz on the first Comet flight champagne
and all. I've put the Accolade on the mantelpiece with my Nobel: it
looks lovely, thank you.

--
Mike.

The message
from Janet Baraclough contains these words:
The message
from martin contains these words:

Another piece of crisp guinea
pig crackling and a glass of elder flower wine?

Please save me the guineapig skins, everyone..I'm sewing them
together to make myself a moose.

Whit for do ye no' gang fur broke an' mak' yersel' a rat?

--
Rusty
Emus to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co full-stop uk
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/

The message
from martin contains these words:
On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 16:27:52 +0000 (UTC), "Mike"
wrote:
"martin" wrote in message
.. .
On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 17:13:35 +0100, Janet Baraclough
wrote:
The message
from martin contains these words:

Another piece of crisp guinea
pig crackling and a glass of elder flower wine?

Please save me the guineapig skins, everyone..I'm sewing them
together to make myself a moose.

Whoops cleans reading glasses I read that as noose.


Seems like a very good idea


Janet has a home knitted blunt guillotine reserved for you

I heard she was growing red-hot pokers.

--
Rusty
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http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/

The message
from (Nick Maclaren) contains these words:
In article ,
"Mike" writes:
|
| Please save me the guineapig skins, everyone..I'm sewing them
| together to make myself a moose.
|
| Whoops cleans reading glasses I read that as noose.
|
| Seems like a very good idea
|
| Janet has a home knitted blunt guillotine reserved for you
|
| The Barrowcloth only thinks of herself and the other 'owners' so I doubt
| very much if she would knit anything for anybody else. Not even a
Lamp Post
| for the local council or leccy board.

I am sure that she would make you a noose if you ask nicely.
Even I would, though mine would be of a more traditional
material.

Agreed: piano wire is *SO* messy.

--
Rusty
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The message
from "Mike" contains these words:

I was beginning to think the unthinkable, that "I" was wrong!

Quite unthinkable.

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Rusty
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from (Nick Maclaren) contains these words:
In article ,
Jaques d'Alltrades wrote:

hijack

I planted some pomegranate seeds and over them, seeds from a plant I'm
hoping is an oxlip, not just a cowslip/primrose hybrid. They are both
coming up together. I expected the pomegranates to take a bit longer...

I grew a pomegranate from a seed a few years ago, and it makes a
good patio plant, but I haven't got it to flower. It is too much
to ask to expect fruit here :-(

Returning to the thread, and your style of interruption, you are
aware that a pomegranate was one of the slang words for a British
style hand-grenade in the North African campaign?

In the same way as grenades were cast-iron flasks shaped like
pomegranates, filled with gunpowder and fused. TAAAW, the syrup
'Grenadine' is molished from pomegranates.

If you look at a Grenadier cap-badge, the original 'pomegranate' grenade
is depicted on it in deep relief.

--
Rusty
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http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/

Janet has a home knitted blunt guillotine reserved for you

I heard she was growing red-hot pokers.

LOL!
--
Martin

Would some kind soul please explain what is behind the comments re
Janet....surely she must be human