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The BBC's "Big Dig" Mystery
"Sue" wrote in message eenews.net... "Jaques d'Alltrades" wrote And while he's about it he can have a stab at Wymondham, Milngavie, Costessey and Stiffkey... and Happisburgh. And Cholmondely Steve |
The BBC's "Big Dig" Mystery
"Jaques d'Alltrades" wrote And while he's about it he can have a stab at Wymondham, Milngavie, Costessey and Stiffkey... and Happisburgh. -- Sue |
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from "Sue" contains these words: "Jaques d'Alltrades" wrote And while he's about it he can have a stab at Wymondham, Milngavie, Costessey and Stiffkey... and Happisburgh. East Angular is full of'em. Tacolneston, Deopham (compare and contrast with Meopham in Kent), Brome... -- Rusty horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co full-stop uk http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ |
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from "shazzbat" contains these words: "Sue" wrote in message eenews.net... "Jaques d'Alltrades" wrote And while he's about it he can have a stab at Wymondham, Milngavie, Costessey and Stiffkey... and Happisburgh. And Cholmondely All I've got to say to you is - Featherstonehaugh. -- Rusty horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co full-stop uk http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ |
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Jaques d'Alltrades wrote:
All I've got to say to you is - Featherstonehaugh. That's an old family name here in the colonies, with a lake of the same name even. It's pronounced as it looks, though I _think_ I know the "correct" way. Makes the Monty Python "Raymond Luxury-Yacht" skit sound reasonable... Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at home.earthlink.net/~garygarlic Zone 5/6 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G |
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On 31/10/05 22:23, in article
, "Jaques d'Alltrades" wrote: The message from "shazzbat" contains these words: "Sue" wrote in message eenews.net... "Jaques d'Alltrades" wrote And while he's about it he can have a stab at Wymondham, Milngavie, Costessey and Stiffkey... and Happisburgh. And Cholmondely All I've got to say to you is - Featherstonehaugh. Wot - no Marjoribanks? -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove the weeds to email me) |
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On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 17:53:46 GMT, Jaques d'Alltrades wrote:
Seen the post, not had the right-shaped tuits to look, yet. Playing with the system... No prob. Ah, but I'm down here in Norfolk Oh! I thought you were lower left bit of Scotland, sorry. |
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from jane contains these words: Just out of curiosity, did my serious answer to this thread some days ago show up on anyone's servers other than mine? Not unless it has already autoexpired. I have autoexpire set for twelve days in this group. -- Rusty horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co full-stop uk http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ |
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Helmsley is on the edge of the North York Moors. Well worth a visit,
castle and a restored walled garden, several nice pubs, cafes and restaurants. |
The BBC's "Big Dig" Mystery
"martin" wrote in message ... On 1 Nov 2005 03:36:02 -0800, "Jollygreenp" wrote: Helmsley is on the edge of the North York Moors. Well worth a visit, castle and a restored walled garden, several nice pubs, cafes and restaurants. Nah, it's horrid, its' full of unfriendly men with flat caps and whippets, it's cold and it rains all the time, better stay south of Watford. -- Martin thou speaketh 'unfriendly like' about god's country...H |
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"martin" wrote in message ... On Tue, 1 Nov 2005 06:46:31 -0500, "middleton.walker" wrote: "martin" wrote in message . .. On 1 Nov 2005 03:36:02 -0800, "Jollygreenp" wrote: Helmsley is on the edge of the North York Moors. Well worth a visit, castle and a restored walled garden, several nice pubs, cafes and restaurants. Nah, it's horrid, its' full of unfriendly men with flat caps and whippets, it's cold and it rains all the time, better stay south of Watford. thou speaketh 'unfriendly like' about god's country...H It's for a good cause. -- Martin What on earth is a cause good enuff to warrant publishing untruths about the beloved north country....H |
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On Tue, 1 Nov 2005 12:20:18 +0000 (UTC), jane
wrote: On Tue, 1 Nov 2005 09:31:55 GMT, Rusty snip wrote: ~The message ~from jane contains these words: ~ Just out of curiosity, did my serious answer to this thread some days ~ ago show up on anyone's servers other than mine? ~Not unless it has already autoexpired. I have autoexpire set for twelve ~days in this group. Hmmm it was sent on the 25th so shouldn't have done. Wondered why there were no responses. Flipping BT (mutter). Hi Jane, Yes, your original message did get out beyond BT, it got to my NTL server but ooops I have only just spotted it ! Sorry !! Very interesting read, thank you, sorry I didnt spot it first time round amongst all the activity :( Slap my wrist, must concentrate more carefully in future ! I'll put you in my list of "most readable posters" :-)) |
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Included all the original for jane's inspection,
more of my addition at the bottom :------ On Tue, 25 Oct 2005 12:03:09 +0000 (UTC), jane wrote: On Tue, 25 Oct 2005 09:43:15 +0100, "shazzbat" wrote: ~ ~"Janet Baraclough" wrote in message .. . ~ The message .com ~ from contains these words: ~ ~ ~ ~ Why were the ratings disappointing? ~ ~ Missed it. Just a guess, but probably, some crazed maverick at the ~ BBC foolishly made a programme with some real gardeners in it, spending ~ a quiet afternoon down the lotty in non-designer wellies. With no ~ camera gimmicks, celebrities or interactive voting opportunities, it ~ was bound to fail. ~ ~ Janet ~ ~I'm assuming the welsh geezer named Terry is the same Terry who is the ~allotment holder featured on Jeremy Vine's programme on Radio 2, can anybody ~confirm or deny? ~ Confirm! I have all three so-far broadcast episodes recorded, and was most put-out to discover that on day 4 I had acquired Flog-it. I complained to the BBC and got a soothing answer. They have Simon Mayo doing the fronting - the first thing he admits is not knowing a thing about gardening. He announces that allotment holding is getting incredibly popular and is one of the fastest-growing hobbies, especially among younger people, and then they have this programme that seems to have very few of said younger people in it! I suspect they filmed it during weekdays, hence they were all at work. Mr Mayo also looks permanently frozen. And of course the same age group is at work when they showed it! I'm sure that if they took into consideration the number of people who taped it, then their ratings might have been a bit higher. But that doesn't excuse the timing. The programme in itself is odd because there are continual recaps and even little trailers within itself for something which is coming up not 2 minutes later. So I think it was initially filmed for a commercial channel. Either way, they are extrememly irritating and they could edit them out and reduce the length of the programme to 50 or even 45 minutes. (Fast forward is useful here!). They might like to rename it too. Big Dig sounds like it's an archaeology programme. It is slightly patronising - they have folk doing biodynamic plantings, and Terry keeps going on about the World's Most Expensive Potatoes ie Sarpo Mira, the blight-resistant ones. Except they keep saying they are blight-proof which isn't accurate. I got mine for 20p each so I have no idea how this chap's were almost 50p each... They also keep going on about how women can't dig the Welsh allotments as they're up a hill and the soil is clayey and there's a male tradition/ preserve... well I'd like some of them to come over to our plots as they'd soon get told what's what by our ladies, starting with me! (Honestly, going on about how women had mirrors and lipstick in their sheds! The only possibly girlie things I've got in mine are a first aid kit and some sunscreen!) (Ok and some chocolate, but that's energency rations... really!) Having said all of that it's a programme on real allotmenteers, the commentary is mostly them and not SM, and they are comparing traditional methods with new ideas. So I will continue to watch if and when they decide to show it. jane Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you may still exist but you have ceased to live. Mark Twain Please remove onmaps from replies, thanks! Hi Jane, this is a reply to your original post, just to confirm and to satisfy curiosity :-) |
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SNIP They have Simon Mayo doing the fronting - the first thing he admits is not knowing a thing about gardening. He announces that allotment holding is getting incredibly popular and is one of the fastest-growing hobbies, especially among younger people, and then they have this programme that seems to have very few of said younger people in it! I was very alarmed to see someone using a petrol strimmer and allowing a girl of about 8-10 years old to remain in the vicinity. I trust everyone here is far too safety conscious to do that. TBH I was surprised that they let it go out without a word of warning. Steve |
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