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Inverted snobbery.... yawn.
"Janet Tweedy" wrote in message
Farm1 writes It's horses for courses. What works for me and turns me on won't do that for another gardener. If you don't like junk, then I don't mind if you don't see the value of junk then it's just more junk for us other gardeners who like it :-)) I think the main trouble comes when, as a result of the size of gardens generally in the UK, it's what you see from your windows! A neat and tidy gardener would probably despair if he overlooked a scruffy gnome-filled patch with weeds and "wildlife" encouraged planting, uncared for shrubs and the odd pile of tyres and freezers. However the same would be true in the reverse. I don't think people mind what anyone else likes in a garden maybe it's just living with it if you overlook a different gardening viewpoint I love the thatched cottage and pretty houses of some areas of the country and wouldn't mind living opposite them but would be frightened to death of actually owning and upkeeping them! Same goes for the Christmas garden/house decorations that are now becoming common. A friend lives opposite a truly car-stopping set of Xmas decorated houses. As she said, "it's okay if you live in it a d you can't see it but it's another matter to try and sleep with the migraine inducing flashes of a 7 foot father Christmas climbing up the front wall of the house opposite" I don't disagree with anything you've written but I think that what you've described is a much larger issue than just gardens preferences or junk in gardens. It really covers the whole issue of how increasingly our more crowded surroundings or information overload or just general sociatal intrusiveness or whatever can impact on our well being overall. By that I mean that it also applies equally to what I see on the TV these days. I can barely stand to watch our PM without wanting to throw my very large and heavy gardening boots at his lying head. And as for watching George Bush! That's more like wanting to heave the whole TV out the window. To think that this moron is the head of the most powerful nation on earth! What were they thinking (or not) to elect this moron a second time round! See: the general frustration it causes me is even coming through in a gardening ng :-)) |
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"Keith (Dorset)" wrote in message
Hi 'Farm 1', Thanks for posting back. I admit it - we do actually have some junk here! LOL. I'm sure each and every one of us does! I sometimes wonder if it's only when someone else points out that's it "junk" and we have to justify it's existence that we really look at it with fresh eyes and then heave it or store it. I know that I constantly have to tell Himself (who is a neatnick) why I have a particular item of junk. (Mind you, he is also very quick to use "my" junk if he needs it for some particular thing round the farm and doesn't see the irony in having had a fight with me about me trying to keep it for my reserved use for one of "my" projects) This morning I have been shifting some builders' rubble 'out of sight'... I haven't got rid of it because it will 'come in handy at some stage' for a greenhouse base or whatever. A man after my own heart! I pick up all real old fashioned solid bricks I see when I go to the tip as I know how useful they are for garden edges or paths or whatever. I've probably managed to pick up about a pallet load over the years and that has saved me about $800 which is the cost to have a pallet of new ones "sold core" delivered here. Our tip is rather an unusual one as tip scavenging isn't "allowed", but the locals all put in "orders" with the tip attendant to look out for particular items which he'll save and put off to one side and he just turns a blind eye turned when locals are scavenging. I've even managed to find a wonderful antique arm chair there which looks superb now it's been reupholstered and had it's lags repolished. The more I try to keep on top of the garden, the harder it seems - except for the veg. patch that is! I have been so busy with that over recent years that I haven't had chance to put in a great deal in the way of flower beds - certainly not annuals. We don't like garish flowers either... ( I really hate petunias - but don't tell anyone). Your secret is safe with me. I share a similar aversion. There was a fashion here a few years ago for striped ones and they were particularly revolting - chocolate brown ones with a cream stripe and purple ones with a yellow stripe!!!!!! When I saw them in the nursery in their punnets, I thought that no-one would possibly buy such filthy things but then I noticed that they had started to appear in the gardens of the village :-)) You can imagine my reaction. Our big garden here is lots of trees, shrubs, roses and bigger clumping things like Irises, Day lillies. Sedums, euphorbias etc whihc of course only have a limited flowing season. My husband often says that he wants "colour" to which I reply with some degree of waspishness that green IS a colour. I really do hope you manage to enjoy your gardens with all the work it must entail, and that it is not becoming too much of a struggle. Luckily for me, the cancers I've had are such that I have just been knocked for six whilst undergoing treatment or recovering from surgery. And I've learned to be smarter rather than relying on strength as I used to do. I bought a cheap tipping trolley that I could roll rocks onto and then lever bakwards so I could work on redesigning some of my bigger beds where the idiot garden "designer" who originally "did" this garden had put in huge rocks sticking up into the air like dragon's teeth.. It was a wise buy to compensate for lack of strenth and lets me do what I wnat to do with limited need to call on Himself. Naturally I send all our best wishes. As do I to you and your wife. Again I will look on the bright side and say that those of us with gardens must be the fortunate ones. Yep. The glass is half full, not half empty. One fails to imagine being under the circumstances we face - and being unable to 'escape' on a regular basis, for some well needed fresh air. I guess that perhaps we share a common thing in that for both of us, our gardens provide solace and a place in which to regather ourselves in order to keep on going out there and doing what we have to do. But I think most gardenersshare that. Take care, And you too. Fran (aka Farm1) |
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"Farm1" please@askifyouwannaknow wrote in message ... "Janet Tweedy" wrote in message Farm1 writes as for watching George Bush! That's more like wanting to heave the whole TV out the window. To think that this moron is the head of the most powerful nation on earth! What were they thinking (or not) to elect this moron a second time round! See: the general frustration it causes me is even coming through in a gardening ng :-)) It is said that Bush isn't the moron he appears to be! That makes him a better actor than Reagan ;-) Keith |
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"Keith (Dorset)" wrote in message
"Farm1" please@askifyouwannaknow wrote in message "Janet Tweedy" wrote in message Farm1 writes as for watching George Bush! That's more like wanting to heave the whole TV out the window. To think that this moron is the head of the most powerful nation on earth! What were they thinking (or not) to elect this moron a second time round! See: the general frustration it causes me is even coming through in a gardening ng :-)) It is said that Bush isn't the moron he appears to be! Yes it is said by some but I've noticed that it's always said by someone who has an agenda to run. And often by Americans who are no doubt highly embarrassed by the appallling reputation he's giving himself and his country on a world wide basis. That makes him a better actor than Reagan ;-) Even a canary would be a better actor that Ronny was ;-)) |
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"Keith (Dorset)" wrote in message ... "Farm1" please@askifyouwannaknow wrote in message ... "Janet Tweedy" wrote in message Farm1 writes as for watching George Bush! That's more like wanting to heave the whole TV out the window. To think that this moron is the head of the most powerful nation on earth! What were they thinking (or not) to elect this moron a second time round! See: the general frustration it causes me is even coming through in a gardening ng :-)) It is said that Bush isn't the moron he appears to be! The few americans I have spoken to are convinced he is a moron! Alan |
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"Alan Holmes" wrote It is said that Bush isn't the moron he appears to be! The few americans I have spoken to are convinced he is a moron! Alan They will soon be able to choose between a woman or a black candidate :~)) Jenny |
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"JennyC" wrote in message
... "Alan Holmes" wrote It is said that Bush isn't the moron he appears to be! The few americans I have spoken to are convinced he is a moron! Alan They will soon be able to choose between a woman or a black candidate :~)) Jenny Can any woman do any worse for any country that what Thatcher did for Great Britain? :-( She did what Hitler tried to do, bring the country to its knees. :-( Mike -- .................................................. ......... Royal Naval Electrical Branch Association www.rnshipmates.co.uk www.nsrafa.com |
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"'Mike'" wrote Can any woman do any worse for any country that what Thatcher did for Great Britain? :-( She did what Hitler tried to do, bring the country to its knees. :-( Mike Much as I disliked her as a person, she did a GREAT job of getting the unions in their place. The Economist had a special about Britain recently - 2nd highest GDP in Europe - low unemployment - amazing !! jenny |
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"JennyC" wrote in message
... "'Mike'" wrote Can any woman do any worse for any country that what Thatcher did for Great Britain? :-( She did what Hitler tried to do, bring the country to its knees. :-( Mike Much as I disliked her as a person, she did a GREAT job of getting the unions in their place. And in doing so wrecked British Industry. That was good was it? The Economist had a special about Britain recently - 2nd highest GDP in Europe - low unemployment - amazing !! I like the word "recently" that you put in there :-)) 20 years to recover? That's good is it? and who pays for it now? Us the tax payer. Do you like paying all these high taxes? Petrol? Air Travel? Pay by the mile on top of your car tax, petrol tax, MOT tax, PAYE tax before you even get your money? I am taxed on my pensions because I have so many, I 'saved for my future' and get taxed on it, I get taxed on my investments. All good? Mike -- .................................................. ......... Royal Naval Electrical Branch Association www.rnshipmates.co.uk www.nsrafa.com |
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JennyC wrote:
Much as I disliked her as a person, she did a GREAT job of getting the unions in their place. As the Unions were representing the average working man, what you really mean is "she did a great job of getting the working man in his place" She killed the steel industry, the mining industry, the ship building industry, in fact, the entire manufacturing industry. Her policies cost millions of jobs, billions of pounds and thousands of lives. She took the wealth of a nation in the form of the nationalised industries and sold them off to her cronies at discounted rates. Great job? She almost killed my country. Tom |
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In article , Tom
writes Much as I disliked her as a person, she did a GREAT job of getting the unions in their place. As the Unions were representing the average working man, what you really mean is "she did a great job of getting the working man in his place" This is OT for the newsgroup but I would like to say that you have obviously never worked in or for a closed shop nor can you evidently remember the 1960's when union pressure meant men HAD to strike or risk getting kicked out of their job or worse, even though they were happy to go to work. Secondary picketing and a lot of violence was the norm and pretty soul destroying for many workers. -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk |
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In message , Tom
writes JennyC wrote: Much as I disliked her as a person, she did a GREAT job of getting the unions in their place. As the Unions were representing the average working man, what you really mean is "she did a great job of getting the working man in his place" She killed the steel industry, the mining industry, the ship building industry, in fact, the entire manufacturing industry. Her policies cost millions of jobs, billions of pounds and thousands of lives. She took the wealth of a nation in the form of the nationalised industries and sold them off to her cronies at discounted rates. Great job? She almost killed my country. I agree entirely. -- June Hughes |
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In message , Martin
writes On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 07:21:51 +0100, "JennyC" wrote: "Alan Holmes" wrote It is said that Bush isn't the moron he appears to be! The few americans I have spoken to are convinced he is a moron! Alan They will soon be able to choose between a woman or a black candidate :~)) but still have to make do with very rich morons :-) Hilary Clinton is far from being a moron. -- June Hughes |
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"Martin" wrote in message
... People in UK pay far less in income tax than many EU countries. In total UK is one of the least taxed countries in the EU. -- On the subject of Income Tax, OK I won't argue as this is not my subject, HOWEVER, please prove to me with facts and figures that these other countries who are better than us with respect to Income Tax do NOT pay all the other taxes we are clobbered with. "Tax by Stealth" as people call it. Petrol. Council. Environment. Waste Disposal. etc etc etc. :-)) And explain how their cost of living compares, and is better than ours please. Prove me wrong please and make me and millions of others feel better. Mike -- .................................................. ......... Royal Naval Electrical Branch Association www.rnshipmates.co.uk www.nsrafa.com |
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"'Mike'" wrote in message news "JennyC" wrote in message ... "'Mike'" wrote Can any woman do any worse for any country that what Thatcher did for Great Britain? :-( She did what Hitler tried to do, bring the country to its knees. :-( Mike Much as I disliked her as a person, she did a GREAT job of getting the unions in their place. And in doing so wrecked British Industry. That was good was it? What was so great about industry? Filthy factories poluting the air....... GDP - composition by sector: agricultu 1% industry: 25.6% services: 73.4% (2006 est.) Seems a better option to me :~) The Economist had a special about Britain recently - 2nd highest GDP in Europe - low unemployment - amazing !! I like the word "recently" that you put in there :-)) 20 years to recover? That's good is it? and who pays for it now? Us the tax payer. Do you like paying all these high taxes? Petrol? Air Travel? Pay by the mile on top of your car tax, petrol tax, MOT tax, PAYE tax before you even get your money? I am taxed on my pensions because I have so many, I 'saved for my future' and get taxed on it, I get taxed on my investments. All good? Mike You pay a LOT less tax than most Europeans ..... Jenny |
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