On 2/3/07 09:13, in article , "Rupert (W.Yorkshire)"
wrote:


"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 1/3/07 23:49, in article , "Anne
Jackson" wrote:

The message from Sacha contains these
words:

.for how long was your husband
'a Rodney' (as the sergeants refer to the officers), Judith?
Bill served for 36 years...

His name is Edward. Ranks always refer to Officers in that manner,
something to do with green eyes I belive?

Actually, they call them 'Ruperts'. Or perhaps that's a cavalry term of
'endearment'.

It may well be...in the Scottish Regiments they were known as 'Rodneys'.

Interesting. I'll ask my cavalry colonel of the regiment chum why it
should
be different. Do you have any idea why Rodney is used in Scotland?

--

Thought it was all to with Charles I and Rupert of the Rhine and Scotland.??


Really?! History *and* gardening!
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/
(remove weeds from address)

On 2/3/07 11:32, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

On 1 Mar 2007 16:27:20 -0800, "
wrote:

On Mar 2, 12:18 am, Sacha wrote:
Interesting. I'll ask my cavalry colonel of the regiment chum why it should
be different. Do you have any idea why Rodney is used in Scotland?

--
duh Sacha, , innit it, aint it, he was with Del Boy innit, aint it.

in the Peckham Transport Corp? They were called Robins. Motto "Self Reliant"

That car sold for about £40k the other day!

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/
(remove weeds from address)

In article , "Rupert (W.Yorkshire)"
writes


What ! A meeting of just two people. What a horrible thought if those two
bred:-)




Well not so unusual. Last Meet I held there were 32 people planned to
come and then 26 dropped out within the preceding week! (Broken limbs,
collecting relatives, colds, work and probably just lost interest!)

We still had a good time and an awful lot of food
--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

In article , Anne Jackson
writes


I'll have a fiver on me and June.



You've lost then
--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

In article .com,
" writes


she only appreciates the genuine article so maybe you are right.

Judith



Or maybe us antiques
--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

In article , Martin
writes

A: As a warning IOW man's head will be impaled on a spear over the main gate,
boiling essential oils will be poured from the battlements.
memories of Monty Python and the Holy Grail


Oh we're offering aromatherapy at the meeting as well as food and
plants? Sounds great
--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 1/3/07 10:42, in article , "Charlie
Pridham" wrote:


"Sacha" wrote in message
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I'm ashamed of you. ;-)) Imagine taking a whole week end to yourselves.
;-)
So from Plymouth to you means about 2.5 hours from us altogether. It
would
probably be helpful to you both if people let you know very soon if
they're
going to come on down to you, no?

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/
(remove weeds from address)

We reckon we did the whole trip in 2 hours and as you know we drive a van,
in a half decent car should be quicker!
Yes if everyone could stop shouting at one another long enough to say
whether they are interested it would be helpful :~)

--
Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of National Plant Collections of Clematis viticella (cvs) and
Lapageria rosea

On 2/3/07 17:22, in article , "Charlie
Pridham" wrote:


"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 1/3/07 10:42, in article , "Charlie
Pridham" wrote:


"Sacha" wrote in message
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I'm ashamed of you. ;-)) Imagine taking a whole week end to yourselves.
;-)
So from Plymouth to you means about 2.5 hours from us altogether. It
would
probably be helpful to you both if people let you know very soon if
they're
going to come on down to you, no?


We reckon we did the whole trip in 2 hours and as you know we drive a van,
in a half decent car should be quicker!

I think so. We get to the heliport in just over 2 hours IIRC from our last
trip.

Yes if everyone could stop shouting at one another long enough to say
whether they are interested it would be helpful :~)

Start a new thread, Charlie - it might clarify things for you and Liz. It's
still early days for a lot of people to make a firm commitment, so I think
we'll both need to give a reminder nearer the time.
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/
(remove weeds from address)

On 2 Mar, 11:34, Martin wrote:
I call it Puce.

Oy! With all the hens about, your plumage is magnificent. Just watch
you don't fall off your perch ;o)

On 2 Mar, 22:21, Martin wrote:
on the midden?

Guano.

Cockadoodle do!

You mad fella you ))

On 2/3/07 00:44, in article , "Anne
Jackson" wrote:

The message from Sacha contains these
words:
On 1/3/07 23:49, in article , "Anne
Jackson" wrote:
The message from Sacha contains these
words:

.for how long was your husband
'a Rodney' (as the sergeants refer to the officers), Judith?
Bill served for 36 years...

His name is Edward. Ranks always refer to Officers in that manner,
something to do with green eyes I belive?

Actually, they call them 'Ruperts'. Or perhaps that's a cavalry term of
'endearment'.

It may well be...in the Scottish Regiments they were known as 'Rodneys'.

Interesting. I'll ask my cavalry colonel of the regiment chum why it should
be different. Do you have any idea why Rodney is used in Scotland?

Sacha, as in so many other instances, I haven't got a clue!
Is a colonel likely to know how the rankers referred to him, behind his back?
I doubt it, somehow... ;-)

You don't get to be Colonel commanding a Cavalry regiment without a few
ideas about what goes on. Naïve is not the word I'd choose for this person.
And in any case, the term 'Ruperts' has been around for years and is very
well known.

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/
(remove weeds from address)

"Janet Tweedy" wrote in message
...
In article , "Rupert (W.Yorkshire)"
writes


What ! A meeting of just two people. What a horrible thought if those two
bred:-)




Well not so unusual. Last Meet I held there were 32 people planned to come
and then 26 dropped out within the preceding week! (Broken limbs,
collecting relatives, colds, work and probably just lost interest!)

We still had a good time and an awful lot of food

What did I miss out on, all that food going to waste!

Alan

"Martin" wrote in message
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On Thu, 1 Mar 2007 09:29:14 +0000, Janet Tweedy
wrote:

In article , Sue
writes

Hardly. It was just bitchy and silly. Obviously anyone hosting a meet on
their own property is at liberty to include or exclude anyone they wish.


Not to mention the fact that if you can't exclude some people from a
meet on your own property then no one would feel happy about holding
them! After all it's not a public Meeting in a Park or Gardens which
would be something completely different.
I didn't know that 'Meet' had a rigid definition! After all (to be
pedantic) an Annual General Meeting excludes all but those on a fully
paid up Membership List.

If people have an objection to a Meeting's venue or Guest List then
perhaps another Meeting could be arranged by someone else to include
those that feel excluded?

or even to exclude those that are at present included?

A completely unneccessary comment.

Alan

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Martin

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On Mar 1, 11:16 pm, Anne Jackson wrote:

That was crude,Anne, to all who don;t speak Gaelic, Anne said Kiss my
A***l
How can I translate that, because I am educated. g

Admit it! You were a Shane MacGowan fan...! ;-)

Who on earth is Shane McGowan????

p.s. you got the spelling wrong.

You reckon? You're an expert on spelling, of course...? G

Yes, of course I am, I went to a Convent, did n't you? G

No, I tried to get in, but for some inexplicable reason they wouldn't open
the door for me!

Alan

"Anne Jackson" wrote in message
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The message from "p.k." contains these words:
Anne Jackson wrote:
The message from "p.k." contains these
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Anne Jackson wrote:

I'll have a fiver on me and June.

What was it you said about blankets, pot, kettle, black?

Oh, but it's Sacha who appears to have an equal dislike of the both
of us.

Perhaps we're not 'pretentious' enough... G

Please, give it a rest. Perhaps you amuse yourself by your rancid
witterings, mabye you think you amuse others, in truth you are
pathetic and VERY boring.

Pogue mo chone!

Alas, from your perspective, I will not descend to your level of abuse.

But thank you for confirming so clearly that you are pathetic and VERY
boring.

Don't bother with another insulting reply, I ain't interested in long
futile
flame wars, especially with someone whose head is so far up their own
they
could not kiss it if they tried.

oops, I did descend to the level I said I wouldn't, I must develop more
will power!

I rather think it's more 'won't' power that you need...now FOAD, malacca!

I don't understand why you are posting this sort of thing, from experience,
I know you are very pleasant in the flesh.

Alan