On 1/9/07 10:25, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

On Sat, 01 Sep 2007 10:15:07 +0100, Sacha
wrote:

On 1/9/07 09:45, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

On Sat, 1 Sep 2007 09:07:39 +0100, "Rupert \(W.Yorkshire\)"
wrote:


"Sacha" wrote in message
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I'm green with envy. I *told* Ray we should have a pony and a donkey for
the grandchildren. ;-)

Is that a fair swop?

I think so. Have grandchild, willing to swap for pony and trap.

I don't believe you. Not for a millisecond.

Of course, the parents would have to agree.

Catch 'em after a bad night and you never know!

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

On 1/9/07 16:54, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

On Sat, 01 Sep 2007 15:03:18 +0100, Sacha
wrote:

On 1/9/07 10:25, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

On Sat, 01 Sep 2007 10:15:07 +0100, Sacha
wrote:

On 1/9/07 09:45, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

On Sat, 1 Sep 2007 09:07:39 +0100, "Rupert \(W.Yorkshire\)"
wrote:


"Sacha" wrote in message
. uk...
snip

I'm green with envy. I *told* Ray we should have a pony and a donkey
for
the grandchildren. ;-)

Is that a fair swop?

I think so. Have grandchild, willing to swap for pony and trap.

I don't believe you. Not for a millisecond.

Of course, the parents would have to agree.

Catch 'em after a bad night and you never know!

They have had bad nights ever since he was born. ATM I guess they'd take the
pony and trap and get down to making another one.

Babies haven't read the books. My youngest grandchild went out like a light
every night once her parents were persuaded to give her a tiny bit of solid
food, rather than just milk. Nobody told *her* she shouldn't have it, so
she loved it. ;-) Of course, then she started teething.......
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

On 1/9/07 17:45, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

On Sat, 01 Sep 2007 16:57:38 +0100, Sacha
wrote:

On 1/9/07 16:54, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

On Sat, 01 Sep 2007 15:03:18 +0100, Sacha
wrote:

On 1/9/07 10:25, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

On Sat, 01 Sep 2007 10:15:07 +0100, Sacha

wrote:

On 1/9/07 09:45, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

On Sat, 1 Sep 2007 09:07:39 +0100, "Rupert \(W.Yorkshire\)"
wrote:


"Sacha" wrote in message
. uk...
snip

I'm green with envy. I *told* Ray we should have a pony and a donkey
for
the grandchildren. ;-)

Is that a fair swop?

I think so. Have grandchild, willing to swap for pony and trap.

I don't believe you. Not for a millisecond.

Of course, the parents would have to agree.

Catch 'em after a bad night and you never know!

They have had bad nights ever since he was born. ATM I guess they'd take the
pony and trap and get down to making another one.

Babies haven't read the books. My youngest grandchild went out like a light
every night once her parents were persuaded to give her a tiny bit of solid
food, rather than just milk.

I knew a Polish woman who chewed sauerkraut and then fed it to her baby. I
don't
know if that is the norm in Poland.

I don't know about Poland specifically but it was the norm to chew food and
give it to babies, long before baby mush was invented in sterile jars!

Nobody told *her* she shouldn't have it, so
she loved it. ;-) Of course, then she started teething.......

They haven't thought of teething yet - luckily :-)

No, this one's a bit precocious on that and making heavy weather of it.


--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

On 1/9/07 21:06, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

On Sat, 01 Sep 2007 18:24:08 +0100, Sacha
wrote:

On 1/9/07 17:45, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

On Sat, 01 Sep 2007 16:57:38 +0100, Sacha
wrote:

On 1/9/07 16:54, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

On Sat, 01 Sep 2007 15:03:18 +0100, Sacha

wrote:

On 1/9/07 10:25, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

On Sat, 01 Sep 2007 10:15:07 +0100, Sacha

wrote:

On 1/9/07 09:45, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

On Sat, 1 Sep 2007 09:07:39 +0100, "Rupert \(W.Yorkshire\)"
wrote:


"Sacha" wrote in message
. uk...
snip

I'm green with envy. I *told* Ray we should have a pony and a
donkey
for
the grandchildren. ;-)

Is that a fair swop?

I think so. Have grandchild, willing to swap for pony and trap.

I don't believe you. Not for a millisecond.

Of course, the parents would have to agree.

Catch 'em after a bad night and you never know!

They have had bad nights ever since he was born. ATM I guess they'd take
the
pony and trap and get down to making another one.

Babies haven't read the books. My youngest grandchild went out like a
light
every night once her parents were persuaded to give her a tiny bit of solid
food, rather than just milk.

I knew a Polish woman who chewed sauerkraut and then fed it to her baby. I
don't
know if that is the norm in Poland.

I don't know about Poland specifically but it was the norm to chew food and
give it to babies, long before baby mush was invented in sterile jars!

but sauerkraut. Can you imagine the wind it causes?

Unhappily, yes! But if it's pre-chewed and thus partially digested, perhaps
it rids the sauerkraut of some of its more explosive properties. They
*must* have worked that out over the years or there would be generations of
agonised babies.
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

On 2/9/07 10:03, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:
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My son has an agonised baby without feeding it sauerkraut. Maybe a pre-chewed
Indian take away is the solution, after all isn't that what Indian babies are
fed?

Dummies work well on colicky babies. I've no idea why but the sucking seems
to relieve them. I suspect Indian babies are fed on 'cooked at home' not
'take away' .;-)

For those who believe you can't grow edible sweet corn in Northern Europe for
the nth year running we have a bumper crop. They are so much better than
supermarket ones.

I didn't realise it was thought you couldn't grow it here. Is it a totally
different strain to that grown for cattle fodder?

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'