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Suttons Seed co. is up for sale for anyone with some spare cash!
http://tinyurl.com/3d6d7v -- 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.' |
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On Oct 25, 1:38 pm, Sacha wrote:
Suttons Seed co. is up for sale for anyone with some spare cash!http://tinyurl.com/3d6d7v -- Sachahttp://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.' Really? I wonder why? Better not let Ray and Matthew see it! Judith |
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On 25 Oct, 13:51, "judith.lea" wrote:
On Oct 25, 1:38 pm, Sacha wrote: Suttons Seed co. is up for sale for anyone with some spare cash!http://tinyurl.com/3d6d7v Will it come in a pictorial packet with instructions? David Hill |
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Dave Hill wrote:
On 25 Oct, 13:51, "judith.lea" wrote: On Oct 25, 1:38 pm, Sacha wrote: Suttons Seed co. is up for sale for anyone with some spare cash!http://tinyurl.com/3d6d7v Will it come in a pictorial packet with instructions? David Hill If the number of emails and snail mail I get from them is anything to go by they are bankrupt! ;-) |
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On 25 Oct, 15:17, Dave Hill wrote:
Suttons Seed co. is up for sale for anyone with some spare cash!http://tinyurl.com/3d6d7v Will it come in a pictorial packet with instructions? :o)) Compare it with it's owner's site, Vilmorin below, and you can quickly see that Sutton has very much kept to its formal post-war ways of doing things, but so many things have changed in the world of gardening since then, they simply are too old. I've never bought from them. It would be a dream of mine to run a little business like that - start from scratch and include lots of new things. I'm sure they'll be ok and hope it's kept in Devon where it's started. http://www.vilmorin-jardin.fr/ |
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On 25 Oct, 15:51, wrote:
On 25 Oct, 15:17, Dave Hill wrote: Suttons Seed co. is up for sale for anyone with some spare cash!http://tinyurl.com/3d6d7v Will it come in a pictorial packet with instructions? :o)) Compare it with it's owner's site, Vilmorin below, and you can quickly see that Sutton has very much kept to its formal post-war ways of doing things, but so many things have changed in the world of gardening since then, they simply are too old. I've never bought from them. It would be a dream of mine to run a little business like that - start from scratch and include lots of new things. I'm sure they'll be ok and hope it's kept in Devon where it's started. http://www.vilmorin-jardin.fr/ Sorry but Suttons seeds started in reading and were there for most of its existence really interesting read have a look at http://www.suttons.co.uk/History.htm David Hill Abacus Nurseries |
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On 25/10/07 15:17, in article
, "Dave Hill" wrote: On 25 Oct, 13:51, "judith.lea" wrote: On Oct 25, 1:38 pm, Sacha wrote: Suttons Seed co. is up for sale for anyone with some spare cash!http://tinyurl.com/3d6d7v Will it come in a pictorial packet with instructions? David Hill Sad, though - end of an era etc. -- 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.' |
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On 25/10/07 13:51, in article
, "judith.lea" wrote: On Oct 25, 1:38 pm, Sacha wrote: Suttons Seed co. is up for sale for anyone with some spare cash!http://tinyurl.com/3d6d7v -- Sachahttp://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.' Really? I wonder why? Better not let Ray and Matthew see it! Judith The very thought.......! -- 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.' |
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On Oct 25, 7:58 pm, Anne Jackson wrote:
The message from contains these words: I'm sure they'll be ok and hope it's kept in Devon where it's started. Except that it started in Reading, which is in Berkshire... Hello AnneJ, you always, but always have facts to your fingertips, does your name begin with Encly...... :-)) Hope everything is o.k. with you and yours tonight. Judith |
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On 26/10/07 04:17, in article , "Anne
Jackson" wrote: The message from Sacha contains these words: "Anne Jackson" wrote: The message from "judith.lea" contains these words: On Oct 25, 7:58 pm, Anne Jackson wrote: The message from contains these words: I'm sure they'll be ok and hope it's kept in Devon where it's started. Except that it started in Reading, which is in Berkshire... Hello AnneJ, you always, but always have facts to your fingertips, does your name begin with Encly...... :-)) Hope everything is o.k. with you and yours tonight. Sorry to post off-topic, everyone, but I just need to let well-wishers know that my grandson still has a fever, and is still on antibiotics... Early days, Anne. He's young and he's resilient. I do feel so deeply for you - one of my children had to have a major op of a different sort and I'd have given anything to have had it for them. Your grandson will get there. I just wish Monday was over and done with. Martyn is a strapping lad, and, heart problem aside, as healthy as they come, but I just worry so! Never a good sleeper at the best of times, I scarcely get a wink of sleep at present. Worrying for our young never does stop. But his overall health otherwise is hugely in his favour - really enormously so. It's a good thing this problem has been detected and is being dealt with under controlled conditions of choice. You know, Judith, it occurred to me at a recent school reunion that so much time was wasted at high school because not one of the teachers managed to awaken in me a love of learning. That didn't come until much, much later... I sometimes wonder what percentage of teachers can actually _teach_ and how many merely regurgitate facts? Ah - gifted teachers. I was lucky in that I had good English and French teachers early on but absolutely terrible maths teachers. To this day I can't do or understand Sudoku - it's another language to me and not one to which I have the key. But because I had good *early* arithmetic teachers, I can add up at the speed of light! My 10 y.o. grand-daughter thinks it incredibly funny that her Nana, who can tell at a glance exactly how many tiles will be needed for any particular wall, cannot for the life of her understand Sudoku... it's just totally defeats me! I keep asking 'What is the _point_' of it! Crosswords, I absolutely love, and find them a worthwhile challenge... Yes, I enjoy crosswords and have started doing them again - rarely completing them I must say! But my attitude to Sudoku is exactly like yours. It's a bit like my attitude to wind-surfing - why bother! -- 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.' |
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In article , Anne Jackson
writes Crosswords, I absolutely love, and find them a worthwhile challenge... I can do Suduko but it's an effort whereas crosswords are always fun. I have a book of gardening crosswords that I adapt to put in the Gardening club newsletter. Kay gave me the book years ago as a present. One answer stumped everyone last year. pom pon dahlias! I had to check the spelling in the end! I always thought it was pom pom :) In the interest of staving off decrepitation of the cerebral kind I have been playing those mind games for the PC. words and logic, no problem but 3d awareness I cannot do easily for love nor money. Same with gardening plans, I really can't imagine in 3d! -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk |
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In article , Martin
writes http://www.forddoctorsdts.com/quizze...alAptitude.php Thank you, I got to answer 6 and got confused with the question. No idea how gears move when attached to others!! I joined the RAC instead :) -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk |
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In article , Martin
writes Some gave up when they realised they had to count the number of teeth on cogs, I almost did. Oh I didn't mind that, I just couldn't understand a cog attached to another cog on it's side. Janet -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk |
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In article , Martin
writes Some RAC men have the same problem :-) How reassuring Martin! -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk |
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"Sacha" wrote in message . uk... Suttons Seed co. is up for sale for anyone with some spare cash! http://tinyurl.com/3d6d7v I think I have a spare fiver! |
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"Anne Jackson" wrote in message ... My 10 y.o. grand-daughter thinks it incredibly funny that her Nana, who can tell at a glance exactly how many tiles will be needed for any particular wall, cannot for the life of her understand Sudoku... it's just totally defeats me! I cannot understand the interest in Sudoku at all, I am addicted to the codewords. I keep asking 'What is the _point_' of it! Crosswords, I absolutely love, and find them a worthwhile challenge... |
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On Sat, 27 Oct 2007 20:33:13 GMT, "Alan Holmes"
wrote: "Sacha" wrote in message .uk... Suttons Seed co. is up for sale for anyone with some spare cash! http://tinyurl.com/3d6d7v I think I have a spare fiver! Buy yourself a lobotomy! |
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In article ,
says... "Anne Jackson" wrote in message ... My 10 y.o. grand-daughter thinks it incredibly funny that her Nana, who can tell at a glance exactly how many tiles will be needed for any particular wall, cannot for the life of her understand Sudoku... it's just totally defeats me! I cannot understand the interest in Sudoku at all, I am addicted to the codewords. I keep asking 'What is the _point_' of it! Crosswords, I absolutely love, and find them a worthwhile challenge... I agree sudoku is pointless, but killer sudoku thats another matter, I have no doubt I would gain several hours each day if I could go cold turkey and stop ( www.killersudokuonline.com ) check out the greater than killer at the bottom! -- Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and Lapageria rosea |
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On 25 Oct, 19:54, Sacha wrote:
On 25/10/07 15:17, in article om, "Dave Hill" wrote: On 25 Oct, 13:51, "judith.lea" wrote: On Oct 25, 1:38 pm, Sacha wrote: Suttons Seed co. is up for sale for anyone with some spare cash!http://tinyurl.com/3d6d7v Will it come in a pictorial packet with instructions? David Hill Sad, though - end of an era etc. -- Sachahttp://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.' Very sad if Suttons comes to an end. If there is land involved then I wouldn't be surprised Wyvale buys it. They seem to be buying up every other brown site around. The propertiesd alone will be worth a fortune as more houses are needed, but what happens to people wanting plants and nice centres? |
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runner bean writes Very sad if Suttons comes to an end. If there is land involved then I wouldn't be surprised Wyvale buys it. They seem to be buying up every other brown site around. The propertiesd alone will be worth a fortune as more houses are needed, but what happens to people wanting plants and nice centres? Wouldn't Tesco under the alias of Dobbies, want to purchase it as well? They are opening new garden centres (mostly take-overs) in the south at least. -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk |
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In article , Alan Holmes
writes "Sacha" wrote in message .uk... Suttons Seed co. is up for sale for anyone with some spare cash! http://tinyurl.com/3d6d7v I think I have a spare fiver! When did they sell out to a French company then? Why on earth did a French company want it anyway, haven't they got enough UK stuff with the water boards? Seems to me you can't expect the same level of commitment to UK base enterprises if you sell out to overseas investors. They only see the balanced books. -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk |
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On 28/10/07 09:54, in article
, "runner bean" wrote: On 25 Oct, 19:54, Sacha wrote: On 25/10/07 15:17, in article om, "Dave Hill" wrote: On 25 Oct, 13:51, "judith.lea" wrote: On Oct 25, 1:38 pm, Sacha wrote: Suttons Seed co. is up for sale for anyone with some spare cash!http://tinyurl.com/3d6d7v Will it come in a pictorial packet with instructions? David Hill Sad, though - end of an era etc. -- Sachahttp://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.' Very sad if Suttons comes to an end. If there is land involved then I wouldn't be surprised Wyvale buys it. They seem to be buying up every other brown site around. The propertiesd alone will be worth a fortune as more houses are needed, but what happens to people wanting plants and nice centres? I wouldn't be surprised if Tesco buy them up. -- 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.' |
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On Oct 28, 9:59 am, Martin wrote:
On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 02:54:55 -0700, runner bean wrote: On 25 Oct, 19:54, Sacha wrote: On 25/10/07 15:17, in article om, "Dave Hill" wrote: On 25 Oct, 13:51, "judith.lea" wrote: On Oct 25, 1:38 pm, Sacha wrote: Suttons Seed co. is up for sale for anyone with some spare cash!http://tinyurl.com/3d6d7v Will it come in a pictorial packet with instructions? David Hill Sad, though - end of an era etc. -- Sachahttp://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.' Very sad if Suttons comes to an end. If there is land involved then I wouldn't be surprised Wyvale buys it. They seem to be buying up every other brown site around. The propertiesd alone will be worth a fortune as more houses are needed, but what happens to people wanting plants and nice centres? Locally garden centres are closing down all the time in Holland. There are none left in the town we live in. The nearest one in the next village is going to focus on garden design and selling garden furniture, and will no longer sell plants. His plants were good, but his garden design isn't. It seems that more and more people want plantless gardens. -- Martin- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I don't know where you live in Holland but I have friends in Amsterdam and Rotterdam and I found great garden centres/nurseries there, although the last time I visited one was a few years ago so maybe things have changed. Judith |
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On Oct 28, 11:21 am, Martin wrote:
On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 11:13:21 -0000, "judith.lea" wrote: On Oct 28, 9:59 am, Martin wrote: On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 02:54:55 -0700, runner bean wrote: On 25 Oct, 19:54, Sacha wrote: On 25/10/07 15:17, in article om, "Dave Hill" wrote: On 25 Oct, 13:51, "judith.lea" wrote: On Oct 25, 1:38 pm, Sacha wrote: Suttons Seed co. is up for sale for anyone with some spare cash!http://tinyurl.com/3d6d7v Will it come in a pictorial packet with instructions? David Hill Sad, though - end of an era etc. -- Sachahttp://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.' Very sad if Suttons comes to an end. If there is land involved then I wouldn't be surprised Wyvale buys it. They seem to be buying up every other brown site around. The propertiesd alone will be worth a fortune as more houses are needed, but what happens to people wanting plants and nice centres? Locally garden centres are closing down all the time in Holland. There are none left in the town we live in. The nearest one in the next village is going to focus on garden design and selling garden furniture, and will no longer sell plants. His plants were good, but his garden design isn't. It seems that more and more people want plantless gardens. I don't know where you live in Holland but I have friends in Amsterdam and Rotterdam and I found great garden centres/nurseries there, although the last time I visited one was a few years ago so maybe things have changed. We live between Amsterdam and the Hague. Things have changed. There are a few garden centres, but nowhere near as many as five years ago. The big ones survive. The small and medium size ones have been closing. Similarly there are derelict greenhouses all over the place. -- Martin- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - That would explain it as it must be at least five years since I was at the Hague. O.T. I know but I loved the Rembrandt Museum at the Hague and that small self portrait in oils where his eyes follow you everywhere, genius. Judith |
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On 28/10/07 11:04, in article , "Janet
Tweedy" wrote: In article , Alan Holmes writes "Sacha" wrote in message . uk... Suttons Seed co. is up for sale for anyone with some spare cash! http://tinyurl.com/3d6d7v I think I have a spare fiver! When did they sell out to a French company then? Why on earth did a French company want it anyway, haven't they got enough UK stuff with the water boards? Seems to me you can't expect the same level of commitment to UK base enterprises if you sell out to overseas investors. They only see the balanced books. I think Vilmorin bought Suttons in 1994. -- 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.' |
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On Oct 28, 11:41 am, Sacha wrote:
On 28/10/07 11:04, in article , "Janet Tweedy" wrote: In article , Alan Holmes writes "Sacha" wrote in message o.uk... Suttons Seed co. is up for sale for anyone with some spare cash! http://tinyurl.com/3d6d7v I think I have a spare fiver! When did they sell out to a French company then? Why on earth did a French company want it anyway, haven't they got enough UK stuff with the water boards? Seems to me you can't expect the same level of commitment to UK base enterprises if you sell out to overseas investors. They only see the balanced books. I think Vilmorin bought Suttons in 1994. -- Sachahttp://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.'- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Isn't that a French company Sacha? Judith |
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On Oct 28, 11:41 am, Sacha wrote:
I think Vilmorin bought Suttons in 1994. You think? Or did you look at the link I've put several posts above? |
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On 28/10/07 11:59, in article
, "judith.lea" wrote: On Oct 28, 11:41 am, Sacha wrote: On 28/10/07 11:04, in article , "Janet Tweedy" wrote: In article , Alan Holmes writes "Sacha" wrote in message . uk... Suttons Seed co. is up for sale for anyone with some spare cash! http://tinyurl.com/3d6d7v I think I have a spare fiver! When did they sell out to a French company then? Why on earth did a French company want it anyway, haven't they got enough UK stuff with the water boards? Seems to me you can't expect the same level of commitment to UK base enterprises if you sell out to overseas investors. They only see the balanced books. I think Vilmorin bought Suttons in 1994. -- Sachahttp://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.'- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Isn't that a French company Sacha? Judith Yes and a very big one, too. http://tinyurl.com/3dmgb8 -- 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.' |
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On Oct 25, 6:58 pm, Anne Jackson wrote:
Except that it started in Reading, which is in Berkshire... It's now in Devon since 1976. |
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On 28/10/07 16:02, in article , "Anne
Jackson" wrote: The message from Sacha contains these words: "runner bean" wrote: On 25 Oct, 19:54, Sacha wrote: "Dave Hill" wrote: On 25 Oct, 13:51, "judith.lea" wrote: On Oct 25, 1:38 pm, Sacha wrote: Suttons Seed co. is up for sale for anyone with some spare cash!http://tinyurl.com/3d6d7v Will it come in a pictorial packet with instructions? Sad, though - end of an era etc. Very sad if Suttons comes to an end. If there is land involved then I wouldn't be surprised Wyvale buys it. They seem to be buying up every other brown site around. The propertiesd alone will be worth a fortune as more houses are needed, but what happens to people wanting plants and nice centres? I wouldn't be surprised if Tesco buy them up. That would complement their acquisition of Dobbie's, certainly... Apparently T&M is up for sale, too. Ray thinks that its present format was the result of a management buy out. Now I just wish that someone like Richard Branson would buy Little Chef and turn them into really good roadside caffs like L'Arche in France! We ate well at those and even got paper tray cloths into the bargain! -- 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.' |
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"Sacha" wrote Ah - gifted teachers. I was lucky in that I had good English and French teachers early on but absolutely terrible maths teachers. To this day I can't do or understand Sudoku - it's another language to me and not one to which I have the key. But because I had good *early* arithmetic teachers, I can add up at the speed of light! Funny, but I hate crosswords especially those that don't give proper clues whereas I love Sudoku, it's so logical. But then I was a slow starter at reading, not interested as a kid, and only got interested when the Maths teacher said "read the next chapter and do the questions at the end" .... panic! :-) -- Regards Bob Hobden 17mls W. of London.UK |
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On 28/10/07 16:35, in article , "Bob
Hobden" wrote: "Sacha" wrote Ah - gifted teachers. I was lucky in that I had good English and French teachers early on but absolutely terrible maths teachers. To this day I can't do or understand Sudoku - it's another language to me and not one to which I have the key. But because I had good *early* arithmetic teachers, I can add up at the speed of light! Funny, but I hate crosswords especially those that don't give proper clues whereas I love Sudoku, it's so logical. But then I was a slow starter at reading, not interested as a kid, and only got interested when the Maths teacher said "read the next chapter and do the questions at the end" .... panic! :-) Just shows how early experiences influence us, I suppose. I do wish I'd ever got a grasp of maths but one of my teachers was so wicked and so cruel that I truly believe it frightened me off the subject for ever. -- 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.' |
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On 28/10/07 16:58, in article , "Anne
Jackson" wrote: The message from Sacha contains these words: I wouldn't be surprised if Tesco buy them up. That would complement their acquisition of Dobbie's, certainly... Apparently T&M is up for sale, too. Ray thinks that its present format was the result of a management buy out. Now I just wish that someone like Richard Branson would buy Little Chef and turn them into really good roadside caffs like L'Arche in France! We ate well at those and even got paper tray cloths into the bargain! I did management training with the Forte organisation, many years ago, with a view to working in one of their Little Chefs... their idea, not mine! I just went looking for a job as a part-time waitress! Didn't get offered a job at the end of it, though - I didn't 'fit in', somehow! ;-) Can't think why? Time for your take over bid, perhaps? ;-) -- 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.' |
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"Sacha" wrote Ah - gifted teachers. I was lucky in that I had good English and French teachers early on but absolutely terrible maths teachers. To this day I can't do or understand Sudoku - it's another language to me and not one to which I have the key. But because I had good *early* arithmetic teachers, I can add up at the speed of light! Sudoku is a puzzle of logic. The symbols can be any 9 distinct symbols - the fact they are numbers doesn't make the puzzle mathemetical any more than one would regard it as verbal if it used the letters A-I instead. Killer sudoku, otoh, does require a certain facility with arithmetic (though not mathematics) alongside logic. -- Kay |
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On 28/10/07 18:17, in article , "K"
wrote: "Sacha" wrote Ah - gifted teachers. I was lucky in that I had good English and French teachers early on but absolutely terrible maths teachers. To this day I can't do or understand Sudoku - it's another language to me and not one to which I have the key. But because I had good *early* arithmetic teachers, I can add up at the speed of light! Sudoku is a puzzle of logic. The symbols can be any 9 distinct symbols - the fact they are numbers doesn't make the puzzle mathemetical any more than one would regard it as verbal if it used the letters A-I instead. Killer sudoku, otoh, does require a certain facility with arithmetic (though not mathematics) alongside logic. For me, Sudoku is a bit like the slide rule. I have lost count of the times people have tried to explain both to me and given it up as hopeless. I will freely admit that I have an instinctive brain rather more than a logical one, so I suppose that doesn't help in the first place! OTOH, I often see the solution to a practical problem involving the use of time and resources three steps ahead of the rest of the family. But I think that's probably training-by-motherhood! I simply don't understand how you get 'into' the whole Sudoku grid, make it work etc. in the first place. But with crosswords, I often get an instinctive leap to the answer and have to work out why it's right afterwards. How *that* happens, I have no way of explaining. You have a scientific brain, I'd say, I certainly don't. -- 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.' |
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In article , Sacha
writes Isn't that a French company Sacha? Judith Yes and a very big one, too. http://tinyurl.com/3dmgb8 Was Sutton's a family concern before then? -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk |
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On 28/10/07 20:08, in article , "Janet
Tweedy" wrote: In article , Sacha writes Isn't that a French company Sacha? Judith Yes and a very big one, too. http://tinyurl.com/3dmgb8 Was Sutton's a family concern before then? Yes, it was founded in Reading in the 1830s by John Sutton as a family firm. -- 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.' |
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On 28/10/07 18:01, in article , "Anne
Jackson" wrote: The message from Sacha contains these words: "Anne Jackson" wrote: The message from Sacha contains these words: I wouldn't be surprised if Tesco buy them up. That would complement their acquisition of Dobbie's, certainly... Apparently T&M is up for sale, too. Ray thinks that its present format was the result of a management buy out. Now I just wish that someone like Richard Branson would buy Little Chef and turn them into really good roadside caffs like L'Arche in France! We ate well at those and even got paper tray cloths into the bargain! I did management training with the Forte organisation, many years ago, with a view to working in one of their Little Chefs... their idea, not mine! I just went looking for a job as a part-time waitress! Didn't get offered a job at the end of it, though - I didn't 'fit in', somehow! ;-) Can't think why? Time for your take over bid, perhaps? ;-) I absolutely refused to follow their guidelines on how long everything should be cooked! *I* left everything until it was _properly_ cooked! As for 'a portion of croutons is FIFTEEN croutons' well, I ignored that too! Everyone got a spoonful - usually more than 15! If they thought that I was going to stand and count out fifteen, every time someone ordered soup, they had another think coming! 'A portion of chips is eight ounces...'!! They were supposed to be weighed, as well! As for the rest of their petty rules...e.g. 'a pancake must be exactly twelve inches in diameter'!! Well, I ask you... do _you_ take a ruler to your pancakes? ;-) (Sorry for posting off-topic!) Okay. You AND Richard Branson! And No, I don't take a ruler to my pancakes - everyone else takes a shovel and fork. I make fabulous Yorkshire puddings and awful pancakes. In fact, you've reminded I've got to work on those. -- 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.' |
Suttons seeds
On 29 Oct, 00:06, Sacha wrote:
On 28/10/07 18:01, in article , "Anne Jackson" wrote: The message from Sacha contains these words: "Anne Jackson" wrote: The message from Sacha contains these words: I wouldn't be surprised if Tesco buy them up. That would complement their acquisition of Dobbie's, certainly... Apparently T&M is up for sale, too. Ray thinks that its present format was the result of a management buy out. Now I just wish that someone like Richard Branson would buy Little Chef and turn them into really good roadside caffs like L'Arche in France! We ate well at those and even got paper tray cloths into the bargain! I did management training with the Forte organisation, many years ago, with a view to working in one of their Little Chefs... their idea, not mine! I just went looking for a job as a part-time waitress! Didn't get offered a job at the end of it, though - I didn't 'fit in', somehow! ;-) Can't think why? Time for your take over bid, perhaps? ;-) I absolutely refused to follow their guidelines on how long everything should be cooked! *I* left everything until it was _properly_ cooked! As for 'a portion of croutons is FIFTEEN croutons' well, I ignored that too! Everyone got a spoonful - usually more than 15! If they thought that I was going to stand and count out fifteen, every time someone ordered soup, they had another think coming! 'A portion of chips is eight ounces...'!! They were supposed to be weighed, as well! As for the rest of their petty rules...e.g. 'a pancake must be exactly twelve inches in diameter'!! Well, I ask you... do _you_ take a ruler to your pancakes? ;-) (Sorry for posting off-topic!) Okay. You AND Richard Branson! And No, I don't take a ruler to my pancakes - everyone else takes a shovel and fork. I make fabulous Yorkshire puddings and awful pancakes. In fact, you've reminded I've got to work on those. -- Sachahttp://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.' With people still asking about the origins of Suttons seeds I'll repost the link to the company history http://www.suttons.co.uk/History.htm If I want a 12 inch pancake I use a 12 inch pan, for a 10 inch then a 10 inch pan and so on. When did common sense die? David Hill |
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