In article , Sacha
writes

I turned it on for a
friend once and she asked me if it was a seat warmer or if she'd had a
'little accident'. ;-)



She didn't know?
--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

In article , Martin
writes
On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 10:12:01 +0000, Sacha
wrote:

A mild one here last night - just enough to whiten the grass. But the
Dahlias are still going!

Here too and the night before. Cloudless sky in ZH.

Dahlias well and truly done for last night. Frost here quite extensive
but sun is now out and everything is thawing apart from stuff in the
shade. Even the hanging carnations are coming back to life!!

--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

On 16/11/07 11:24, in article , "Janet
Tweedy" wrote:

In article , Sacha
writes

I turned it on for a
friend once and she asked me if it was a seat warmer or if she'd had a
'little accident'. ;-)



She didn't know?

Let's just say that delivered in an Italian accent it was very, very funny.
;-)


--
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 Nov 15, 10:12 am, Sacha wrote:
A mild one here last night - just enough to whiten the grass. But the
Dahlias are still going!

--
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.'

Sacha, it is now minus 9 here in La Chapelle and the temp is still
dropping. There was a fall of snow at Super Besse today, much too
early as the hotels have not opened yet!! Suddenly everything in the
garden had drooped, including me, I am staying in front of a log fire!

Judith

On Nov 15, 6:24 pm, David in Normandy wrote:
In article , Sacha
says...





On 15/11/07 12:10, in article , "Janet
Tweedy" wrote:

In article , Uncle Marvo
writes

Should I feel just a teensy bit guilty aboout environmental issues?

No but I would feel a bit edgy about someone nicking the car!!


Volvo's have the option, probably best left to the Swedes which can
automatically turn your car heater on at a given time so you can return
to it nice and warm

My M reg. Volvo had seat warmers for the front seats. I turned it on for a
friend once and she asked me if it was a seat warmer or if she'd had a
'little accident'. ;-)

I borrowed someone's car once many years ago with seat warmers. He'd had
them turned on first thing in the morning when it was cool, but I
couldn't find out how to turn the damn things off so got well and truly
cooked on a 100 mile drive later in the day in hot Summer sunshine.
--
David in Normandy- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I believe there are heated lavatory seats!!!

Judith

On 16/11/07 17:18, in article
,
"judith.lea" wrote:

On Nov 15, 10:12 am, Sacha wrote:
A mild one here last night - just enough to whiten the grass. But the
Dahlias are still going!

--
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.'

Sacha, it is now minus 9 here in La Chapelle and the temp is still
dropping. There was a fall of snow at Super Besse today, much too
early as the hotels have not opened yet!! Suddenly everything in the
garden had drooped, including me, I am staying in front of a log fire!

Judith

We went to visit a friend on the other side of Dartmoor today. He's an
artist who has a studio right beside a weir at Lopwell and as we enjoy it in
all weathers, we went over the moor. However, the temperature dropped about
4 degrees between here and there (he's fairly near the now-famous
Crapstone!) The colours of the trees were much more intense over there and
because it is, or was, all part of the Maristow estate, it's heavily wooded
so the colours were just fabulous. We saw dozens of pheasants plodding
about and on the mud of the estuary we saw a grey heron, an egret, some
redshanks and numerous gulls and swans, including a black swan. You can see
the Tamar bridge in the distance - it's a gorgeous spot. According to
Robin, this global warming has meant that egrets are now extending their
feeding and breeding areas and there's quite a flock of them in that area.
Driving back to our side of the moor, we saw the trees still have quite a
bit of green on them in places and aren't ready to fall just yet. It's less
than hour's drive but the differences are quite marked. But I was SO cold
that I thought I'd never get warm again. Stupidly, I'd taken only a
fleece-lined gilet to wear over my jersey and I froze to the bone - low
cloud and rain didn't improve matters but when we got home, I cranked the
thermostat up and now feel a bit more human!

--
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 Nov 16, 5:38 pm, Sacha wrote:
On 16/11/07 17:18, in article
,





"judith.lea" wrote:
On Nov 15, 10:12 am, Sacha wrote:
A mild one here last night - just enough to whiten the grass. But the
Dahlias are still going!

--
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.'

Sacha, it is now minus 9 here in La Chapelle and the temp is still
dropping. There was a fall of snow at Super Besse today, much too
early as the hotels have not opened yet!! Suddenly everything in the
garden had drooped, including me, I am staying in front of a log fire!

Judith

We went to visit a friend on the other side of Dartmoor today. He's an
artist who has a studio right beside a weir at Lopwell and as we enjoy it in
all weathers, we went over the moor. However, the temperature dropped about
4 degrees between here and there (he's fairly near the now-famous
Crapstone!) The colours of the trees were much more intense over there and
because it is, or was, all part of the Maristow estate, it's heavily wooded
so the colours were just fabulous. We saw dozens of pheasants plodding
about and on the mud of the estuary we saw a grey heron, an egret, some
redshanks and numerous gulls and swans, including a black swan. You can see
the Tamar bridge in the distance - it's a gorgeous spot. According to
Robin, this global warming has meant that egrets are now extending their
feeding and breeding areas and there's quite a flock of them in that area.
Driving back to our side of the moor, we saw the trees still have quite a
bit of green on them in places and aren't ready to fall just yet. It's less
than hour's drive but the differences are quite marked. But I was SO cold
that I thought I'd never get warm again. Stupidly, I'd taken only a
fleece-lined gilet to wear over my jersey and I froze to the bone - low
cloud and rain didn't improve matters but when we got home, I cranked the
thermostat up and now feel a bit more human!

--
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 -

You need a warm bath and a G&T!

Judith

On 16/11/07 18:36, in article
,
"judith.lea" wrote:

On Nov 16, 5:38 pm, Sacha wrote:
On 16/11/07 17:18, in article
,





"judith.lea" wrote:
On Nov 15, 10:12 am, Sacha wrote:
A mild one here last night - just enough to whiten the grass. But the
Dahlias are still going!

--


Sacha, it is now minus 9 here in La Chapelle and the temp is still
dropping. There was a fall of snow at Super Besse today, much too
early as the hotels have not opened yet!! Suddenly everything in the
garden had drooped, including me, I am staying in front of a log fire!

Judith

We went to visit a friend on the other side of Dartmoor today.
snip
Stupidly, I'd taken only a
fleece-lined gilet to wear over my jersey and I froze to the bone - low
cloud and rain didn't improve matters but when we got home, I cranked the
thermostat up and now feel a bit more human!



- Show quoted text -

You need a warm bath and a G&T!

Judith

Done - except that it was a whisky & soda! ;-)
--
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 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 10:12:01 +0000, Sacha wrote:

A mild one here last night - just enough to whiten the grass. But the
Dahlias are still going!

Where are you all?
East of Newcastle here and no frost yet.
Minimum has been +3
--
Jim S
Tyneside UK
www.jimscott.co.uk

In article , Jim S
writes
On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 10:12:01 +0000, Sacha wrote:

A mild one here last night - just enough to whiten the grass. But the
Dahlias are still going!

Where are you all?
East of Newcastle here and no frost yet.
Minimum has been +3

Amersham is 1 degree at the last look and travelling to Chesham my car
registered 0!!

--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

On Nov 16, 10:16 pm, Martin wrote:
On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:19:03 -0800 (PST), "judith.lea"





wrote:
On Nov 15, 6:24 pm, David in Normandy wrote:
In article , Sacha
says...

On 15/11/07 12:10, in article , "Janet
Tweedy" wrote:

In article , Uncle Marvo
writes

Should I feel just a teensy bit guilty aboout environmental issues?

No but I would feel a bit edgy about someone nicking the car!!


Volvo's have the option, probably best left to the Swedes which can
automatically turn your car heater on at a given time so you can return
to it nice and warm

My M reg. Volvo had seat warmers for the front seats. I turned it on for a
friend once and she asked me if it was a seat warmer or if she'd had a
'little accident'. ;-)

I borrowed someone's car once many years ago with seat warmers. He'd had
them turned on first thing in the morning when it was cool, but I
couldn't find out how to turn the damn things off so got well and truly
cooked on a 100 mile drive later in the day in hot Summer sunshine.
--
David in Normandy- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I believe there are heated lavatory seats!!!

EIIR always gets one when she goes visiting.
--

Martin- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Does that mean I have to sit on it first to warm it for her :-)

Judith

On 16/11/07 22:29, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:23:53 -0800 (PST), "judith.lea"
wrote:

On Nov 16, 10:16 pm, Martin wrote:
On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:19:03 -0800 (PST), "judith.lea"





wrote:
On Nov 15, 6:24 pm, David in Normandy wrote:
In article , Sacha
says...

On 15/11/07 12:10, in article , "Janet
Tweedy" wrote:

In article , Uncle Marvo
writes

Should I feel just a teensy bit guilty aboout environmental issues?

No but I would feel a bit edgy about someone nicking the car!!


Volvo's have the option, probably best left to the Swedes which can
automatically turn your car heater on at a given time so you can return
to it nice and warm

My M reg. Volvo had seat warmers for the front seats. I turned it on for
a
friend once and she asked me if it was a seat warmer or if she'd had a
'little accident'. ;-)

I borrowed someone's car once many years ago with seat warmers. He'd had
them turned on first thing in the morning when it was cool, but I
couldn't find out how to turn the damn things off so got well and truly
cooked on a 100 mile drive later in the day in hot Summer sunshine.
--
David in Normandy- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I believe there are heated lavatory seats!!!

EIIR always gets one when she goes visiting.

Does that mean I have to sit on it first to warm it for her :-)

They installed an electrically heated toilet for her in one place where I
worked
which she officially opened.

How truly ridiculous. She's lived in some of the coldest houses in the
country! ;-)
--
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 Nov 16, 10:29 pm, Martin wrote:
On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:23:53 -0800 (PST), "judith.lea"





wrote:
On Nov 16, 10:16 pm, Martin wrote:
On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:19:03 -0800 (PST), "judith.lea"

wrote:
On Nov 15, 6:24 pm, David in Normandy wrote:
In article , Sacha
says...

On 15/11/07 12:10, in article , "Janet
Tweedy" wrote:

In article , Uncle Marvo
writes

Should I feel just a teensy bit guilty aboout environmental issues?

No but I would feel a bit edgy about someone nicking the car!!


Volvo's have the option, probably best left to the Swedes which can
automatically turn your car heater on at a given time so you can return
to it nice and warm

My M reg. Volvo had seat warmers for the front seats. I turned it on for a
friend once and she asked me if it was a seat warmer or if she'd had a
'little accident'. ;-)

I borrowed someone's car once many years ago with seat warmers. He'd had
them turned on first thing in the morning when it was cool, but I
couldn't find out how to turn the damn things off so got well and truly
cooked on a 100 mile drive later in the day in hot Summer sunshine.
--
David in Normandy- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I believe there are heated lavatory seats!!!

EIIR always gets one when she goes visiting.
Does that mean I have to sit on it first to warm it for her :-)

They installed an electrically heated toilet for her in one place where I worked
which she officially opened.
--

Martin- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

All I can say is that Her Majesty is not as particular as me, I would
never dream of sitting on a public loo!!!

In article ,
"judith.lea" writes:
|
| All I can say is that Her Majesty is not as particular as me, I would
| never dream of sitting on a public loo!!!

You're lucky!


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

On Nov 17, 12:32 pm, (Nick Maclaren) wrote:
In article ,"judith. lea" writes:

|
| All I can say is that Her Majesty is not as particular as me, I would
| never dream of sitting on a public loo!!!

You're lucky!

Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Why? :-)