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Someone starts this every year so I'll give it a try this year - what
gardening related gift would you wish for if your wildest dream could come
true?

--
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 C37F4B08.60BAE%
, Sacha says...
Someone starts this every year so I'll give it a try this year - what
gardening related gift would you wish for if your wildest dream could come
true?


If I won the lottery I would love to design one hell of a
landscaped garden. A sort of cross between between a
fantasy park, The Kew gardens "Princes Diana" glasshouse,
an Eden project dome and a set from the film "Raiders of
the lost Ark". There would be lots of flowers and tropical
plants, lots of nooks and crannies with places to sit and
relax plus a few Barbara Hepworth and other contemporary
type sculptures.

I think that's spent a few million?
--
David in Normandy

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In article ,
David in Normandy writes:
| In article C37F4B08.60BAE%
| , Sacha says...
| Someone starts this every year so I'll give it a try this year - what
| gardening related gift would you wish for if your wildest dream could come
| true?
|
| If I won the lottery I would love to design one hell of a
| landscaped garden. A sort of cross between between a
| fantasy park, The Kew gardens "Princes Diana" glasshouse,
| an Eden project dome and a set from the film "Raiders of
| the lost Ark". There would be lots of flowers and tropical
| plants, lots of nooks and crannies with places to sit and
| relax plus a few Barbara Hepworth and other contemporary
| type sculptures.
|
| I think that's spent a few million?

I can relate to that, as our transpondian friends say.

But, if I won the lottery, that would require a miracle. Like many
people of my background, I have never bought a ticket, discourage
everyone from buying me one, and intend to continue in that line ....


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

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Sacha wrote:
Someone starts this every year so I'll give it a try this year - what
gardening related gift would you wish for if your wildest dream could come
true?

Lady Chatterly.

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In message , Nick Maclaren
writes

In article ,
David in Normandy writes:
| In article C37F4B08.60BAE%
| , Sacha says...
| Someone starts this every year so I'll give it a try this year - what
| gardening related gift would you wish for if your wildest dream could come
| true?
|
| If I won the lottery I would love to design one hell of a
| landscaped garden. A sort of cross between between a
| fantasy park, The Kew gardens "Princes Diana" glasshouse,
| an Eden project dome and a set from the film "Raiders of
| the lost Ark". There would be lots of flowers and tropical
| plants, lots of nooks and crannies with places to sit and
| relax plus a few Barbara Hepworth and other contemporary
| type sculptures.
|
| I think that's spent a few million?

I can relate to that, as our transpondian friends say.

I was thinking of a botanical garden, and funds sufficient to provide
operating expenses, but David may have topped me.

But, if I won the lottery, that would require a miracle. Like many
people of my background, I have never bought a ticket, discourage
everyone from buying me one, and intend to continue in that line ....


--
Stewart Robert Hinsley

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"Sacha" wrote
Someone starts this every year so I'll give it a try this year - what
gardening related gift would you wish for if your wildest dream could come
true?

A few weeks dry weather so the ground drys out and I can dig the allotment
would be nice.

--
Regards
Bob Hobden
17mls W. of London.UK

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In article , Nick
Maclaren says...
But, if I won the lottery, that would require a miracle. Like many
people of my background, I have never bought a ticket, discourage
everyone from buying me one, and intend to continue in that line ....


I have no problem parting with 2 euro's a week for a
ticket. The amount of money is neither here nor there. It
provides a modicum of entertainment for the Mrs when she
checks the numbers on a Saturday morning. We win the
occasional small sum. A big win would be nice though :-)
--
David in Normandy

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"Bob Hobden" wrote in message
...

"Sacha" wrote
Someone starts this every year so I'll give it a try this year - what
gardening related gift would you wish for if your wildest dream could
come
true?

A few weeks dry weather so the ground drys out and I can dig the allotment
would be nice.


Wouldn't it just. But on Sacha's theme, something I'd like to do would be to
plant a hedge that flowered from one end to the other through the year. OK,
the depths of winter would be difficult, but the Forsythia will be flowering
in March, and then what? I'd like to be able to look out of the window and
say it must be May(or whatever), the Ceanothus is flowering. Stuff like
that.

What should I plant? Or rather, what should I plan to plant when I win the
lottery and get this garden?

Steve

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In article ,
David in Normandy writes:
|
| But, if I won the lottery, that would require a miracle. Like many
| people of my background, I have never bought a ticket, discourage
| everyone from buying me one, and intend to continue in that line ....
|
| I have no problem parting with 2 euro's a week for a
| ticket. The amount of money is neither here nor there. It
| provides a modicum of entertainment for the Mrs when she
| checks the numbers on a Saturday morning. We win the
| occasional small sum. A big win would be nice though :-)

I object to subsidising a swindle. Honest gambling is one thing;
the National Fleecery is another.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

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On Fri, 07 Dec 2007 20:01:32 +0000, Sam wrote:

Sacha wrote:
Someone starts this every year so I'll give it a try this year - what
gardening related gift would you wish for if your wildest dream could come
true?

Lady Chatterly.

Lady Chatterly Slobber ??

IDTT

DG

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On Fri, 7 Dec 2007 19:10:00 +0000, Sacha wrote
(in article ) :

Someone starts this every year so I'll give it a try this year - what
gardening related gift would you wish for if your wildest dream could come
true?



A full time gardener :-)


--
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Give free rice to hungry people by playing a simple word game

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"Sacha" wrote in message
. uk...
Someone starts this every year so I'll give it a try this year - what
gardening related gift would you wish for if your wildest dream could come
true?


A full time helper for me on my allotment.
Like here.
http://www.beautifulbritain.plus.com...ie_dimmock.htm

Wally



--
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 7/12/07 19:46, in article , "Nick
Maclaren" wrote:


In article ,
David in Normandy writes:
| In article C37F4B08.60BAE%
| , Sacha says...
| Someone starts this every year so I'll give it a try this year - what
| gardening related gift would you wish for if your wildest dream could
come
| true?
|
| If I won the lottery I would love to design one hell of a
| landscaped garden. A sort of cross between between a
| fantasy park, The Kew gardens "Princes Diana" glasshouse,
| an Eden project dome and a set from the film "Raiders of
| the lost Ark". There would be lots of flowers and tropical
| plants, lots of nooks and crannies with places to sit and
| relax plus a few Barbara Hepworth and other contemporary
| type sculptures.
|
| I think that's spent a few million?

I can relate to that, as our transpondian friends say.

But, if I won the lottery, that would require a miracle. Like many
people of my background, I have never bought a ticket, discourage
everyone from buying me one, and intend to continue in that line ....

In your wildest dreams, Nick, not Lotto related ;-) (Bah, humbug!)


--
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 7/12/07 20:43, in article , "shazzbat"
wrote:


"Bob Hobden" wrote in message
...

"Sacha" wrote
Someone starts this every year so I'll give it a try this year - what
gardening related gift would you wish for if your wildest dream could
come
true?

A few weeks dry weather so the ground drys out and I can dig the allotment
would be nice.


Wouldn't it just. But on Sacha's theme, something I'd like to do would be to
plant a hedge that flowered from one end to the other through the year. OK,
the depths of winter would be difficult, but the Forsythia will be flowering
in March, and then what? I'd like to be able to look out of the window and
say it must be May(or whatever), the Ceanothus is flowering. Stuff like
that.

What should I plant? Or rather, what should I plan to plant when I win the
lottery and get this garden?

Steve



Sarcococca for winter flowering?
--
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 7/12/07 21:09, in article , "Nick
Maclaren" wrote:


In article ,
David in Normandy writes:
|
| But, if I won the lottery, that would require a miracle. Like many
| people of my background, I have never bought a ticket, discourage
| everyone from buying me one, and intend to continue in that line ....
|
| I have no problem parting with 2 euro's a week for a
| ticket. The amount of money is neither here nor there. It
| provides a modicum of entertainment for the Mrs when she
| checks the numbers on a Saturday morning. We win the
| occasional small sum. A big win would be nice though :-)

I object to subsidising a swindle. Honest gambling is one thing;
the National Fleecery is another.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.


Nick, will you for heaven's sake let go and just go mad for a minute or six!
I'm getting over a rotten cold, I'm stuffed to the eyeballs with
Paracetathingies and antibiotics and I want to hear some fun stuff. Tchah.
IF someone else won the Lottery and bought you whatever you wished, what
would you wish?!


--
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 Fri, 07 Dec 2007 19:10:00 +0000
Sacha wrote:

Someone starts this every year so I'll give it a try this year - what
gardening related gift would you wish for if your wildest dream could come
true?


A nice healthy 6 ft Acer distylum. And that would live after planting! ;)

There's always a fetish plant. Every time I find one, a new one steps in
to replace it...

-E

--
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You can reply to ecom
by removing the well known companies
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"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
...


But, if I won the lottery, that would require a miracle. Like many
people of my background, I have never bought a ticket, discourage
everyone from buying me one, and intend to continue in that line ....

Same here. I've quite a tidy sum in the bank by doing that :-)

I wonder what your background is though. Mine is a bookmaking family, I've
seen literally a rags to riches transformation made on threepenny and
sixpenny bets (and a lot of hard work). I don't want to be part of that
though.

Mary

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Emery Davis wrote:
On Fri, 07 Dec 2007 19:10:00 +0000
Sacha wrote:

Someone starts this every year so I'll give it a try this year - what
gardening related gift would you wish for if your wildest dream could come
true?


A nice healthy 6 ft Acer distylum. And that would live after planting! ;)

There's always a fetish plant. Every time I find one, a new one steps in
to replace it...

-E

Please Miss can I have two pressies? A self pruning hedge and a superb
sculpture, a Rodin or a smaller copy of the St Pancras "The Meeting
Place". If I can only have one then the latter please. Something that
has always puzzled me is this Genie Three Wishes scenario, my third wish
would always be for another three wishes.
Regards Greedy Guts.

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On Fri, 07 Dec 2007 19:10:00 +0000, Sacha
wrote:

Someone starts this every year so I'll give it a try this year - what
gardening related gift would you wish for if your wildest dream could come
true?

The bit of land behind my house gifted to me with a ribbon on it.
And the money to sort it's fencing out. Then it'd be heaven.
--
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Ah fetch it yourself if you can't wait for delivery
http://www.freedeliveryuk.co.uk
Or get it delivered for free

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"Mogga" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 07 Dec 2007 19:10:00 +0000, Sacha
wrote:

Someone starts this every year so I'll give it a try this year - what
gardening related gift would you wish for if your wildest dream could come
true?

The bit of land behind my house gifted to me with a ribbon on it.
And the money to sort it's fencing out. Then it'd be heaven.
--

Do you know the owner? If not, could you 'claim' it?

A previous owner of one of my houses 'claimed' the land behind it. 2 owners
later, me, obtained planning permission and sold it to a builder. 2 blocks
of flats on it now.

A previous owner of my Sister's house 'claimed' the strip of land alongside
the house and it just made the area an Acre. The house was called
'Stealacre' :-))

Mike


--
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www.rneba.org.uk. The Royal Naval Electrical Branch Association.
'THE' Association to find your ex-Greenie mess mates.
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In article ,
"Mary Fisher" writes:
|
| But, if I won the lottery, that would require a miracle. Like many
| people of my background, I have never bought a ticket, discourage
| everyone from buying me one, and intend to continue in that line ....
|
| Same here. I've quite a tidy sum in the bank by doing that :-)
|
| I wonder what your background is though. Mine is a bookmaking family, I've
| seen literally a rags to riches transformation made on threepenny and
| sixpenny bets (and a lot of hard work). I don't want to be part of that
| though.

By training, I am a statistician :-)


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

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Someone starts this every year so I'll give it a try this year - what
gardening related gift would you wish for if your wildest dream could
come
true?


Like a previous poster .... I'd like someone to subscribe to a lovely, hunky
bloke whom I could sit and watch (gin and tonic in hand) cutting back all my
shrubs and bushes a couple of times a year and taking it all away!

I bought a new-ish end-terraced house, which was the showhouse and has no
lawn, but lots of paving/gravel and shrubs. "Great", I thought, "I don't
need a b***y lawn-mower!". But, five years on, I've found it's really as
much work (and debris) as grass!!

Barb UK

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In message , Sacha
writes
Someone starts this every year so I'll give it a try this year - what
gardening related gift would you wish for if your wildest dream could come
true?

Access to a garden for every child in the country.

....and for me, just a little extra space to grow more - thanks. :)

--
Si

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Broadback writes

Please Miss can I have two pressies? A self pruning hedge and a superb
sculpture, a Rodin or a smaller copy of the St Pancras "The Meeting
Place". If I can only have one then the latter please. Something that
has always puzzled me is this Genie Three Wishes scenario, my third
wish would always be for another three wishes.


An 8ft Yorkshire stone wall around the entire back garden. And the
Church to sort out their drainage on their car park so we don't get 6
inches of water over the last section of the garden every time it rains
heavily.

And if I can't have that, please just give me a bigger garden :-)
--
Kay

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In article ,
Sacha writes:
|
| Nick, will you for heaven's sake let go and just go mad for a minute or six!
| I'm getting over a rotten cold, I'm stuffed to the eyeballs with
| Paracetathingies and antibiotics and I want to hear some fun stuff. Tchah.
| IF someone else won the Lottery and bought you whatever you wished, what
| would you wish?!

Well, I did - by echoing David in Normandy :-)

But, to go REALLY over the top, I would like to be able to look
out of my windows and see lynx controlling the deer, rabbits and
other vermin (down, Mike).

Or, to post something that got me flamed some years ago (and please
read this CAREFULLY before doing the same!), I look forward to the
day when more children are killed in Cambridgeshire by wolves than
by motor vehicles.

In my dreams ....


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

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On Dec 7, 7:46 pm, (Nick Maclaren) wrote:
In article ,
David in Normandy writes:
| In article C37F4B08.60BAE%
| , Sacha says...
| Someone starts this every year so I'll give it a try this year - what
| gardening related gift would you wish for if your wildest dream could come
| true?
|
| If I won the lottery I would love to design one hell of a
| landscaped garden. A sort of cross between between a
| fantasy park, The Kew gardens "Princes Diana" glasshouse,
| an Eden project dome and a set from the film "Raiders of
| the lost Ark". There would be lots of flowers and tropical
| plants, lots of nooks and crannies with places to sit and
| relax plus a few Barbara Hepworth and other contemporary
| type sculptures.
|
| I think that's spent a few million?

I can relate to that, as our transpondian friends say.

But, if I won the lottery, that would require a miracle. Like many
people of my background, I have never bought a ticket, discourage
everyone from buying me one, and intend to continue in that line ....


If you do not buy a ticket, that means that your chances of winning
the big prize are *roughly* the same as if you do i.e. *aproximately*
zero.

Des "speaking of priors rather than my posteriors" Higgins


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

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"Des Higgins" wrote in message
...
On Dec 7, 7:46 pm, (Nick Maclaren) wrote:
In article ,
David in Normandy writes:
| In article C37F4B08.60BAE%
| , Sacha says...
| Someone starts this every year so I'll give it a try this year -
what
| gardening related gift would you wish for if your wildest dream
could come
| true?
|
| If I won the lottery I would love to design one hell of a
| landscaped garden. A sort of cross between between a
| fantasy park, The Kew gardens "Princes Diana" glasshouse,
| an Eden project dome and a set from the film "Raiders of
| the lost Ark". There would be lots of flowers and tropical
| plants, lots of nooks and crannies with places to sit and
| relax plus a few Barbara Hepworth and other contemporary
| type sculptures.
|
| I think that's spent a few million?

I can relate to that, as our transpondian friends say.

But, if I won the lottery, that would require a miracle. Like many
people of my background, I have never bought a ticket, discourage
everyone from buying me one, and intend to continue in that line ....


If you do not buy a ticket, that means that your chances of winning
the big prize are *roughly* the same as if you do i.e. *aproximately*
zero.


Sorry you are wrong with your assumptions there.

If you are silly enough NOT to buy a ticket. You will NOT win.

If you are wise enough to buy a ticket, your chances are 14 Million to 1
that you will WILL win, BUT, there is a chance.

Kindest regards

Mike


--
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www.rneba.org.uk. The Royal Naval Electrical Branch Association.
'THE' Association to find your ex-Greenie mess mates.
www.iowtours.com for all ex-Service Reunions. More being added regularly
"Navy Days" Portsmouth 25th - 27th July 2008. RN Shipmates will be there.

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"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
...



Or, to post something that got me flamed some years ago (and please
read this CAREFULLY before doing the same!), I look forward to the
day when more children are killed in Cambridgeshire by wolves than
by motor vehicles.

That would be REALLY good.

Mary

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Hi..

Sacha wrote:

what gardening related gift would you wish for if your wildest
dream could come true?

Hm.., some fresh escargots fried in herb butter, served with French bred and
a glass of dry red wine..! :-)

--
cu
Marco

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On 8/12/07 20:22, in article , "Marco
Schwarz" wrote:

Hi..

Sacha wrote:

what gardening related gift would you wish for if your wildest
dream could come true?

Hm.., some fresh escargots fried in herb butter, served with French bred and
a glass of dry red wine..! :-)

Ah but are the same sort of escargots? And think of all that lettuce you
have to waste on them first. ;-)
--
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 Sat, 8 Dec 2007 16:43:01 -0000, "'Mike'" wrote:

If you are wise enough to buy a ticket, your chances are 14 Million to 1
that you will WILL win, BUT, there is a chance.



Wrong. The chances are 14 million to 1 that you will NOT win.

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On Sat, 08 Dec 2007 22:47:15 +0000, wrote:

On Sat, 8 Dec 2007 16:43:01 -0000, "'Mike'" wrote:

If you are wise enough to buy a ticket, your chances are 14 Million to 1
that you will WILL win, BUT, there is a chance.



Wrong. The chances are 14 million to 1 that you will NOT win.

Why bother to correct him? We take it for granted that his advice is
invariably wrong on any subject.

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"Marco Schwarz" wrote in message
...
Hi..

Sacha wrote:

what gardening related gift would you wish for if your wildest
dream could come true?

Hm.., some fresh escargots fried in herb butter, served with French bred
and
a glass of dry red wine..! :-)

--
cu
Marco

Right now... just the glass of dry red wine would suit me!!!

Barb UK

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On 8/12/07 14:19, in article , "Nick
Maclaren" wrote:


In article ,
Sacha writes:
|
| Nick, will you for heaven's sake let go and just go mad for a minute or
six!
| I'm getting over a rotten cold, I'm stuffed to the eyeballs with
| Paracetathingies and antibiotics and I want to hear some fun stuff. Tchah.
| IF someone else won the Lottery and bought you whatever you wished, what
| would you wish?!

Well, I did - by echoing David in Normandy :-)

;-) Okay, I suppose you're allowed that one!

But, to go REALLY over the top, I would like to be able to look
out of my windows and see lynx controlling the deer, rabbits and
other vermin (down, Mike).

On that subject - kind of - we were talking to a wildlife artist friend a
few weeks ago and he told us that even before the well-publicised 'release'
of wild boar into the Devonshire countryside, he'd known of several small
groups (herds, flocks??) for many years. He's a London man who started his
Devon career as a river warden so he's been close to what goes on on
Dartmoor and its surrounding area for thirty years to my certain knowledge.
He also believes quite certainly - as do many of his acquaintances who have
seen it - that the famous Black Cat is indeed around and about. It only
takes one person to buy an inappropriate pet and release it into the
wild......!

Or, to post something that got me flamed some years ago (and please
read this CAREFULLY before doing the same!), I look forward to the
day when more children are killed in Cambridgeshire by wolves than
by motor vehicles.

In my dreams ....


The latter wish could be repeated all over the country. ;-(
In fact, ISTR on reading one of Nicholas Evans books (he's now a 'local',
BTW, though I've never met him) that there is no real evidence of wolves
actually killing anyone in very many years, anywhere. I'm assuming this
must be affected to some extent by what other food sources they have,
wherever they are.
--
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 9/12/07 17:04, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

On Sun, 09 Dec 2007 16:57:38 +0000, Sacha
wrote:

On 8/12/07 14:19, in article , "Nick
Maclaren" wrote:


In article ,
Sacha writes:
|
| Nick, will you for heaven's sake let go and just go mad for a minute or
six!
| I'm getting over a rotten cold, I'm stuffed to the eyeballs with
| Paracetathingies and antibiotics and I want to hear some fun stuff.
Tchah.
| IF someone else won the Lottery and bought you whatever you wished, what
| would you wish?!

Well, I did - by echoing David in Normandy :-)

;-) Okay, I suppose you're allowed that one!

But, to go REALLY over the top, I would like to be able to look
out of my windows and see lynx controlling the deer, rabbits and
other vermin (down, Mike).

On that subject - kind of - we were talking to a wildlife artist friend a
few weeks ago and he told us that even before the well-publicised 'release'
of wild boar into the Devonshire countryside, he'd known of several small
groups (herds,
SOM lonely swineherd, so herd.

I rather like the idea of a 'belligerence of boars', myself - bit like a
murder of crows and a parliament of rooks. ;-)

flocks??) for many years. He's a London man who started his
Devon career as a river warden so he's been close to what goes on on
Dartmoor and its surrounding area for thirty years to my certain knowledge.
He also believes quite certainly - as do many of his acquaintances who have
seen it - that the famous Black Cat is indeed around and about.

The famous Whitby Black Cat turned out to be a black Labrador.

Oh yes, it still could be and in fact, that happened here quite recently,
too. But I think what he and his friends are talking about is a bit too big
for that - and yes, I know Labs can be big, though modern ones rarely are -
and the paw marks are - apparently- wrong.
--
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 message , Sacha
writes
On 9/12/07 17:04, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

On Sun, 09 Dec 2007 16:57:38 +0000, Sacha
wrote:

On 8/12/07 14:19, in article , "Nick
Maclaren" wrote:


In article ,
Sacha writes:
|
| Nick, will you for heaven's sake let go and just go mad for a minute or
six!
| I'm getting over a rotten cold, I'm stuffed to the eyeballs with
| Paracetathingies and antibiotics and I want to hear some fun stuff.
Tchah.
| IF someone else won the Lottery and bought you whatever you wished, what
| would you wish?!

Well, I did - by echoing David in Normandy :-)

;-) Okay, I suppose you're allowed that one!

But, to go REALLY over the top, I would like to be able to look
out of my windows and see lynx controlling the deer, rabbits and
other vermin (down, Mike).

On that subject - kind of - we were talking to a wildlife artist friend a
few weeks ago and he told us that even before the well-publicised 'release'
of wild boar into the Devonshire countryside, he'd known of several small
groups (herds,
SOM lonely swineherd, so herd.

I rather like the idea of a 'belligerence of boars', myself - bit like a
murder of crows and a parliament of rooks. ;-)

flocks??) for many years. He's a London man who started his
Devon career as a river warden so he's been close to what goes on on
Dartmoor and its surrounding area for thirty years to my certain knowledge.
He also believes quite certainly - as do many of his acquaintances who have
seen it - that the famous Black Cat is indeed around and about.

The famous Whitby Black Cat turned out to be a black Labrador.

Oh yes, it still could be and in fact, that happened here quite recently,
too. But I think what he and his friends are talking about is a bit too big
for that - and yes, I know Labs can be big, though modern ones rarely are -
and the paw marks are - apparently- wrong.

As far as I can tell, two things are true.

1) There are some larger cats (not necessarily pumas or "big cats")
living wild in the UK. (A puma was live-trapped in Glen Cannich some
years back, and if I recall correctly there have been some road-kills,
and some stock killings with cat bites.)

2) Most sightings are not genuine. (I didn't find the classic film of
the Beast of Bodmin convincing; either the hedge was huge, or the cat
wasn't large.)
--
Stewart Robert Hinsley

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In article ,
Sacha writes:
|
| I rather like the idea of a 'belligerence of boars', myself - bit like a
| murder of crows and a parliament of rooks. ;-)

The last could only be an improvement ....


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

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On 9/12/07 18:39, in article , "Nick
Maclaren" wrote:


In article ,
Sacha writes:
|
| I rather like the idea of a 'belligerence of boars', myself - bit like a
| murder of crows and a parliament of rooks. ;-)

The last could only be an improvement ....


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Judging by the squabbling, the mess, the dropped pieces of stick which don't
get picked up etc. I think I know what each is modelled on!
--
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 9/12/07 17:58, in article , "Stewart Robert
Hinsley" wrote:

In message , Sacha
writes
On 9/12/07 17:04, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

On Sun, 09 Dec 2007 16:57:38 +0000, Sacha
wrote:

On 8/12/07 14:19, in article , "Nick
Maclaren" wrote:


In article ,
Sacha writes:
|
| Nick, will you for heaven's sake let go and just go mad for a minute or
six!
| I'm getting over a rotten cold, I'm stuffed to the eyeballs with
| Paracetathingies and antibiotics and I want to hear some fun stuff.
Tchah.
| IF someone else won the Lottery and bought you whatever you wished,
what
| would you wish?!

Well, I did - by echoing David in Normandy :-)

;-) Okay, I suppose you're allowed that one!

But, to go REALLY over the top, I would like to be able to look
out of my windows and see lynx controlling the deer, rabbits and
other vermin (down, Mike).

On that subject - kind of - we were talking to a wildlife artist friend a
few weeks ago and he told us that even before the well-publicised 'release'
of wild boar into the Devonshire countryside, he'd known of several small
groups (herds,
SOM lonely swineherd, so herd.

I rather like the idea of a 'belligerence of boars', myself - bit like a
murder of crows and a parliament of rooks. ;-)

flocks??) for many years. He's a London man who started his
Devon career as a river warden so he's been close to what goes on on
Dartmoor and its surrounding area for thirty years to my certain knowledge.
He also believes quite certainly - as do many of his acquaintances who have
seen it - that the famous Black Cat is indeed around and about.

The famous Whitby Black Cat turned out to be a black Labrador.

Oh yes, it still could be and in fact, that happened here quite recently,
too. But I think what he and his friends are talking about is a bit too big
for that - and yes, I know Labs can be big, though modern ones rarely are -
and the paw marks are - apparently- wrong.

As far as I can tell, two things are true.

1) There are some larger cats (not necessarily pumas or "big cats")
living wild in the UK. (A puma was live-trapped in Glen Cannich some
years back, and if I recall correctly there have been some road-kills,
and some stock killings with cat bites.)

Yes, I have no problem believing there are such creatures around.

2) Most sightings are not genuine. (I didn't find the classic film of
the Beast of Bodmin convincing; either the hedge was huge, or the cat
wasn't large.)

I think a lot of people would like to be the ones who spot something
extraordinary and imagination does the rest.

--
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.'