The good side of being in the front garden - the couple who came past
and talked about our frogs, and who had bought a euphorbia as a result
of seeing mine

and the bad ... finding someone has stolen the bird feeder.
Irrationally, I would not have expected someone who liked feeding the
birds to be the same sort of person who would steal out of someone's
garden.
--
Kay

On 10 Feb, 17:32, K wrote:
The good side of being in the front garden - the couple who came past
and talked about our frogs, and who had bought a euphorbia as a result
of seeing mine

and the bad ... finding someone has stolen the bird feeder.
Irrationally, I would not have expected someone who liked feeding the
birds to be the same sort of person who would steal out of someone's
garden.
--
Kay

I doubt it was a bird lover, more likley to be someone who saw
something that would sell easily at a car boot sale or on Ebay.
David Hill
Abacus Nurseries

Dave Hill writes
On 10 Feb, 17:32, K wrote:
The good side of being in the front garden - the couple who came past
and talked about our frogs, and who had bought a euphorbia as a result
of seeing mine

and the bad ... finding someone has stolen the bird feeder.
Irrationally, I would not have expected someone who liked feeding the
birds to be the same sort of person who would steal out of someone's
garden.
--

I doubt it was a bird lover, more likley to be someone who saw
something that would sell easily at a car boot sale or on Ebay.

Hardly! It cost me about £2 (special offer), and it'd need to be cleaned
before you could sell it. So no good for car boot, and hardly worth it
for ebay.
--
Kay

On Sun, 10 Feb 2008 20:11:07 +0000, K wrote
(in article ):

Dave Hill writes
On 10 Feb, 17:32, K wrote:
The good side of being in the front garden - the couple who came past
and talked about our frogs, and who had bought a euphorbia as a result
of seeing mine

and the bad ... finding someone has stolen the bird feeder.
Irrationally, I would not have expected someone who liked feeding the
birds to be the same sort of person who would steal out of someone's
garden.
--

I doubt it was a bird lover, more likley to be someone who saw
something that would sell easily at a car boot sale or on Ebay.

Hardly! It cost me about £2 (special offer), and it'd need to be cleaned
before you could sell it. So no good for car boot, and hardly worth it
for ebay.


Are you sure it hasn't been pinched by a squirrel? We have had that
happening and eventually found the (empty!) feeder some way off. I think
they take them off to a specialist safe breaker.


--
Sally in Shropshire, UK
http://www.freerice.com/index.php
Give free rice to hungry people by playing a simple word game

On 10/2/08 21:59, in article
, "Sally Thompson"
wrote:

On Sun, 10 Feb 2008 20:11:07 +0000, K wrote
(in article ):

Dave Hill writes
On 10 Feb, 17:32, K wrote:
The good side of being in the front garden - the couple who came past
and talked about our frogs, and who had bought a euphorbia as a result
of seeing mine

and the bad ... finding someone has stolen the bird feeder.
Irrationally, I would not have expected someone who liked feeding the
birds to be the same sort of person who would steal out of someone's
garden.
--

I doubt it was a bird lover, more likley to be someone who saw
something that would sell easily at a car boot sale or on Ebay.

Hardly! It cost me about £2 (special offer), and it'd need to be cleaned
before you could sell it. So no good for car boot, and hardly worth it
for ebay.


Are you sure it hasn't been pinched by a squirrel? We have had that
happening and eventually found the (empty!) feeder some way off. I think
they take them off to a specialist safe breaker.


Cyril the Squirrel?
--
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 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 17:32:51 +0000, K wrote:

and the bad ... finding someone has stolen the bird feeder.
Irrationally, I would not have expected someone who liked feeding the
birds to be the same sort of person who would steal out of someone's
garden.

Shame on them, Kay.
It may be they don't like feeding birds but they do like selling
things at car-boot sales. A friend had some things stolen from her
garden, including an almost new, expensive staddle stone, and the
police said that's where they would probably end up.

Pam in Bristol

On 10/2/08 22:56, in article ,
"Pam Moore" wrote:

On Sun, 10 Feb 2008 17:32:51 +0000, K wrote:

and the bad ... finding someone has stolen the bird feeder.
Irrationally, I would not have expected someone who liked feeding the
birds to be the same sort of person who would steal out of someone's
garden.

Shame on them, Kay.
It may be they don't like feeding birds but they do like selling
things at car-boot sales. A friend had some things stolen from her
garden, including an almost new, expensive staddle stone, and the
police said that's where they would probably end up.

Pam in Bristol

It may have been done out of sheer nastiness, unfortunately.
--
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.'

"Pam Moore" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 10 Feb 2008 17:32:51 +0000, K wrote:

and the bad ... finding someone has stolen the bird feeder.
Irrationally, I would not have expected someone who liked feeding the
birds to be the same sort of person who would steal out of someone's
garden.

Shame on them, Kay.
It may be they don't like feeding birds but they do like selling
things at car-boot sales. A friend had some things stolen from her
garden, including an almost new, expensive staddle stone, and the
police said that's where they would probably end up.

Pam in Bristol

The Police weren't very well informed on the 'latest' theft of 'hot objects'
then. There is a black market trade in Architectural Antiques such as this.
As my Daughter and Son in Law know to their cost from when the had the Manor
House as an Hotel.

Mike


--
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
After a lot of trouble www.nsrafa.org is now up and running for the National
Service RAF man

"K" wrote in message
...
The good side of being in the front garden - the couple who came past and
talked about our frogs, and who had bought a euphorbia as a result of
seeing mine

and the bad ... finding someone has stolen the bird feeder. Irrationally,
I would not have expected someone who liked feeding the birds to be the
same sort of person who would steal out of someone's garden.
Kay

maybe it was children or hooligans ?
Jenny

"Sally Thompson" wrote in message
al.net...
On Sun, 10 Feb 2008 20:11:07 +0000, K wrote
(in article ):

Dave Hill writes
On 10 Feb, 17:32, K wrote:
The good side of being in the front garden - the couple who came past
and talked about our frogs, and who had bought a euphorbia as a result
of seeing mine

and the bad ... finding someone has stolen the bird feeder.
Irrationally, I would not have expected someone who liked feeding the
birds to be the same sort of person who would steal out of someone's
garden.
--

I doubt it was a bird lover, more likley to be someone who saw
something that would sell easily at a car boot sale or on Ebay.

Hardly! It cost me about £2 (special offer), and it'd need to be cleaned
before you could sell it. So no good for car boot, and hardly worth it
for ebay.


Are you sure it hasn't been pinched by a squirrel? We have had that
happening and eventually found the (empty!) feeder some way off. I think
they take them off to a specialist safe breaker.
Sally in Shropshire, UK

Or even a Magpie or Jay ?
They fly of with fat balls..................
Jenny

"'Mike'" wrote in message
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"Pam Moore" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 10 Feb 2008 17:32:51 +0000, K wrote:

and the bad ... finding someone has stolen the bird feeder.
Irrationally, I would not have expected someone who liked feeding the
birds to be the same sort of person who would steal out of someone's
garden.

Shame on them, Kay.
It may be they don't like feeding birds but they do like selling
things at car-boot sales. A friend had some things stolen from her
garden, including an almost new, expensive staddle stone, and the
police said that's where they would probably end up.

Pam in Bristol

The Police weren't very well informed on the 'latest' theft of 'hot
objects' then. There is a black market trade in Architectural Antiques
such as this. As my Daughter and Son in Law know to their cost from when
the had the Manor House as an Hotel.

Mike

What, the "Manor House" pub in Lake Mike?? Always thought that looked rather
run down with not a lot worth nicking.

Kind regards
Dave

On Sun, 10 Feb 2008 21:59:52 +0000, Sally Thompson wrote:

On Sun, 10 Feb 2008 20:11:07 +0000, K wrote
(in article ):

[19 quoted lines suppressed]

Are you sure it hasn't been pinched by a squirrel? We have had that
happening and eventually found the (empty!) feeder some way off. I think
they take them off to a specialist safe breaker.

Very true, only took tham a day at my place from working out how to
disconnect it, to moving to the full blown theft solution. Never seen it
since.

Steve