Mary Fisher wrote:
"Gordon H" wrote in message
...
Hello folks, I am Gordon, age 74, widowed 13 years, living on the
outskirts of Manchester.
Three grown children, son in Australia, daughter in California, elder
daughter a few miles away from here.
Three grandchildren spread around the world. ;-)


...

mostly it has been planned as low-maintenance as I have grown older, with
shrubs and perennials as I have become ancient.

74 isn't ancient!
.
I have forgotten most of what I once knew!

No, it's all still in there. Your memory is perfect, like mine.

The retrieval system might be corrupted though :-(

Mary
in Leeds


How true, how true Mary in Leeds, I try to recall something from my
memory and it recedes, then later, when I am not trying to pursue it, up
it pops!

Broadback wrote:
Mary Fisher wrote:
"Gordon H" wrote in message
...
Hello folks, I am Gordon, age 74, widowed 13 years, living on the
outskirts of Manchester.
Three grown children, son in Australia, daughter in California, elder
daughter a few miles away from here.
Three grandchildren spread around the world. ;-)


...

mostly it has been planned as low-maintenance as I have grown older,
with shrubs and perennials as I have become ancient.

74 isn't ancient!
.
I have forgotten most of what I once knew!

No, it's all still in there. Your memory is perfect, like mine.

The retrieval system might be corrupted though :-(

Mary
in Leeds

How true, how true Mary in Leeds, I try to recall something from my
memory and it recedes, then later, when I am not trying to pursue it, up
it pops!

Isn't it amazing, Usually in the middle of the night, that elusive
author or actor or flower name, Latin name of course. wakes you up.
only to go again, just when you want to say it. Tip of the tongue stuff.
I see this is fast becoming off topic, sorry!

Bobbie.

"Bobbie" wrote in message
...
Broadback wrote:
Mary Fisher wrote:
"Gordon H" wrote in message
...
Hello folks, I am Gordon, age 74, widowed 13 years, living on the
outskirts of Manchester.
Three grown children, son in Australia, daughter in California, elder
daughter a few miles away from here.
Three grandchildren spread around the world. ;-)


...

mostly it has been planned as low-maintenance as I have grown older,
with shrubs and perennials as I have become ancient.

74 isn't ancient!
.
I have forgotten most of what I once knew!

No, it's all still in there. Your memory is perfect, like mine.

The retrieval system might be corrupted though :-(

Mary
in Leeds

How true, how true Mary in Leeds, I try to recall something from my
memory and it recedes, then later, when I am not trying to pursue it, up
it pops!

Isn't it amazing, Usually in the middle of the night, that elusive author
or actor or flower name, Latin name of course. wakes you up.
only to go again, just when you want to say it. Tip of the tongue stuff.
I see this is fast becoming off topic, sorry!

No, you NEED the Linnaean name if you're a gardener. Absolutely on-topic.

I keep a paper and pen on the bedside cabinet. Trouble is, I usually
remember those vital things when I'm sitting, erm, somewhere else.

At the moment I'm trying to prepare for our cruise, we've never done
anything like it before and have to make a packing list. I'm very efficient,
the list is on the pc.

Which isn't in the smallest room and which is switched off during the night.

Some new technology is needed - thought transference to electronic
recording. In the next two weeks, please.

Mary

Bobbie.

Mary Fisher wrote:
"Bobbie" wrote in message
...
Broadback wrote:
Mary Fisher wrote:
"Gordon H" wrote in message
...
Hello folks, I am Gordon, age 74, widowed 13 years, living on the
outskirts of Manchester.
Three grown children, son in Australia, daughter in California, elder
daughter a few miles away from here.
Three grandchildren spread around the world. ;-)

...

mostly it has been planned as low-maintenance as I have grown older,
with shrubs and perennials as I have become ancient.
74 isn't ancient!
.
I have forgotten most of what I once knew!
No, it's all still in there. Your memory is perfect, like mine.

The retrieval system might be corrupted though :-(

Mary
in Leeds

How true, how true Mary in Leeds, I try to recall something from my
memory and it recedes, then later, when I am not trying to pursue it, up
it pops!
Isn't it amazing, Usually in the middle of the night, that elusive author
or actor or flower name, Latin name of course. wakes you up.
only to go again, just when you want to say it. Tip of the tongue stuff.
I see this is fast becoming off topic, sorry!

No, you NEED the Linnaean name if you're a gardener. Absolutely on-topic.

I keep a paper and pen on the bedside cabinet. Trouble is, I usually
remember those vital things when I'm sitting, erm, somewhere else.

At the moment I'm trying to prepare for our cruise, we've never done
anything like it before and have to make a packing list. I'm very efficient,
the list is on the pc.

Which isn't in the smallest room and which is switched off during the night.

Some new technology is needed - thought transference to electronic
recording. In the next two weeks, please.

Mary
Bobbie.


Ashamed to admit, I had to look that one up: Linnaean?
"A taxonomic category of related organisms ranking below a subclass and
above an order".
Actually I was none the wiser but further reading, convinced me I was
vastly out of touch:
"Current systems of classifying forms of life descend from the thought
presented by the Greek philosopher Aristotle"
LOL.
Could we stick to common-or-garden names please.g

Bobbie

"Bobbie" wrote in message
...
Mary Fisher wrote:
"Bobbie" wrote in message
...
Broadback wrote:
Mary Fisher wrote:
"Gordon H" wrote in message
...
Hello folks, I am Gordon, age 74, widowed 13 years, living on the
outskirts of Manchester.
Three grown children, son in Australia, daughter in California, elder
daughter a few miles away from here.
Three grandchildren spread around the world. ;-)

...

mostly it has been planned as low-maintenance as I have grown older,
with shrubs and perennials as I have become ancient.
74 isn't ancient!
.
I have forgotten most of what I once knew!
No, it's all still in there. Your memory is perfect, like mine.

The retrieval system might be corrupted though :-(

Mary
in Leeds

How true, how true Mary in Leeds, I try to recall something from my
memory and it recedes, then later, when I am not trying to pursue it,
up it pops!
Isn't it amazing, Usually in the middle of the night, that elusive
author or actor or flower name, Latin name of course. wakes you up.
only to go again, just when you want to say it. Tip of the tongue stuff.
I see this is fast becoming off topic, sorry!

No, you NEED the Linnaean name if you're a gardener. Absolutely on-topic.

I keep a paper and pen on the bedside cabinet. Trouble is, I usually
remember those vital things when I'm sitting, erm, somewhere else.

At the moment I'm trying to prepare for our cruise, we've never done
anything like it before and have to make a packing list. I'm very
efficient, the list is on the pc.

Which isn't in the smallest room and which is switched off during the
night.

Some new technology is needed - thought transference to electronic
recording. In the next two weeks, please.

Mary
Bobbie.


Ashamed to admit, I had to look that one up: Linnaean?
"A taxonomic category of related organisms ranking below a subclass and
above an order".
Actually I was none the wiser but further reading, convinced me I was
vastly out of touch:
"Current systems of classifying forms of life descend from the thought
presented by the Greek philosopher Aristotle"
LOL.
Could we stick to common-or-garden names please.g

Well, you said "Latin name of course", I just used the shorthand :-)

Mary

Bobbie

On 9/7/08 10:34, in article , "Bobbie"
wrote:

Mary Fisher wrote:
"Bobbie" wrote in message
...
Broadback wrote:
Mary Fisher wrote:
"Gordon H" wrote in message
...
Hello folks, I am Gordon, age 74, widowed 13 years, living on the
outskirts of Manchester.
Three grown children, son in Australia, daughter in California, elder
daughter a few miles away from here.
Three grandchildren spread around the world. ;-)

...

mostly it has been planned as low-maintenance as I have grown older,
with shrubs and perennials as I have become ancient.
74 isn't ancient!
.
I have forgotten most of what I once knew!
No, it's all still in there. Your memory is perfect, like mine.

The retrieval system might be corrupted though :-(

Mary
in Leeds

How true, how true Mary in Leeds, I try to recall something from my
memory and it recedes, then later, when I am not trying to pursue it, up
it pops!
Isn't it amazing, Usually in the middle of the night, that elusive author
or actor or flower name, Latin name of course. wakes you up.
only to go again, just when you want to say it. Tip of the tongue stuff.
I see this is fast becoming off topic, sorry!

No, you NEED the Linnaean name if you're a gardener. Absolutely on-topic.

I keep a paper and pen on the bedside cabinet. Trouble is, I usually
remember those vital things when I'm sitting, erm, somewhere else.

At the moment I'm trying to prepare for our cruise, we've never done
anything like it before and have to make a packing list. I'm very efficient,
the list is on the pc.

Which isn't in the smallest room and which is switched off during the night.

Some new technology is needed - thought transference to electronic
recording. In the next two weeks, please.

Mary
Bobbie.


Ashamed to admit, I had to look that one up: Linnaean?
"A taxonomic category of related organisms ranking below a subclass and
above an order".
Actually I was none the wiser but further reading, convinced me I was
vastly out of touch:
"Current systems of classifying forms of life descend from the thought
presented by the Greek philosopher Aristotle"
LOL.
Could we stick to common-or-garden names please.g

Bobbie

"
Carl Linnaeus, also known as Carl von Linné or Carolus Linnaeus, is often
called the Father of Taxonomy. His system for naming, ranking, and
classifying organisms is still in wide use today (with many changes). His
ideas on classification have influenced generations of biologists during and
after his own lifetime, even those opposed to the philosophical and
theological roots of his work."
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/linnaeus.html

Knowing the Latin names of plants is useful because then you can talk about
them with anyone anywhere in the world. For example, what we call mimosa is
Acacia but what the Americans call mimosa is Albizia, so confusion arises
easily. That said, some of the common names for plants have an enchantment
all of their own.
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon

In message , Sacha
writes

Carl Linnaeus, also known as Carl von Linné or Carolus Linnaeus, is often
called the Father of Taxonomy. His system for naming, ranking, and
classifying organisms is still in wide use today (with many changes). His
ideas on classification have influenced generations of biologists during and
after his own lifetime, even those opposed to the philosophical and
theological roots of his work."
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/linnaeus.html

Knowing the Latin names of plants is useful because then you can talk about
them with anyone anywhere in the world. For example, what we call mimosa is
Acacia but what the Americans call mimosa is Albizia, so confusion arises
easily. That said, some of the common names for plants have an enchantment
all of their own.

My close lady friend, raised in a small village, has her own set of
names for wildflowers. It was only by asking around that I
discovered that her Mother-Die is Cow Parsley. On Wednesdays I am
usually among people who know wildflowers, but it is an uphill struggle
for me to memorise even the common names. I have a book to look up
their Latin classification.
--
Gordon H

"Gordon H" wrote in message
...

My close lady friend, raised in a small village, has her own set of names
for wildflowers. It was only by asking around that I discovered that
her Mother-Die is Cow Parsley.

That was common here when I was a child.

On Wednesdays I am
usually among people who know wildflowers, but it is an uphill struggle
for me to memorise even the common names. I have a book to look up their
Latin classification.

Don't bother trying to remember, if you're going to remember you will, if
you're not you won't. Or it might come back in bed.

Surely at our age we have the confidence not to need to know?

Anything!

We can just nod sagely and say that with age comes wisdom - the wisdom to
keep quiet.

Mary

On 9/7/08 11:12, in article , "Gordon H"
wrote:

In message , Sacha
writes

Carl Linnaeus, also known as Carl von Linné or Carolus Linnaeus, is often
called the Father of Taxonomy. His system for naming, ranking, and
classifying organisms is still in wide use today (with many changes). His
ideas on classification have influenced generations of biologists during and
after his own lifetime, even those opposed to the philosophical and
theological roots of his work."
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/linnaeus.html

Knowing the Latin names of plants is useful because then you can talk about
them with anyone anywhere in the world. For example, what we call mimosa is
Acacia but what the Americans call mimosa is Albizia, so confusion arises
easily. That said, some of the common names for plants have an enchantment
all of their own.

My close lady friend, raised in a small village, has her own set of
names for wildflowers. It was only by asking around that I
discovered that her Mother-Die is Cow Parsley. On Wednesdays I am
usually among people who know wildflowers, but it is an uphill struggle
for me to memorise even the common names. I have a book to look up
their Latin classification.

Nothing wrong with looking it up in books - lots of people do that including
professionals!
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon

The message
from "Mary Fisher" contains these words:

Some new technology is needed - thought transference to electronic
recording. In the next two weeks, please.

You didn't hear Tim Berners-Lee on Rajo4 this morning, then?

He's working on it - Semantic Computing, and a Semantic Internet using
RDF format...

--
Rusty
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"Rusty Hinge 2" wrote in message
k...
The message
from "Mary Fisher" contains these words:

Some new technology is needed - thought transference to electronic
recording. In the next two weeks, please.

You didn't hear Tim Berners-Lee on Rajo4 this morning, then?

I was asleep until 8.30 am then in the greenhouse.

He's working on it - Semantic Computing, and a Semantic Internet using
RDF format...

I need it in the next forthnight.

sigh

Might as well talk to myself, no other b ever listens :-(

Mary

Mary Fisher wrote:
"Rusty Hinge 2" wrote in message
k...
The message
from "Mary Fisher" contains these words:

Some new technology is needed - thought transference to electronic
recording. In the next two weeks, please.
You didn't hear Tim Berners-Lee on Rajo4 this morning, then?

I was asleep until 8.30 am then in the greenhouse.
He's working on it - Semantic Computing, and a Semantic Internet using
RDF format...

I need it in the next forthnight.

sigh

Might as well talk to myself, no other b ever listens :-(

Mary


This B is listening. but sadly can't help.
I have been busy studying a Planting Calendar posted elsewhere. I shall
store all the knowledge and then totally overwhelm my man when I recite
it later.
I don't suppose you know how to keep a daft chicken out of the kitchen?

Bobbie.

On Jul 9, 5:33 pm, Bobbie wrote:
Mary Fisher wrote:
"Rusty Hinge 2" wrote in message
. uk...
The message
from "Mary Fisher" contains these words:

Some new technology is needed - thought transference to electronic
recording. In the next two weeks, please.
You didn't hear Tim Berners-Lee on Rajo4 this morning, then?

I was asleep until 8.30 am then in the greenhouse.
He's working on it - Semantic Computing, and a Semantic Internet using
RDF format...

I need it in the next forthnight.

sigh

Might as well talk to myself, no other b ever listens :-(

Mary

This B is listening. but sadly can't help.
I have been busy studying a Planting Calendar posted elsewhere. I shall
store all the knowledge and then totally overwhelm my man when I recite
it later.
I don't suppose you know how to keep a daft chicken out of the kitchen?

Bobbie.

If anyone does Bobbie, Mary will know, she is an expert on chickens.
BTW welcome to urg, it's a lovely group with lovely people, I hope you
enjoy it here.

Judith

"Bobbie" wrote in message
...

....

I don't suppose you know how to keep a daft chicken out of the kitchen?

Keep the door closed or put up a barrier. I keep them out of the greenhouse
when I leave the door open by putting a piece of glass across the opening.
It could be a piece of wood or some netting, they get the message.

Mary

The message
from Bobbie contains these words:

This B is listening. but sadly can't help.
I have been busy studying a Planting Calendar posted elsewhere. I shall
store all the knowledge and then totally overwhelm my man when I recite
it later.
I don't suppose you know how to keep a daft chicken out of the kitchen?

Put it in the pantry?

--
Rusty
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