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28-02-2009, 09:43 AM
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Today, I said "After a winter like this one, it's sensible not to buy
a plant from a garden centre until it has started sprooting, so you can tell the live ones from the dead ones." Ah, well. You know what I mean .... Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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28-02-2009, 10:12 AM
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28-02-2009, 10:38 AM
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28-02-2009, 11:47 AM
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28-02-2009, 12:02 PM
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Rusty_Hinge wrote: The message from contains these words: Today, I said "After a winter like this one, it's sensible not to buy a plant from a garden centre until it has started sprooting, so you can tell the live ones from the dead ones." Ah, well. You know what I mean .... Welcome to The Shed. Here is your ticket, Sir. With three free post vultures. Thank you. I will add them to my collection of such things in my outbuildings. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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28-02-2009, 12:24 PM
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wrote in message ... Today, I said "After a winter like this one, it's sensible not to buy a plant from a garden centre until it has started sprooting, so you can tell the live ones from the dead ones." Ah, well. You know what I mean .... Regards, Nick Maclaren. Sounds all right to me. In fact, I think you may have started something ... only imagine how much clearer it would be if one could say "I've got some sproots coming through on my sprout plants". It distinguishes the vistigial growth from the chomping opportunity :~). Anyway, I'm off to check for sproots in the garden. Catch you all later. Spider |
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28-02-2009, 01:30 PM
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On 28/2/09 12:24, in article , "Spider"
wrote: wrote in message ... Today, I said "After a winter like this one, it's sensible not to buy a plant from a garden centre until it has started sprooting, so you can tell the live ones from the dead ones." Ah, well. You know what I mean .... Regards, Nick Maclaren. Sounds all right to me. In fact, I think you may have started something ... only imagine how much clearer it would be if one could say "I've got some sproots coming through on my sprout plants". It distinguishes the vistigial growth from the chomping opportunity :~). Anyway, I'm off to check for sproots in the garden. Catch you all later. Spider I like 'sproot', I must say. It conveys little baby sprootlings quite perfectly. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon Exotic plants, shrubs & perennials online |
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28-02-2009, 01:38 PM
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wrote in message ... Today, I said "After a winter like this one, it's sensible not to buy a plant from a garden centre until it has started sprooting, so you can tell the live ones from the dead ones." Ah, well. You know what I mean .... Regards, Nick Maclaren. No idea what you mean. Can you try again in English? |
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28-02-2009, 01:46 PM
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James R wrote: Today, I said "After a winter like this one, it's sensible not to buy a plant from a garden centre until it has started sprooting, so you can tell the live ones from the dead ones." Ah, well. You know what I mean .... No idea what you mean. Can you try again in English? Hey ho, hey ho, a-trolling we will go! Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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28-02-2009, 02:26 PM
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"Spider" wrote in message ... wrote in message ... Today, I said "After a winter like this one, it's sensible not to buy a plant from a garden centre until it has started sprooting, so you can tell the live ones from the dead ones." Ah, well. You know what I mean .... Regards, Nick Maclaren. Sounds all right to me. In fact, I think you may have started something ... only imagine how much clearer it would be if one could say "I've got some sproots coming through on my sprout plants". It distinguishes the vistigial growth from the chomping opportunity :~). Anyway, I'm off to check for sproots in the garden. Catch you all later. Spider I took my sproots up last week and dug over the ground |
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28-02-2009, 04:01 PM
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28-02-2009, 04:20 PM
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28-02-2009, 04:35 PM
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On Sat, 28 Feb 2009 09:43:37 +0000 (GMT), wrote:
Today, I said "After a winter like this one, it's sensible not to buy a plant from a garden centre until it has started sprooting, so you can tell the live ones from the dead ones." Ah, well. You know what I mean .... What about this then? http://www.urbandictionary.com/defin...term=sprooting |
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28-02-2009, 04:45 PM
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wrote:
Today, I said "After a winter like this one, it's sensible not to buy a plant from a garden centre until it has started sprooting, so you can tell the live ones from the dead ones." Ah, well. You know what I mean .... Regards, Nick Maclaren. I don't know about the written form of the word, but my father always pronounces it as "sprutting". -- David in Normandy. To e-mail you must include the password FROG on the subject line, or it will be automatically deleted by a filter and not reach my inbox. |
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