Pete Stockdale wrote:


All mine (eight) are overflowing !
You clearly need a larger catchment area and more butts.


I told my wife that her butt was too big - and got a slap :-(

Still no rain here. A few fine drops on the breeze just to tease the
plants.

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Pete Stockdale wrote:


All mine (eight) are overflowing !
You clearly need a larger catchment area and more butts.


I told my wife that her butt was too big - and got a slap :-(

Still no rain here. A few fine drops on the breeze just to tease the
plants.

So I suppose my idea of more butts is totally off limits !

Regards
Pete

On Aug 25, 2:18*pm, "David WE Roberts" wrote:
For the first time this year.

We keep getting rain forecast, but it never seems to turn up although the
rest of the country seems to be getting rain.

There was rain forecast for Wednesday, but again it seems to have changed
its mind and gone elsewhere.

Is someone out there in the west stealing our rain?

Grass is brown and I am browned off ;-)

The ground is hard and dusty as well.

Cheers

Dave R

Oh FFS, just do what I do and fill it up from a hosepipe at the tap.

Guilty conscience? yes but at least it gets rid of the chlorine.

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On 2009-08-26 18:38:15 +0100, "David WE Roberts"
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[Bit of pruning]


You could always move to a coastal resort with regular fine weather and
a dry microclimate. :-))

Like Cornwall? ;-))

No, like Felixstowe! [Where it is actually raining for once :-}]



Damn!
Must have missed that - we were in Ipswich yesterday waiting for the man
from Siemens to come and change the gas meter at my daughter's house.
They gave an 08:00 to 20:00 appointment :-(
There was a sprinkling of rain in the morning, but barely enought to wet
the grass; just enough to settle all the dust out of the air onto the car.
It gave me the chance to add some more plants (lavender) to the dust bowl
which is her front garden, apply some Growmore and chicken sh*t, and cover
the lot with four bags of manure (which I expect to disappear without
trace within a month).
I then spent quite a lot of time watering with a hose pipe to try and get
enough moisture in to rescue the previous planting and give the new plants
a half way decent start.
If it doesn't rain I'll have to go back in a week or so to water the
garden again, I think.

Cheers

Dave R

Oh, and my water butt is STILL empty.
I wouldn't get too upset David. It was just enough to pi*s the cats off,
but not enough to affect the garden.

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Kathy
A person who doesn't like cats must have been a mouse in a previous life.

A person who doesn't like cats must have been a mouse in a previous life.


or a gardener in this one?

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In a more geekish group than this they had a code group to represent:

"Snort coke/coffee through pipe onto keyboard"
It seemed better than LOL..

I can't remember it though...

You need to work on this anecdote.
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I am doing...
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In a more geekish group than this they had a code group to represent:

"Snort coke/coffee through pipe onto keyboard"
It seemed better than LOL..

I can't remember it though...

You need to work on this anecdote.
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Yep.

How about C|NK for coffee, and T|NK for tea?
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A person who doesn't like cats must have been a mouse in a previous life.


or a gardener in this one?

mark

Or a gardener and birdwatcher?
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A person who doesn't like cats must have been a mouse in a previous
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or a gardener in this one?

mark

Or a gardener and birdwatcher?



Yes - or perhaps anybody who has any respect for U.K. wildlife- birds in
particular.

Regards
Pete
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A person who doesn't like cats must have been a mouse in a previous
life.


or a gardener in this one?

mark

Or a gardener and birdwatcher?

Or a bit of a dog and a bit of a rat??

Some gardeners and occasional bird watchers really like cats :-)

If you mean me, I live in Felixstowe which is a holiday resort.
By all means come for your holidays - it is really nice here unless you
want some rain on your garden.
Lots of B&B, hotels, camp sites, caravan parks.


Not forgetting Tom's old Regiment, Bomb Disposal!! Not sure they'd have
a base in a holiday resort so perhaps it's cheered up now?

Janet

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If you mean me, I live in Felixstowe which is a holiday resort.
By all means come for your holidays - it is really nice here unless you
want some rain on your garden.
Lots of B&B, hotels, camp sites, caravan parks.


Not forgetting Tom's old Regiment, Bomb Disposal!! Not sure they'd have a
base in a holiday resort so perhaps it's cheered up now?

Janet

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Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

I think they used to be based at Brackenbury but the old barracks were
knocked down years ago and replaced by crammed in housing.

I kid you not - I thought the last bungalow in the row was the garage for
the house next to it!