Bob wrote:
When my Uncle died there was a wreath appeared with a strange inscription
and a friend of the family looked at it and said he didn't realise George
was so high up in the Masons. His family didn't even know he was in the
Masons.

When dad died the funeral, murmurings of "so mote it be" rippled
through parts of the funeral service, which on reflection gave it a
somewhat eerie quality. Understandably, we weren't really paying much
attention at the time and thankfully memories of it have become rather
clouded by the mists of time.

On a much brighter note Bob, those Dietes sailed through our coldest
winter in 30+ years and have several flower spikes as well as new buds
appearing on the old spikes. I'm pretty sure it is D. iridioides
though and not grandiflora. The flowers of grandiflora last a couple
of days and don't have such prominent brown streaks close to the
median marks on the inner petals. Lovely thing nevertheless.

"newsb" wrote in message
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In article
, Dave
Poole writes

I'm a bit curious as to what relevance the Masonic Lodge bit carries
to the rest of the post.

More of the continual display of that odd combination of total insecurity
and obsessive narcissm.

The funny thing is that he has such a lack of self-awareness that he
doesn't grasp how laughable the excessive name dropping and boasting makes
him look.

Recently, for some obscure reason he seems to be closing his posts with a
reference to a high street fashion chain.

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regards andyw

Thank you so much for your very kind words and consideration. As someone
said to me when I came off stage last week and realised who I was, "Thank
god you put some life into the otherwise 'po faced' newsgroup" :-))

Kindest regards and thanks again

Mike

NEXT CONTRIBUTOR PLEASE :-))
(That better?)

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In article , 'Mike'
writes

"newsb" wrote in message
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More of the continual display of that odd combination of total insecurity
and obsessive narcissm.

The funny thing is that he has such a lack of self-awareness that he
doesn't grasp how laughable the excessive name dropping and boasting makes
him look.

Recently, for some obscure reason he seems to be closing his posts with a
reference to a high street fashion chain.


As someone
said to me when I came off stage last week and realised who I was, "Thank
god you put some life into the otherwise 'po faced' newsgroup" :-))


Do you realise that you have developed a tendency to repeat yourself?
And, I think it can accurately be said, ad nauseam.

But its intriguing that you can respond to the post clearly confirming
my description.

Now, I think that's a little too much attention, so I'll neglect you for
a while if you don't mind.

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regards andyw

In message , newsb
writes
In article
,
Dave Poole writes

I'm a bit curious as to what relevance the Masonic Lodge bit carries
to the rest of the post.

More of the continual display of that odd combination of total
insecurity and obsessive narcissm.

The funny thing is that he has such a lack of self-awareness that he
doesn't grasp how laughable the excessive name dropping and boasting
makes him look.

Recently, for some obscure reason he seems to be closing his posts with
a reference to a high street fashion chain.

LOL!
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In message , 'Mike'
writes

Thank you so much for your very kind words and consideration. As someone
said to me when I came off stage last week and realised who I was, "Thank
god you put some life into the otherwise 'po faced' newsgroup" :-))

Some people will say anything to get your autograph.

BTW, who are you?
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"newsb" wrote in message
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In article , 'Mike'
writes

"newsb" wrote in message
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More of the continual display of that odd combination of total
insecurity
and obsessive narcissm.

The funny thing is that he has such a lack of self-awareness that he
doesn't grasp how laughable the excessive name dropping and boasting
makes
him look.

Recently, for some obscure reason he seems to be closing his posts with
a
reference to a high street fashion chain.


As someone
said to me when I came off stage last week and realised who I was, "Thank
god you put some life into the otherwise 'po faced' newsgroup" :-))


Do you realise that you have developed a tendency to repeat yourself?
And, I think it can accurately be said, ad nauseam.

But its intriguing that you can respond to the post clearly confirming my
description.

Now, I think that's a little too much attention, so I'll neglect you for a
while if you don't mind.

--
regards andyw

:-))

Easy way out when you have lost :-))

Bye

Mike

NEXT CONTRIBUTOR PLEASE



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"Gordon H" wrote in message
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In message , 'Mike'
writes

Thank you so much for your very kind words and consideration. As someone
said to me when I came off stage last week and realised who I was, "Thank
god you put some life into the otherwise 'po faced' newsgroup" :-))

Some people will say anything to get your autograph.

BTW, who are you?
--
Gordon H
Remove "invalid" to reply


""BTW, who are you?""

You don't know who I am? Which Planet have you been on all this time?

Mike

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"Dave Poole" wrote

On a much brighter note Bob, those Dietes sailed through our coldest
winter in 30+ years and have several flower spikes as well as new buds
appearing on the old spikes. I'm pretty sure it is D. iridioides
though and not grandiflora. The flowers of grandiflora last a couple
of days and don't have such prominent brown streaks close to the
median marks on the inner petals. Lovely thing nevertheless.

Sorry about that Dave, never thought to question the name, but now you
mention it, the flowers don't last more than a day.
I remember buying it as D. grandiflora from a specialist in South African
plants, a one man band and now retired. Perhaps he got the labels mixed up.
:-)
Of the two lots I planted out, one is dead and one is just beginning to make
new growth from the base, the old leaves are all dead. Obviously it was a
lot colder here.

Having looked on the off chance, surprisingly part of his old site is still
alive...
http://www.rupert.bowlby.care4free.net/bowlby2.html
Is that photo grandiflora or iridioides? They are so similar.
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Regards
Bob Hobden
W.of London. UK

On Tue, 21 Jun 2011 09:40:37 +0100, "'Mike'"
wrote:

Thank you so much for your very kind words and consideration. As someone
said to me when I came off stage last week and realised who I was, "Thank
god you put some life into the otherwise 'po faced' newsgroup" :-))


How true!
We always have a good laugh when Capt. Walter comes aboard.

Bob Hobden wrote:

Sorry about that Dave, never thought to question the name, but now you
mention it, the flowers don't last more than a day.
I remember buying it as D. grandiflora from a specialist in South African
plants, a one man band and now retired. Perhaps he got the labels mixed up.
:-)

No problems Bob, it's a delightful species and one that I would have
acquired if the plants were grandiflora. I've decided to get
grandiflora, bicolor and the search for robinsoniana goes on!

Of the two lots I planted out, one is dead and one is just beginning to make
new growth from the base, the old leaves are all dead. Obviously it was a
lot colder here.

Fingers crossed the clump will make a come-back. If not, I'll send
you some back.

Having looked on the off chance, surprisingly part of his old site is still
alive...http://www.rupert.bowlby.care4free.net/bowlby2.html
Is that photo grandiflora or iridioides? *They are so similar.

It has the broader floral segments of grandiflora. In iridioides,
they are more pointed and the pale brown streaking is rather more
obvious. I'll contact R.V. Rogers to see if they have any of his
Dietes, if they have I can get everything in one go ... apart from the
elusive robinsoniana that is.

"Dave Poole" wrote .

Bob Hobden wrote:

Sorry about that Dave, never thought to question the name, but now you
mention it, the flowers don't last more than a day.
I remember buying it as D. grandiflora from a specialist in South
African
plants, a one man band and now retired. Perhaps he got the labels mixed
up.
:-)

No problems Bob, it's a delightful species and one that I would have
acquired if the plants were grandiflora. I've decided to get
grandiflora, bicolor and the search for robinsoniana goes on!

After your last post I said to my wife, "well I'll have to get grandiflora
just to see the difference". :-)


Of the two lots I planted out, one is dead and one is just beginning to
make
new growth from the base, the old leaves are all dead. Obviously it was
a
lot colder here.

Fingers crossed the clump will make a come-back. If not, I'll send
you some back.

It's Ok, I didn't plant all my stock out and still have a decent pot full in
the greenhouse which is in flower.


Having looked on the off chance, surprisingly part of his old site is
still
alive...http://www.rupert.bowlby.care4free.net/bowlby2.html
Is that photo grandiflora or iridioides? They are so similar.

It has the broader floral segments of grandiflora. In iridioides,
they are more pointed and the pale brown streaking is rather more
obvious. I'll contact R.V. Rogers to see if they have any of his
Dietes, if they have I can get everything in one go ... apart from the
elusive robinsoniana that is.

Please let me know if they have grandiflora.

--
Regards
Bob Hobden
W.of London. UK