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Emery Davis[_4_] 31-08-2011 10:22 AM

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Well I never...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-14725367

Hope his jabs were up to date. ;)

Mike Lyle[_1_] 31-08-2011 10:41 PM

takes the biscuit
 
On Wed, 31 Aug 2011 11:25:46 +0100, Sacha wrote:

On 2011-08-31 10:22:44 +0100, Emery Davis said:

Well I never...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-14725367

Hope his jabs were up to date. ;)


Oh that made me shudder - but what a lucky escape in the end!


Me too. But it tells us something we already knew about Auntie Beeb's
attitude to gardening that she doesn't know the difference between
shears and secateurs. Coming soon: a four-pronged spade.

--
Mike.

CT 01-09-2011 10:27 AM

takes the biscuit
 
Martin wrote:

Me too. But it tells us something we already knew about Auntie
Beeb's attitude to gardening that she doesn't know the difference
between shears and secateurs. Coming soon: a four-pronged spade.


and fork handles?


and 'oes.

--
Chris

Phil Cook 01-09-2011 05:01 PM

takes the biscuit
 
On 01/09/2011 10:27, CT wrote:
Martin wrote:

Me too. But it tells us something we already knew about Auntie
Beeb's attitude to gardening that she doesn't know the difference
between shears and secateurs. Coming soon: a four-pronged spade.


and fork handles?


and 'oes.


Ps

--
Phil Cook

Janet Tweedy 03-09-2011 01:45 PM

takes the biscuit
 
Friend of mine has a son who laid hedgetrimmers on ground behind him
then stepped back and turned sharply so cut through his Achilles tendon.
UGH
Good job trimmers weren't working!!
--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

Jake 03-09-2011 03:36 PM

takes the biscuit
 
On Wed, 31 Aug 2011 22:41:51 +0100, Mike Lyle
wrote:

On Wed, 31 Aug 2011 11:25:46 +0100, Sacha wrote:

On 2011-08-31 10:22:44 +0100, Emery Davis said:

Well I never...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-14725367

Hope his jabs were up to date. ;)


Oh that made me shudder - but what a lucky escape in the end!


Me too. But it tells us something we already knew about Auntie Beeb's
attitude to gardening that she doesn't know the difference between
shears and secateurs. Coming soon: a four-pronged spade.


I used to have a neighbour who didn't seem to know the difference
between shears and kitchen scissors. Took her a day to edge her lawn
:)

Mind you, she also used to vacuum the lawn after cutting it! And put
the sprinkler out whenever it rained. She said it was to help the rain
soak into the ground. OK, she had the best front lawn in the street!

Cheers
Jake
==============================================
Gardening at the dry end (east) of Swansea Bay
in between reading anything by JRR Tolkien.

www.rivendell.org.uk

Janet Tweedy 03-09-2011 03:55 PM

takes the biscuit
 
In article , Sacha
writes
The air ambulance landed in the village the other day. Apparently
someone had an argument with a chainsaw...



Oh blimey
who won?

I'd love to do a safety course on chainsaws as I'd love to get one but
dare not until i know how to use them safely. I've seen the kickback
they can have when you hit metal in a tree trunk!
At the moment anyway I myself am hobbling as I've strained my Achilles
tendon, luckily not snapped it but watching grass get higher and hedge
get more unruly though i can drive and I can walk slowly so I can stand
and prune:)
--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

Janet Tweedy 03-09-2011 03:56 PM

takes the biscuit
 
In article , Jake
writes
I used to have a neighbour who didn't seem to know the difference
between shears and kitchen scissors. Took her a day to edge her lawn
:)



Have to admit I've used scissors in some hard to get at edges of the
lawn and a large sharp pair set it off so neatly :)
--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

Jake 03-09-2011 06:59 PM

takes the biscuit
 
On Sat, 3 Sep 2011 15:56:18 +0100, Janet Tweedy
wrote:

In article , Jake
writes
I used to have a neighbour who didn't seem to know the difference
between shears and kitchen scissors. Took her a day to edge her lawn
:)



Have to admit I've used scissors in some hard to get at edges of the
lawn and a large sharp pair set it off so neatly :)


I suppose it's rude to joke about the lady - she was so nice and
friendly, if a bit scatty. She really loved her garden. The front lawn
was always immaculate and her littleish back garden would need a
stream of superlatives to describe it. At her funeral the local church
ran out of standing room and people were standing outside in the rain
- she was that popular (I didn't realise before just how many people
knew/liked/loved her).

The house was sold. The beautiful back garden was covered in paving
slabs within a month or two and the front lawn now only gets cut about
once every two months when they can borrow a lawn mower. It's more
weeds than grass. When they dug up the garden they didn't even offer
the plants to the neighbours as a "hello" but had the cheek to ask me
the next year if I had any spare plants they could have to fill a
couple of tubs.

Cheers
Jake
==============================================
Gardening at the dry end (east) of Swansea Bay
in between reading anything by JRR Tolkien.

www.rivendell.org.uk


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