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31-08-2011, 10:22 AM
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31-08-2011, 10:41 PM
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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. |
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01-09-2011, 10:27 AM
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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 |
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01-09-2011, 05:01 PM
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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 |
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03-09-2011, 01:45 PM
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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 |
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03-09-2011, 03:36 PM
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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 |
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03-09-2011, 03:55 PM
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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 |
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03-09-2011, 03:56 PM
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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 |
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03-09-2011, 06:59 PM
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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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