Janet wrote:
In article , says...

The Original Jake wrote in
:

For those who can get BBC2 Scotland (Sky and FreeSat can; don't know
about Virgin as there are none round here to ask) Beechgrove starts
tonight at 7.30pm.

It will then be repeated on BBC2 nationally (including BBC2HD) on
Sunday at 9.30am.

Enjoy!

Cheers, Jake =======================================
Urgling from the East end of Swansea Bay where it got dark today an
hour earlier than a week ago!


We have it on Virgin, havn't watched it yet.
I like to save things like that for a rainier day, how ever tempting it
might be to have a peek.
Thanks for the reminder.

I watched it and picked up a new and really interesting tip to make
leggy bare shrubs branch out, with a tiny cut out bark transplant. I
have a drimys badly in need of it.

The garden makeover section by Carolyn Spray was awful IMO.

Putting any babe on TV is guaranteed to stir up cattiness in the female
audience - sad!

On Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:29:21 +0000 (UTC), Phil Bradby
wrote:


Putting any babe on TV is guaranteed to stir up cattiness in the female
audience - sad!

That may be where you usually lurk but, in this group, we indulge in
constructive appreciation or criticism. Irrespective of the
"sexual chocolate". garden makeovers are generally an acquired taste!

And we don't refer to females as "babe".

Cheers, Jake
=======================================
Urgling from the East end of Swansea Bay where the
showers of April have arrived!

On 11/04/2013 17:08, Spider wrote:
On 11/04/2013 15:39, stuart noble wrote:
On 11/04/2013 13:54, Spider wrote:
On 11/04/2013 13:45, David Hill wrote:
On 11/04/2013 13:36, Spider wrote:
On 11/04/2013 02:31, Janet Tweedy wrote:
On 09/04/2013 10:46, Martin wrote:
I use Gixen - very handy if you're not around at the last few
moments
of bidding.
Thanks Sacha!
--


yes sadly the item went to the dizzy heights of 6.03p but unhappily I
was in Aylesbury at the Armed Forces day Ticket lasunch so lost the
auction ....................


Sorry Spider, will keep on looking - probably outbid by some
newsgroup
follower




Well, thanks for trying, Janet, and for your kind offer, regardless of
how it turned out. I shall keep looking, too. I'm stuck indoors atm
with an horrendous cold and chest infection :~((. If I find St.Geoff's
progs before you do, I will let you know and offer you a viewing, of
course. Unlike you, I read/view things more than once so tend to
hoard,
but a loan for viewing purposes could easily be arranged:~).


You have my sympathy. I'm still getting over the same, it's taken for
ever to go.
It came with a very rough throat for which I gargled with soluble
aspirin as they are an anaesthetic, but found that the original Bechams
powders are even better as a gargle.




Thank you, David. This is my third cold and second chest infection this
year, so I'm really fed up. I missed my Hypochondriacs Anonymous
meeting last month, so you can imagine how rough I feel. Seeing the Doc
tomorrow for antibiotics, but I can't have Penicillin any more so it
should be interesting. I think I'll try the Beechams gargle (my
throat's raw now), but I'm wary of aspirin due to my asthsma. Thanks
for the suggestion. Hope you're feeling a lot better now.

I'd been coughing non-stop night and day for a week until sheer
exhaustion forced me to the gp's surgery. I got prescribed a week's
erethromycin, which has actually made the coughing more painful, but I
now feel there's an end in sight as the airways are clearing. Obviously
what starts as a virus can turn into a bacterial infection, so
antibiotics are always worth a try




Glad to hear you're feeling a bit better. Hope that continues and
you'll soon be bouncing around in the garden. I can hardly wait to
reach that state myself, since sleep deprivation (as with you) has
compounded the misery.
Take care of yourself.


Thanks for the good wishes. I live in hope that an hour's continuous
sleep will soon be possible....:-)

On 11/04/2013 19:29, Phil Bradby wrote:
Putting any babe on TV is guaranteed to stir up cattiness in the female
audience - sad!


who do you mean Chris beardshaw?

--
Janet T.
Amersham

On 11/04/2013 13:36, Spider wrote:
Unlike you, I read/view things more than once so tend to hoard, but a
loan for viewing purposes could easily be arranged:~).


How kind !

--
Janet T.
Amersham

On 11/04/2013 14:42, Spider wrote:
Thank you, Sacha. I'm determined to get better before the sun returns.
We've got cloud and occasional rain atm, although it's 9*C outside,
which is an improvement on last month.
Should I gather that David caught his cold at Hill House?


If it's the flu people round here got since Christmas (strangely not
catching apparently as random people caught it - even me! It was called
90 day flu by one of the doctors and it blinking well is! You feel okay
after about a week or so but then when you try and do anything you feel
clapped out .....................

--
Janet T.
Amersham

On 11/04/2013 20:52, Janet Tweedy wrote:
On 11/04/2013 14:42, Spider wrote:
Thank you, Sacha. I'm determined to get better before the sun returns.
We've got cloud and occasional rain atm, although it's 9*C outside,
which is an improvement on last month.
Should I gather that David caught his cold at Hill House?


If it's the flu people round here got since Christmas (strangely not
catching apparently as random people caught it - even me! It was called
90 day flu by one of the doctors and it blinking well is! You feel okay
after about a week or so but then when you try and do anything you feel
clapped out .....................




I'm pleased to say it's not flu. I am very prone to chest infections
and they do make me feel ill and cream-crackered for two or three weeks.
I only had flu once, but I would recognise it if I had it again. What
I've got is bad enough:~(. Off to the Doc's tomorrow.

--
Spider
from high ground in SE London
gardening on clay

On 11/04/2013 19:49, stuart noble wrote:
On 11/04/2013 17:08, Spider wrote:
On 11/04/2013 15:39, stuart noble wrote:
On 11/04/2013 13:54, Spider wrote:
On 11/04/2013 13:45, David Hill wrote:
On 11/04/2013 13:36, Spider wrote:
On 11/04/2013 02:31, Janet Tweedy wrote:
On 09/04/2013 10:46, Martin wrote:
I use Gixen - very handy if you're not around at the last few
moments
of bidding.
Thanks Sacha!
--


yes sadly the item went to the dizzy heights of 6.03p but
unhappily I
was in Aylesbury at the Armed Forces day Ticket lasunch so lost the
auction ....................


Sorry Spider, will keep on looking - probably outbid by some
newsgroup
follower




Well, thanks for trying, Janet, and for your kind offer,
regardless of
how it turned out. I shall keep looking, too. I'm stuck indoors atm
with an horrendous cold and chest infection :~((. If I find
St.Geoff's
progs before you do, I will let you know and offer you a viewing, of
course. Unlike you, I read/view things more than once so tend to
hoard,
but a loan for viewing purposes could easily be arranged:~).


You have my sympathy. I'm still getting over the same, it's taken for
ever to go.
It came with a very rough throat for which I gargled with soluble
aspirin as they are an anaesthetic, but found that the original
Bechams
powders are even better as a gargle.




Thank you, David. This is my third cold and second chest infection this
year, so I'm really fed up. I missed my Hypochondriacs Anonymous
meeting last month, so you can imagine how rough I feel. Seeing the Doc
tomorrow for antibiotics, but I can't have Penicillin any more so it
should be interesting. I think I'll try the Beechams gargle (my
throat's raw now), but I'm wary of aspirin due to my asthsma. Thanks
for the suggestion. Hope you're feeling a lot better now.

I'd been coughing non-stop night and day for a week until sheer
exhaustion forced me to the gp's surgery. I got prescribed a week's
erethromycin, which has actually made the coughing more painful, but I
now feel there's an end in sight as the airways are clearing. Obviously
what starts as a virus can turn into a bacterial infection, so
antibiotics are always worth a try




Glad to hear you're feeling a bit better. Hope that continues and
you'll soon be bouncing around in the garden. I can hardly wait to
reach that state myself, since sleep deprivation (as with you) has
compounded the misery.
Take care of yourself.


Thanks for the good wishes. I live in hope that an hour's continuous
sleep will soon be possible....:-)



Amen to that. Enjoy it when it comes. I fear I shall have to wait a
while for mine. Night night.

--
Spider
from high ground in SE London
gardening on clay

On 11/04/2013 20:50, Janet Tweedy wrote:
On 11/04/2013 13:36, Spider wrote:
Unlike you, I read/view things more than once so tend to hoard, but a
loan for viewing purposes could easily be arranged:~).


How kind !




Kindness is often returned ... it's almost as if we didn't like it ;~))!

--
Spider
from high ground in SE London
gardening on clay

On 2013-04-11 14:42:49 +0100, Spider said:

On 11/04/2013 13:53, Sacha wrote:
On 2013-04-11 13:45:28 +0100, David Hill said:

On 11/04/2013 13:36, Spider wrote:
On 11/04/2013 02:31, Janet Tweedy wrote:
On 09/04/2013 10:46, Martin wrote:
I use Gixen - very handy if you're not around at the last few moments
of bidding.
Thanks Sacha!
--


yes sadly the item went to the dizzy heights of 6.03p but unhappily I
was in Aylesbury at the Armed Forces day Ticket lasunch so lost the
auction ....................


Sorry Spider, will keep on looking - probably outbid by some newsgroup
follower




Well, thanks for trying, Janet, and for your kind offer, regardless of
how it turned out. I shall keep looking, too. I'm stuck indoors atm
with an horrendous cold and chest infection :~((. If I find St.Geoff's
progs before you do, I will let you know and offer you a viewing, of
course. Unlike you, I read/view things more than once so tend to hoard,
but a loan for viewing purposes could easily be arranged:~).


You have my sympathy. I'm still getting over the same, it's taken for
ever to go.
It came with a very rough throat for which I gargled with soluble
aspirin as they are an anaesthetic, but found that the original
Bechams powders are even better as a gargle.

Poor both of you! David had a very special Devon cold, though, probably
known for its tenacious properties. ;-( Hope you're both on the mend as
the sun struggles through.



Thank you, Sacha. I'm determined to get better before the sun returns.
We've got cloud and occasional rain atm, although it's 9*C outside,
which is an improvement on last month.
Should I gather that David caught his cold at Hill House?

NO! We were glad to see them here for a visit but plead Not Guilty to
the cold charge!
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk

On 2013-04-11 19:49:42 +0100, stuart noble said:

On 11/04/2013 17:08, Spider wrote:
On 11/04/2013 15:39, stuart noble wrote:
On 11/04/2013 13:54, Spider wrote:
On 11/04/2013 13:45, David Hill wrote:
On 11/04/2013 13:36, Spider wrote:
On 11/04/2013 02:31, Janet Tweedy wrote:
On 09/04/2013 10:46, Martin wrote:
I use Gixen - very handy if you're not around at the last few
moments
of bidding.
Thanks Sacha!
--


yes sadly the item went to the dizzy heights of 6.03p but unhappily I
was in Aylesbury at the Armed Forces day Ticket lasunch so lost the
auction ....................


Sorry Spider, will keep on looking - probably outbid by some
newsgroup
follower




Well, thanks for trying, Janet, and for your kind offer, regardless of
how it turned out. I shall keep looking, too. I'm stuck indoors atm
with an horrendous cold and chest infection :~((. If I find St.Geoff's
progs before you do, I will let you know and offer you a viewing, of
course. Unlike you, I read/view things more than once so tend to
hoard,
but a loan for viewing purposes could easily be arranged:~).


You have my sympathy. I'm still getting over the same, it's taken for
ever to go.
It came with a very rough throat for which I gargled with soluble
aspirin as they are an anaesthetic, but found that the original Bechams
powders are even better as a gargle.




Thank you, David. This is my third cold and second chest infection this
year, so I'm really fed up. I missed my Hypochondriacs Anonymous
meeting last month, so you can imagine how rough I feel. Seeing the Doc
tomorrow for antibiotics, but I can't have Penicillin any more so it
should be interesting. I think I'll try the Beechams gargle (my
throat's raw now), but I'm wary of aspirin due to my asthsma. Thanks
for the suggestion. Hope you're feeling a lot better now.

I'd been coughing non-stop night and day for a week until sheer
exhaustion forced me to the gp's surgery. I got prescribed a week's
erethromycin, which has actually made the coughing more painful, but I
now feel there's an end in sight as the airways are clearing. Obviously
what starts as a virus can turn into a bacterial infection, so
antibiotics are always worth a try




Glad to hear you're feeling a bit better. Hope that continues and
you'll soon be bouncing around in the garden. I can hardly wait to
reach that state myself, since sleep deprivation (as with you) has
compounded the misery.
Take care of yourself.


Thanks for the good wishes. I live in hope that an hour's continuous
sleep will soon be possible....:-)

As they always say "finish the course, lots of fluids and rest". It's
a nasty one and is one of the 'echo' virus type. It takes a long time
to recover. We went down with it over Christmas (got through that thank
goodness) and felt terrible for a couple of weeks with the lingering
cough described. Even now, we both have the odd moment of feeling a
bit blech. Hope you're on the upward path soon.
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk

On 2013-04-11 16:29:35 +0100, Martin said:

On Thu, 11 Apr 2013 13:45:28 +0100, David Hill
wrote:

On 11/04/2013 13:36, Spider wrote:
On 11/04/2013 02:31, Janet Tweedy wrote:
On 09/04/2013 10:46, Martin wrote:
I use Gixen - very handy if you're not around at the last few moments
of bidding.
Thanks Sacha!
--


yes sadly the item went to the dizzy heights of 6.03p but unhappily I
was in Aylesbury at the Armed Forces day Ticket lasunch so lost the
auction ....................


Sorry Spider, will keep on looking - probably outbid by some newsgroup
follower




Well, thanks for trying, Janet, and for your kind offer, regardless of
how it turned out. I shall keep looking, too. I'm stuck indoors atm
with an horrendous cold and chest infection :~((. If I find St.Geoff's
progs before you do, I will let you know and offer you a viewing, of
course. Unlike you, I read/view things more than once so tend to hoard,
but a loan for viewing purposes could easily be arranged:~).


You have my sympathy. I'm still getting over the same, it's taken for
ever to go.
It came with a very rough throat for which I gargled with soluble
aspirin as they are an anaesthetic, but found that the original Bechams
powders are even better as a gargle.

I find gargling whiskey for medicinal purposes and more effective.

Bet you don't spit it out though!
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk

On 11/04/2013 22:45, Martin wrote:
On Thu, 11 Apr 2013 20:50:06 +0100, Janet Tweedy
wrote:

On 11/04/2013 19:29, Phil Bradby wrote:
Putting any babe on TV is guaranteed to stir up cattiness in the female
audience - sad!


who do you mean Chris beardshaw?

that was catty :-)

I'm nothing if not dogged in my objection to personalities

--
Janet T.
Amersham

As they always say "finish the course, lots of fluids and rest". It's
a nasty one and is one of the 'echo' virus type. It takes a long time
to recover. We went down with it over Christmas (got through that thank
goodness) and felt terrible for a couple of weeks with the lingering
cough described. Even now, we both have the odd moment of feeling a bit
blech. Hope you're on the upward path soon.


This is my second does, first was after going down to Devon in Dec. then
this after another visit to Devon, this second bought has been a lot
worse, so it's back to the Dr this morning.
I had the flue jab as always and it's always worked for me, so I don't
know what this thing is, but it's vicious.
David @ the damp end of Swansea bay.

On 2013-04-12 08:57:39 +0100, David Hill said:


As they always say "finish the course, lots of fluids and rest". It's
a nasty one and is one of the 'echo' virus type. It takes a long time
to recover. We went down with it over Christmas (got through that thank
goodness) and felt terrible for a couple of weeks with the lingering
cough described. Even now, we both have the odd moment of feeling a bit
blech. Hope you're on the upward path soon.


This is my second does, first was after going down to Devon in Dec.
then this after another visit to Devon, this second bought has been a
lot worse, so it's back to the Dr this morning.
I had the flue jab as always and it's always worked for me, so I don't
know what this thing is, but it's vicious.
David @ the damp end of Swansea bay.

Whatever's been doing the rounds down here, it was indeed a vicious
one. It's just such bad luck that you get ill when coming down here for
a bit of r&r. One friend of ours had a bug last summer and only just
started to get really better just before Christmas. The trouble is
that the immune system, once weakened, is prey to so many other things,
too. Whatever we had, it wasn't the typical flu bug and we both had the
jab. It was just a really horrible, debilitating virus that gave us
nasty coughs but we didn't have the awful aching limbs and heads that
usually go with most well-known types of flu.
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk