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"bert" ] wrote in message ... We've been keeping monthly rainfall records for about 15 years now and the average for each month closely correlates with the average for each month up to 1956 (my wife studied geography and has a geographic atlas published in that year). Wettest months are Oct and Nov closely followed by August and July. Does your wife know if the summers then were better than now? Would area make a difference? I was in East Yorks. -- http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/shop/ |
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wrote: No logging in required. They're just in a list to the side of my page, so I simply click on the name of the group and I'm there, just as I'm here using my newsreader. It may be different with closed groups. Accessing WEB forums and blogs is much too time consuming for me. I don't use them apart from supporting my own. Steve -- EasyNN-plus. Neural Networks plus. http://www.easynn.com SwingNN. Forecast with Neural Networks. http://www.swingnn.com JustNN. Just Neural Networks. http://www.justnn.com |
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"David Hill" wrote in message ... On 09/11/2013 13:02, Ophelia wrote: We used to slide down the banks of a small frozen river behind our cottage (we hoped it was very frozen) on sheets of cardboard. I did get my feet wet once but no big drama:) Didn't never not 'ave no posh sledges! I always made my own from planks of wood, from about the age of 11. Aye but you were a lad!!! -- http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/shop/ |
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"Martin" wrote in message ... On Sat, 9 Nov 2013 13:05:16 -0000, "Ophelia" wrote: "Sacha" wrote in message ... On 2013-11-09 09:27:20 +0000, Ophelia said: "sacha" wrote in message ... . While predictable weather would be lovely in many ways, when I've experienced it over months, I just occasionally found myself longing for a day when it wasn't inevitably sunny but there'd be a good English downpour. Oh how I missed that in India!!! I so know what you mean! Another place we lived we never saw snow. Our first winter home and it snowed, I was so entranced that I think I stood at that window nearly all day. Soon get used to it again though:) We always get excited about snow here, too. It doesn't happen every year and not always in large quantities. When that happens, it does lose its charm quickly! Oh yes! Especially when it starts to get sludgy and mucky! There were several smashed cars in the usual places on the moorland roads leading into Whitby this week when they had the first hard frost of this autumn. Oh dear :( We've been in N.Yorks but nothing yet. -- http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/shop/ |
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On Sat, 9 Nov 2013 13:47:54 +0100, kay
wrote: Logging in to multiple groups or forums is too much hassle for me. I'm on two forums. Gardenbanter doesn't need you to log in to read, only if you want to post, and you can set it up to store your password (OK if you don't share your computer) so that logging in just means two clicks to submit a post rather than one. I don't use Gardenbanter as it's a copy of URG. I'm not saying forums are better than usenet. There are some things they do well, and some they do badly - like threading. If you have to make the move, you can change your behaviour to make the effects less of a nuisance. I've no intention of ever making the move. I'll probably die using Usenet. Steve -- EasyNN-plus. Neural Networks plus. http://www.easynn.com SwingNN. Forecast with Neural Networks. http://www.swingnn.com JustNN. Just Neural Networks. http://www.justnn.com |
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On 2013-11-09 16:40:50 +0000, Jake said:
On Sat, 09 Nov 2013 15:32:48 +0000, Stephen Wolstenholme wrote: On Sat, 9 Nov 2013 13:47:54 +0100, kay wrote: Logging in to multiple groups or forums is too much hassle for me. Because I never use the same ID/Password combo in more than one place, I use a password manager - mine's paid for but there are several freebies out there and even the paid for ones are not that expensive. All I have to do is browse to location x and the manager automatically logs me in. An added bonus is that if something isn't right: the code on the login page has changed, that's detected. The page may look normal but ... I'm on two forums. Gardenbanter doesn't need you to log in to read, only if you want to post, and you can set it up to store your password (OK if you don't share your computer) so that logging in just means two clicks to submit a post rather than one. I don't use Gardenbanter as it's a copy of URG. It's actually quite a bit more than that. It plagiarises a number of sources. And I have noticed there is worthy (as opposed to just ask a question) input entered directly. I'm not saying forums are better than usenet. There are some things they do well, and some they do badly - like threading. If you have to make the move, you can change your behaviour to make the effects less of a nuisance. I've no intention of ever making the move. I'll probably die using Usenet. I hope you live long enough to see Usenet die first. Steve I endorse that! Jake, could you please email me re that password thingy? I have so many and get in a real muddle over them all! -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon |
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On 2013-11-09 12:57:18 +0000, Ophelia said:
"Martin" wrote in message ... On Sat, 9 Nov 2013 09:33:48 -0000, "Ophelia" wrote: "S Viemeister" wrote in message ... On 11/8/2013 10:51 PM, Sacha wrote: On 2013-11-08 20:56:11 +0000, S Viemeister said: On 11/8/2013 3:18 PM, sacha wrote: Seems that way to me, too. In memory, every day was spent on the beach with friends. We were rarely out of the water! A cousin of mine (a primary teacher), says that remembering summers that way, means that you had a happy childhood - you only remember the sunny days. No, no, it was all like that! Honest! ;-)) I wonder if anyone remembers what they did on the rainy days, quite so clearly. I certainly don't. I remember one or two really rainy days, running around holding a giant rhubarb leaf over my head as an umbrella, splashing in puddles, getting thoroughly soaked, and enjoying myself immensely. No, I can't say I remember any of that! The days truly were long and sunny:) I don't know if anyone agrees with me but we used to have proper summers and winters. If you ever had camping holidays you must also remember some very wet muddy holidays too Never went camping as a child. The only camping I ever did was Pony Club Camp - once. I was absolutely freezing cold all night, the 'beds' were old army canvas things and were beyond uncomfortable. And my horse escaped in the middle of the night and we had to go looking for him. I swore then and there, at the age of 13, that I'd never, ever camp again and I've stayed true to myself! -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon |
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On 2013-11-09 16:40:50 +0000, Jake said: Because I never use the same ID/Password combo in more than one place, I use a password manager - mine's paid for but there are several freebies out there and even the paid for ones are not that expensive. All I have to do is browse to location x and the manager automatically logs me in. Can anyone using your computer do the same, eliminating the security/privacy benefit of passworded logins? Janet. |
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On 09/11/2013 18:11, Janet wrote:
On 2013-11-09 16:40:50 +0000, Jake said: Because I never use the same ID/Password combo in more than one place, I use a password manager - mine's paid for but there are several freebies out there and even the paid for ones are not that expensive. All I have to do is browse to location x and the manager automatically logs me in. Can anyone using your computer do the same, eliminating the security/privacy benefit of passworded logins? Janet. You probably need a password to log into it. |
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David Hill wrote: On 09/11/2013 18:11, Janet wrote: On 2013-11-09 16:40:50 +0000, Jake said: Because I never use the same ID/Password combo in more than one place, I use a password manager - mine's paid for but there are several freebies out there and even the paid for ones are not that expensive. All I have to do is browse to location x and the manager automatically logs me in. Can anyone using your computer do the same, eliminating the security/privacy benefit of passworded logins? You probably need a password to log into it. Give me physical access to your computer for a very short while, and (with VERY high probability), I could find out all of your stored passwords. No, I don't know how for Microsoft systems, but I know how to find out. Could I protect myself against that? Yes. Do I? Like hell, I do. The only real point in password protecting home computers is if you have children or other people who you don't trust. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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Jake wrote: The only real point in password protecting home computers is if you have children or other people who you don't trust. No, if, like me, you work from home, you also guard against theft. And if you're dealing with classified stuff you cannot "trust" your nearest and dearest. Strong (third party not MS) encryption systems, failed logon countdowns and so on plus physical security. You either misunderstood what I said, or the security guarantees you are relying on. Yes, I can protect against someone copying my hard disk and analysing the data on it, but a simple login password would play no part in that. At the VERY least, you need to encrypt the whole of your system with a boot password, which causes major trouble if you forget it :-) Remember that it is trivial to reboot from a mountable device, copy the hard disk, and look at it at leisure or run it under an emulator. Block THAT, and you are also disabling any real chance of recovery from hardware failure. That is one of the main reasons that most organisations with classified material forbid it to be worked on at home, under pain of immediate dismissal. There are exceptions, but any effective protection against physical access is HARD. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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Jake wrote: My point is that there may be reasons to secure a system beyond preventing access by others in the same household i.e. not just a case of "other people you don't trust." And my point is that, for home computers, using a login password for such purposes is at best largely futile and usually indicates a misunderstanding of computer security. If I, as an IT expert, were to use and trust such a mechanism, I would be showing a lamentable lack of professionalism. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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writes On 09/11/2013 13:19, bert wrote: In message , Ophelia writes "S Viemeister" wrote in message ... On 11/8/2013 10:51 PM, Sacha wrote: On 2013-11-08 20:56:11 +0000, S Viemeister said: On 11/8/2013 3:18 PM, sacha wrote: Seems that way to me, too. In memory, every day was spent on the beach with friends. We were rarely out of the water! A cousin of mine (a primary teacher), says that remembering summers that way, means that you had a happy childhood - you only remember the sunny days. No, no, it was all like that! Honest! ;-)) I wonder if anyone remembers what they did on the rainy days, quite so clearly. I certainly don't. I remember one or two really rainy days, running around holding a giant rhubarb leaf over my head as an umbrella, splashing in puddles, getting thoroughly soaked, and enjoying myself immensely. No, I can't say I remember any of that! The days truly were long and sunny:) I don't know if anyone agrees with me but we used to have proper summers and winters. We've been keeping monthly rainfall records for about 15 years now and the average for each month closely correlates with the average for each month up to 1956 (my wife studied geography and has a geographic atlas published in that year). Wettest months are Oct and Nov closely followed by August and July. But where are you? Cheshire -- bert |
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writes "bert" ] wrote in message ... We've been keeping monthly rainfall records for about 15 years now and the average for each month closely correlates with the average for each month up to 1956 (my wife studied geography and has a geographic atlas published in that year). Wettest months are Oct and Nov closely followed by August and July. Does your wife know if the summers then were better than now? Would area make a difference? I was in East Yorks. Yes and no as explained above. " the average for each month closely correlates with the average for each month up to 1956" I have no idea about East Yorkshire or Timbuktu as I don't have access to a rain gauge in those places. -- bert |
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"Bob Hobden" wrote in message ... I agree that Newsgroups appear to be fading away quite quickly now, I posted to another Ng a few days ago a technical question that 3 or 4 years ago would have had probably more than 10 knowledgeable replies by now, but I've had nothing at all. I think the problem started when most ISPs stopped supporting newsgroups. On my original computer there was a button on the toolbar which said "newsgroups" and that's how I discovered Usenet. Then I had to get an NIN subscription to continue (not a problem) but most new computer users don't even know Usenet is there as there is no gateway to it. My last two computers didn't have a ng button for interested minds to notice. but I've recently bought an old Dell with Windows XP Professional on and it still has the newsgroup button which I can click on and get the whole list of newsgroups available, but maybe it's because I have NIN. I wonder what would happen if I clicked on it and hadn't. At least it is there. Unless the ISPs can be persuaded to support newsgroups again and promote them, Usenet will die and it will be such a loss. Tina |
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Jake wrote: If I, as an IT expert, were to use and trust such a mechanism, I would be showing a lamentable lack of professionalism. And if either of us were to discuss, openly, what security we do use, it would be a worse lack! :) Well, yes, in general. But I can do so, because my requirements are fairly modest. I ensure that, as far as possible, my systems block all incoming attacks and I run my browser in a ghetto where it can't write to my home directory or the rest of the system (and where there are no setuid programs). Because I have very little data of interest to the likes of the Mafia, CIA, Mossad, MI5, Smersh etc., my only defence against physical intrusion is to ensure that I don't store sensitive data (e.g. bank account numbers and passwords), but type them in every time. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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On 2013-11-09 19:00:46 +0000, Nick Maclaren said:
In article , David Hill wrote: On 09/11/2013 18:11, Janet wrote: On 2013-11-09 16:40:50 +0000, Jake said: Because I never use the same ID/Password combo in more than one place, I use a password manager - mine's paid for but there are several freebies out there and even the paid for ones are not that expensive. All I have to do is browse to location x and the manager automatically logs me in. Can anyone using your computer do the same, eliminating the security/privacy benefit of passworded logins? You probably need a password to log into it. Give me physical access to your computer for a very short while, and (with VERY high probability), I could find out all of your stored passwords. No, I don't know how for Microsoft systems, but I know how to find out. Could I protect myself against that? Yes. Do I? Like hell, I do. The only real point in password protecting home computers is if you have children or other people who you don't trust. Regards, Nick Maclaren. I was talking to our plumber a few weeks ago. He told us of the sudden death of a colleague's wife. She ran all their personal and business affairs from their computer and he had no idea of any passwords. For weeks he was completely stymied. Our plumber said he was in exactly the same position. His wife does all their office work and he has absolutely no knowledge of it. I told him that when my ex-husband died, very suddenly, his widow and my children had the helluva job getting into his computer as did the techie they employed. Because of this, one of my children had recommended to me that I listed all my passwords and attached that to the copy of my will kept in our safe. Sounds a good idea to me. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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Sacha wrote: I was talking to our plumber a few weeks ago. He told us of the sudden death of a colleague's wife. She ran all their personal and business affairs from their computer and he had no idea of any passwords. For weeks he was completely stymied. Our plumber said he was in exactly the same position. His wife does all their office work and he has absolutely no knowledge of it. I told him that when my ex-husband died, very suddenly, his widow and my children had the helluva job getting into his computer as did the techie they employed. Because of this, one of my children had recommended to me that I listed all my passwords and attached that to the copy of my will kept in our safe. Sounds a good idea to me. Yes. A very good idea. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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On 2013-11-09 23:22:47 +0000, Nick Maclaren said:
In article , Sacha wrote: I was talking to our plumber a few weeks ago. He told us of the sudden death of a colleague's wife. She ran all their personal and business affairs from their computer and he had no idea of any passwords. For weeks he was completely stymied. Our plumber said he was in exactly the same position. His wife does all their office work and he has absolutely no knowledge of it. I told him that when my ex-husband died, very suddenly, his widow and my children had the helluva job getting into his computer as did the techie they employed. Because of this, one of my children had recommended to me that I listed all my passwords and attached that to the copy of my will kept in our safe. Sounds a good idea to me. Yes. A very good idea. Regards, Nick Maclaren. Talking to a former urgler about this today, we discussed the fact that some companies have now changed the id system. At one time it was "what is your mother's maiden name". I can't speak for other countries but for UK that has to be the worst kind of security. Anyone with access to e.g. Ancestry plus your surname can get that in about 5 minutes. If that IS the id question you have to give, lie. Give a name that has nothing to do with you but be sure you remember it. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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On 2013-11-09 09:32:36 +0000, Ophelia said:
"Derek" wrote in message ... http://lincolnfuchsiasociety.info/ Ahh how is Lincoln these days? I miss it:) I used to live in Cherry Willingham:) We had a nice garden there, not very big but it was the first I'd ever had and I loved it:) You know Ophelia I read this and thought of how much you've moved around in your life and how little time you've had to establish a garden and how badly you really do seem to want one. I may be terribly wrong but it seems to me that this makes you tentative in a gardening group. Please don't be. In fact, you're bringing a unique perspective to this group that nobody else has. Your wish to create a garden is there, wherever you settle down. If you're still on the move and can have a window box or a couple of containers, you're gardening. Growing stuff is gardening. That stuff may be a lettuce you cultivate for a matter of weeks in a compost bag, or a tree you live with and watch for 30 years in your forever garden. ALL of it is gardening. So just go ahead and garden your way and please, talk about it if you'd like to. Your experience is quite different to that of most of us and its very interesting. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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On 2013-11-09 22:28:20 +0000, Christina Websell said:
"Bob Hobden" wrote in message ... I agree that Newsgroups appear to be fading away quite quickly now, I posted to another Ng a few days ago a technical question that 3 or 4 years ago would have had probably more than 10 knowledgeable replies by now, but I've had nothing at all. I think the problem started when most ISPs stopped supporting newsgroups. On my original computer there was a button on the toolbar which said "newsgroups" and that's how I discovered Usenet. Then I had to get an NIN subscription to continue (not a problem) but most new computer users don't even know Usenet is there as there is no gateway to it. My last two computers didn't have a ng button for interested minds to notice. but I've recently bought an old Dell with Windows XP Professional on and it still has the newsgroup button which I can click on and get the whole list of newsgroups available, but maybe it's because I have NIN. I wonder what would happen if I clicked on it and hadn't. At least it is there. Unless the ISPs can be persuaded to support newsgroups again and promote them, Usenet will die and it will be such a loss. Tina If you search Google's page of what you can do/access, 'Groups' is literally the very last thing mentioned. ;-( -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon |
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On 2013-11-09 19:06:39 +0000, Jake said:
On Sat, 9 Nov 2013 18:00:42 +0000, sacha wrote: I endorse that! Jake, could you please email me re that password thingy? I have so many and get in a real muddle over them all! See my reply to Dave's post below. HTH. Happy to answer Q's here or via email. Thanks, Jake. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon |
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On 10/11/2013 00:17, Sacha wrote:
On 2013-11-09 19:00:46 +0000, Nick Maclaren said: In article , David Hill wrote: On 09/11/2013 18:11, Janet wrote: On 2013-11-09 16:40:50 +0000, Jake said: Because I never use the same ID/Password combo in more than one place, I use a password manager - mine's paid for but there are several freebies out there and even the paid for ones are not that expensive. All I have to do is browse to location x and the manager automatically logs me in. Can anyone using your computer do the same, eliminating the security/privacy benefit of passworded logins? You probably need a password to log into it. Give me physical access to your computer for a very short while, and (with VERY high probability), I could find out all of your stored passwords. No, I don't know how for Microsoft systems, but I know how to find out. Could I protect myself against that? Yes. Do I? Like hell, I do. The only real point in password protecting home computers is if you have children or other people who you don't trust. Regards, Nick Maclaren. I was talking to our plumber a few weeks ago. He told us of the sudden death of a colleague's wife. She ran all their personal and business affairs from their computer and he had no idea of any passwords. For weeks he was completely stymied. Our plumber said he was in exactly the same position. His wife does all their office work and he has absolutely no knowledge of it. I told him that when my ex-husband died, very suddenly, his widow and my children had the helluva job getting into his computer as did the techie they employed. Because of this, one of my children had recommended to me that I listed all my passwords and attached that to the copy of my will kept in our safe. Sounds a good idea to me. I had a similar problem with my own company. My accountant of many years went senile and started to make mistakes and he forgot to submit accounts that he'd already prepared to companies house. I ended up getting fined for late submission and didn't even know anything about it until I received a letter from a bailiff! I switched to another accountant, a young man in his thirties and within a year he was dead of cancer and I was left in another deep mess with companies house. His wife managed to salvage bits and pieces of information from his computer but it was a complete nightmare to sort out. I've since dissolved the company - it was just too much hassle and too many sleepless nights dealing with companies house and all the other bureaucrats at customs & excise. -- David in Normandy. |
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"bert" ] wrote in message ... In message , Ophelia writes "bert" ] wrote in message ... We've been keeping monthly rainfall records for about 15 years now and the average for each month closely correlates with the average for each month up to 1956 (my wife studied geography and has a geographic atlas published in that year). Wettest months are Oct and Nov closely followed by August and July. Does your wife know if the summers then were better than now? Would area make a difference? I was in East Yorks. Yes and no as explained above. " the average for each month closely correlates with the average for each month up to 1956" I have no idea about East Yorkshire or Timbuktu as I don't have access to a rain gauge in those places. Ok, thanks:) -- http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/shop/ |
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"sacha" wrote in message ... On 2013-11-09 12:57:18 +0000, Ophelia said: "Martin" wrote in message ... On Sat, 9 Nov 2013 09:33:48 -0000, "Ophelia" wrote: "S Viemeister" wrote in message ... On 11/8/2013 10:51 PM, Sacha wrote: On 2013-11-08 20:56:11 +0000, S Viemeister said: On 11/8/2013 3:18 PM, sacha wrote: Seems that way to me, too. In memory, every day was spent on the beach with friends. We were rarely out of the water! A cousin of mine (a primary teacher), says that remembering summers that way, means that you had a happy childhood - you only remember the sunny days. No, no, it was all like that! Honest! ;-)) I wonder if anyone remembers what they did on the rainy days, quite so clearly. I certainly don't. I remember one or two really rainy days, running around holding a giant rhubarb leaf over my head as an umbrella, splashing in puddles, getting thoroughly soaked, and enjoying myself immensely. No, I can't say I remember any of that! The days truly were long and sunny:) I don't know if anyone agrees with me but we used to have proper summers and winters. If you ever had camping holidays you must also remember some very wet muddy holidays too Never went camping as a child. The only camping I ever did was Pony Club Camp - once. I was absolutely freezing cold all night, the 'beds' were old army canvas things and were beyond uncomfortable. And my horse escaped in the middle of the night and we had to go looking for him. I swore then and there, at the age of 13, that I'd never, ever camp again and I've stayed true to myself! lol sound fair enough to me:)) -- http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/shop/ |
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"Derek" wrote in message ... http://lincolnfuchsiasociety.info/ Ahh how is Lincoln these days? I miss it:) I used to live in Cherry Willingham:) Live in Minster Drive :-) New Crescent:) It was back in the dark ages though:)))) -- http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/shop/ |
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"Sacha" wrote in message ... On 2013-11-09 09:32:36 +0000, Ophelia said: "Derek" wrote in message ... http://lincolnfuchsiasociety.info/ Ahh how is Lincoln these days? I miss it:) I used to live in Cherry Willingham:) We had a nice garden there, not very big but it was the first I'd ever had and I loved it:) You know Ophelia I read this and thought of how much you've moved around in your life and how little time you've had to establish a garden and how badly you really do seem to want one. Ahh you know me so well:) I may be terribly wrong but it seems to me that this makes you tentative in a gardening group. Please don't be. In fact, you're bringing a unique perspective to this group that nobody else has. Your wish to create a garden is there, wherever you settle down. If you're still on the move and can have a window box or a couple of containers, you're gardening. Growing stuff is gardening. That stuff may be a lettuce you cultivate for a matter of weeks in a compost bag, or a tree you live with and watch for 30 years in your forever garden. ALL of it is gardening. So just go ahead and garden your way and please, talk about it if you'd like to. Your experience is quite different to that of most of us and its very interesting. Hmm I think you may be alone there. I am not too sure anyone would be interested in the wee things I do:)) Let me explain my limitations. I run an aerogarden (hydroponic) all year round. I usually grow wee tomatoes because Himself likes to pick them off like sweeties:)) I grow them outside in a big pot in a basket in the summer too. Since we stayed in UK and bought the caravan to move around with his consultancy work (he does like his home cooked food), wherever we have been for any time I used to be known on the sites as the plant lady LOL. Me of all people LOL On the front of the caravan (is it the A frame?) and around it. I've had big pots of whatever I can manage in season. I have indeed grown lettuce and herbs and sometimes courgettes, just stuff like that, just stuff I can transport easily when he moves to the next job. Thank you for your kindness but I think I would bore the pants of the serious gardeners here. BUT I can read and dream - and I do. I have high hopes of persuading him to retire this year, so then watch me go:)))) I think at this stage it will be just container gardening but at last I will be able to pick and choose more easily what I can grow. I suppose atm the only serious gardening I do is cleanup and trying to keep our garden looking tidy for the short periods we are home. I have tried to plant things in it but I usually miss when they are ready and they are just a mess when I get home. If you notice my questions here are usually based on things like the best ground cover and maintenance type stuff. Anything that makes it easier for the times I am home and doing cleanup. So, until then, I will continue to read avidly but in the background:)) Thank you again. Your thoughts are much appreciated. -- http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/shop/ |
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Hmm I think you may be alone there. I am not too sure anyone would be
interested in the wee things I do:)) Let me explain my limitations. I run an aerogarden (hydroponic) all year round. I usually grow wee tomatoes because Himself likes to pick them off like sweeties:)) I grow them outside in a big pot in a basket in the summer too. Since we stayed in UK and bought the caravan to move around with his consultancy work (he does like his home cooked food), wherever we have been for any time I used to be known on the sites as the plant lady LOL. Me of all people LOL On the front of the caravan (is it the A frame?) and around it. I've had big pots of whatever I can manage in season. I have indeed grown lettuce and herbs and sometimes courgettes, just stuff like that, just stuff I can transport easily when he moves to the next job. Thank you for your kindness but I think I would bore the pants of the serious gardeners here. BUT I can read and dream - and I do. I have high hopes of persuading him to retire this year, so then watch me go:)))) I think at this stage it will be just container gardening but at last I will be able to pick and choose more easily what I can grow. I suppose atm the only serious gardening I do is cleanup and trying to keep our garden looking tidy for the short periods we are home. I have tried to plant things in it but I usually miss when they are ready and they are just a mess when I get home. If you notice my questions here are usually based on things like the best ground cover and maintenance type stuff. Anything that makes it easier for the times I am home and doing cleanup. So, until then, I will continue to read avidly but in the background:)) Thank you again. Your thoughts are much appreciated. You under rate the value of your experience. How many tin#mes over the years have we been asked about plants for troughs, baskets, tubs some wanting summer colour some winter show, others again wanting to grow fruit or veg in containers. How different are you to the person who lives in a 4th floor flat and wants a window box or who has a 6ft by 3ft balcony and wants to grow something? You have faced problems that most of us have never experienced, so don't under value your knowledge. David @ a still, just sunny side of Swansea Bay |
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"David Hill" wrote in message ... You under rate the value of your experience. How many tin#mes over the years have we been asked about plants for troughs, baskets, tubs some wanting summer colour some winter show, others again wanting to grow fruit or veg in containers. How different are you to the person who lives in a 4th floor flat and wants a window box or who has a 6ft by 3ft balcony and wants to grow something? You have faced problems that most of us have never experienced, so don't under value your knowledge. You are very kind David but even with my experiences, I know there are others here with far more knowledge:) In my case, no special knowledge, and in fact more a case of 'stick 'em in and see if they grow' lol. Sometimes I have been lucky and others not. For example I sewed some courgettes Summer before last and I got plenty of wee fruits and then ... nothing:( they just withered and dropped off:( Now that was in the middle of a field, so what happened to the insects I do not know or even if it was something I did:((( I've never had such a spectacular failure with anything:( That tends to knock ones confidence:) Thank you for your vote of support though:) It is very much appreciated:)) O lurking and learning ... so that when the big day comes .... ;) -- http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/shop/ |
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On 06/11/13 17:50, Sacha wrote:
How many more years can we discuss when to harvest runner beans or plant garlic? Ooooh, lots: what with global warming and the changes that will bring we'll soon need tips on maintaining our mango tree and the passionfruit vine. For my part, I shall remain with Usenet - I just don't have the bandwidth to go blogging or play around on Farcebook. -- Rusty Hinge To err is human. To really foul things up requires a computer and the BOFH. |
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On 2013-11-10 11:25:30 +0000, Ophelia said:
"Sacha" wrote in message ... On 2013-11-09 09:32:36 +0000, Ophelia said: "Derek" wrote in message ... http://lincolnfuchsiasociety.info/ Ahh how is Lincoln these days? I miss it:) I used to live in Cherry Willingham:) We had a nice garden there, not very big but it was the first I'd ever had and I loved it:) You know Ophelia I read this and thought of how much you've moved around in your life and how little time you've had to establish a garden and how badly you really do seem to want one. Ahh you know me so well:) I may be terribly wrong but it seems to me that this makes you tentative in a gardening group. Please don't be. In fact, you're bringing a unique perspective to this group that nobody else has. Your wish to create a garden is there, wherever you settle down. If you're still on the move and can have a window box or a couple of containers, you're gardening. Growing stuff is gardening. That stuff may be a lettuce you cultivate for a matter of weeks in a compost bag, or a tree you live with and watch for 30 years in your forever garden. ALL of it is gardening. So just go ahead and garden your way and please, talk about it if you'd like to. Your experience is quite different to that of most of us and its very interesting. Hmm I think you may be alone there. I am not too sure anyone would be interested in the wee things I do:)) Let me explain my limitations. I run an aerogarden (hydroponic) all year round. I usually grow wee tomatoes because Himself likes to pick them off like sweeties:)) I grow them outside in a big pot in a basket in the summer too. Since we stayed in UK and bought the caravan to move around with his consultancy work (he does like his home cooked food), wherever we have been for any time I used to be known on the sites as the plant lady LOL. Me of all people LOL On the front of the caravan (is it the A frame?) and around it. I've had big pots of whatever I can manage in season. I have indeed grown lettuce and herbs and sometimes courgettes, just stuff like that, just stuff I can transport easily when he moves to the next job. Thank you for your kindness but I think I would bore the pants of the serious gardeners here. BUT I can read and dream - and I do. I have high hopes of persuading him to retire this year, so then watch me go:)))) I think at this stage it will be just container gardening but at last I will be able to pick and choose more easily what I can grow. I suppose atm the only serious gardening I do is cleanup and trying to keep our garden looking tidy for the short periods we are home. I have tried to plant things in it but I usually miss when they are ready and they are just a mess when I get home. If you notice my questions here are usually based on things like the best ground cover and maintenance type stuff. Anything that makes it easier for the times I am home and doing cleanup. So, until then, I will continue to read avidly but in the background:)) Thank you again. Your thoughts are much appreciated. Well, as David said, you actually do have a lot to contribute from your experiences, even if you don't realise it. A great many people are trying to grow food plants or ornamentals in tiny amounts of space and both success and disaster stories most definitely have their place and are useful. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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On 2013-11-10 17:19:23 +0000, RustyHinge said:
On 06/11/13 17:50, Sacha wrote: How many more years can we discuss when to harvest runner beans or plant garlic? Ooooh, lots: what with global warming and the changes that will bring we'll soon need tips on maintaining our mango tree and the passionfruit vine. For my part, I shall remain with Usenet - I just don't have the bandwidth to go blogging or play around on Farcebook. I didn't suggest anyone did - honest. Only that it's a Good Thing to bring new subjects for discussion in urg and that blogs are one way of finding them. So are newspapers, magazines and chat with non-urg friends! But I do feel this one has now been done to death. I've explained and re-explained, grovelled apologetically and explained again Idon'tknowhowmanytimes! So finally, I hope - I AM NOT SUGGESTING URG MIGRATES TO ANYWHERE OR BECOMES OTHER THAN WHAT IT IS. WITH ADDED INTEREST. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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"Sacha" wrote in message ... Well, as David said, you actually do have a lot to contribute from your experiences, even if you don't realise it. A great many people are trying to grow food plants or ornamentals in tiny amounts of space and both success and disaster stories most definitely have their place and are useful. I can't see any knowledge I have would be more or better than that which you all have. Nevertheless, I will help if ever I am able:) -- http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/shop/ |
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"sacha" wrote in message ... On 2013-11-09 22:28:20 +0000, Christina Websell said: "Bob Hobden" wrote in message ... I agree that Newsgroups appear to be fading away quite quickly now, I posted to another Ng a few days ago a technical question that 3 or 4 years ago would have had probably more than 10 knowledgeable replies by now, but I've had nothing at all. I think the problem started when most ISPs stopped supporting newsgroups. On my original computer there was a button on the toolbar which said "newsgroups" and that's how I discovered Usenet. Then I had to get an NIN subscription to continue (not a problem) but most new computer users don't even know Usenet is there as there is no gateway to it. My last two computers didn't have a ng button for interested minds to notice. but I've recently bought an old Dell with Windows XP Professional on and it still has the newsgroup button which I can click on and get the whole list of newsgroups available, but maybe it's because I have NIN. I wonder what would happen if I clicked on it and hadn't. At least it is there. Unless the ISPs can be persuaded to support newsgroups again and promote them, Usenet will die and it will be such a loss. Tina If you search Google's page of what you can do/access, 'Groups' is literally the very last thing mentioned. ;-( -- I can only suggest that we all inundate our ISP's with requests that they support Usenet newsgroups again. I don't know the reason why they don't. |
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On 10/11/2013 17:50, Ophelia wrote:
"Sacha" wrote in message ... Well, as David said, you actually do have a lot to contribute from your experiences, even if you don't realise it. A great many people are trying to grow food plants or ornamentals in tiny amounts of space and both success and disaster stories most definitely have their place and are useful. I can't see any knowledge I have would be more or better than that which you all have. Nevertheless, I will help if ever I am able:) Maybe no better, but at least as good, and another opinion. David |
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"David Hill" wrote in message ... On 10/11/2013 17:50, Ophelia wrote: "Sacha" wrote in message ... Well, as David said, you actually do have a lot to contribute from your experiences, even if you don't realise it. A great many people are trying to grow food plants or ornamentals in tiny amounts of space and both success and disaster stories most definitely have their place and are useful. I can't see any knowledge I have would be more or better than that which you all have. Nevertheless, I will help if ever I am able:) Maybe no better, but at least as good, and another opinion. ok:) -- http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/shop/ |
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"Sacha" wrote in message ... On 2013-11-10 17:19:23 +0000, RustyHinge said: On 06/11/13 17:50, Sacha wrote: How many more years can we discuss when to harvest runner beans or plant garlic? Ooooh, lots: what with global warming and the changes that will bring we'll soon need tips on maintaining our mango tree and the passionfruit vine. For my part, I shall remain with Usenet - I just don't have the bandwidth to go blogging or play around on Farcebook. I didn't suggest anyone did - honest. Only that it's a Good Thing to bring new subjects for discussion in urg and that blogs are one way of finding them. So are newspapers, magazines and chat with non-urg friends! But I do feel this one has now been done to death. I've explained and re-explained, grovelled apologetically and explained again Idon'tknowhowmanytimes! So finally, I hope - I AM NOT SUGGESTING URG MIGRATES TO ANYWHERE OR BECOMES OTHER THAN WHAT IT IS. WITH ADDED INTEREST. -- You absolutely did. Unless I misunderstood. www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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On 2013-11-16 22:43:26 +0000, Christina Websell said:
"Sacha" wrote in message ... On 2013-11-10 17:19:23 +0000, RustyHinge said: On 06/11/13 17:50, Sacha wrote: How many more years can we discuss when to harvest runner beans or plant garlic? Ooooh, lots: what with global warming and the changes that will bring we'll soon need tips on maintaining our mango tree and the passionfruit vine. For my part, I shall remain with Usenet - I just don't have the bandwidth to go blogging or play around on Farcebook. I didn't suggest anyone did - honest. Only that it's a Good Thing to bring new subjects for discussion in urg and that blogs are one way of finding them. So are newspapers, magazines and chat with non-urg friends! But I do feel this one has now been done to death. I've explained and re-explained, grovelled apologetically and explained again Idon'tknowhowmanytimes! So finally, I hope - I AM NOT SUGGESTING URG MIGRATES TO ANYWHERE OR BECOMES OTHER THAN WHAT IT IS. WITH ADDED INTEREST. -- You absolutely did. Unless I misunderstood. You misunderstood. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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