On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 19:36:54 +0100, "JennyC" wrote:


"Arthur" wrote in message
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My wife ("Spider" in this group) went to the local garden centre today to
spend the gift vouchers she received for Chistmas. After browsing the
outside rows of shrubs, she carried her choices to the shop only to find
that they had closed up, locked the gates and gone home at 2.30pm. The
premises are surrounded with high fences, spikes and barbed wire.
Fortunately she had her mobile phone and was able to call for help. The
local police couldn't contact the keyholder so they called out the fire
brigade with their ladders to get her over the back wall.
And she had to leave the plants behind ...

- Arthur


When she has recovered she may enjoy...........:

http://arago4.tn.utwente.nl/stonedea...il/ra/19-01.ra

or your Keukenhof recording?
--
Martin

On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 20:57:16 -0000, "shazzbat"
wrote:


"Arthur" wrote in message
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My wife ("Spider" in this group) went to the local garden centre today to
spend the gift vouchers she received for Chistmas. After browsing the
outside rows of shrubs, she carried her choices to the shop only to find
that they had closed up, locked the gates and gone home at 2.30pm. The
premises are surrounded with high fences, spikes and barbed wire.
Fortunately she had her mobile phone and was able to call for help. The
local police couldn't contact the keyholder so they called out the fire
brigade with their ladders to get her over the back wall.
And she had to leave the plants behind ...

- Arthur

She could have got out by spinning a web, no?
Anyway, I would have thrown the plants I wanted over the fence and picked
them up once outside.

or escaped by climbing up the beanstalk.
--
Martin

Arthur typed:

My wife ("Spider" in this group) went to the local garden centre
today
snip
they had closed up, locked the gates and gone
home . The premises are surrounded with high
fences, spikes
and barbed wire.

Hmm and here I was looking to pay somewhere to keep the wife locked away for
a few days. )

"Janet Baraclough" wrote in message
...
The message
from "Arthur" contains these words:

My wife ("Spider" in this group) went to the local garden centre today
to
spend the gift vouchers she received for Chistmas. After browsing the
outside rows of shrubs, she carried her choices to the shop only to find
that they had closed up, locked the gates and gone home at 2.30pm. The
premises are surrounded with high fences, spikes and barbed wire.
Fortunately she had her mobile phone and was able to call for help.
The
local police couldn't contact the keyholder so they called out the fire
brigade with their ladders to get her over the back wall.
And she had to leave the plants behind ...

If the GC stocked leather gloves, secateurs and pruning saws, she
could have liberated herself and all the plants:~}.

And I have a fair suspicion that it would have been quite legal too.
It gives me ideas.

Franz

On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 09:26:54 +0000 (UTC), "Franz Heymann"
wrote:


"Janet Baraclough" wrote in message
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The message
from "Arthur" contains these words:

My wife ("Spider" in this group) went to the local garden centre today
to
spend the gift vouchers she received for Chistmas. After browsing the
outside rows of shrubs, she carried her choices to the shop only to find
that they had closed up, locked the gates and gone home at 2.30pm. The
premises are surrounded with high fences, spikes and barbed wire.
Fortunately she had her mobile phone and was able to call for help.
The
local police couldn't contact the keyholder so they called out the fire
brigade with their ladders to get her over the back wall.
And she had to leave the plants behind ...

If the GC stocked leather gloves, secateurs and pruning saws, she
could have liberated herself and all the plants:~}.

And I have a fair suspicion that it would have been quite legal too.
It gives me ideas.

The Great Escape was on TV at Xmas :-)
--
Martin

Arthur wrote:
My wife ("Spider" in this group) went to the local garden centre today to
spend the gift vouchers she received for Chistmas. After browsing the
outside rows of shrubs, she carried her choices to the shop only to find
that they had closed up, locked the gates and gone home at 2.30pm. The
premises are surrounded with high fences, spikes and barbed wire.
Fortunately she had her mobile phone and was able to call for help. The
local police couldn't contact the keyholder so they called out the fire
brigade with their ladders to get her over the back wall.
And she had to leave the plants behind ...

- Arthur



HAhahahahahahahahahahaha
funniest thing I've heard in ages!

Jason

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"Arthur" wrote in message
...
My wife ("Spider" in this group) went to the local garden centre today to
spend the gift vouchers she received for Chistmas. After browsing the
outside rows of shrubs, she carried her choices to the shop only to find
that they had closed up, locked the gates and gone home at 2.30pm. The
premises are surrounded with high fences, spikes and barbed wire.
Fortunately she had her mobile phone and was able to call for help. The
local police couldn't contact the keyholder so they called out the fire
brigade with their ladders to get her over the back wall.
And she had to leave the plants behind ...

- Arthur



Arthur I see the funny side of this as all of the other posters have, but I
can also see the consequences which 'could' have happened and I ask myself
the following questions as to the competence of the managerial side of the
Nursery.
1) Why wasn't there a thorough search before locking up?
2) What if there were an Intruder Alarm set and your wife triggered it and
been seen to de an 'intruder'? Whose going to believe her story?
3) What if she had collapsed or been taken ill or for example cut herself
and wanted help?

OK all 'what if's' and as it happened everything turned out OK as usual, but
I still feel that Management has a lot to answer to here. "Who" locked up? A
junior who had been wanting to get away since they opened up in the morning?
An undermanager who had pulled the short straw and had to open up against
his/her will?

Mike

The message
from "Franz Heymann" contains these words:
"Janet Baraclough" wrote in message
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The message
from "Arthur" contains these words:

My wife ("Spider" in this group) went to the local garden centre today
to
spend the gift vouchers she received for Chistmas. After browsing the
outside rows of shrubs, she carried her choices to the shop only to find
that they had closed up, locked the gates and gone home at 2.30pm. The
premises are surrounded with high fences, spikes and barbed wire.
Fortunately she had her mobile phone and was able to call for help.
The
local police couldn't contact the keyholder so they called out the fire
brigade with their ladders to get her over the back wall.
And she had to leave the plants behind ...

If the GC stocked leather gloves, secateurs and pruning saws, she
could have liberated herself and all the plants:~}.

And I have a fair suspicion that it would have been quite legal too.
It gives me ideas.

Cue Ali Baba and the forty-one.........

--
Rusty Hinge http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/tqt.htm

Dark thoughts about the Wumpus concerto played with piano,
iron bar and two sledge hammers. (Wumpus, 15/11/03)

Strange that no one has asked what would have happened if she hadn't had a
mobile phone.

--
David Hill
Abacus nurseries
www.abacus-nurseries.co.uk

"David Hill" wrote in message
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Strange that no one has asked what would have happened if she hadn't had a
mobile phone.

Oh that has been discussed in our household

It is quite scary what happened to that lady and I hope the GC are very
generous to her. I also hope they review their procedures

Ophelia

On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 21:04:35 -0000, "Arthur"
wrote:

Unfortunately the tools were all locked in the building, and Spider was in
the yard outside. Plenty of plants all around, but nothing for her to
break out with. I think she will be going back there tomorrow to get the
plants, so I will ask her to post here what happened.

Not funny for her. Hope the garden center is appropriately contrite.
And generous. I've had experiences (too many) when I got the "what do
you expect us to do?" response while I was only expecting a good deal
of grovelling. No grovelling? Then I consider lawsuits and contacting
The Media.

[Don't know how it works in the UK, but Dr's offices here, after a
long wait, herd one into a cubicle to sit lonely as a cloud in a paper
gown for an undetermined period. A friend waited in such condition
until they turned out the lights. Fortunately, she was able to escape
without calling the fire dept.]

Hello Everyone!
This is a very relieved Spider.
As Arthur mentioned, I returned to the GC today - nerves of steel, or what?
The manager, Roger, was waiting for me and was most contrite. Apparently,
it had happened once before years ago. After that event, they had changed
their procedure and rang a bell .. called out .. toured the site. Roger
admitted that they had become more lax recently, and apologised again. I'm
sure he will insist more care is taken in future.
As it happened, Roger wasn't on site yesterday, so the GC was closed by 2
employees. These two members of staff were present today and told to
apologise to me.
As a gesture of good will, Roger refused to charge me for a stone ornament I
had picked out the day before, so I'm really chuffed with that. He also
wanted to lessen my plant bill, but I told him the stoneware was sufficient.
It's a great garden centre, so I will definitely be going back.
.... Yes, we can see the funny side of it, too. We did the 'Great Escape'
joke, but I hadn't thought of the spider slant. Brilliant! Alas, it was a
rainy day and spiders don't usually venture out, let alone spin, in the
rain. However, it gives me an idea ... I might go back, spin a web at
strategic points, then return for the silk when it's full of lovely plant
seeds!{:-)))
.... and yes, of course we thought of the 'no mobile' scenario and the little
old lady scenario. It could have been more serious, but happily that's not
how it was. I was a little distressed after the event, but fine now. Roger
was very good about it and understands the implications all too well.
It only remains for me to enjoy my plants: an Itea ilicifolia (sp) and a
scarlet-stemmed Cornus.
Thank you all for your concern and comments.
Regards,
Spider.

Arthur wrote in message
...
My wife ("Spider" in this group) went to the local garden centre today to
spend the gift vouchers she received for Chistmas. After browsing the
outside rows of shrubs, she carried her choices to the shop only to find
that they had closed up, locked the gates and gone home at 2.30pm. The
premises are surrounded with high fences, spikes and barbed wire.
Fortunately she had her mobile phone and was able to call for help. The
local police couldn't contact the keyholder so they called out the fire
brigade with their ladders to get her over the back wall.
And she had to leave the plants behind ...

- Arthur

"Spider" wrote in message
...
Hello Everyone!
This is a very relieved Spider.
As Arthur mentioned, I returned to the GC today - nerves of steel, or
what?
The manager, Roger, was waiting for me and was most contrite. Apparently,
it had happened once before years ago. After that event, they had changed
their procedure and rang a bell .. called out .. toured the site. Roger
admitted that they had become more lax recently, and apologised again.
I'm
sure he will insist more care is taken in future.
As it happened, Roger wasn't on site yesterday, so the GC was closed by 2
employees. These two members of staff were present today and told to
apologise to me.
As a gesture of good will, Roger refused to charge me for a stone ornament
I
had picked out the day before, so I'm really chuffed with that. He also
wanted to lessen my plant bill, but I told him the stoneware was
sufficient.
It's a great garden centre, so I will definitely be going back.
... Yes, we can see the funny side of it, too. We did the 'Great Escape'
joke, but I hadn't thought of the spider slant. Brilliant! Alas, it was
a
rainy day and spiders don't usually venture out, let alone spin, in the
rain. However, it gives me an idea ... I might go back, spin a web at
strategic points, then return for the silk when it's full of lovely plant
seeds!{:-)))
... and yes, of course we thought of the 'no mobile' scenario and the
little
old lady scenario. It could have been more serious, but happily that's
not
how it was. I was a little distressed after the event, but fine now.
Roger
was very good about it and understands the implications all too well.
It only remains for me to enjoy my plants: an Itea ilicifolia (sp) and a
scarlet-stemmed Cornus.
Thank you all for your concern and comments.
Regards,
Spider.
Nice to know you're all right after your ordeal. Now that you get to live
happily ever after, are you going to name and shame the GC?

Steve

"Spider" wrote in message
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Hello Everyone!
This is a very relieved Spider.

[snip]

How nice to hear of a happy ending all round.
{:-))

Franz

"shazzbat" wrote in message
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[snip]

Nice to know you're all right after your ordeal. Now that you get to live
happily ever after, are you going to name and shame the GC?

I would be most disappointed if Spider were to name the CG, since they
appear to have atoned very properly for the incident.

Franz