"...........I've had lots of fun eating ripe apples while they were still
hanging on to their trees ... not that I'd do that these days, nope, not me.
That? Nah, that must've been somebody else ........"

That must be as hard as apple bobbing.

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I recommend unripe bananas for a really good bellyache :-)

You'll find a lot on uk.net.news.config

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I recommend unripe bananas for a really good bellyache :-)

You'll find a lot on uk.net.news.config

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I recommend unripe bananas for a really good bellyache :-)

You'll find a lot on uk.net.news.config

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In article ,
Jaques d'Alltrades writes:
|
| Most (if not all) short headers in replies quote the sender's address as
| it appears in the 'From:' field. Post from a spamtrapped address, and
| that's what shows in the short header.

In this case, it was a newsreader that used the 'Reply-To:' field.
That is unusual but perfectly reasonable.

Other newsreaders do other things, some quite revolting.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

In article ,
Jaques d'Alltrades writes:
|
| Most (if not all) short headers in replies quote the sender's address as
| it appears in the 'From:' field. Post from a spamtrapped address, and
| that's what shows in the short header.

In this case, it was a newsreader that used the 'Reply-To:' field.
That is unusual but perfectly reasonable.

Other newsreaders do other things, some quite revolting.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

In article ,
Jaques d'Alltrades writes:
|
| Most (if not all) short headers in replies quote the sender's address as
| it appears in the 'From:' field. Post from a spamtrapped address, and
| that's what shows in the short header.

In this case, it was a newsreader that used the 'Reply-To:' field.
That is unusual but perfectly reasonable.

Other newsreaders do other things, some quite revolting.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 18:05:02 GMT, older molly
wrote:


But you don't understand. Today's children are not tough and hardy as
we were. They are delicate things to be mollycoddled, and pampered, not
allowed to climb trees or play near dangerous holly, or collect nasty
dangerous conkers or walk to school in all weathers like we did.Poor
little sods, they are missing a lot of fun.

Don't fool yourself

"Two men and a 12-year-old boy made a 999 call from a mobile phone
when they found themselves in dangerous conditions in severe gale
force nine winds a quarter of a mile off Whitby's pier ends."

and
"A SCARBOROUGH school was a "scene of devastation" after
vandals smashed windows in eight classrooms and set fire to a storage
shed.
About 100 pupils had to be sent home from Hinderwell yesterday and it
took a team of cleaners and teachers most of the day to clear up the
shards of glass scattered in classrooms and hall.
It is the latest in a string of attacks at the school and headteacher
Philip Snowdon said it was one of the most devastating.
Today Mr Snowdon said that security camera footage from CCTV cameras
had identified two Hinderwell School pupils and two older boys as the
culprits."

On 23 Mar 2004 18:41:15 GMT, (Nick Maclaren) wrote:

In article ,
martin wrote:

"Two men and a 12-year-old boy made a 999 call from a mobile phone
when they found themselves in dangerous conditions in severe gale
force nine winds a quarter of a mile off Whitby's pier ends."

I am trying to imagine what circumstances would create safe conditions
in force nine winds a quarter of a mile off Whitby's pier ends.

They were kayaking - nutters!

In article ,
martin wrote:

"Two men and a 12-year-old boy made a 999 call from a mobile phone
when they found themselves in dangerous conditions in severe gale
force nine winds a quarter of a mile off Whitby's pier ends."

I am trying to imagine what circumstances would create safe conditions
in force nine winds a quarter of a mile off Whitby's pier ends.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Soup just had to say
snip
Be very careful of holly ,if the neighbours or indeed yourself has
or are likely to have children, holly leaves can be quite
'prickly'. Next door put up a fence to keep our (inherited) holly
hedge at bay, hated it with a passion so eventually I removed it
,took me two days too cut the foliage from the trunks,had been
growing for thirty odd years so the root system was very 'mature'
took me two days too dig the roots out four days in all just to
remove a hedge. Maybe if the hedge had been kept on top
of with regard to pruning and thinning out might have been nicer, but
overgrown and dangerous as it was it had to go.

Puhlease...holly leaf scratches are not "dangerous".

Janet

Have left my post intact on purpose, could you please point
out where I said Holly leaf scratches are "dangerous".

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Soup just had to say
snip
Be very careful of holly ,if the neighbours or indeed yourself has
or are likely to have children, holly leaves can be quite
'prickly'. Next door put up a fence to keep our (inherited) holly
hedge at bay, hated it with a passion so eventually I removed it
,took me two days too cut the foliage from the trunks,had been
growing for thirty odd years so the root system was very 'mature'
took me two days too dig the roots out four days in all just to
remove a hedge. Maybe if the hedge had been kept on top
of with regard to pruning and thinning out might have been nicer, but
overgrown and dangerous as it was it had to go.

Puhlease...holly leaf scratches are not "dangerous".

Janet

Have left my post intact on purpose, could you please point
out where I said Holly leaf scratches are "dangerous".

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In article ,
Henriette Kress hetta @ spamcop.net wrote:

Hola urg, how's life?

Beginning to stop bemoaning the weather and sowing seeds :-)

Dunno that berberis is all that dangerous - it's downright nice compared
to hawthorn. Roses are good teachers, though, especially the wild ones.

Not Berberis vulgaris - that has needle-like spines 1-2" long. And
I mean REALLY like needles. Hawthorn is cuddly by comparison.

And I think every kid should overeat on apples and plums at least once,
preferably somebody elses. In good apple and plum years the garden
owner(s) might make angry noises, but that should just be so's the kids
can think they've done something dangerous, because there's much too
much too much too much fruit.

I've had lots of fun eating ripe apples while they were still hanging
on to their trees ... not that I'd do that these days, nope, not me.
That? Nah, that must've been somebody else.

I recommend unripe bananas for a really good bellyache :-)


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

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from older molly contains these words:
Nick Maclaren wrote:

Holly is actually LESS likely to take eyes out than apparently 'safer'
plants. The reason is that it is the dead or sharp twigs that are
the danger and not prickles. Children should be encouraged to fall
into nettlebeds and holly hedges, regularly, to teach them that not
everything is cuddly. Don't let them learn on pyracantha or many
berberis, or they might well lose an eye.

Chillis are also good for teaching children not to eat unidentified
berries. Every garden should have a pot of those nice, brightly
coloured things to attract determinedly disobedient toddlers into
a safe and effective learning experience :-)

But you don't understand. Today's children are not tough and hardy as
we were. They are delicate things to be mollycoddled, and pampered, not
allowed to climb trees or play near dangerous holly, or collect nasty
dangerous conkers or walk to school in all weathers like we did.Poor
little sods, they are missing a lot of fun.

Crossposted to The Shed as Gooeybait......

........though I know what you mean.

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I've had lots of fun eating ripe apples while they were still hanging
on to their trees ... not that I'd do that these days, nope, not me.
That? Nah, that must've been somebody else.

Trying to make it look like a really large wasp was responsible?

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