On Fri, 04 Jun 2004 17:32:03 +0200, martin wrote:

On Fri, 4 Jun 2004 14:52:50 +0100, "Paul D.Smith"
wrote:

[snip]
Or just bung a few of those nylon ties around them at strategic
intervals to stop the stems from sliding down the poles.


And what stops the nylon ties from sliding down these smooth poles ;-)

Lack of imagination? :-)

Rhypophobia.

Regards,



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