Kay wrote:
:: In article , Phil L
:: writes
::: Miss Perspicacia Tick wrote:
:::::
::::: Obviously R.E. wasn't on the syllabus at whatever school it was
::::: you attended...
:::
::: It was but they didn't teach us about Latin / Italian / Greek
::: spellings for obscure plants, it was more about God, Yahweh,
::: Iseraelites and such likes, what a strange school you must have
::: attended. :-p
:: Maybe it's a girls' school thing - you mean you didn't get the
:: biblical story about Jesus referring to Peter as his 'rock' (or
:: something like that ...)?

Hmmm, no not really, we didn't get any biblical stories at all, it was more
a kind of 'debate' type lesson where the teacher would put forward a topic
(maybe religion related, I can't remember) and the whole class would argue
against each other...he would sit on his desk watching the battle unfold and
only ever chirped in if it got too heated. - it wasn't a religious school,
so RE itself wasn't a study of the christian religion, more a study of
religion per se.


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"Keith" wrote in message
...
Hopefully some of you may be able to help

I have three Sons Peter, David and Alden
In an effort to get them involved in the Garden, I am trying to buy plants
that they can 'adopt'

I have planted a row of Alders around our pond which is as close to Alden
as I am likely to get!

I have planted Acer Davidii and Davidia Involucrate for David

But can I find a Tree or for that matter anything called Peter, no
Anyone know of any plants with Peter in their name?

rgds
Keith

Found this :
http://www.desert-tropicals.com/Plan..._filifera.html

Phil L wrote:
Kay wrote:
In article , Phil
L
writes
Miss Perspicacia Tick wrote:

Obviously R.E. wasn't on the syllabus at whatever school it
was
you attended...

It was but they didn't teach us about Latin / Italian / Greek
spellings for obscure plants, it was more about God, Yahweh,
Iseraelites and such likes, what a strange school you must have
attended. :-p
Maybe it's a girls' school thing - you mean you didn't get the
biblical story about Jesus referring to Peter as his 'rock' (or
something like that ...)?

Hmmm, no not really, we didn't get any biblical stories at all, it
was more a kind of 'debate' type lesson where the teacher would put
forward a topic (maybe religion related, I can't remember) and the
whole class would argue against each other...he would sit on his
desk
watching the battle unfold and only ever chirped in if it got too
heated. - it wasn't a religious school, so RE itself wasn't a study
of the christian religion, more a study of religion per se.

I'm all for that. But, OT, it's quite impossible to understand whole
chunks of our culture without some knowledge of the Bible: I wish
schools could find a way of dealing with the problem. (I was amused a
while ago to learn of a school which had placed religious education
in the Humanities Department!)

--
Mike.

Thanks all there are some gems there, both plants and the slightly ot
thread has given me an additional route to explore

rgds
Keith

In article , Phil L
writes
Hmmm, no not really, we didn't get any biblical stories at all, it was more
a kind of 'debate' type lesson where the teacher would put forward a topic
(maybe religion related, I can't remember) and the whole class would argue
against each other...he would sit on his desk watching the battle unfold and
only ever chirped in if it got too heated. - it wasn't a religious school,
so RE itself wasn't a study of the christian religion, more a study of
religion per se.

I guess you're a lot younger than me ;-)
That sort of thing was considered very 'advanced' in my day.
--
Kay
"Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river"

On 20/4/05 20:48, in article , "Mike Lyle"
wrote:

snip

I'm all for that. But, OT, it's quite impossible to understand whole
chunks of our culture without some knowledge of the Bible: I wish
schools could find a way of dealing with the problem. (I was amused a
while ago to learn of a school which had placed religious education
in the Humanities Department!)

When I visited Florence and went round the Uffizi Gallery, I realised that
without *some* knowledge of Christianity, many of the paintings were
meaningless - beautifully executed of course, wonderful to look at and enjoy
but definitely enriched by even a little knowledge.
--

Sacha
(remove the weeds for email)

Kay wrote:
In article , Phil L
writes
Miss Perspicacia Tick wrote:

Obviously R.E. wasn't on the syllabus at whatever school it was you
attended...

It was but they didn't teach us about Latin / Italian / Greek
spellings for obscure plants, it was more about God, Yahweh,
Iseraelites and such likes, what a strange school you must have
attended. :-p
Maybe it's a girls' school thing - you mean you didn't get the
biblical story about Jesus referring to Peter as his 'rock' (or
something like that ...)?

Not only was it an all girls' school - it was a convent (The Sisters of the
Holy Cross)! R.E. was compulsory up to O Level. Now, it's not a convent (the
nuns have been put out to pasture) and they accept boys in the nursery and
infants. All the nuns were Sister Mary somebody-or-other - apart from the
headmistress who was Sister Kevin Arthur Russell. It wasn't until recently I
learned that there really /was/ a St Kevin - but I cannot find a St Arthur,
nor a St Russell (some things I've read have canonised King Arthur but how
can he be a saint when he didn't exist?).

Sorry to drag this even more OT. ;o)

Sarah


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Martin wrote:
:: On Fri, 22 Apr 2005 15:45:48 +0100, "Miss Perspicacia Tick"
:: wrote:
::
::: Kay wrote:
:::: In article ,
:::: Phil L writes
::::: Miss Perspicacia Tick wrote:
:::::::
::::::: Obviously R.E. wasn't on the syllabus at whatever school it
::::::: was you attended...
:::::
::::: It was but they didn't teach us about Latin / Italian / Greek
::::: spellings for obscure plants, it was more about God, Yahweh,
::::: Iseraelites and such likes, what a strange school you must have
::::: attended. :-p
:::: Maybe it's a girls' school thing - you mean you didn't get the
:::: biblical story about Jesus referring to Peter as his 'rock' (or
:::: something like that ...)?
:::
::: Not only was it an all girls' school - it was a convent (The
::: Sisters of the Holy Cross)! R.E. was compulsory up to O Level.
::: Now, it's not a convent (the nuns have been put out to pasture)
::: and they accept boys in the nursery and infants. All the nuns
::: were Sister Mary somebody-or-other - apart from the headmistress
::: who was Sister Kevin Arthur Russell. It wasn't until recently I
::: learned that there really /was/ a St Kevin - but I cannot find a
::: St Arthur, nor a St Russell (some things I've read have canonised
::: King Arthur but how can he be a saint when he didn't exist?).
:::
::: Sorry to drag this even more OT. ;o)
::
:: Are you sure that Kevin Arthur Russell wasn't in drag?

My thoughts exactly!


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"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we.
They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country
and our people, and neither do we."
- George W. Bush, 5.8.2004