On 17/11/07 11:54, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

On Sat, 17 Nov 2007 00:23:32 +0000, Sacha
wrote:

On 16/11/07 22:29, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:23:53 -0800 (PST), "judith.lea"
wrote:

On Nov 16, 10:16 pm, Martin wrote:
On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:19:03 -0800 (PST), "judith.lea"





wrote:
On Nov 15, 6:24 pm, David in Normandy wrote:
In article , Sacha
says...

On 15/11/07 12:10, in article , "Janet
Tweedy" wrote:

In article , Uncle Marvo
writes

Should I feel just a teensy bit guilty aboout environmental issues?

No but I would feel a bit edgy about someone nicking the car!!


Volvo's have the option, probably best left to the Swedes which can
automatically turn your car heater on at a given time so you can
return
to it nice and warm

My M reg. Volvo had seat warmers for the front seats. I turned it on
for
a
friend once and she asked me if it was a seat warmer or if she'd had a
'little accident'. ;-)

I borrowed someone's car once many years ago with seat warmers. He'd had
them turned on first thing in the morning when it was cool, but I
couldn't find out how to turn the damn things off so got well and truly
cooked on a 100 mile drive later in the day in hot Summer sunshine.
--
David in Normandy- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I believe there are heated lavatory seats!!!

EIIR always gets one when she goes visiting.

Does that mean I have to sit on it first to warm it for her :-)

They installed an electrically heated toilet for her in one place where I
worked
which she officially opened.

How truly ridiculous. She's lived in some of the coldest houses in the
country! ;-)

She didn't use it. She was probably unaware of it.

'Facilities' always have to be available but it's the officious officials
who get themselves into such a silly state. Someone once said that HM must
think most of the world smells of fresh paint!
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

In article ,
"judith.lea" writes:
|
| | All I can say is that Her Majesty is not as particular as me, I would
| | never dream of sitting on a public loo!!!
|
| You're lucky!
|
| Why? :-)

Think about it!


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

In article ,
Martin writes:
|
| http://www.siad.dk/img/toilet-hul.jpg

Fancy! Don't start me on my experiences - you really don't want to
know :-)


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

In article , Martin says...

Someone once said that HM must
think most of the world smells of fresh paint!

Even when she opens a "new" building. They redecorated the 3rd floor of a
building where I worked when she officially opened it. The building had only
been in use 3 months. It seems to be a very British thing. I have been in
buildings outside UK that royals have opened/visited where nothing was done
except polish the floors prior to the visit.


I used to work for a company that produced clothing for M&S. Any
visitors from M&S were treated like royalty. On one occasion a
scaffolding tower was erected and someone spent two days vacuuming the
ceiling of the factory prior to a visit. Everyone was told to keep their
desks nice and tidy and clear of clutter etc. Things all got rather
silly.

It did no good in the end though. British made goods could not compete
with those from abroad. M&S switched more and more to cheap clothing
produced in sweat shops abroad and the eventually all the UK factories
closed.
--
David in Normandy

On Nov 17, 3:26 pm, Martin wrote:
On Sat, 17 Nov 2007 13:56:19 +0000, Sacha
wrote:





On 17/11/07 11:54, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

On Sat, 17 Nov 2007 00:23:32 +0000, Sacha
wrote:

On 16/11/07 22:29, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:23:53 -0800 (PST), "judith.lea"
wrote:

On Nov 16, 10:16 pm, Martin wrote:
On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:19:03 -0800 (PST), "judith.lea"

wrote:
On Nov 15, 6:24 pm, David in Normandy wrote:
In article , Sacha
says...

On 15/11/07 12:10, in article , "Janet
Tweedy" wrote:

In article , Uncle Marvo
writes

Should I feel just a teensy bit guilty aboout environmental issues?

No but I would feel a bit edgy about someone nicking the car!!


Volvo's have the option, probably best left to the Swedes which can
automatically turn your car heater on at a given time so you can
return
to it nice and warm

My M reg. Volvo had seat warmers for the front seats. I turned it on
for
a
friend once and she asked me if it was a seat warmer or if she'd had a
'little accident'. ;-)

I borrowed someone's car once many years ago with seat warmers. He'd had
them turned on first thing in the morning when it was cool, but I
couldn't find out how to turn the damn things off so got well and truly
cooked on a 100 mile drive later in the day in hot Summer sunshine.
--
David in Normandy- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I believe there are heated lavatory seats!!!

EIIR always gets one when she goes visiting.

Does that mean I have to sit on it first to warm it for her :-)

They installed an electrically heated toilet for her in one place where I
worked
which she officially opened.

How truly ridiculous. She's lived in some of the coldest houses in the
country! ;-)

She didn't use it. She was probably unaware of it.

'Facilities' always have to be available but it's the officious officials
who get themselves into such a silly state.

It was located in the hot rolling mill of a steel works.

Someone once said that HM must
think most of the world smells of fresh paint!

Even when she opens a "new" building. They redecorated the 3rd floor of a
building where I worked when she officially opened it. The building had only
been in use 3 months. It seems to be a very British thing. I have been in
buildings outside UK that royals have opened/visited where nothing was done
except polish the floors prior to the visit.
--

Martin- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

When the late Princess Diana opened a wing of my old holspital, my
department was on her list of visits. The corridor was decorated as
was a loo for her personal use. She astounded the officials when she
insisted she went off the newly decorated route, to the service
corridor to have tea with the ladies in the staff canteen!! Of course
everything which had been littering the "decorated route" was stored
in the service corridor. The officials looked as if they were going
to die of shame, I loved it :-)

On Nov 17, 5:36 pm, Martin wrote:
On Sat, 17 Nov 2007 09:15:29 -0800 (PST), "judith.lea"





wrote:
On Nov 17, 3:26 pm, Martin wrote:
On Sat, 17 Nov 2007 13:56:19 +0000, Sacha
wrote:

On 17/11/07 11:54, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

On Sat, 17 Nov 2007 00:23:32 +0000, Sacha
wrote:

On 16/11/07 22:29, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:23:53 -0800 (PST), "judith.lea"
wrote:

On Nov 16, 10:16 pm, Martin wrote:
On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:19:03 -0800 (PST), "judith.lea"

wrote:
On Nov 15, 6:24 pm, David in Normandy wrote:
In article , Sacha
says...

On 15/11/07 12:10, in article , "Janet
Tweedy" wrote:

In article , Uncle Marvo
writes

Should I feel just a teensy bit guilty aboout environmental issues?

No but I would feel a bit edgy about someone nicking the car!!


Volvo's have the option, probably best left to the Swedes which can
automatically turn your car heater on at a given time so you can
return
to it nice and warm

My M reg. Volvo had seat warmers for the front seats. I turned it on
for
a
friend once and she asked me if it was a seat warmer or if she'd had a
'little accident'. ;-)

I borrowed someone's car once many years ago with seat warmers. He'd had
them turned on first thing in the morning when it was cool, but I
couldn't find out how to turn the damn things off so got well and truly
cooked on a 100 mile drive later in the day in hot Summer sunshine.
--
David in Normandy- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I believe there are heated lavatory seats!!!

EIIR always gets one when she goes visiting.

Does that mean I have to sit on it first to warm it for her :-)

They installed an electrically heated toilet for her in one place where I
worked
which she officially opened.

How truly ridiculous. She's lived in some of the coldest houses in the
country! ;-)

She didn't use it. She was probably unaware of it.

'Facilities' always have to be available but it's the officious officials
who get themselves into such a silly state.

It was located in the hot rolling mill of a steel works.

Someone once said that HM must
think most of the world smells of fresh paint!

Even when she opens a "new" building. They redecorated the 3rd floor of a
building where I worked when she officially opened it. The building had only
been in use 3 months. It seems to be a very British thing. I have been in
buildings outside UK that royals have opened/visited where nothing was done
except polish the floors prior to the visit.
--

Martin- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

When the late Princess Diana opened a wing of my old holspital, my
department was on her list of visits. The corridor was decorated as
was a loo for her personal use. She astounded the officials when she
insisted she went off the newly decorated route, to the service
corridor to have tea with the ladies in the staff canteen!! Of course
everything which had been littering the "decorated route" was stored
in the service corridor. The officials looked as if they were going
to die of shame, I loved it :-)

When EIIR visited the freshly decorated 3rd floor all her entourage tried to get
into the lift with her. The lift went into TILT mode.
--

Martin- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

You mean .... ??

Judith

On 17/11/07 15:26, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

On Sat, 17 Nov 2007 13:56:19 +0000, Sacha
wrote:

On 17/11/07 11:54, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

On Sat, 17 Nov 2007 00:23:32 +0000, Sacha
wrote:

On 16/11/07 22:29, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:23:53 -0800 (PST), "judith.lea"
wrote:

On Nov 16, 10:16 pm, Martin wrote:
On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:19:03 -0800 (PST), "judith.lea"





wrote:
On Nov 15, 6:24 pm, David in Normandy wrote:
In article , Sacha
says...

On 15/11/07 12:10, in article , "Janet
Tweedy" wrote:

In article , Uncle Marvo
writes

Should I feel just a teensy bit guilty aboout environmental issues?

No but I would feel a bit edgy about someone nicking the car!!


Volvo's have the option, probably best left to the Swedes which can
automatically turn your car heater on at a given time so you can
return
to it nice and warm

My M reg. Volvo had seat warmers for the front seats. I turned it on
for
a
friend once and she asked me if it was a seat warmer or if she'd had
a
'little accident'. ;-)

I borrowed someone's car once many years ago with seat warmers. He'd
had
them turned on first thing in the morning when it was cool, but I
couldn't find out how to turn the damn things off so got well and
truly
cooked on a 100 mile drive later in the day in hot Summer sunshine.
--
David in Normandy- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I believe there are heated lavatory seats!!!

EIIR always gets one when she goes visiting.

Does that mean I have to sit on it first to warm it for her :-)

They installed an electrically heated toilet for her in one place where I
worked
which she officially opened.

How truly ridiculous. She's lived in some of the coldest houses in the
country! ;-)

She didn't use it. She was probably unaware of it.

'Facilities' always have to be available but it's the officious officials
who get themselves into such a silly state.

It was located in the hot rolling mill of a steel works.

Someone once said that HM must
think most of the world smells of fresh paint!

Even when she opens a "new" building. They redecorated the 3rd floor of a
building where I worked when she officially opened it. The building had only
been in use 3 months. It seems to be a very British thing. I have been in
buildings outside UK that royals have opened/visited where nothing was done
except polish the floors prior to the visit.

In 'real life' they have been known to experience a bit more than the scent
of Dulux. There's a farm on the moor where Charles used to stay and work
just as everyone else did - same living conditions etc. Generally, we don't
get to hear about those things, which is just as well. The odd dose of
normality must be essential if you live in such a goldfish bowl usually.

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

On 17/11/07 17:15, in article
,
"judith.lea" wrote:
snip

When the late Princess Diana opened a wing of my old holspital, my
department was on her list of visits. The corridor was decorated as
was a loo for her personal use. She astounded the officials when she
insisted she went off the newly decorated route, to the service
corridor to have tea with the ladies in the staff canteen!! Of course
everything which had been littering the "decorated route" was stored
in the service corridor. The officials looked as if they were going
to die of shame, I loved it :-)

Perfect. ;-)
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

In article
,
judith.lea writes
On Nov 17, 12:32 pm, (Nick Maclaren) wrote:
In article
,"jud
ith.lea" writes:

|
| All I can say is that Her Majesty is not as particular as me, I would
| never dream of sitting on a public loo!!!

You're lucky!

Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Why? :-)



You must either never drink tea or coffee or have a large bladder or
never be more than 45 minutes from a private 'facility' or have you
developed functions that the rest of the female gardening population
hasn't?
--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

On 18/11/07 12:11, in article , "Janet
Tweedy" wrote:

In article
,
judith.lea writes
On Nov 17, 12:32 pm, (Nick Maclaren) wrote:
In article
,"jud
ith.lea" writes:

|
| All I can say is that Her Majesty is not as particular as me, I would
| never dream of sitting on a public loo!!!

You're lucky!

Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Why? :-)



You must either never drink tea or coffee or have a large bladder or
never be more than 45 minutes from a private 'facility' or have you
developed functions that the rest of the female gardening population
hasn't?

I admit that I'm with Judith on this one. I do my utmost to avoid having to
visit public loos and - mostly - I succeed. ;-)


--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

In article ,
Sacha writes:
| On 18/11/07 12:11, in article , "Janet
| Tweedy" wrote:
| In article
| ,
| judith.lea writes
|
| |
| | All I can say is that Her Majesty is not as particular as me, I would
| | never dream of sitting on a public loo!!!
|
| You're lucky!
|
| Why? :-)
|
| You must either never drink tea or coffee or have a large bladder or
| never be more than 45 minutes from a private 'facility' or have you
| developed functions that the rest of the female gardening population
| hasn't?
|
| I admit that I'm with Judith on this one. I do my utmost to avoid having to
| visit public loos and - mostly - I succeed. ;-)

Janet is right, but is understating the case, perhaps on the grounds of
good taste and public decency.

In addition to that, you had better not have urinary retention problems
(as many elderly men do), irritable bowel syndrome or anything else that
makes you subject to chronic or unpredictable diarrhoea, or need them
for any other purpose. Well, Judith DID ask :-)


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.