On Mar 7, 7:09*pm, wrote:
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bobharvey said:
On 5 Mar, 08:43, "Bob Hobden" wrote:

Crossposts make life interesting.

We'll see Nige on here next. *:-)
That would liven up things, I can just imagine what he would have to say
about our resident troll. :-)

Silicon life forms do not survive in the shedde. *They get baffled and
give up before we do.

Actually, I think that's probably just a coincidence.

They turn into half-empty bags of slightly-damp Blue Circle when the sun
comes up, whatever we do to entertain them meanwhile.

Besides, some of the sheds contain much more lethal, er, 'things'
and it wouldn't surprise me if a few trolls ended up as sort of
mummified carcases hidden in the furthest corners. *I have sometimes
come across objects like that, and asked myself "Is this animal,
vegetable or mineral?" - to which the answer is, of course, "Most
probably, but just possibly not."

It's like the refrigerator question "What was this?" - to which
the answer is "I don't know, but it isn't any longer."

I thought the correct answer was, "Life, Jim, but not as we know it."

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On 5 Mar, 08:43, "Bob Hobden" wrote:

Crossposts make life interesting.

We'll see Nige on here next. *:-)
That would liven up things, I can just imagine what he would have to say
about our resident troll. :-)

Silicon life forms do not survive in the shedde. They get baffled and
give up before we do.

Arbut, unforget that Bob Hobden is an Urgler, and this exchange is
somewhat posscrosted.

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In article ,
Richard Robinson wrote:
bobharvey said:
On 5 Mar, 08:43, "Bob Hobden" wrote:

Crossposts make life interesting.

We'll see Nige on here next. Â*:-)
That would liven up things, I can just imagine what he would have to say
about our resident troll. :-)

Silicon life forms do not survive in the shedde. They get baffled and
give up before we do.

Actually, I think that's probably just a coincidence.

They turn into half-empty bags of slightly-damp Blue Circle when the sun
comes up, whatever we do to entertain them meanwhile.

Besides, some of the sheds contain much more lethal, er, 'things'
and it wouldn't surprise me if a few trolls ended up as sort of
mummified carcases hidden in the furthest corners. I have sometimes
come across objects like that, and asked myself "Is this animal,
vegetable or mineral?" - to which the answer is, of course,

It's a deck chair?

"Most
probably, but just possibly not."

Quite.

It's like the refrigerator question "What was this?" - to which
the answer is "I don't know, but it isn't any longer."

No, that's usually a chest freezer.

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Rusty_Hinge said:
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Richard Robinson wrote:
bobharvey said:
On 5 Mar, 08:43, "Bob Hobden" wrote:

Crossposts make life interesting.

We'll see Nige on here next. Â*:-)
That would liven up things, I can just imagine what he would have to say
about our resident troll. :-)

Silicon life forms do not survive in the shedde. They get baffled and
give up before we do.

Actually, I think that's probably just a coincidence.

They turn into half-empty bags of slightly-damp Blue Circle when the sun
comes up, whatever we do to entertain them meanwhile.

Besides, some of the sheds contain much more lethal, er, 'things'
and it wouldn't surprise me if a few trolls ended up as sort of
mummified carcases hidden in the furthest corners. I have sometimes
come across objects like that, and asked myself "Is this animal,
vegetable or mineral?" - to which the answer is, of course,

It's a deck chair?

"What big spiders you have, Grandma"

"Most probably, but just possibly not."

Quite.

It's like the refrigerator question "What was this?" - to which the
answer is "I don't know, but it isn't any longer."

No, that's usually a chest freezer.

is connected to the leg freezer ...


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Richard Robinson wrote:

Besides, some of the sheds contain much more lethal, er, 'things'
and it wouldn't surprise me if a few trolls ended up as sort of
mummified carcases hidden in the furthest corners. I have sometimes
come across objects like that, and asked myself "Is this animal,
vegetable or mineral?" - to which the answer is, of course,

It's a deck chair?

"What big spiders you have, Grandma"

"All the better to bug you with, Richard."

"Most probably, but just possibly not."

Quite.

It's like the refrigerator question "What was this?" - to which the
answer is "I don't know, but it isn't any longer."

No, that's usually a chest freezer.

is connected to the leg freezer ...

Eton
Via the Bum Freezer
/Eton

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On 5 Mar, 11:53, Rusty_Hinge
wrote:

http://www.users. zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/temp/garden/triquatrum3.jpg


'ere rusty - they've grown a space, those links have to be sure

On 5 Mar, 23:57, "mark" wrote:

I think you are right.
I googled pics of Allium Paradoxum *and it looks like what I've got. *Thank
you
Also known as 'few flowered garlic'.

It is very rare in Northern Irelandhttp://www.habitas.org.uk/flora/species.asp?item=2204

Possibly not for much longer

On 6 Mar, 00:18, "Christina Websell"
wrote:

Your newsreader is broken - it's not quoting - leaving out indents.

It does that sometimes. *It will be ok soon, never been able to understand
why or sort it out.

Rumour has it that the newsreader in Vista does that, as does the one
in WInjows7beta

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On 5 Mar, 11:53, Rusty_Hinge
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http://www.users. zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/temp/garden/triquatrum3.jpg


'ere rusty - they've grown a space, those links have to be sure

Oh dear. Here, have a rubber.

There was a young man of Cape Horn
Who wished he'd never been born:
And he wouldn't have been
If his father had seen
That /no carrier/

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On 5 Mar, 23:57, "mark" wrote:

I think you are right.
I googled pics of Allium Paradoxum *and it looks like what I've got.
*Thank
you
Also known as 'few flowered garlic'.

It is very rare in Northern
Irelandhttp://www.habitas.org.uk/flora/species.asp?item=2204

Possibly not for much longer

I say old chap, your space seems to have transferred to my post innit.

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On Sat, 07 Mar 2009 17:22:38 -0000, Ahem A Rivet's Shot
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On Sat, 7 Mar 2009 14:40:53 GMT
Rusty Hinge wrote:

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Hum. My ransomes aren't showing yet, let alone close to
flowering.

They're about 4" proud of the soil in Coalbrookdale and round the
Wrekin today.

Arbut I posted that yesterday...

...but mine are still not showing.

Is it any excuse that they came from Ireland originally?

Maybe you should try watering them with Guinness?

May I pass it through my kidneys first?

Liffey water is improved by passing through a few sets of kidneys,
but Guinness is no longer Liffey water.

I was told it came from a small spring quite near (if not under!) the
Grand Canal.

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Hum. My ransomes aren't showing yet, let alone close to flowering.

They're about 4" proud of the soil in Coalbrookdale and round the Wrekin
today.

About the same in Miss Wilmot's Garden on Saturday.



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Hum. My ransomes aren't showing yet, let alone close to flowering.

They're about 4" proud of the soil in Coalbrookdale and round the Wrekin
today.

About the same in Miss Wilmot's Garden on Saturday.


But did you see her ghost? ;-)

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Hum. My ransomes aren't showing yet, let alone close to flowering.

They're about 4" proud of the soil in Coalbrookdale and round the Wrekin
today.

About the same in Miss Wilmot's Garden on Saturday.

Found one or two - about two inches. I hope the rest will appear...

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