Has anyone noticed that most of the missing FAQs are now back on the urg
web site?

David

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David Rance writing from Caversham, Reading, UK
http://www.mesnil.demon.co.uk

On Fri, 15 May 2009 Martin wrote:

Has anyone noticed that most of the missing FAQs are now back on the urg
web site?

urg website?

http://www.u-r-g.co.uk

It's mentioned in the abc each week.

David

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David Rance writing from Caversham, Reading, UK
http://www.mesnil.demon.co.uk

On Fri, 15 May 2009 Martin wrote:

On Fri, 15 May 2009 Martin wrote:

Has anyone noticed that most of the missing FAQs are now back on the urg
web site?

urg website?

http://www.u-r-g.co.uk

Thanks. It looks a bit out of date.

Is that all you have to say?

David

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David Rance writing from Caversham, Reading, UK
http://www.mesnil.demon.co.uk

On 2009-05-15 16:24:53 +0100, David Rance
said:

Has anyone noticed that most of the missing FAQs are now back on the
urg web site?

David

Well done, David! Lots of hard work and hours of 'fun' - thank you for
taking on the task of restoring a valuable resource.

To all urglers, I would like to say that Cormaic told me he would be
extremely happy to have someone else take this over. I asked one or a
few people who might have been able to do it and David stepped up and
offered his time, expertise and skills. Another urgler also offered
help and may wish for now to remain nameless but it seems to me that
urg is extremely lucky - as are other gardeners who read this group -
to see the FAQs back in action. I think urg owes David a big thank you.
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
Exotic plants, shrubs & perennials
South Devon

On 2009-05-15 17:14:57 +0100, Martin said:

On Fri, 15 May 2009 17:08:54 +0100, David Rance
wrote:

On Fri, 15 May 2009 Martin wrote:

Has anyone noticed that most of the missing FAQs are now back on the urg
web site?

urg website?

http://www.u-r-g.co.uk

Thanks. It looks a bit out of date.


It's mentioned in the abc each week.

Maybe I should read abc more often )


No, it's not out of date, it's the original FAQ - and does gardening
knowledge ever go out of date? - it's because it's been inaccessible
for a long time. David has spent hours bringing it back to us all for
our benefit.
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
Exotic plants, shrubs & perennials
South Devon

On Fri, 15 May 2009 Sacha wrote:

Has anyone noticed that most of the missing FAQs are now back on the
urg web site?

Well done, David! Lots of hard work and hours of 'fun' - thank you for
taking on the task of restoring a valuable resource.

To all urglers, I would like to say that Cormaic told me he would be
extremely happy to have someone else take this over. I asked one or a
few people who might have been able to do it and David stepped up and
offered his time, expertise and skills.

Rather more accurately, I was prevailed upon!

Another urgler also offered help and may wish for now to remain
nameless but it seems to me that urg is extremely lucky - as are other
gardeners who read this group - to see the FAQs back in action. I
think urg owes David a big thank you.

Umm, well, Martin has a point. They *are* out of date so I expect Martin
will help in remedying this.

Nevertheless there was much useful information that was worth salvaging.
There are lots of dead links. I have renewed some where I could find an
updated link.

But maybe people would like to renew some of the FAQs completely. After
all, it was always something which the membership of this group
contributed to and was a way of making their experience more permanent
while avoiding unnecessary repetition of the same questions time after
time.

David

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David Rance writing from Caversham, Reading, UK
http://www.mesnil.demon.co.uk

On Sat, 16 May 2009 Martin wrote:

No, it's not out of date, it's the original FAQ - and does gardening
knowledge ever go out of date? - it's because it's been inaccessible
for a long time. David has spent hours bringing it back to us all for
our benefit.

OK. From David's opening question I wouldn't have guessed.

You weren't intended to! I wanted to remain anonymous! Sacha's blown my
cover! ;-)

Oh well, such is the price of fame......

David

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David Rance writing from Caversham, Reading, UK
http://www.mesnil.demon.co.uk

On 2009-05-16 04:58:02 +0100, David Rance
said:

On Sat, 16 May 2009 Martin wrote:

No, it's not out of date, it's the original FAQ - and does gardening
knowledge ever go out of date? - it's because it's been inaccessible
for a long time. David has spent hours bringing it back to us all for
our benefit.

OK. From David's opening question I wouldn't have guessed.

You weren't intended to! I wanted to remain anonymous! Sacha's blown my
cover! ;-)

Oh well, such is the price of fame......

David

I think you fully deserve any credit that comes your way! Anyway, you
know someone would be asking 'whodunnit'! ;-)
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
Exotic plants, shrubs & perennials
South Devon

On 2009-05-15 23:50:57 +0100, Martin said:

On Fri, 15 May 2009 23:30:23 +0100, Sacha wrote:

On 2009-05-15 17:14:57 +0100, Martin said:

On Fri, 15 May 2009 17:08:54 +0100, David Rance
wrote:

On Fri, 15 May 2009 Martin wrote:

Has anyone noticed that most of the missing FAQs are now back on the urg
web site?

urg website?

http://www.u-r-g.co.uk

Thanks. It looks a bit out of date.


It's mentioned in the abc each week.

Maybe I should read abc more often )


No, it's not out of date, it's the original FAQ - and does gardening
knowledge ever go out of date? - it's because it's been inaccessible
for a long time. David has spent hours bringing it back to us all for
our benefit.

OK. From David's opening question I wouldn't have guessed.

Since I had not seen it before, I had no way of judging the changes.

Maybe time to delete stuff about get togethers that were held a decade ago?

The part about organic gardening should mention that the EU standards
were drawn
up by commercial organic gardeners so it's not surprising HDRA complies with
them.

Don't know about deleting the meets - personally, I think they're fun
to look back on. But that's not really the focal point of what David
has done which is bringing the FAQs back to availability. Perhaps you
can write a FAQ about EU legislation that affects gardening?
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
Exotic plants, shrubs & perennials
South Devon

On Sat, 16 May 2009 Sacha wrote:

OK. From David's opening question I wouldn't have guessed.

You weren't intended to! I wanted to remain anonymous! Sacha's blown
my cover! ;-)
Oh well, such is the price of fame......

I think you fully deserve any credit that comes your way! Anyway, you
know someone would be asking 'whodunnit'! ;-)

sigh I know! ;-)

David

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David Rance writing from Caversham, Reading, UK
http://www.mesnil.demon.co.uk

David Rance writes
But maybe people would like to renew some of the FAQs completely. After
all, it was always something which the membership of this group
contributed to and was a way of making their experience more permanent
while avoiding unnecessary repetition of the same questions time after
time.

It never worked, though ;-) We were still besieged by people wanting us
to sit down and pen instant answers because they were unwilling to do an
elementary search.
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Kay

On 2009-05-16 14:43:44 +0100, K said:

David Rance writes
But maybe people would like to renew some of the FAQs completely. After
all, it was always something which the membership of this group
contributed to and was a way of making their experience more permanent
while avoiding unnecessary repetition of the same questions time after
time.

It never worked, though ;-) We were still besieged by people wanting us
to sit down and pen instant answers because they were unwilling to do
an elementary search.

I think it's fair then to point them at the FAQs and suggest they come
back if they don't find an answer there. Quite apart from anything
else, looking at the FAQs, they may well find info on other things they
want to know about!
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
Exotic plants, shrubs & perennials
South Devon

On Sat, 16 May 2009 K wrote:

But maybe people would like to renew some of the FAQs completely.
After all, it was always something which the membership of this group
contributed to and was a way of making their experience more permanent
while avoiding unnecessary repetition of the same questions time after time.

It never worked, though ;-) We were still besieged by people wanting us
to sit down and pen instant answers because they were unwilling to do
an elementary search.

But perhaps they didn't know about the FAQs and had never read the abc.
And it would be a simple thing to give them a URL in reply - it would
make it simpler and us seem more friendly. And it's even easier to
remember now that Cormaic has registered the urg domain.

For instance:

http://www.u-r-g.co.uk/urgfaqs.htm

is easy enough to type in.

We need to remember that, just as many readers here are novices to
gardening, so they may be to computers and the Internet. And if they're
not we should give them the benefit of the doubt. And they all work now.

At least, I would.

David

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David Rance writing from Caversham, Reading, UK
http://www.mesnil.demon.co.uk

On May 15, 11:28*pm, Sacha wrote:
On 2009-05-15 16:24:53 +0100, David Rance
said:

Has anyone noticed that most of the missing FAQs are now back on the
urg web site?

David

Well done, David! *Lots of hard work and hours of 'fun' - thank you for
taking on the task of restoring a valuable resource.

To all urglers, I would like to say that Cormaic told me he would be
extremely happy to have someone else take this over. * I asked one or a
few people who might have been able to do it and David stepped up and
offered his time, expertise and skills. *Another urgler also offered
help and may wish for now to remain nameless but it seems to me that
urg is extremely lucky - as are other gardeners who read this group -
to see the FAQs back in action. *I think urg owes David a big thank you..
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Sachawww.hillhousenursery.com
Exotic plants, shrubs & perennials
South Devon

I second that, thanks David. I don't mind if you delete me from the
urg meets; some on another group took a look and posted on my
appearance, so maybe, you should delete them?

Judith

On May 15, 11:48*pm, David Rance
wrote:
On Fri, 15 May 2009 *Sacha wrote:



Has anyone noticed that most of the missing FAQs are now back on the
urg web site?

Well done, David! *Lots of hard work and hours of 'fun' - thank you for
taking on the task of restoring a valuable resource.

To all urglers, I would like to say that Cormaic told me he would be
extremely happy to have someone else take this over. * I asked one or a
few people who might have been able to do it and David stepped up and
offered his time, expertise and skills.

Rather more accurately, I was prevailed upon!

*Another urgler also offered help and may wish for now to remain
nameless but it seems to me that urg is extremely lucky - as are other
gardeners who read this group - to see the FAQs back in action. *I
think urg owes David a big thank you.

Umm, well, Martin has a point. They *are* out of date so I expect Martin
will help in remedying this.

Nevertheless there was much useful information that was worth salvaging.
There are lots of dead links. I have renewed some where I could find an
updated link.

But maybe people would like to renew some of the FAQs completely. After
all, it was always something which the membership of this group
contributed to and was a way of making their experience more permanent
while avoiding unnecessary repetition of the same questions time after
time.

David

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David Rance * * * *writing from Caversham, Reading, UKhttp://www.mesnil.demon.co.uk

Martin is pretty au fait, I would think with this sort of stuff, so
come on our Martin what say you?

Judith