Are you trying to make water 'stick' to the side of a sloping bed?

We, correction, "I" have just rebuilt some of the garden at the back of
the house where we, correction, "I" have laid a Patio and we, correction
"Joan" has some sloping beds to contend with, especially watering the
plants she has put in.

I have cut some short lengths, 4 inches old money, and she has put them
in just above the plants and just level with the soil, now when she
waters, she pours the water into the tube and it goes straight to the
roots without washing all the soil down.

Her idea, not mine, I just 'found' the pipe, some washing machine waste
pipe from when we had the kitchen done.

Mike
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I say, Mike, what a jolly good idea! I'm struggling with sloping beds, and
have just spent ages watering each plant very, very, slowly so that the
water doesn't rush away in torrents and end up in a puddle at the bottom of
the garden. II'll definitely use your pipe-in-the-soil-above-the-plant tip.

Many thanks!



"Mike" wrote in message
...
Are you trying to make water 'stick' to the side of a sloping bed?
"Joan" has some sloping beds to contend with, especially watering the
plants she has put in.
I have cut some short lengths, 4 inches old money, and she has put them
in just above the plants and just level with the soil, now when she
waters, she pours the water into the tube and it goes straight to the
roots without washing all the soil down.

In article ,
Janice writes

I say, Mike, what a jolly good idea!

Well as I said, not my idea, but Joan's.

I do have some good ideas!! One very frustrating one is a method of
getting/guiding people out of a smoke filled building. It was after a
fire in a Woolworth's Store in Liverpool or Manchester in about 1974
when some people were trapped because they didn't know the way out.
Sooooooooooooooooo simple, but can I get the damn thing off the ground?
In 1982 I was one of the finalists in the Mobil Innovation Awards
Scheme, and only dipped out because I had not got a proto-type done :-((

Any manufacturers out there? (Even my Patents Agent said it was a good
idea) World Wide market and application, soooooooooooooooo simple, even
more simple than cat's eyes. (Sorry to mention cats)

Can be used anywhere, even in the Zeebruge Ferry Disaster some people
could have been saved :-((

Mike

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On Mon, 16 Jun 2003 22:12:05 +0100, Mike
wrote:

In article ,
Janice writes

I say, Mike, what a jolly good idea!

Well as I said, not my idea, but Joan's.

I do have some good ideas!! One very frustrating one is a method of
getting/guiding people out of a smoke filled building. It was after a
fire in a Woolworth's Store in Liverpool or Manchester in about 1974
when some people were trapped because they didn't know the way out.
Sooooooooooooooooo simple, but can I get the damn thing off the ground?
In 1982 I was one of the finalists in the Mobil Innovation Awards
Scheme, and only dipped out because I had not got a proto-type done :-((

Any manufacturers out there? (Even my Patents Agent said it was a good
idea) World Wide market and application, soooooooooooooooo simple, even
more simple than cat's eyes. (Sorry to mention cats)

Can be used anywhere, even in the Zeebruge Ferry Disaster some people
could have been saved :-((

Perhaps you could sell it to P&O. Just in case, of course....
--
martin

"Mike" wrote in message
...
Are you trying to make water 'stick' to the side of a sloping bed?
"Joan" has some sloping beds to contend with, especially watering
the
plants she has put in.
I have cut some short lengths, 4 inches old money, and she has put
them
in just above the plants and just level with the soil, now when
she
waters, she pours the water into the tube and it goes straight to
the
roots without washing all the soil down.

"Janice" wrote in message
...
I say, Mike, what a jolly good idea! I'm struggling with sloping
beds, and
have just spent ages watering each plant very, very, slowly so that
the
water doesn't rush away in torrents and end up in a puddle at the
bottom of
the garden. II'll definitely use your
pipe-in-the-soil-above-the-plant tip.

You can also make little trenches around each plant to contain a
puddle of water :~)
Jenny

In article ,
martin wrote:

On Mon, 16 Jun 2003 22:12:05 +0100, Mike
wrote:

In article ,
Janice writes

I say, Mike, what a jolly good idea!

Well as I said, not my idea, but Joan's.

I do have some good ideas!! One very frustrating one is a method of
getting/guiding people out of a smoke filled building. It was after a
fire in a Woolworth's Store in Liverpool or Manchester in about 1974
when some people were trapped because they didn't know the way out.
Sooooooooooooooooo simple, but can I get the damn thing off the ground?
In 1982 I was one of the finalists in the Mobil Innovation Awards
Scheme, and only dipped out because I had not got a proto-type done :-((

Any manufacturers out there? (Even my Patents Agent said it was a good
idea) World Wide market and application, soooooooooooooooo simple, even
more simple than cat's eyes. (Sorry to mention cats)

Can be used anywhere, even in the Zeebruge Ferry Disaster some people
could have been saved :-((

Perhaps you could sell it to P&O. Just in case, of course....
--
martin

Stable door.

Horse.

Too late.

--
A vague disclaimer is nobody's friend

"vague disclaimer" wrote in message
news:dwqe-b2l8-


Perhaps you could sell it to P&O. Just in case, of course....
--
martin

Stable door.

Horse.

Too late.

It jolly well is not!! Last year I was on the Hull to Zebrugge ferry and
in the middle of the night smelled smoke. Some lunatic had set fire to the
carpet on the stairs next to my cabin.. Someone from the next cabin had
put it out.

We didnt' even get the fire alarm!!! After my DH had gone down to see what
they were doing about it they put out an announcement.

Scary stuff when you are about 4 floors down from the deck.

O

It jolly well is not!! Last year I was on the Hull to Zebrugge ferry
and
in the middle of the night smelled smoke. Some lunatic had set fire to
the
carpet on the stairs next to my cabin.. Someone from the next cabin had
put it out.

We didnt' even get the fire alarm!!! After my DH had gone down to see
what
they were doing about it they put out an announcement.

Scary stuff when you are about 4 floors down from the deck.

O


I can sympathise. A few years ago I stayed on the second floor in a large
hotel opposite Windsor Castle and during the night heard some noise outside.
Looking out of the window I noticed that there were a lot of people stood on
the pavement in nightclothes and several fire engines. After a few moments I
realised they were all looking towards my hotel. I opened the door to my
room and there was a feeble fire alarm ringing outside - so feeble it was
almost inaudible. I followed the FIRE EXIT signs and ended up in the
basement in what looked like the caretakers apartments. I followed more
signs up and down corridors and eventually ended up outside. It turned out
the hotel had been evacuated a full half hour earlier after a kitchen fire.
Had it spread I would either have been killed in my room unaware of the
fire, or died trying to follow badly laid out fire exit
signs. If there had been smoke too there would have been no chance of
escape.

--
Drakanthus.


(Spam filter: Include the word VB anywhere in the subject line or emails
will never reach me.)

"Drakanthus" wrote in message news:N35Ia.1440

Had it spread I would either have been killed in my room unaware of the
fire, or died trying to follow badly laid out fire exit
signs. If there had been smoke too there would have been no chance of
escape.

Doesn't bear thinking about

"Drakanthus" wrote in message news:N35Ia.1440

Had it spread I would either have been killed in my room unaware of the
fire, or died trying to follow badly laid out fire exit
signs. If there had been smoke too there would have been no chance of
escape.

Doesn't bear thinking about

In article ,
Drakanthus writes


or died trying to follow badly laid out fire exit
signs. If there had been smoke too there would have been no chance of
escape.


This method needs no light or signs, so if there was smoke (and I don't
know if you have noticed it, but nearly all EXIT signs are high. Smoke
would block them out), you would still find an exit.

Just as a matter of interest, how many people when they go into a
strange building, be it office block, hotel, public building, theatre
etc, actually take notice of the fire or emergency exits, 'just in
case'? I don't and I expect 99% of the population don't. With my system,
those 99% won't need to ........ just be aware of the system, which with
the right manufacturer and publicity and world wide marketing, would
almost make those EXIT signs extinct.

Mike

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On Wed, 18 Jun 2003 22:44:37 +0100, "Drakanthus"
wrote:


I can sympathise. A few years ago I stayed on the second floor in a large
hotel opposite Windsor Castle and during the night heard some noise outside.
Looking out of the window I noticed that there were a lot of people stood on
the pavement in nightclothes and several fire engines. After a few moments I
realised they were all looking towards my hotel. I opened the door to my
room and there was a feeble fire alarm ringing outside - so feeble it was
almost inaudible. I followed the FIRE EXIT signs and ended up in the
basement in what looked like the caretakers apartments. I followed more
signs up and down corridors and eventually ended up outside. It turned out
the hotel had been evacuated a full half hour earlier after a kitchen fire.
Had it spread I would either have been killed in my room unaware of the
fire, or died trying to follow badly laid out fire exit
signs. If there had been smoke too there would have been no chance of
escape.

Similar story at a hotel in Liverpool. At the time the entire
Liverpool team were holed up in there ala pre match.

Could`nt even hear the alarm that night!