"jane" wrote in message
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On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 09:09:01 +0100, Janet Baraclough..
wrote:

~
~ Happy Birthday to you
~ Happy Birthday to you
~ Happy Birthday dear Franz
~ Happy Birthday to you
~

oh! Missed this post yesterday...

Happy birthday from me, too!

Hello Jane,

How nice of you to send me those goood wishes.

Franz

--
jane

Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone,
you may still exist but you have ceased to live.
Mark Twain

Please remove onmaps from replies, thanks!

On 19/8/04 15:37, in article , "Franz
Heymann" wrote:


"Sacha" wrote in message
k...
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Oh, Franz. If everyone who has ever crossed swords with someone
else on
this group stopped 'talking' to them, the entire group would be dead
and
buried by now!! My own initial sorties here were a very bumpy ride,
I can
tell you. The hatchet is buried and not between our shoulder
blades. ;-)

Right. Stand by for the next blast from me. {:-))

Franz


After all those candles Franz, I'm sure you're a walking flamethrower! ;-)
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove the weeds to email me)

"Franz Heymann" wrote
Found this site which covers it well :
http://www.haarlemshuffle.com/expatzone/life/page2.html

I will have a look at it. In the meantime, it sounds as if it might
have affinities with what my friend in Holland once said the correct
form of addressing me in Holland would be, namely Zeer
HoochWeledelgeleerde Heer Professor Doktor Heymann
Franz

Yep :~))
Jenny

"Mike Lyle" wrote in message
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"Franz Heymann" wrote in message
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"Alan Gould" wrote in message
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In article , Franz Heymann
writes

"Janet Baraclough.."
wrote in
message ...

Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday dear Franz
Happy Birthday to you

Even if I am a cantankerous old argumentative octogenarian?

Yes indeed - from a c.o.a. septuagenarian.
Keep digging Franz!

Impossible. Most of my garden has less than 6 inches of soil over
shattered sandstone. It is even difficult to push stakes into the
ground. The interesting thing is that the soil is in fact quite
well
drained.

Anyway, thanks for the good wishes, Alan.

Sorry I missed the party, Franz. Many more of them, and keep
cantankering!

I didn't get you a present; but if you like I'll start an argument
about why you seem surprised that a shattered sandstone subsoil
should
be quite well drained..My last garden was on boulder clay, while
only
five miles off they were on the Devonian red stuff: the timing
difference was dramatic, but our late soil cropped more heavily.

On second thoughts, the stuff between the stones is what will
determine the draining qualities of the soil. Mine, touch wood, is a
good loam, being the remnants of centuries old grass land.
Its only problem is that it is undiggable. For anything larger than a
plant bought in a 1 litre pot, I have to use a small hand pick to
clear a planting hole. Most of what I plant seem to be happy with the
situation.

I did try, but just could not find grounds for starting an argument.
Never mind, some future opportunity is bound to arrive some time or
other.

Franz

"Sacha" wrote in message
k...
On 19/8/04 15:37, in article ,
"Franz
Heymann" wrote:

[snip]

Right. Stand by for the next blast from me. {:-))

Franz


After all those candles Franz, I'm sure you're a walking
flamethrower! ;-)

{:-))

Franz

"Martin" wrote in message
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On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 15:55:35 +0100, Sacha
wrote:

On 19/8/04 15:37, in article ,
"Franz
Heymann" wrote:


"Sacha" wrote in message
k...
snip
Oh, Franz. If everyone who has ever crossed swords with someone
else on
this group stopped 'talking' to them, the entire group would be
dead
and
buried by now!! My own initial sorties here were a very bumpy
ride,
I can
tell you. The hatchet is buried and not between our shoulder
blades. ;-)

Right. Stand by for the next blast from me. {:-))

Franz


After all those candles Franz, I'm sure you're a walking
flamethrower! ;-)

After all those drinks, he's probably a disaster waiting to happen.

I drink whisky in moderation. (The term "moderation" being as defined
by me) Whisky is good for both the soul and the body.

Franz

"Martin" wrote in message
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On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 14:37:05 +0000 (UTC), "Franz Heymann"
wrote:


"JennyC" wrote in message
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"Franz Heymann" wrote

http://www.ebirthdaycards.org/traditions.htm

That made an interesting read.
Franz

I read it too and found the description of Dutch tradition a
little
lacking.............The 'birthday bash' is about the only thing I
HATE about
Holland. It's a minefield of rules, tradition and one can easily
upset all and
sundry by not complying with the (unspoken) rules"~(

Found this site which covers it well :
http://www.haarlemshuffle.com/expatzone/life/page2.html

They seem to have missed buttered rusks covered in 100s and 1000s.


I will have a look at it. In the meantime, it sounds as if it
might
have affinities with what my friend in Holland once said the
correct
form of addressing me in Holland would be, namely Zeer
HoochWeledelgeleerde Heer Professor Doktor Heymann

Gawd now you have given away to Dutch speakers that you are not the
rambling village idiot after all :-)

But I am, Martin, I am.

Franz