Christmas is fast approaching and the perennial problem arises, what to get
for presents........with this in mind I wonder what others have on their
wish list for this Xmas.

I would love to have the clock/calendar stopped for a couple of months to
let me catch up with all the work that never gets done.
Failing that what I would like is a good light weight pair of secateurs,
with fine tips to get into the small spaces that you sometimes have.

The thought has just struck me..Why is it a "Pair" of secateurs....One
secateur would be of no use.
--
David Hill
Abacus Nurseries
www.abacus-nurseries.co.uk

In article , david david@abacusnurser
ies.freeserve.co.uk writes

The thought has just struck me..Why is it a "Pair" of secateurs....One
secateur would be of no use.
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or a pair of scissors. Is one piece of a pair of scissors a 'scis' and
if so which part? The part with the place for 2 fingers etc?

and which if they are equal?

and why a 'flight' of stairs?

Inglisshh as it are spoke and rit


Back to Christmas and the Garden. If in doubt, Garden Tokens. We make
great use of Tokens be they Garden, Book or Argos depending on the
person they are for.


Mike

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from "david" contains these words:

Christmas is fast approaching and the perennial problem arises, what to get
for presents........with this in mind I wonder what others have on their
wish list for this Xmas.

I'd like an outdoor thermometer that records the maximum-minimum temps;
and if Santa's sleigh has a heavyweight forklift attachment, please
could he bring some huge roundy boulders?

Janet.

"david" wrote in message
...
Christmas is fast approaching and the perennial problem arises, what to
get
for presents........with this in mind I wonder what others have on their
wish list for this Xmas.

SKS to remove/eradicate/terminate/getridof/zap a big area of Japanese
Knotweed while I'm off over Christmas and leave me with a few dozen good
species Rhododendrons (of my choice) to plant when I get back to work. I
have fairly modest needs.

Rod

I'd like an outdoor thermometer that records the maximum-minimum temps;

That's on my list as well. Got it down to around £25 for an indoor digital
display with up to 3 external sensors with built in frost alarm and max-min.

So I stay warm inside and see what temp it is outside without actually going
out there.

- h

'Twas Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:02:31 GMT, when Janet Baraclough
enriched all our lives with these worthy
thoughts:

I'd like an outdoor thermometer that records the maximum-minimum temps;

I saw one at Shrewsbury Show this summer that links to the
pooter and makes a log of the temps as it goes.

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On Thu, 12 Dec 2002 19:32:46 -0000, "H"
wrote:

That's on my list as well. Got it down to around £25 for an indoor digital
display with up to 3 external sensors with built in frost alarm and max-min.

Look around a bit -- there's one that logs the time and date of the
maximum and minimum as well, and it's got a radio-controlled clock as
well. I've seen a bunch of similar ones under various brands, but I
think they may all be made by "Oregon Scientific".


Thomas Prufer

On Thu, 12 Dec 2002 21:20:27 +0000, cormaic
wrote:

I saw one at Shrewsbury Show this summer that links to the
pooter and makes a log of the temps as it goes.

And then there's the "Thermochron ibutton", a little metal widget that
looks like a button cell. One plus readout thingummy for the serial
port is US $35, from Dallas Semiconductor
(http://www.ibutton.com/ibuttons/thermochron.html). Bit much for a
thermometer, but it does a lot more, and you can pretend that you
urgently *need* one to log hard drive temperatures or whatever.

Thomas Prufer

In message , Janet Baraclough
writes
The message
I'd like an outdoor thermometer that records the maximum-minimum temps;
and if Santa's sleigh has a heavyweight forklift attachment, please
could he bring some huge roundy boulders?

We have the Oregon Scientific "indoor-outdoor" thermometer system. It
works beautifully - the clock on it is always correct because it get the
time signal from Rugby every hour, which keeps it right. We've had ours
for three years this Christmas, without anything going wrong. We'd
miss it if it did go wrong, and would certainly replace it. I wonder if
Arran Time is more generous than Greenwich Mean Time :-)))

--
Susie Thompson, Isle of Arran
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reply by e-mail.

david wrote:
Christmas is fast approaching and the perennial problem arises, what
to get for presents........with this in mind I wonder what others
have on their wish list for this Xmas.


can always use another shovel and spade - and someone to use them that knows
the difference would be nice if that's not asking too much ;o)

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William Tasso - http://www.WilliamTasso.com