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Points: 2696 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 05 2008 at 02:12
Originally posted by Jim Garten Jim Garten wrote:


I always thought boy-scouts were clean living, studious, Enid Blyton reading types, not the kind of oik to go round setting fire to peoples' hair...
 
 
I have never heard such nonsense in the GR yet!!!!! I was a girl guide so I know! Embarrassed
 
Make 'em sleep in a field! Clap  fabulous! 
 
 
Sorry I've not been about much recently............... working my wotsits off at the mo, starting at 7am going through until something or other am, every bl**dy day, I spent yesterday thinking it was Friday all day!  Still, it should get easier soon, and it's not like it's not fun, but boy do I need a day off!
 
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^^that's truly awful...Pinch
 
don't call us, we'll call you...Embarrassed
 
and Alan, isn't there something in the new Scouting Child Protection Policy, which precludes you from leaving them to look at the stars in a muddy field at 3am?
 
did you carry out a Risk Assessment first?  Was this particular 'activity' covered in your initial Site Survey??Stern%20Smile
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Points: 7456 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 04 2008 at 13:34
^^^

Little Red Riding Hood should have had an inkling that all was not well as she approached Grandma's cottage.In fact,things looked pretty Grimm.

Edited by Man Erg - August 04 2008 at 13:39

Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb.
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Three slightly soggy Scouts, having spent the night in a field
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Points: 20032 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 04 2008 at 13:24
Well it wasn't a Garten-style wind related offence. That would probably have smelt quite pleasant compared to the smell of 22 pairs of worn-for-7-days-without-being-changed socks that hit me when I attempted to enter their tent in the morning.
No, they were just chucking things around and stopping everyone else getting to sleep.
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"One particular chap spent about 50% of his camp on punishment duty (including spending the last night asleep in a field having been banished from his tent). "
 
 
...yes Alan - why was he banished from the tent...?  Confused
 
 
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Not really, apart from the fact Lee's been using your woggle in a most inappropriate way

I always thought boy-scouts were clean living, studious, Enid Blyton reading types, not the kind of oik to go round setting fire to peoples' hair... and what does a boy scout have to do to warrant being banished from his tent (that occasionally happens to me at Cropredy, but it's usually down to the combination of chilli sausages & Hook Norton ale)?

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Ok I'm back now, you can stop nominating me for jobs and make your own Censored tea.
I have returned from a succesful Scout camp in a very hot Germany. I say succesful, only 2 of the Scouts had to pay visits to German A&E departments and only 1 of those had to leave a body part behind (i.e. an appendix).
One thing I've learned - never underestimate the stupidity of boys. One particular chap spent about 50% of his camp on punishment duty (including spending the last night asleep in a field having been banished from his tent). His finest hour was setting fire to another Scout's hair, then denying it was him. Unfortunately he was 1 of only 2 Scouts who could have reached the afore-mentioned hair (he was sitting behind him on the coach) and had a lighter on him. Doh - cue a quick toilet cleaning stint.
I'm now suffering from ferry-lag, that 1 hour difference is a killer, although it could have been the staying up till 1am drinking every night.
Have I missed anything?


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Originally posted by fandango fandango wrote:

blimey, its quiet in here...only the hob nob crumbs on Dean's chair for company...
 
...and we really ought to find that rota for taking out the refuse.....
 
oh, hear it is...
  
Aug 1st: Chopper
Aug 8th: Chopper
Aug 15th: Chopper
Aug 22nd: Chopper
Aug 29th: Chopper
yes, as I thought...it's Chopper's turn this week...Wink
 
 
and for making the tea, and dusting...
 
Aug 2nd: Chopper
Aug 9th: Chopper
Aug 16th: Chopper
Aug 23rd: Chopper
Aug 30th: Chopper
 
LOL
 
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...i'm back - was just leaving my little bit of poo in the "Miles Davis to be added" thread.. Wink
 
 
guess everyones been out enjoying the "weather" Tongue 
 
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...and nobody in here at all over the weekend

Is it maybe Neil's "hogweed rash" putting people off - is there maybe a fear the rash in question may have other less botanical origins & may be catching?

I think we should be told...

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blimey, its quiet in here...only the hob nob crumbs on Dean's chair for company...
 
...and we really ought to find that rota for taking out the refuse.....
 
oh, hear it is...
 
Aug 1st: Chopper
Aug 8th: Chopper
Aug 15th: Chopper
Aug 22nd: Chopper
Aug 29th: Chopper
 
yes, as I thought...it's Chopper's turn this week...Wink
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A sleepover, eh, Jared? Wink
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Originally posted by prog-chick prog-chick wrote:

have a big huggly from me.........................(it's not...........er.......... catching is it?LOLLOLLOL )
 
indeed.... hugglys are most contagious.....Approve
 
 
 
 
(at least they were back in 1973, when I last had one...Ouch)
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Points: 2696 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 30 2008 at 16:28
Originally posted by Heavyfreight Heavyfreight wrote:

 
Not too bad actually, although really annoying going around looking like you have bubonic plague or have had a fight with the chip pan.  Biggest problem is that I have some bad burns across the top of my right ankle so cannot currently wear anything but flip flops, which rather precludes any type of railway work.  Having to stay out of the sun just as summer seems to have arrived is also a mild embuggerance.
 
 
 
Sounds blinkin awful Neil, have a big huggly from me.........................(it's not...........er.......... catching is it?LOLLOLLOL )
 
 
 
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Originally posted by Heavyfreight Heavyfreight wrote:

May try to get to Cropredy for the Friday walk if I can.  Let me know what time you'll be leaving and we can meet on the ledge (bridge)


"What time you'll be leaving"??? You're joking Neil - don't forget, we are dealing with the usual crowd (currently standing around 20 people) - trying to nail them down to who's going is bad enough, but a time?

As I gather you're not going to the festival itself, it may be best to meet at the Hare & Hounds itself...

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Speaking of Cropredy - Dean: you decided if you're going yet?

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Originally posted by Jim Garten Jim Garten wrote:

Originally posted by Heavyfreight Heavyfreight wrote:

Glad to see you back and suitably refreshed Mr and Mrs G.  I on the other hand am hiding from the sunlight at present after having apparently discovered Heracleum Mantegazzianum in the neighbour's hedge.


Ow! - that cannot be comfortable! You have our sympathies 

 
Not too bad actually, although really annoying going around looking like you have bubonic plague or have had a fight with the chip pan.  Biggest problem is that I have some bad burns across the top of my right ankle so cannot currently wear anything but flip flops, which rather precludes any type of railway work.  Having to stay out of the sun just as summer seems to have arrived is also a mild embuggerance.
 
Must get over to St Evenage or you vice versa in the next few weeks.  May try to get to Cropredy for the Friday walk if I can.  Let me know what time you'll be leaving and we can meet on the ledge (bridge).
When people get lost in thought it's often because it's unfamiliar territory.
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Originally posted by prog-chick prog-chick wrote:

As for Fanny's plants......... "Tubby the devil worshipping tuba"  well, wiki held no clue, indeed google only directed me to the GR !  So I will decline your generous offer, besides, I don't have room amongst my prize winning thistles and teazels.......... (yes- our stripey lawned neighbours HATE us!)


Sounds like you have a similar array of prize winning 'wild flowers' as Vicky and I, Rachel - mayhap we should hold a Grey Room fete, in which you could display your thistles & teazels whilst we could show our beautiful nettles, dandelions, a section of our immaculately moss choked lawn & a beautiful green lace curtain (which used to be a very nice hosta until the slugs got peckish ).

A Grey Room fete*, eh... there's a thought







*And the first person to use the old "fete worse than death" gets a garden hoe right up their potting shed

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Points: 14693 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 30 2008 at 03:32
With the Hogweed there's the additional problem that a young plant bears a strong resemblance to Cow Parsley - this completely harmless plant also has a hollow rigid stem which (according to the BBC programme 'Country File' a while back) kids used to use as a kind of organic ad-hoc pea-shooter ( - I suspect this was back in the days of Enid Blyton, Jubblies and rickets)... problem being, if they tried to do the same with Hogweed, they'd invariably get the sap on their lips/in their mouths...

...with less than hilarious results

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Just typed out a witty and entertaining post............. only to get the "service unavailable" announcement, bit like the test card, just as annoying, but no silly music!

 

Anyway, I will give you the shortened version.......... I have NO CLUE what you're all talking about, I went wiki and came up with this...

Giant Hogweed is a phototoxic plant. Its sap can cause phytophotodermatitis (severe skin inflammations) when the skin is exposed to sunlight or to UV-rays. Initially the skin colours red and starts itching. Then blisters form as in burns within 48 hours. They form black or purplish scars, which can last several years. Hospitalisation may become necessary.[1] Presence of minute amounts of sap in the eyes, can lead to temporary or even permanent blindness. These reactions are caused by the presence of linear derivatives of furocoumarin in its leaves, roots, stems, flowers, and seeds. These chemicals can get into the nucleus of the epithelial cells, forming a bond with the DNA, causing the cells to die. The brown colour is caused by the production of melanin by furocoumarins. In Germany, where this plant has become a real nuisance, there were about 16,000 victims in 2003.
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I always suspected gardening was dangerous!
 
As for Fanny's plants......... "Tubby the devil worshipping tuba"  well, wiki held no clue, indeed google only directed me to the GR !  So I will decline your generous offer, besides, I don't have room amongst my prize winning thistles and teazels.......... (yes- our stripey lawned neighbours HATE us!)
 
(I'm copying and pasting now, this is my FOURTH attempt to post!)
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