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Originally posted by Man Erg Man Erg wrote:

Originally posted by fandango fandango wrote:

...anyone fancy a Crocosmia Lucifer tuba...or 20??Ouch


Not for me thanks Jared. I'm going to have to divide mine and plant them somewhere else in the Spring.They've grown like topsy this year.
 
I did that last year...as well as just digging some of them up, but they've spread like Japanese Knotweed..... I'm sure they're a member of the triffid family....Confused
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Points: 7456 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 29 2008 at 13:06
Originally posted by fandango fandango wrote:

...anyone fancy a Crocosmia Lucifer tuba...or 20??Ouch


Not for me thanks Jared. I'm going to have to divide mine and plant them somewhere else in the Spring.They've grown like topsy this year.

Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb.
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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

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Arse and indeed bugger.Thumbs%20Down


Or, given your condition, probably not

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Originally posted by fandango fandango wrote:

Originally posted by Jim Garten Jim Garten wrote:

Late evenings were spent usually outside, listening to music with a few beers & trying to convince Peter that prog-metal is not in fact the first sign of the impending apocalypse . 

 

verily, Brother James, 'tis the very music of the devil....Stern%20Smile

 

(go on...tell us what you played him....)


Maybe not technically prog metal, but we did play him System Of A Down's 'Toxicity'... well, when I say we played it to him, I mean he got about 3 minutes into the first song before he went all ; bless 'im

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^^I was wondering who'd be the first to make that reference...LOL
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Well I don't know that much about it but apparently some fashionable country gentlemen had some cultivated wild gardens in which they innocently planted the giant hogweed throughout the land...Confused or something.
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Originally posted by Man Erg Man Erg 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.  Arse and indeed bugger.Thumbs%20Down


Those Victorian explorers.They really didn't know what they were unleashing into the British countryside.There is another more insidiuous genus called Phyllisius Collinsii.Apparently,you can only get rid of it by using text and/or fax.
 
persackly...anyone fancy a Crocosmia Lucifer tuba...or 20??Ouch
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Originally posted by Jim Garten Jim Garten wrote:


Late evenings were spent usually outside, listening to music with a few beers & trying to convince Peter that prog-metal is not in fact the first sign of the impending apocalypse . 
 
verily, Brother James, 'tis the very music of the devil....Stern%20Smile
 
(go on...tell us what you played him....LOL)
 
 
 
Evil%20Smile
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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.  Arse and indeed bugger.Thumbs%20Down


Those Victorian explorers.They really didn't know what they were unleashing into the British countryside.There is another more insidiuous genus called Phyllisius Collinsii.Apparently,you can only get rid of it by using text and/or fax.

Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb.
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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.  Arse and indeed bugger.Thumbs%20Down

Edited by Heavyfreight - July 29 2008 at 09:04
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Points: 14693 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 29 2008 at 07:39
Cheers Steve - I only took about 350 photos this year, so as soon as I'm ready to upload them all...

Oh, and incidentally:

Quote Late afternoons & evenings were spent kicking back with a few beers, watching whales cruise past & bald eagles (no, not a tribute band...) circling over distant cliffs...


I forgot to mention the other element of most late afternoons & evenings... mosquitoes! Hundreds of the bloody things, taking vast quantities of English blood until eventually persuaded to leave Vicky and I alone with liberal amounts of the local repellant, aptly named "Off" (which is very similar to what we said every time we were bitten)

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welcome back, Jim n' Vicky - things have been quiet here in the GR Ermm
 
looking forward to the photos!
 
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Many thanks all for the warm welcome back

Indeed, we had an absolutely fab time - Pete, Kathy & the kids were a blast from start to finish, the cottage we stayed in was superb (such a change to have a firm base this year as opposed to flitting around all the time), with a back deck overlooking the sea -

Late afternoons & evenings were spent kicking back with a few beers, watching whales cruise past & bald eagles (no, not a tribute band...) circling over distant cliffs... all in average 25/27 degree heat (in northern Newfoundland ).

Late evenings were spent usually outside, listening to music with a few beers & trying to convince Peter that prog-metal is not in fact the first sign of the impending apocalypse .

Daytimes were spent exploring the area open mouthed with awe at the beauty of the place in our rented Dodge Caliber (sic), creeping up on puffins, avoiding moose on the roads & re-stocking the beer supplies, which kept mysteriously evaporating overnight, resulting in our returning 15 dozen empty bottles after 6 days...

Sorry - I've made the above sound a bit too perfect & idyllic - it was!

Yes Rachel - photos will follow, but due to over-running engineering works in our bathroom (supposed to be finished before we returned), the PC is currently inaccessible, so will be a little while...

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I've had few major log-in issues... some but not as many as yourself and Jared.  Strange.

Welcome back, Jim! Hug
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Welcome home Jimbo,
 
Have a luverly time with Peter & Family?  How was it? do we get pics this year?
 
We've had it rough here, just logging in has challenged the alzheimers society Grey Roomers over the last couple of weeks............ it's like my knees here, we have good days and bad days.........Confused
 
 
Sorry about the japes............... (you might want to flush the crab sticks out of your curtain poles LOL )
 
 
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^^ I thought that photo was the result of a surfeit of Moose 'n' beans in chilli sauce, around the camp fire, washed down with several pints of Peter's local nail varnish remover...Wink
 
welcome back, Jim...Clap
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Points: 7456 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 28 2008 at 08:13
Ahoy-Hoy! Jim. I say;I hope that you and Vicky had a wizard holiday.

Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb.
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Points: 16130 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 28 2008 at 07:56
Hiya Jim

Good hols??
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Points: 14693 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 28 2008 at 07:44
Ahem!



Originally posted by prog-chick prog-chick wrote:

lets mess with Mr Garten's head by re-arranging the jigsaws and hiding the biscuit tin!
Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Better still, let's rename the GR thread to "The Pallas Appreciation Thread" then he'll never find it.
Originally posted by Heavyfreight Heavyfreight wrote:

I've got a front door key... Shall we go round and drink all Jim's beer?
Originally posted by prog-chick (again!) prog-chick (again!) wrote:

can we put bubble bath in the ornamental fountain, and sow cres seeds in rude word formations on the lounge carpet?
Originally posted by chopper (again) chopper (again) wrote:

Put cling film over the toilet!
Originally posted by fandango fandango wrote:

if Jim's Alimentary Canal is anything to go by, this could create an environmental catastrophe of biblical proportions....
Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

...do you think that Leslie could be used to mix cocktails? The woofer unit might be useful for crushing ice.
Originally posted by fandango (again) fandango (again) wrote:

help yourself to one of Jim's hob-nobs from the biscuit tin, while he's on holiday...


Nice to know you've been missed!

Just as well you didn't try any of these pranks, as the front door was rigged to The Garten Patented Methane Accelerator Mk XIV...

Behold its majesty!



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Points: 4252 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 27 2008 at 12:43
Originally posted by fandango fandango wrote:

edit…I’m sorry for my lack of GR contributions of late, but I am still unable to post absolutely anything without getting timed out for it…its been quite bad over the past 2/3 weeks for me tbh, but if anything, its got worse.

Everything I attempt to post in this forum, I write out on Word first, then copy and paste. But most of the time, I just can’t seem to get anything to post, so I have stopped bothering. Often, my page just freezes, and I can’t even close it with the Red Cross at the top of the screen…it’ll just stay there for up to 20 mins.

A lot of the time, I can’t even open the Forum section on the home page, let alone the GR, so I’ll probably leave it again for another month… I know its not my connection, because I can open every other website OK. Now, I’ll probably take 5+ attempts to get this posted, without receiving one of these:

Error: Message Not Posted Spamming is not permitted!
You have exceeded the number of posts permitted in the time span.

Please try again later.

 
 
....is big brother  trying to tell you something..? Confused
 
 
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