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Neil 
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 Posted: February 28 2009 at 12:19 |
 limeyrob wrote:
"Put the brown end in the soil, the green end above it, and you're in with a much better chance."
A quote from Geoffrey Smith who sadly passed away. A true loss to the shed. Who else was inspired by his enthusiasm for the garden? I certainly was - perhaps more so than any other presenter. |
Very sad, he was a lovely bloke. I knew him when I engineered and drove the Gardeners' Question Time mobile studio in the mid nineties. I remember when we had a particularly late night de-rigging the kit after a recording near Dundee; when we got back to the hotel he was waiting in the bar with a pint ready for me and the other engineer. RIP. 
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Posted: February 28 2009 at 05:25 |
limeyrob wrote:
"Put the brown end in the soil, the green end above it, and you're in with a much better chance."
A quote from Geoffrey Smith who sadly passed away. A true loss to the shed. Who else was inspired by his enthusiasm for the garden? I certainly was - perhaps more so than any other presenter. |
Sad news indeed. Hopefully, there will be a tribute to him on Gardner's Question Time tomorrow.
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limeyrob
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Posted: February 28 2009 at 04:48 |
"Put the brown end in the soil, the green end above it, and you're in with a much better chance."
A quote from Geoffrey Smith who sadly passed away. A true loss to the shed. Who else was inspired by his enthusiasm for the garden? I certainly was - perhaps more so than any other presenter.
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Jared
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Posted: February 27 2009 at 16:31 |
^^ although its possibly not a shrewd thing to announce the fact on a public forum, just before the event... 
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Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson
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Posted: February 27 2009 at 16:13 |
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No problems Lee.
We came up with a way of saving RBS £16 million yesterday - we're going to have a whip round to pay Sir Fred's pension for him. The poor chap, only has a few hundred grand a year to scrape by with.
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Posted: February 27 2009 at 11:13 |
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Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb.
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chopper
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Posted: February 27 2009 at 08:02 |
Jim Garten wrote:
Try using 'edit' rather than 'quote' 
Time for whose pills, Alan...? |
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Posted: February 27 2009 at 06:18 |
Try using 'edit' rather than 'quote'
Time for whose pills, Alan...?
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chopper
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Posted: February 27 2009 at 06:04 |
chopper wrote:
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Ironically, that shock treatment must have worked to an extent - since that incident I've bought and enjoyed Pallas's 'Dreams Of Men' and 'The Blinding Darkness' (which is a good album if you avoid the sections where they "treat" the audience to the "Atlantis suite" in its entirety, then bring on Euan Lowson for the encore...).
Neil - if you can get away early enough, stay with us that weekend. |
I never thought I'd hear Jim use the words "enjoy" and "Pallas" in the same sentence (or "bought" and "Pallas" for that matter).
Vicky, I think it's time for his pills again.
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chopper
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Posted: February 27 2009 at 06:04 |
Jim Garten wrote:
Ironically, that shock treatment must have worked to an extent - since that incident I've bought and enjoyed Pallas's 'Dreams Of Men' and 'The Blinding Darkness' (which is a good album if you avoid the sections where they "treat" the audience to the "Atlantis suite" in its entirety, then bring on Euan Lowson for the encore...).
Neil - if you can get away early enough, stay with us that weekend. |
I never thought I'd hear Jim use the words "enjoy" and "Pallas" in the same sentence. Vicky, I think it's time for his pills again.
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Posted: February 27 2009 at 02:49 |
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Ironically, that shock treatment must have worked to an extent - since that incident I've bought and enjoyed Pallas's 'Dreams Of Men' and 'The Blinding Darkness' (which is a good album if you avoid the sections where they "treat" the audience to the "Atlantis suite" in its entirety, then bring on Euan Lowson for the encore...).
Neil - if you can get away early enough, stay with us that weekend.
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Posted: February 26 2009 at 16:49 |
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Jim, that picture has me reaching for the gaviscon!  |
You're lucky Rach. Some of us were there when that picture was taken.
It's taken months of therapy but I'm almost better now.
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I have many happy memories of prog curry nights, but that's one I'd almost erased from my memory. One day we'll look back on it and laugh... possibly.
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I've got my doubts about how much to contribute
to the already rich among us...'
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Neil
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Posted: February 26 2009 at 16:34 |
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Will try for April 3rd but the old Londinium is a fair trot for me. Unfortunately the train would cost a small mortgage so it's driving time. What time does the congestion charge finish these days? I know that the zone now starts at about Oxford.
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When people get lost in thought it's often because it's unfamiliar territory.
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Posted: February 26 2009 at 15:29 |
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Hmmm, RBS announces the biggest corporate loss in history (by a big margin), details of Sir Fred's pension are revealed and our shares go up 25%. How does that work then?
Just wait till they find out Sir Fred is still employed by RBS.
Oops, I didn't say that.
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Posted: February 26 2009 at 15:27 |
Wilcey wrote:
Jim, that picture has me reaching for the gaviscon!
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You're lucky Rach. Some of us were there when that picture was taken. It's taken months of therapy but I'm almost better now.
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Jim Garten
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Posted: February 26 2009 at 07:31 |
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If you can squeeze into a size 3, I'll get Vicky to lend them to you...
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Posted: February 26 2009 at 07:10 |
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^ oh my god... I'd love a pair of those...
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The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip
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Jim Garten
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Posted: February 26 2009 at 07:04 |
That's no use, Dean - she'll just wear her tin-opener shoes:
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Posted: February 26 2009 at 06:36 |
recommended attire for the evening 
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Vicky Garten
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Posted: February 26 2009 at 06:34 |
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Confusion will be my epitaph
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