steve auvache

In article <Y8rz6KAn9csGFwjT@nospam.demon.co.uk>, Roger Hunt
<nospam@nospam.demon.co.uk> writes
>>
>My 20 yr old cactus (some sort of Night blooming Cereus) is getting
>ready to flower, and this year there are seven buds, which will produce
>large very pale pinky-purple trumpets that last for 24 hours and that
>have a knock-out heady scent, better than any honeysuckle.


A pongy one eh. None of my flowering cacti pong. Any chance of an
offset?

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steve auvache
A Bloo one with built in safety features

Roger Hunt

steve auvache wrote
>In article <Y8rz6KAn9csGFwjT@nospam.demon.co.uk>, Roger Hunt
><nospam@nospam.demon.co.uk> writes
>>>
>>My 20 yr old cactus (some sort of Night blooming Cereus) is getting
>>ready to flower, and this year there are seven buds, which will produce
>>large very pale pinky-purple trumpets that last for 24 hours and that
>>have a knock-out heady scent, better than any honeysuckle.
>
>A pongy one eh. None of my flowering cacti pong. Any chance of an
>offset?
>
Yeah sure, can do, but no offsets at present, though I can put aside the
next that appear.

I acquired it as a pea-sized shrivelled offset from a nearly dead cactus
on the windowsill of the Phys lab at a college in Yorkshire, back in
198(mumble).
It lived and thrived, and over the years I have removed all offsets
immediately, so that I now have a single cactus about the size of a fat
and top-heavy milk bottle.
It was also about ten years before it produced the first bloom, (much to
my amazement and delight), so be warned not to expect an overnight
sensation.
I'll take pics on the day, and post them somewhere.
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Roger Hunt

Roger Hunt

steve auvache wrote

>A garden without poison is a wasteland given over to nature.
>Poison is only a start.
>
OK, I'll go out tonight with air rifle and torch, and shoot a few
amphibians, and also see if I can pot the local hedgehogs.
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Roger Hunt

steve auvache

In article <YCoTFKAr9isGFwAI@nospam.demon.co.uk>, Roger Hunt
<nospam@nospam.demon.co.uk> writes
>steve auvache wrote
>
>>A garden without poison is a wasteland given over to nature.
>>Poison is only a start.
>>
>OK, I'll go out tonight with air rifle and torch, and shoot a few
>amphibians, and also see if I can pot the local hedgehogs.

Are Hedgehogs freeloading vegetarian scum? I think not, they are
omnivorous and like nothing more than a nice insect or three, amphibians
equally. These are you friends. Poison a veggie by all means, in fact
have some encouragement from me but the enemy of your enemy is your
veggie eating friend.




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steve auvache
A Bloo one with built in safety features

Roger Hunt

steve auvache wrote
>In article <YCoTFKAr9isGFwAI@nospam.demon.co.uk>, Roger Hunt
><nospam@nospam.demon.co.uk> writes
>>steve auvache wrote
>>
>>>A garden without poison is a wasteland given over to nature.
>>>Poison is only a start.
>>>
>>OK, I'll go out tonight with air rifle and torch, and shoot a few
>>amphibians, and also see if I can pot the local hedgehogs.
>
>Are Hedgehogs freeloading vegetarian scum? I think not, they are
>omnivorous and like nothing more than a nice insect or three, amphibians
>equally. These are you friends. Poison a veggie by all means, in fact
>have some encouragement from me but the enemy of your enemy is your
>veggie eating friend.
>
Good point. Now, slugs are a rather small target for the rifle so
perhaps I could prepare some Nitrogen Triodide and place it around the
plants, and hopefully it might blow the little bastards to pieces.
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Roger Hunt

steve auvache

In article <6lCrssABWlsGFwXm@nospam.demon.co.uk>, Roger Hunt
<nospam@nospam.demon.co.uk> writes
>>
>Hey Steve - I've spent the last hour or two speaking nicely to it, and
>when I had a closer look there were four more flower buds and two fresh
>little pea-sized offsets.

Yes please.

>
>Send me your address and I'll bung them in the post -
>c c u @ o d i e i w d m n c . k
>here's the missing bits (ROT13):
> n g f j b f q i r . r b . b h

Either I have missed a trick somewhere (entirely possible) or that
doesn't work out to any email address that I can recognise as being at
all sensible.

If you care to mail me dont_spam is currently live and filterless,
steve@ is always live.


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steve auvache
A Bloo one with built in safety features

Roger Hunt

steve auvache wrote
>In article <6lCrssABWlsGFwXm@nospam.demon.co.uk>, Roger Hunt
><nospam@nospam.demon.co.uk> writes
>>>
>>Hey Steve - I've spent the last hour or two speaking nicely to it, and
>>when I had a closer look there were four more flower buds and two fresh
>>little pea-sized offsets.
>
>Yes please.
>>
>>Send me your address and I'll bung them in the post -
>>c c u @ o d i e i w d m n c . k
>>here's the missing bits (ROT13):
>> n g f j b f q i r . r b . b h
>
>Either I have missed a trick somewhere (entirely possible) or that
>doesn't work out to any email address that I can recognise as being at
>all sensible.
>
My brain hurts after putting that together ...
(Rot only the bottom line then move each letter two lines up to fill the
gaps, or something like that.)
>If you care to mail me dont_spam is currently live and filterless,
>steve@ is always live.
>
Done, or almost done ...
--
Roger Hunt

steve auvache

In article <eFNiUXA$8lsGFwRR@nospam.demon.co.uk>, Roger Hunt
<nospam@nospam.demon.co.uk> writes
>steve auvache wrote
>>In article <6lCrssABWlsGFwXm@nospam.demon.co.uk>, Roger Hunt
>><nospam@nospam.demon.co.uk> writes
>>>>
>>>Hey Steve - I've spent the last hour or two speaking nicely to it, and
>>>when I had a closer look there were four more flower buds and two fresh
>>>little pea-sized offsets.
>>
>>Yes please.
>>>
>>>Send me your address and I'll bung them in the post -
>>>c c u @ o d i e i w d m n c . k
>>>here's the missing bits (ROT13):
>>> a t s w o s d v e . e o . o u
>>
>>Either I have missed a trick somewhere (entirely possible) or that
>>doesn't work out to any email address that I can recognise as being at
>>all sensible.
>>
>My brain hurts after putting that together ...
>(Rot only the bottom line then move each letter two lines up to fill the
>gaps, or something like that.)

FFS man, don't inflict your paranoia on others in that way. Not without
a clue anyway. I wasted five minutes of what little life I have left
not getting anywhere with that because you are scared the world might
see you. I could have been shagging or something.


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steve auvache
A Bloo one with built in safety features

Roger Hunt

steve auvache wrote
>In article <eFNiUXA$8lsGFwRR@nospam.demon.co.uk>, Roger Hunt
><nospam@nospam.demon.co.uk> writes
>>steve auvache wrote
>>>In article <6lCrssABWlsGFwXm@nospam.demon.co.uk>, Roger Hunt
>>><nospam@nospam.demon.co.uk> writes
>>>>>
>>>>Hey Steve - I've spent the last hour or two speaking nicely to it, and
>>>>when I had a closer look there were four more flower buds and two fresh
>>>>little pea-sized offsets.
>>>
>>>Yes please.
>>>>
>>>>Send me your address and I'll bung them in the post -
>>>>c c u @ o d i e i w d m n c . k
>>>>here's the missing bits (ROT13):
>>>> a t s w o s d v e . e o . o u
>>>
>>>Either I have missed a trick somewhere (entirely possible) or that
>>>doesn't work out to any email address that I can recognise as being at
>>>all sensible.
>>>
>>My brain hurts after putting that together ...
>>(Rot only the bottom line then move each letter two lines up to fill the
>>gaps, or something like that.)
>
>FFS man, don't inflict your paranoia on others in that way. Not without
>a clue anyway. I wasted five minutes of what little life I have left
>not getting anywhere with that because you are scared the world might
>see you. I could have been shagging or something.
>
Heh.
It's because I changed to Broadband at the beginning of the year and
have been enjoying a spam-free existence since, apart from somebody
apparently in Japan who sends half a dozen 419s every week.
--
Roger Hunt

Phil Launchbury

In article <3DWIlJATSjsGFw0b@nospam.demon.co.uk>, Roger Hunt wrote:

> Good point. Now, slugs are a rather small target for the rifle so
> perhaps I could prepare some Nitrogen Triodide and place it around the
> plants, and hopefully it might blow the little bastards to pieces.

But remember - some slugs are carnivorous (and cannibalistic) and eat
other slugs so don't kill them..

Phil.

--
Phil Launchbury, IT PHB
'I'm training the bats that live in my cube
to juggle mushrooms'

Simian

steve auvache wrote:

>
> What!!! A garden without poison is a wasteland given over to nature.
> Poison is only a start.

According to A's gardening books, our garden is stuffed full of poison.

One of the mushrooms got 5 little skull-and-cross-bone symbols.


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"I dunno, I never met the chick."