Forum: Gardening
19-10-2019, 08:51 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 740
Hibiscus cutting
Last year I took some cutting from a neighbours Hibiscus. They were left outdoors as I don’t have a greenhouse. Only one survived so I brought it indoors a few weeks ago and put it on a south facing...
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Forum: Gardening
25-12-2018, 04:02 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,355
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Forum: Gardening
23-08-2016, 12:53 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 616
Failed gladioli
I have about 50 gladoli around the garden, varying conditions of sun, soil moisture and wind exposure. They have all flowered profusely for a number of years, but this season has been a disaster....
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Forum: Gardening
08-08-2016, 07:59 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 707
Hardwood rose cuttings
Last autumn I took Monty don's advice and took some hardwood cuttings form rose 'Mum in a million'. Two out of seven have taken and are now looking very healthy. I did use rooting powder, and as I...
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Forum: Your Introductions!
04-08-2016, 11:53 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 1,949
Sobriety test
Repeat after me:-
"Shtarkle shtarkle little twinkle, who the hell you are you thinkle, I'm not as think as drunkle peep I am."
Try this on someone who is a bit worse for wear.
After many years of...
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Forum: Other Leisure Activities
19-07-2016, 11:16 PM
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Replies: 73
Views: 9,037
Just home from my usual Tuesday night dance on...
Just home from my usual Tuesday night dance on the hottest day of the year.
Exhausted but happy!
Lots of waltz and rumba, skipped the Mayfair quickstep and Carribean calypso for tonight.
Wouldn't...
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Forum: Other Leisure Activities
17-07-2016, 08:49 AM
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Replies: 73
Views: 9,037
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Forum: Gardening
10-06-2016, 05:28 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 766
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Forum: Gardening
10-06-2016, 12:57 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 766
Name this plant
Two self seeded plants, one with white flowers and one with purple. Flowers have four petals, and are very much like Lunaria (honesty), but this has finished flowering. I have seen these before, but...
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Forum: Technology
03-05-2016, 01:01 PM
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Replies: 256
Views: 34,578
I posted earlier (#182) about difficulties...
I posted earlier (#182) about difficulties upgrading my Novatech laptop to Win10. I have upgraded a Fujitsu machine, and the main benefit is a considerable increase in speed of boot up and general...
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Forum: Music
21-04-2016, 03:12 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 559
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Forum: Technology
21-04-2016, 03:07 PM
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Replies: 256
Views: 34,578
Win 10
If we didn't update as new versions come along, we would still be using Windows 95, so it is inevitable in the long run. I have two laptops, a Novatech that came with Win7 and a Fujitsu that came...
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Forum: Music
20-04-2016, 10:21 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 559
Days of Skiffle
Just watched the program with Jim Carter reminiscing about the master of Skiffle, Lonnie Donegan. If you were a teenager in the 50's, the advent of Skiffle was something wonderful. The program showed...
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Forum: Music
20-04-2016, 09:55 PM
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Replies: 354
Views: 31,831
Best ever love song
There is only one contender - it can only be Johnny Mathis with The Twelfth of never. It says everything that needs to be said.
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Forum: General Chat
20-04-2016, 09:10 PM
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Replies: 46
Views: 3,098
Unforgettable
How can we ever forget her performance of 'let's do it', with the immortal line ' beat me on the bottom with a woman's weekly'. An eternal classic, up there with 'four candles'.
So much natural...
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Forum: General Chat
24-01-2016, 05:15 PM
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Replies: 114
Views: 6,501
Winter Weather
It is pretty bad in US, without doubt, but I wonder how many remember the winter of 1946/47 in UK. I was 5 years old at the time, but remember opening the door of the house in Bradford to see a wall...
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Forum: General Chat
17-11-2015, 11:09 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 1,794
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Forum: Other Leisure Activities
16-11-2015, 05:55 PM
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Replies: 99
Views: 16,771
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Forum: Technology
02-09-2015, 03:50 PM
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Replies: 256
Views: 34,578
Win 10
I have had mixed success with Win 10. I first updated a Fujitsu laptop from 8, and it all worked fine. The boot time was quite slow, but I got rid of all the apps I didn't want, and changed some...
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Forum: General Chat
11-07-2015, 12:41 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 3,384
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Forum: Your Introductions!
11-07-2015, 12:10 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,478
Starting again
I was a long term member on Sagazone, but have not been on any similar sites since its demise, so have decided to get back in the online scene. I live in North Somerset, just outside Bristol. Great...
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