In article <ueprsg$1er35$1@dont-email.me>, RustyHinge <rusty.hinge@fooba
r.girolle.co.uk> on Sun, 24 Sep 2023 at 18:33:04 awoke Nicholas from
his slumbers and wrote
>On 24/09/2023 15:15, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:

>> Ours was kept in a bucket; it was released into the wild some years back
>> and now towers over our roof. It'll have to go. But it gets to be a bigger
>> job each year we put it off.
>
>Fee, Fi, Fo, Fum: adorning my sequoia's fun:
>
>Especiall the fairy on top...
>
Fair enough?
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On 24/09/2023 21:58, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
> In article <ueprsg$1er35$1@dont-email.me>, RustyHinge <rusty.hinge@fooba
> r.girolle.co.uk> on Sun, 24 Sep 2023 at 18:33:04 awoke Nicholas from
> his slumbers and wrote
>> On 24/09/2023 15:15, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:
>
>>> Ours was kept in a bucket; it was released into the wild some years back
>>> and now towers over our roof. It'll have to go. But it gets to be a bigger
>>> job each year we put it off.
>>
>> Fee, Fi, Fo, Fum: adorning my sequoia's fun:
>>
>> Especiall the fairy on top...
>>
> Fair enough?

Prolly - but I need a telescope - I'm not going up there again.

--
Rusty Hinge
To err is human. To really foul things up requires a computer and the BOFH.

In article <ueqm1f$1j7rs$1@dont-email.me>, RustyHinge <rusty.hinge@fooba
r.girolle.co.uk> on Mon, 25 Sep 2023 at 01:59:28 awoke Nicholas from
his slumbers and wrote
>On 24/09/2023 21:58, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
>> In article <ueprsg$1er35$1@dont-email.me>, RustyHinge <rusty.hinge@fooba
>> r.girolle.co.uk> on Sun, 24 Sep 2023 at 18:33:04 awoke Nicholas from
>> his slumbers and wrote
>>> On 24/09/2023 15:15, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:
>>
>>>> Ours was kept in a bucket; it was released into the wild some years back
>>>> and now towers over our roof. It'll have to go. But it gets to be a bigger
>>>> job each year we put it off.
>>>
>>> Fee, Fi, Fo, Fum: adorning my sequoia's fun:
>>>
>>> Especiall the fairy on top...
>>>
>> Fair enough?
>
>Prolly - but I need a telescope - I'm not going up there again.
>
Shame, Nuff is feeling very lonely up there, particularly as there is a
branch stuck up where the sun don't shine.
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"Où sont les neiges d'antan?"

Nicholas D. Richards said:
> In article <ueqm1f$1j7rs$1@dont-email.me>, RustyHinge <rusty.hinge@fooba
> r.girolle.co.uk> on Mon, 25 Sep 2023 at 01:59:28 awoke Nicholas from
> his slumbers and wrote
>>On 24/09/2023 21:58, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
>>> In article <ueprsg$1er35$1@dont-email.me>, RustyHinge <rusty.hinge@fooba
>>> r.girolle.co.uk> on Sun, 24 Sep 2023 at 18:33:04 awoke Nicholas from
>>> his slumbers and wrote
>>>> On 24/09/2023 15:15, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:
>>>
>>>>> Ours was kept in a bucket; it was released into the wild some years back
>>>>> and now towers over our roof. It'll have to go. But it gets to be a bigger
>>>>> job each year we put it off.
>>>>
>>>> Fee, Fi, Fo, Fum: adorning my sequoia's fun:
>>>>
>>>> Especiall the fairy on top...
>>>>
>>> Fair enough?
>>
>>Prolly - but I need a telescope - I'm not going up there again.
>>
> Shame, Nuff is feeling very lonely up there, particularly as there is a
> branch stuck up where the sun don't shine.

"Here is a lovely tree for you, where would you like me to put it ?"
said the Christmas Fairy.

--
Richard Robinson
"The whole plan hinged upon the natural curiosity of potatoes" - S. Lem

My email address is at http://qualmograph.org.uk/contact.html

On 25/09/2023 12:01, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
> In article <ueqm1f$1j7rs$1@dont-email.me>, RustyHinge <rusty.hinge@fooba
> r.girolle.co.uk> on Mon, 25 Sep 2023 at 01:59:28 awoke Nicholas from
> his slumbers and wrote
>> On 24/09/2023 21:58, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
>>> In article <ueprsg$1er35$1@dont-email.me>, RustyHinge <rusty.hinge@fooba
>>> r.girolle.co.uk> on Sun, 24 Sep 2023 at 18:33:04 awoke Nicholas from
>>> his slumbers and wrote
>>>> On 24/09/2023 15:15, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:
>>>
>>>>> Ours was kept in a bucket; it was released into the wild some years back
>>>>> and now towers over our roof. It'll have to go. But it gets to be a bigger
>>>>> job each year we put it off.
>>>>
>>>> Fee, Fi, Fo, Fum: adorning my sequoia's fun:
>>>>
>>>> Especiall the fairy on top...
>>>>
>>> Fair enough?
>>
>> Prolly - but I need a telescope - I'm not going up there again.
>>
> Shame, Nuff is feeling very lonely up there, particularly as there is a
> branch stuck up where the sun don't shine.
>
<Wince> covered in lotsa upward-pointing neegles TAAAW

--
Rusty Hinge
To err is human. To really foul things up requires a computer and the BOFH.

Brian Gaff <brian1gaff@gmail.com> wrote:
> So in my day when my parents were alive, and this wasin the late 60s and
> early 70s, most of the motorhome makes were just fitted into an existing
> vehicle like a Commer or VW. They tended to have roofs that could be raised
> to give headroom.
> I don't recall any bespoke makes.
> Brian
>

Converted van are still popular. They tend to be expensive compared to
coach built motorhomes ( the ones which have less of the original vehicle).

You can spend more on a new van type camper than a new coach built of
similar quality.

In article <20230924151502.c540210dec3a7822e16b1dd1@127.0.0.1>, Kerr-
Mudd, John <admin@127.0.0.1> on Sun, 24 Sep 2023 at 15:15:02 awoke
Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
>On Sat, 23 Sep 2023 00:58:13 +0100
>Tone <tone@email.com> wrote:
>
>> On 22/09/2023 20:20, Sam Plusnet wrote:
>> > I read that and the 'orrible taste of the glue came to mind - from when
>> > we sat down to make up those paper-chain decorations - they were stuck
>> > to the ceiling in a diagonal pattern between the ceiling light fitting
>> > and the corners of the room.  Who needs a professional decorator when
>> > you have artistic skills like that?
>> >
>> > Then there was the "Blowing Up of the Balloons", and sticking them up at
>> > ceiling level.
>>
>> Suddenly unforgets how we used to make paper 'lanterns' out of coloured
>> foolscap. It involved cutting lots of parallel slits in the paper, that
>> didn't go to the bottom or top of the paper in landscape. Deft jbex with
>> scissors or sharp knife or razor blade required. You then curled the
>> paper into a tube and glued it, then squashed it top to bottom a bit. If
>> you were really brave you put it over a nightlight candle. Don't
>> unforget that many catching fire unless a draft blew them over!
>>
>> As well as paper chains, we also stuck long strips of coloured tissue
>> paper together, and twisted them before hanging them up across the room.
>>
>> As a kid I can't ever call again actually buying decorations. Even the
>> tree was a real one with roots that was dug up from the garding, potted
>> and replanted at New Year.
>
>Ours was kept in a bucket; it was released into the wild some years back
>and now towers over our roof. It'll have to go. But it gets to be a bigger
>job each year we put it off.
>
A little further down the street, there is a Yucca tree growing in a ~4
foot deep front garden. This was towering over their roof, the house is
4 stories high (as in ground , 1st, 2nd, 3rd and roof). There were tufts
of leaves at various points up the substantial stem blocking the light
into windows, and an apology for a bog brush at the top.

I noticed the other day that they have reduced it to a third of its
previous height leaving just one tuft of leaves. Personally I would
have taken it a lot lower hoping for the best outcome. Yucca are not
native to the UK and seems to add nothing to the ecosystem in this
country.

SWMBO picked up a tuft of leaves knocked off (not in the criminal sense)
the stem of one for sale in a DIY multiple store. She has rooted it (it
sprouted large roots almost at the sniff of water) and insisted in
planting it in our garden. I suspect I may experiment to see how
resistant it is to weedkiller, next spring. To be fair SWMBO has planted
it where there used to be a sycamore.
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On 28/09/2023 13:50, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
> In article <20230924151502.c540210dec3a7822e16b1dd1@127.0.0.1>, Kerr-
> Mudd, John <admin@127.0.0.1> on Sun, 24 Sep 2023 at 15:15:02 awoke
> Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
>> On Sat, 23 Sep 2023 00:58:13 +0100
>> Tone <tone@email.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 22/09/2023 20:20, Sam Plusnet wrote:
>>>> I read that and the 'orrible taste of the glue came to mind - from when
>>>> we sat down to make up those paper-chain decorations - they were stuck
>>>> to the ceiling in a diagonal pattern between the ceiling light fitting
>>>> and the corners of the room.  Who needs a professional decorator when
>>>> you have artistic skills like that?
>>>>
>>>> Then there was the "Blowing Up of the Balloons", and sticking them up at
>>>> ceiling level.
>>>
>>> Suddenly unforgets how we used to make paper 'lanterns' out of coloured
>>> foolscap. It involved cutting lots of parallel slits in the paper, that
>>> didn't go to the bottom or top of the paper in landscape. Deft jbex with
>>> scissors or sharp knife or razor blade required. You then curled the
>>> paper into a tube and glued it, then squashed it top to bottom a bit. If
>>> you were really brave you put it over a nightlight candle. Don't
>>> unforget that many catching fire unless a draft blew them over!
>>>
>>> As well as paper chains, we also stuck long strips of coloured tissue
>>> paper together, and twisted them before hanging them up across the room.
>>>
>>> As a kid I can't ever call again actually buying decorations. Even the
>>> tree was a real one with roots that was dug up from the garding, potted
>>> and replanted at New Year.
>>
>> Ours was kept in a bucket; it was released into the wild some years back
>> and now towers over our roof. It'll have to go. But it gets to be a bigger
>> job each year we put it off.
>>
> A little further down the street, there is a Yucca tree growing in a ~4
> foot deep front garden. This was towering over their roof, the house is
> 4 stories high (as in ground , 1st, 2nd, 3rd and roof). There were tufts
> of leaves at various points up the substantial stem blocking the light
> into windows, and an apology for a bog brush at the top.
>
> I noticed the other day that they have reduced it to a third of its
> previous height leaving just one tuft of leaves. Personally I would
> have taken it a lot lower hoping for the best outcome. Yucca are not
> native to the UK and seems to add nothing to the ecosystem in this
> country.
>
> SWMBO picked up a tuft of leaves knocked off (not in the criminal sense)
> the stem of one for sale in a DIY multiple store. She has rooted it (it
> sprouted large roots almost at the sniff of water) and insisted in
> planting it in our garden. I suspect I may experiment to see how
> resistant it is to weedkiller, next spring. To be fair SWMBO has planted
> it where there used to be a sycamore.
>
By Hadrian's Wall?

--
Rusty Hinge
To err is human. To really foul things up requires a computer and the BOFH.

In article <uf5883$3ugof$1@dont-email.me>, RustyHinge <rusty.hinge@fooba
r.girolle.co.uk> on Fri, 29 Sep 2023 at 02:11:30 awoke Nicholas from
his slumbers and wrote
>On 28/09/2023 13:50, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
>> In article <20230924151502.c540210dec3a7822e16b1dd1@127.0.0.1>, Kerr-
>> Mudd, John <admin@127.0.0.1> on Sun, 24 Sep 2023 at 15:15:02 awoke
>> Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
>>> On Sat, 23 Sep 2023 00:58:13 +0100
>>> Tone <tone@email.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 22/09/2023 20:20, Sam Plusnet wrote:
>>>>> I read that and the 'orrible taste of the glue came to mind - from when
>>>>> we sat down to make up those paper-chain decorations - they were stuck
>>>>> to the ceiling in a diagonal pattern between the ceiling light fitting
>>>>> and the corners of the room.  Who needs a professional decorator when
>>>>> you have artistic skills like that?
>>>>>
>>>>> Then there was the "Blowing Up of the Balloons", and sticking them up at
>>>>> ceiling level.
>>>>
>>>> Suddenly unforgets how we used to make paper 'lanterns' out of coloured
>>>> foolscap. It involved cutting lots of parallel slits in the paper, that
>>>> didn't go to the bottom or top of the paper in landscape. Deft jbex with
>>>> scissors or sharp knife or razor blade required. You then curled the
>>>> paper into a tube and glued it, then squashed it top to bottom a bit. If
>>>> you were really brave you put it over a nightlight candle. Don't
>>>> unforget that many catching fire unless a draft blew them over!
>>>>
>>>> As well as paper chains, we also stuck long strips of coloured tissue
>>>> paper together, and twisted them before hanging them up across the room.
>>>>
>>>> As a kid I can't ever call again actually buying decorations. Even the
>>>> tree was a real one with roots that was dug up from the garding, potted
>>>> and replanted at New Year.
>>>
>>> Ours was kept in a bucket; it was released into the wild some years back
>>> and now towers over our roof. It'll have to go. But it gets to be a bigger
>>> job each year we put it off.
>>>
>> A little further down the street, there is a Yucca tree growing in a ~4
>> foot deep front garden. This was towering over their roof, the house is
>> 4 stories high (as in ground , 1st, 2nd, 3rd and roof). There were tufts
>> of leaves at various points up the substantial stem blocking the light
>> into windows, and an apology for a bog brush at the top.
>>
>> I noticed the other day that they have reduced it to a third of its
>> previous height leaving just one tuft of leaves. Personally I would
>> have taken it a lot lower hoping for the best outcome. Yucca are not
>> native to the UK and seems to add nothing to the ecosystem in this
>> country.
>>
>> SWMBO picked up a tuft of leaves knocked off (not in the criminal sense)
>> the stem of one for sale in a DIY multiple store. She has rooted it (it
>> sprouted large roots almost at the sniff of water) and insisted in
>> planting it in our garden. I suspect I may experiment to see how
>> resistant it is to weedkiller, next spring. To be fair SWMBO has planted
>> it where there used to be a sycamore.
>>
>By Hadrian's Wall?
>
It was by a wall <Grin>, even an old wall, but Victorian. It fell down
as a result of rotting and growing at an angle. It lost the competition
with its neighbour, a hornbeam, which is laughing and growing even
taller.
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"Où sont les neiges d'antan?"