Galanthus: January 2008

[Lesley Cox]

Mrs. Macnamara is a lady who performs very well indeed, I believe. Good to have the occasional woman who does so!

Paddy

This comment has NOT gone unseen or un-noted!    Shame on you Paddy. But it probably would have by me, as I've been skimming through the Galanthus pages at top speed without actually logging into the thread, just looking briefly in my Inbox. But this morning I find myself with three weeks to spare, so thought I'd take a longer look. Wish I hadn't.

[Maggi Young]

I knew this would rile you, Lesley  Tell you what, go catch up with the BD's log, for even as he is winging his way towards you, or perhaps, more precisely, towards Singapore at the moment, he has the first of a batch or Erythronium logs for your pleasure.

[Paddy Tobin]

Lesley,

I thought you'd never spot it, had given up hope. After all it was posted especially for yourself and Maggi.

Are you OK for photographs of Veratrum Album, by the way? I eventually located three but by then your posts indicated you were happy with what you had received. Let me know if you want me to send them on.

Paddy

[Lesley Cox]

I'll do that Maggi. I hope Ian enjoys the fabulous orchids which are on dispay at the Singapore airport. I've not seen them myself but they greatly impressed Tony Hall who, as we all know, can't usually see past a small juno iris.

Paddy that is a generous offer, considering I take every possible opportunity to be rude to you. If you have one showing the flowers clearly, I'd appreciate it. I have a good foliage one and I do think it's worth growing for the foliage alone, but flowers are special too. 

There now, a comment about something white, even if not quite up to fever pitch. Had my very shaggy hair cut this morning so I'm feeling light-headed.

[Anthony Darby]

I never got enough time to view the orchids as we changed planes at Singapore in 2004. Jean Wyllie is staying there a couple of days, having shared the flight with BD.

[Paddy Tobin]

Lesley,

I have continued a long term correspondence with two friends in the U.S.A. and found that it took several years of very frequent and regular correspondence for us each to read between the lines, so to speak, and understand especially our sense of humour. It really was only after meeting and spending a few days together that we understood each other. This was especially so for a friend in Maryland who simply could not get this Irish habit of 'slagging' - teasing, insulting etc all tongue in cheek. It is part of the Irish way of life to tease and  make fun and feeling free to insult a person is a sign of the greatest trust in that person's sense of judgement, that they will know that it is all only tomfoolery and trickery and is entirely meant to be taken with a bucket of salt and returned in equal measure.

So, this "taking every opportunity to be rude to me" has simply washed past me as I always took it that you were having a friendly swipe and that what came this way could just as quickly be sent your way and all in good fun. Nothing more.

Now, I must go and find those photographs again.

Paddy

[Lesley Cox]

Anthony, is Jean coming to NZ as well? I didn't know that.

Paddy, you're absolutely right. I always work on the principle that I'd NEVER be rude to someone I didn't like and have a real empathetic feeling for.

[Tony Willis]

I have a friend who has Big Boy who says is it worth the excitement when you have a pot of Godfrey Owen. As they all look the same to me I cannot comment. On the question of rudeness if its a friend they know its fun and if they are not .... !!!
Perhaps I should not have typed this after a couple of very large glasses of single malt.

[Diane Whitehead]

I think I have missed the importance of Big Boy.  Is it the largest
elwesii?

Do we know its measurements so we can compare our biggest ones
with it?

[Martin Baxendale]

Mrs. Macnamara is a lady who performs very well indeed, I believe. Good to have the occasional woman who does so!

Paddy

This comment has NOT gone unseen or un-noted!    Shame on you Paddy. But it probably would have by me, as I've been skimming through the Galanthus pages at top speed without actually logging into the thread, just looking briefly in my Inbox. But this morning I find myself with three weeks to spare, so thought I'd take a longer look. Wish I hadn't.

Dear God, Paddy! I thought we'd left the days of such sexist jokery behind in the 70s with Bernard Manning. Try substituting 'black person' for 'woman'. Not so funny, eh? It's the 21st century. Let's behave like it.

[Martin Baxendale]

I have a friend who has Big Boy who says is it worth the excitement when you have a pot of Godfrey Owen. As they all look the same to me I cannot comment. On the question of rudeness if its a friend they know its fun and if they are not .... !!!
Perhaps I should not have typed this after a couple of very large glasses of single malt.

Tony, Mark wasn't joking. But I think you know that.

[Martin Baxendale]

Mrs. Macnamara is a lady who performs very well indeed, I believe. Good to have the occasional woman who does so!

Paddy

This comment has NOT gone unseen or un-noted!    Shame on you Paddy. But it probably would have by me, as I've been skimming through the Galanthus pages at top speed without actually logging into the thread, just looking briefly in my Inbox. But this morning I find myself with three weeks to spare, so thought I'd take a longer look. Wish I hadn't.

In fact, Paddy, let's try substituting 'Irishman' for 'woman' and see how funny that is. Another vein of humour that I think is best left in the 1970s along with Jim Davidson and Bernard Manning, don't you think? So let's not have any more sexist jokes, please!

[Lesley Cox]

My Goodness Martin, you ARE getting ratty these days  We with the broad shoulders (and other parts) can take the "jokes" so don't feel a need to leap to our defence.

[Gerard Oud]

Martin, Tony, Brian, Diane thanks for the help, but like i said i wished i had never asked for a Big boy. Although it remains one of the top three wishes on my list.

Tony maybe your friend would like to sell one to me? Please!

[loes]

Lesley,being a woman we know better.we just smile