Yes, I'm so Happy! 2012

[Lesley Cox]

I guess my first wooden one was 50 years ago, when shade cloth as we know it today wasn't around much, if at all so laths/slats were the only option. Actually thanks Steve, I couldn't think of the word slats but that was what I meant. I think the Americans use the word laths when talking of building a patio or something similar.And that comes from an ancient American magazine I have somewhere, early "Better Homes and Gardens" maybe. Shadecloth is less expensive and easier and quicker to erect but I still prefer the shade provided by slates.

[Hoy]

I guess my first wooden one was 50 years ago, when shade cloth as we know it today wasn't around much, if at all so laths/slats were the only option. Actually thanks Steve, I couldn't think of the word slats but that was what I meant. I think the Americans use the word laths when talking of building a patio or something similar.And that comes from an ancient American magazine I have somewhere, early "Better Homes and Gardens" maybe. Shadecloth is less expensive and easier and quicker to erect but I still prefer the shade provided by slates.

Lesley, slate, isn't that a kind of rock? 

Anyway I don't need laths or slats but I could use some slates to pave the path.

[Lesley Cox]

I guess my first wooden one was 50 years ago, when shade cloth as we know it today wasn't around much, if at all so laths/slats were the only option. Actually thanks Steve, I couldn't think of the word slats but that was what I meant. I think the Americans use the word laths when talking of building a patio or something similar.And that comes from an ancient American magazine I have somewhere, early "Better Homes and Gardens" maybe. Shadecloth is less expensive and easier and quicker to erect but I still prefer the shade provided by slates.

Lesley, slate, isn't that a kind of rock?  

Anyway I don't need laths or slats but I could use some slates to pave the path.

Touche (with an acute) Trond. I usually proof read before I post but missed that one. I could use some slates too. There are a lot of old houses in Dunedin roofed with slates. I think the slates were actually brought from the UK by early settlers and those who built their houses. I'm not aware of slate mines in NZ but as Roger would point out, I'm not aware of much these days. (He's hoping that I haven't noticed there is yet ANOTHER old car in the driveway. ) I have!

[Hoy]

Lesley, hope you don't mind I teased you a little. I couldn't resist. . . and as an English speaking person....

I too do try to proofread but I am certain a lot of mistakes go unnoticed . .  and you are all too polite to tell

No slate in NZ or just no slate mines? Strange - you have enough rock!

[Anthony Darby]

I associate lath with lath and plaster inner walls of houses http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lath. The lath being thin pieces of timber on a frame, rather like slats. Slats are often used as the base of a bed, on which sits the mattress. They are bowed so as to be springy. I don't think there are any roof graded slate deposits in New Zealand?

[Lesley Cox]

Trond you are welcome to tease me. Many people do and I don't mind at all. They know they'll get back what they give, at some time.

We have a lot of schist which is a little like slate and slivers into very thin slices but it is rotten rock basically and can be crumbled by hand in many cases so not suitable for roofing. Makes lovely crevices though.

[David Nicholson]

Read in one of the Sunday papers that the composer Frederick Delius was in fact a Yorkshireman, born in Bradford and lived there until his late 20's-are you listening Lesley? This of course enhances my view that all of those endowed with culture and high intelligence were born in God's hallowed acres

[Brian Ellis]

Read in one of the Sunday papers that the composer Frederick Delius was in fact a Yorkshireman, born in Bradford and lived there until his late 20's-are you listening Lesley? This of course enhances my view that all of those endowed with culture and high intelligence were born in God's hallowed acres
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Of course we were

[David Nicholson]

 

[Lesley Cox]

I understand he couldn't bear it though - whether the weather, the stigma or the stinginess or what - and eventually went to France where he stayed until he died.

Not one of my favourite composers. The music seems to wander all over the place and have little structure. Odd, when you think of all those stone walls.

[David Nicholson]

Stigma!! stinginess!!  Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo not in Yorkshire

[Hoy]

Trond you are welcome to tease me. Many people do and I don't mind at all. They know they'll get back what they give, at some time.

We have a lot of schist which is a little like slate and slivers into very thin slices but it is rotten rock basically and can be crumbled by hand in many cases so not suitable for roofing. Makes lovely crevices though.

Don't hesitate paying me back 

[annew]

My daughter was trying to explain to her French friend what 'Yorkshireness' was like. The best she could do was tell her how her grandad made his new shed door out of his old shed door!

[Hoy]

My daughter was trying to explain to her French friend what 'Yorkshireness' was like. The best she could do was tell her how her grandad made his new shed door out of his old shed door!

Then my uncle was a Yorkshireman  -  he made a outhouse of an old kitchen cabinet. You had to back in to seat.

[Maggi Young]

My daughter was trying to explain to her French friend what 'Yorkshireness' was like. The best she could do was tell her how her grandad made his new shed door out of his old shed door!

Then my uncle was a Yorkshireman  -  he made a outhouse of an old kitchen cabinet. You had to back in to seat.

Proof, I think you will find... that the Scots have infiltrated everywhere!