Moan, moan, moan----get it off your chest or have a chat

[Lesley Cox]

So where does all this come from? There seem to be NZ website links (for me anyway,) as well as UK, Australian and the Roocroft man is apparently in South Africa, and also stuff from the USA.

[Sinchets]

If think the must have software that inserts plant names into a standard format. I get lots of these deadends when trying to find information about Bulgarian Flora I haven't heard of before. You can be sure that B&TWorldseeds will be somewhere in my search returns, telling me if I want seed of 'this species' I can add my name to their email list. 

[Rodger Whitlock]

Two ways to deal with the B&TWorldseeds and Professor Roocrofts of the world: One, complain directly to them, tell them that while they may think they are being oh so clever, they are in fact pissing off a lot of people. It's no way to do business, pissing off your potential customers.

Two, complain to Google about "keyword stuffing". Make sure you give a reasonably representative sample of false hits from each site you complain about. Google takes a very dim view of attempts to jigger its search results and with luck will respond by dropping the offending sites way down the list of hits you get. Unfortunately, in my experience it's very difficult to find an email address or link through which you can complain to Google, at least if you don't have a Google account.

The cynics among us may think complaining is pointless, but the squeaky wheel does get the grease.

[Ray]

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The cynics among us may think complaining is pointless, but the squeaky wheel does get the grease.

 

The squeaky wheel may get the grease,but it is also the first to be replaced.

bye Ray

[JPB]

If think the must have software that inserts plant names into a standard format. (.......)

That's probably also the case here. The poor soul may never have seen D. gallicus, or Jersey Pink, or Oeillet des Dunes.

I wrote a polite, but explicit email to our much admired "professor". No response...
Now going back to things that matter

Hans

[Anthony Darby]

Last week I showed a video clip from across the pond to my first year class (12 year olds). Before that they were perfectly happy knowing that those great big revolving propeller things on the surrounding hills are called wind turbines. Now they think they are called turbans and the head wear used by Sikhs also generate electricity.

[Michael J Campbell]

The Man that does the hedge trimming for the neighbours has progressed to pruning trees.  today he pruned the tree in the first pic. the next two are of a tree he did earlier in the year. He is improving all the time   
Sorry the second pic is out of focus but I had to take it on the run because I didn't want then to see me taking it.

[Anthony Darby]

My first head of department would say to a pupil who was behaving rather silly by saying "what a prune".

[Ragged Robin]

Living in the mountains has advantages, pure air, sunshine but it only takes one visitor to import a virus - I wonder if a crocus feels the same when attacked 

[Lesley Cox]

One of our more right wing parlimentarians has excelled even his normal nazi-style stupidity by suggesting that parents who abuse their childredn should be paid money, $5000 was mentioned, to have themselves sterilized. I have nothing good to say about child abusers, but this is ridiculous. If they wanted to do that they have contraception and vasectomy available anyway. Next thing, he'll be offering cash to homosexuals and Jews to have themselves sterilized too. The man's a bl...y disgrace.

[Anthony Darby]

Unfortunately our right wing politicians are (mostly) too clever. They only think these things and before you know it they get elected. Alas, people have short memories. I was at a parent information evening at James's school. We walked past the row of disabled spaces, which was full. Not one car had a disabled sticker, and the sad thing is these people think they have a right to park there. A selfish society (oxymoron) led by these greedy politicians and the merchant *ankers who try to justify their bonuses by saying they are worth it and you need to reward talent or it will go elsewhere. I say eff off then. A trained gerbil to do most of the work these plonkers get paid millions to do!

[angie]

How stupid can I be, or maybe I shouldn't say that . My mum and me would have had a good laugh at this but since my mum is no longer with me I thought I would share this with you and give you the laugh. I wonder if I am the only person that has done this.
My Boophane bulb, which I was wandering will it ever start growing, got some good advice from Darren and moved it into the house on a sunny window sill but still nothing them I noticed small green bumps on it and thought to myself that's not right and I think you might guess the rest.
Angie

[mark smyth]

ROTFLOL

[Maggi Young]

OOOOPPPPSS, Angie! Ah, well, you know now
Your dear Mum would have loved that...... hope she's having a good laugh at this .... mind you, I'm sure you are not the first or the last person to plant something upside down.    I remember when we got some arisaema tubers one time... we could not work out which way they went, so we planted them sidways and let them work it out for themselves... which they did, eventually! 

[angie]

At least it had grown. I couldn't believe it had grown as it was planted deep in the pot. I have re-potted it and today the leafs have turned a shade of pink, wonder if I should just cut them off. I did think to myself how silly can I be.
Angie