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

[David Shaw]

League Tables are all very nice if you are up near the top, but what about the poor souls at the bottom! Will they suffer the same fate as Luton Town (kicked out of the football league today because they will be the bottom club).

[maggiepie]

Maggiepie,

50:50 stall.

At a show there is always a members sales table, you bring your spare seedlings and propagation material....they are sold off at very reasonable prices, you get 50% and the show organisers get 50%.  A win win win situation buyer, seller, and local group putting the work into making the show possible.

Thanks John, that sounds like an excellent idea 

David, I am surprised someone didn't take a pic of you and Carol beaming over the salver, bit of a shame really.

[Maggi Young]

We just don't make a big deal of these things, Helen.....it's not like it was cake.... we always photograph the cakes!!
 This is the best I can manage meantime....

Here are three of the Salvers awarded at the AGM......
Hmmm..... I've just realised that the Salver Ian was presented with at the last AGM was the Golden Jubilee Salver, which was the gift of the AGS for the SRGC Fiftieth anniversdary in 1983... .....I think it is the one on the front left. Front right is the one for most first prize points in Section I.... won last year by Cyril, and the back right is the Rutland, I think. The President gets a salver to keep while he is in office , too.  Since we have the lovely AGS salver here, I'll give it a clean and take ots photo tomorrow! Must look up all these things properly.... The Plantsman of the Year Trophy is also called the AGS Salver, so that's where the confusion comes in. 

[maggiepie]

We just don't make a big deal of these things, Helen.....it's not like it was cake.... we always photograph the cakes!!
 This is the best I can manage meantime....
 

Maggi, If there is a league table then it's a big deal 
Were salvers originally chosen for the trophy rather than cups to make it easier to serve cake on them?
I look forward to seeing a close up of the one in your possession at the moment.
With cake

[Maggi Young]

But that's the point, Helen... the AGS has a league table, with everyone able to see what is happening through the year....in the SRGC we know that at the end of the year you find out who has won it, many congratulations.... end of story.... I guess we're just not so competitive .... we like to win, but it's not the biggest deal for us!

[maggiepie]

Maggi, stick me in the corner for awhile, I didn't take in your

The Plantsman of the Year Trophy is also called the AGS Salver, so that's where the confusion comes in

I really should read more before I hit send!!

[Carol Shaw]

David, I am surprised someone didn't take a pic of you and Carol beaming over the salver, bit of a shame really.

Helen there wasn't the digital photography to the same extent then... now every trophy winner gets their pix taken

[David Shaw]

Maggie, make sure that you don't use flash after you have polished the trophy

[maggiepie]

David, I am surprised someone didn't take a pic of you and Carol beaming over the salver, bit of a shame really.

Helen there wasn't the digital photography to the same extent then... now every trophy winner gets their pix taken

Carol, the world certainly has changed with the advent of digicams and personal computers, I guess it doesn't take long to take such things for granted.
I couldn't survive without my digicam, computer or PVR

[Michael J Campbell]

An update on the dead Buxus in the local supermarket.
A new manager was appointed three weeks ago who was obviously a smart lad, and he knew that plants need water. He promptly removed the dead plants from the sales area for two weeks, and returned them yesterday, well watered, but still  Dead
    I just love smart supermarket managers.

[Carol Shaw]

Carol, the world certainly has changed with the advent of digicams and personal computers, I guess it doesn't take long to take such things for granted.
I couldn't survive without my digicam, computer or PVR

To be honest I'm happy not to have a pix of David & I with the Rutland... now if we ever get a Forrest medal it will be a different matter

[Sinchets]

An update on the dead Buxus in the local supermarket.
A new manager was appointed three weeks ago who was obviously a smart lad, and he knew that plants need water. He promptly removed the dead plants from the sales area for two weeks, and returned them yesterday, well watered, but still  Dead
    I just love smart supermarket managers.

This saga has been making me laugh so much- thanks.
Sad to say it reminds me of the many times I worked in 'Garden Centres' in the past.

[Maggi Young]

Priceless..... he was obviously management material, eh? 
Bit similar to this sorry tale.... Last weekend at a  national radio broadcasting station..... question asked  prior to programme by Senior Producer ..... about annual herbs.... How  many would come up the next year?

[Carol Shaw]

 
Bit similar to this sorry tale.... Last weekend at a  national radio broadcasting station..... question asked  prior to programme by Senior Producer ..... about annual herbs.... How  many would come up the next year?

Oh dear... and I can guess exactly which broadcasting company that was...   

[Sinchets]

Was the question asked to you Maggi?