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Old 27-12-2006, 06:28 PM
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We used to live next to a graveyard - dead quiet it was! LOL! Dexterdog
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Old 27-12-2006, 06:41 PM
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Groan! DDL!!! Lol!
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Old 27-12-2006, 07:12 PM
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We used to live next to a graveyard - dead quiet it was! LOL! Dexterdog
I think I know that one DDL ..... Dead centre of Preston isn't it
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Old 27-12-2006, 10:16 PM
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Why not speak to your allotment rep?
failing that ask them if they would mind not walking over your plot it may even break the ice.
We have the Grumpy old git, The know all know nothing and the collector who just uses his plot to dump wood and other paraphanalia but does nothing with it.
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Old 28-12-2006, 06:50 PM
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I think I know that one DDL ..... Dead centre of Preston isn't it
Very funny Nick! (actually its when we lived over t'border in yorkshire). Dexterdog

PS On a serious note, looking forward to meeting my new chums on my new lottie site.
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Old 28-12-2006, 09:04 PM
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I bet you have one miserable git on the site - they all have one
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Old 28-12-2006, 09:15 PM
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Is that the same as the rule that all offices have a bloke with a personal hygiene problem?
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The main man - Paddy - is an extremely friendly Irishman - who introduced me to another lottie owner whilst I was on my first reccky visit. Have seen a couple of other ladies on christmas eve (although was too shy to say hello). Spoke to another chap whilst carting down my large pieces of cardboard to kill off the weeds! Im in a row of other ladies who have lotties.....Paddy was kind enough to put us together. He said there are lots of ladies wanting lotties at the moment. Dexterdog
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Old 28-12-2006, 10:06 PM
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I object to that one Alison.

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Old 29-12-2006, 09:21 AM
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.....or you could spray all her stuff with round up when she's not looking Ok bit extreme. If she's encroaching on to your plot report her to the committee if a "gentle" word doesn't work.
Sorry bit behind Im catching up but NTG reminded me of a story an old allotment holder told me they were having problems with a allotment holder stealing another ones water that he had carted from the water trough to his barrel they knew who it was had a word to no avail so they put round up in the barrel and he complained that his veg was dying they all laughed when they told him what they had done
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Old 29-12-2006, 09:42 AM
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I bet you have one miserable git on the site - they all have one
I have one who wont join the allotment association which I partly run because in his view I lord it and if he does talk to me its one line and always ends f*** *** but I had great pleasure phoning him to tell him his shed had been vandalised and no it wasnt me honest


DDL a good way of breaking the ice is asking what potatoes grow best on the site

also we had problems with stealing and I told all the members to speak to any one on the site they didnt know ask how their onions were this year and which plot was theres it broke ythe ice for newbies and if they shouldnt have been there hopefully made them feel uncomfortable

right Ive caught up now
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Old 29-12-2006, 08:10 PM
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Wasn't indicating that you smell Nick!!! Maybe it's just engineering offices but all the ones I've worked in always have an old bloke decaying in the corner - you can smell some of them over an hour after they've gone home!
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Old 29-12-2006, 08:37 PM
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I love women with big Lotties.
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Really??? Tell me more!!!
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Old 29-12-2006, 09:15 PM
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How big are, sorry, is, yours LJ
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I have two Piglet and they are both a good size!!!!
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Old 29-12-2006, 09:19 PM
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I have two also and mine are a good size to boot!!!
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10 rods each everybody, before you start thinking otherwise!!!
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I can't stop laughing Piglet!!!!!!!!!!
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Although I say 10 rods each, one is definitely bigger than the other""
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Old 29-12-2006, 09:31 PM
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I am going to have to wash my mind out with soap and water!!!!
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Old 29-12-2006, 09:33 PM
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I put mine on a "hand wash" cycle every 2 weeks or so, I don't want it to clean.
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Old 29-12-2006, 09:39 PM
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