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Allotment Stuff => Swap Shop => Topic started by: Amazin on January 03, 2008, 15:28:28
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Hands up anyone who fancies taking part in this pass the parcel - since most of us can only dream of jetting off somewhere fab at this time of year, why not let our seeds do it for us!
The idea is to include seeds with place names, like California Wonder peppers, or Russian Giant sunflowers, or even named types, such as French Beans (regardless of variety). Doesn't have to be a country, can be a town, or even a region (such as Tomato Sub-Arctic Plenty).
Anyone interested, PM me - in under 80 days, please!
;D
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Not sure what I have got that would cover the topic but hey I am in ;D
have PM'd you
BB ;D
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Hooray, a quick check through my seeds and I'm in! ;D (Pretty, pretty please!) Will PM you
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Yes please, have pmd!
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Yes i am in too i have some worldwide vegetables to spare
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I'm sure I can play along here.
Could you please add me to this swap with a twist.
Many thanks
Riffster & Chief Wormer...
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Whoohoo - got Mexican thingymajigs, Peruvian something-or-others and Madagascan wotsits plus some other interesting odds and ends so count me in.
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me too, please! (have PMed you)
gives me an excuse to riffle through my seeds again ;D
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Well Done Amazin XX Jeannine
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You're welcome (I'm blushing now). Hey, does that count? Camden Beetroot!
I think I should widen this to include people's own saved seed, so long as they label it with their location of growing (e.g. PSB Early - Cotswold strain!)
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Hi Amazin,
I would love to take part
Regards
Ann
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No probs PS, can you PM me your details?
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I've never done a sed swop before but would love to join in.
I will PM my details.
Thanks
Helen
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I have lots of seeds with place names and would love to take part. Have pm'd you.
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Okay folks, I've closed the list and am preparing the seeds for postage - looks like it might need something between A5 and A4 size so I may have to improvise. I'll get back to you all at a more respectable hour with the final details.
I'm SO looking forward to this (big kid, really) - hope you are too.
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Okay folks, passengers now boarding at gate A4A are :
Blue Bird
bupster
elsie
norfolklass
purple sprouting
Riffster
ruud
Suzanne
Tinkie_Bear
Toms Lottie
As you can see, the passenger list is in alphabetical order - this is not the order for the post list though, just to keep you guessing (evil, I know).
Please let us all know on this thread when the parcel arrives and departs your particular shores, and give us a nice cryptic clue as to where it's headed next.
The first port of call is: One of Singalonga Max's favourite springtime destinations!
Right then, bottle suitably smashed against the side, hankies fluttering in the breeze, and OFF WE GO!
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Let the bird loose,no hunting him down ;D ;D ;D
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You missed me off XX Jeannine
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Have no fear Jeannine - have PMd you!
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Am i to late ????
I always seam to be 2 steps behind everyone else :-\
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I'm afraid the boat has already set sail... but as this is a relatively small cruise, it may well go round again - after a quick return home for a refit, of course!
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Hi Everybody,
I have no idea where the ship is or when it will get to me but to speed up the visit I have prepared all the stores I wish to put onboard but I have a quick question. With all the vegetable seeds I have parceled up a few flower seeds, some are edible and some are just pretty but no doubt the creatures will like them. Are these OK to go in or not? I have never done a seed swap before so I am unsure of the rules.
Please advise, Bon Voyage :-)
Helen
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We'll take all passengers, no probs. The original parcel includes fruit, veg, herbs and flowers. The only requirement is they must all have place names in the titles. :)
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Just had a moment of panic and thought I'd better look to see what seeds I had. Turned out I've 250 packets in total so I'm probably OK! :P
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Blimey - we'd better hire a tug!
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Mmm well I remember going to the quaint seaside village of White Scallop, just near Papa de Rola I believe. Aah reminiscing.. the times we had scaling Grando Violetta and coming home through Time Out of Mind to the cottage in Parella Rossa.
XX Jeannine
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I remember going to the quaint seaside village of White Scallop
Did you manage to spot the famous mermaid, Marina de Chioggia?
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I heard she bumped into some sailors with some Purple Podded Poles and got her comeupance. Not nice you know, they had Double Standards those lads, very fond of their Sweet Mama I heard, shame one of them married a Lazy Housewife XX Jeannine
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Ship has crossed the pond today,found it drop anchor.
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Aye aye Cap'n! Hope you'll find the passengers interesting, Ruud.
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Some passenger are checked out,waiting for some new ones to check in.
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DELAY<DELAY,i need a bigger boat.We are over booked,stupid travelacency.
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Maybe the boat will just have to leave a few booze soaked tourists in the bar ....
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Darnit! I KNEW I should've used a super tanker! Apologies, Ruud. Fetch the plank!
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clue next destination-ballgame and fresh water.
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Big steamship has arrived,all passengers checked in.Next clue we are steaming up streams to a city famous for his birds.
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Word association. Birds, women ,lasses, broads , Norfolk broads..Norfolklass.
That is the best I can come up with Captain.
XX Jeannine
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I guess Liverpool - famous for ships and the Liverbirds - nr the "wirral" may be, and perhaps one of the little birds that visit my nut feeder???
Lucky girl ;D
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Not the picturesque village of Pigeon-in-the-Puddle, then?
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Some are very close.The orange bird is singing his song.Family name is like a river at the other side of the globe,second part of the family name is fishy
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just a quickie to say that HMS A4A docked in Norwich this morning!
I haven't acquainted myself with any of the passengers yet, I'm waiting til I get home tonight (people at work just don't understand ::)) so will post an update tomorrow
(ruud: you may have to explain your clue! I guess jeannine was along the right lines with her thinking, and I've only just understood the family name bit (Murray = river in Oz, ray = fish) but orange bird?!? ooh, do you mean a Canary???
very impressed, will have to get my thinking cap on!!! ;D)
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I am glad the ship arrived well in norwich.your family-name or surename is murray.The mighty murray river down under.mur ray is a very flat fish.City famous for his birds-----norwich canary.Ballgame---tennisplayer murray.So i hope i have explained it for everybody.
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Ha Ha, I hope these clues don't get as weird or complicated as on 3,2,1 Dusty Bin Era with Ted Rogers ;D ;D ;D
Some of his clues he used I use to find myself saying
*What-The-H*ll-Is-He-On*, they made no sense at all ::) ::) ::)
(http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa42/ElleEss_photos/_40440195_dustybin2032.jpg)
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Round of applause for Jeannine :) who got the clue. Must say I will go back to The Sun crossword :-\ Now whats three letters for small domestic animal that goes miaow ::)
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owl?
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fly?
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I'm impressed I think we all win a years subscription!
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okeydoke, we're setting sail again ;D
there are loads more passengers onboard, so the itinerary has grown and the ship's had a bit of a re-fit!
now for the all important clue to the next destination:
the greatest Australian batsman, singing Slade's "Momma ....... crazee now"
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Well this one stumps me.
Batsman..Donald Bradman..AKA The don...River Don...somebody from Aberdeenshire???
Were all Crazy..were,weir, wear.. somebody from thr Tyne and Wear region
That is the best I can do
XX Jeannine
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Thinking Don maybe Doncaster is that end of the world (showing my terrible knowledge of geography) ??? It doesn't sound like North Essex does it :-(
Helen x
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Were all Crazy..were,weir, wear.. somebody from thr Tyne and Wear region
What about Wirral...Bluebird!
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Possibly, but we don't know all the addresses LOL. This is good fun though.
The only thing I am sure about it is aint me in Hull!!!
XX Jeannine
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No point in asking me anything about cricket, I'm Scottish...
(waits for squeals of indignation from the more enlightened countryfellows)
- oh, hang on, I've got the address list!
...no, still don't know anything about cricket
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I exhausted my brain cell on the last one!
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I'm desperate to know where it's going to - has anybody got the parcel yet?
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I hope so, it was posted last Thursday :-\
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Own up then, who's got it :-)
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Do we know where this one is yet?
XX Jeannine
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Hi Amazin - have you been able to contact the next person on the list? You never know they could have been AWOL for a couple of days!!
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Sounds like it is in dry dock XX Jeannine
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Have now PMd the next harbourmaster. Fingers crossed.
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parcel now on it's way
the old queen is visiting the road and may go to the universty ?
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I think that jeannine can expect a parcel on her doorstep.University of hull
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Does that make me an old queen that frequents the street.
I am old
I have been jokingly called the queen of squash
and I do live in a University town, but I don't think this is me LOL
XX Jeannine
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The old Queen that frquents the street.
Old Queen-Victoria... Victoria Street
Ok who lives on Victoria Street in University town
Oxford, Cambridge, Bristol.
I can't remember anymore.
Come on own up, it has to be part right!! ( I think)
XX Jeannine
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Blimey, it's me! Berthed safely, and clue was spot on. :D
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Was any of the above right?
XX Jeannine
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Everything except the word "street" - I live on Victoria Road in Cambridge!
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Wow, I thought that one was any easy one...well if it was right!! Idid't get the last one
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Bedford Brussells Sprouts
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Didn't manage to finish this off last night - should do so tonight and will be in the post tomorrow :)
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And it's off! Cryptic clue: the thousandth road leads to the good life...
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Not sure about the thousandth road - but could be Tomslottie as in Tom & Barbara of the good life?
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I think it's Riffster, maybe they were neighbours ;)
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Latin for thousand is M so could it be a motorway?
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Elsie is right, and good clue Bupster. The Ship has docked in land locked Surrey.
Next Clue to follow.
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So which is the next port of call Riffster?
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It has left "the good life" here at 1000 roads. Its not going far. Now, lets see....
Techie Clue follows: Marry all these together "wandle beeches little holland house honeywood"
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After a quick stop off here today, the parcel is now en route to...
A member of the UK BAP endangered list roosting in a large National Tree of England :)
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Has to be Blue Bird ;D XX Jeannine
Nope she has already had it, but I know , but I ain't telling cos I know the address.
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I think it might be me :-) If a sparrow is endangered and the oak is Englands national tree :-)
I am very excited now, I hope I am right ...
Fingers crossed :-)
Helen x
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oops I am wrong then, and I don't know your address so I well could be,Ain't
this fun.. the only thing I do know is ..not me XX Jeannine
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:-X ;)
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Tree sparrow is on BAP :)
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oooohhhh as I live at Sparrows Corner this is looking promissing :-)
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My round the world stuff is jumping up and down in the box, all sorted and ready to go, so come on over here Mr Steamship you only need to stop here for a couple of hours.
XX Jeannine
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If it is me that it's coming to it should only be a brief stop over, the new passengers are ready and waiting to board, there trouble may be deciding which passengers are allowed through customs :-) Ohhhh if it gets to me before the weekend I can have all weekend to sort out passports etc. and then I can let them sail off on Monday. Ohhhhhhhhh :-)
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Take it easy gal, you will come down with fever on the brain if you are not careful
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Calm down, calm down, calm down!
Oh alright, I will. This is better than christmas :-0
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Ah, so THAT's what the BAP endangered list is.
Not where the mouldy cheese rolls go, then.
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Pleased to report the ship has docked, I will have it ready to leave again. The next port of call is 45 miles north north east of the wyrm.
Happy Holidays
Helen x
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Too criptic? OK here's another....
The wyrm dragged a famous abbey into a bay. See what you make of that!
Helen x
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Whitby?
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The next person is 45 miles NNE from Whitby, Well done Suzanne.
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Has it arrived with the person yet?
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It should have, I posted it 1st class on Monday .....
Helen x
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I think so Tomslottie ;D
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Do we have clues for who it is going to :D
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It was me!
So last clue and for those that count your cards probably an easy one. Just remember the opening and closing line for this song verse. All good revellers should know this one!
Xxxx xx xxx xxx xx xx xxxx
I'm tired and I want to go to bed
I had a little drink about an hour ago
And it went right to my head
Where ever I may roam
On land or sea or foam
You will always hear me singing this song
Xxxx xx xxx xxx xx xx xxxx
I'll be posting the parcel tomorrow on tomorrow, minus some and plus a few others.
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Ahoy there me hearties!
The good ship Camden Town reached its final harbour today, after a truly epic voyage that began in January. The vessel had returned earlier but, with one very important passenger having been left stranded, set off again on a swift crossing to the oceanic paradise that is Hull. Well, shipmates - we did it! We covered all five continents, taking in 31 countries with 58 ports of call. Here's how far we got:
Australia: Queensland
Belgium: Antwerp
Bolivia
Canada
China
Denmark: Copenhagen
England: Ipswich, Bedfordshire, Cheltenham, Durham, Evesham, Great Oakley Kelvedon, Kingston, Norfolk, North Essex, Wellington
Falkland Islands
France: Alsace, Florence, Lyon, Marmande, Meaux, Nantes, Paris, Provence,
Germany: Berlin, Munich, Neckar
Greece
Guernsey
Hungary
Iceland
Italy: Castelfranco, Chioggia, Florence, Genoa, Milan, Naples, Ortolani, Quercia, Rome, Sicily, Tuscany,
Japan: Gobo, Osaka, Senshyu, Tokyo
Kenya
Mexico
Netherlands: Amsterdam
New Zealand: Wellington
Persia
Portugal: Lisbon
Russia
Sicily
Spain: Trafalgar
Thailand
Turkey: Istanbul
USA: Amarillo, Atlanta, California, Chicago, Columbia, Detroit, Grand Rapids, Minnesota, Montana, Oregon, Richmond, Wisconsin, Yellowstone
Wales: Elan
West Indies
Yugoslavia
And a few…er…more general destinations:
Arctic
Globe
Oriental
Sub-Arctic
Tropic, and finally...
WORLD!
My thanks to all the crew, as fine a bunch of seadogs as ever braved the briny. You all deserve a tot!
Now if I can just remove the fifteen men from this parcel, I'll get to the bottle of rum...
Yo Ho Ho!
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Well done Amazin,worthy of the name and Thank you XX Jeannine
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All down to team effort, Jeannine, so thanks back!
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Brilliant swap, thanks for arranging it.
Helen x
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A thank you from me as well ;)
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Thanks a lot for doing this swap it was fum participated worlds fastest trip,maybe you are now ready for an universal trip.
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yes, thanks amazin, I really enjoyed this one!!