Having just listened to most of Gardeners Question Time, I was really impressed with what he had to say about gardening techniques.
I don't really see the point of the royal family most of the time, but it's great to have such a sensible chap as heir to the throne.
Just wanted to share that with the group.
hear hear. (here here?)
Out for lunch so missed the prog. But sometimes he says some very sensible things on some subjects.
Yep, have to agree, he is a good caring gardener, well done to him
Love Charlie boy, not too keen on all that Duchy of Cornwall grub in sainsburys though. HOW MUCH!!!
I have always respected his views on gardening-I wouldn`t buy stuff at ridiculous prices but that`s another matter
But his biscuits make good Christmas presents for aunts!!!!!!
i do as well :D the press seem to jump on every thing he says and does i would really love to visit highgrove just love the look of that stump garden
marg
Not quite sure what to make of him really. But I suspect that the Camillagate tampon story SORT of made me err on the 'urrggh how vile' side of things :D
Forget all the stories the papers were just trying to make peeps hate him, never worked for me i really like him a very gentle man loves gardening. goood man. ;D
:-\
Thought this smiley looks a bit like him!
I do not do Monarchy really, but have always thought he seems an ok kinda guy, just because he is interested in sustainability. If he is ever King, we might be grateful for that!
;)
Quote from: Trixiebelle on April 09, 2007, 14:37:53
Not quite sure what to make of him really. But I suspect that the Camillagate tampon story SORT of made me err on the 'urrggh how vile' side of things :D
Well i missed that!! :o :o
When you say Charlie is a gardener - does he actually get down and root around in the soil, or does he just tell his gardener(s) to do that kind of stuff whilst pointing with his cane.
As apparently he can't even squeeze his own toothpaste I suspect the latter.
I think he's the epitome of whining, self pitying narcissism, and an absolute master of hypocrisy, to boot...
...and his biscuits are mediocre.
:o
Quote from: Amazin on April 09, 2007, 23:28:27
I think he's the epitome of whining, self pitying narcissism, and an absolute master of hypocrisy, to boot...
...and his biscuits are mediocre.
:o
No, you're thinking of his ex wife. Although I never tried her biscuits.
Did you listen to the interview?
I just meant that I find him refreshing compared to the rest of his family. Personally if I had his amount of money, I'd sit around all day on the X-Box and throw a party every night. Probably wouldn't live all that long but it's be great fun.
Well, we can agree to differ... so long as I'm invited to your party.
;)
They say silence is agreement - so I reckon in a thread headed "I like Prince Charles" I am entitled to say "I do NOT like Prince Charles" without causing offence - well I hope so anyway :-\
Not a fan of royalty at all (Charles least of all) and just feel I must pin my colours to the mast so to speak - can't comment on his biscuits tho as I doubt I would want to add to his coffers - I'll bring my own biccies (Scottish shortbread?) to the party if I can come too, Ollie ;)
Same here; I don't see why the taxpayer should be expected to keep any of these peopole in luxury.
I went to Hardwick Hall last weekend and ended up researching Elizabethan history as a consequence.
If you research it, it makes VERY good reading!
Not sure that the 'Tower Of London' tales are contemporary (but you never know .. Tony could still end up in there despite the desperate pleas to her mageystie Elizybethe 2 from Cheryie the 4th Duchess of of Essex)
Anyway ..the point is: Prince Charles has some very strange NUTTERS in his lineage. His father being one of them.
I urge you all to research the history of our illustrious monarchy and come to a credible conclusion.
This is possibly herecy. OFF WITH MY HEAD!
Stick it on the compost heap!
And the alternative???? George W Bush?? :o Jacques Chirac? :o :o Silvio Berlusconi? :o :o :o Mahmoud Ahmadinejad :o :o :o :o
Give me the House of Windsor any time......
... or better still some of our other and saner European royal families. (e.g. Belgium, Holland, Spain)
You pay just as much if not more for presidents but they have real power... ouch whereas our lot don't.
4 words in support of the monarchy:
President Thatcher
President Blair
Sends a shudder down my spine just typing this!
He has some good ideas but I have to say when I worked for him as a woodsman in the sixties in Cornwall, we could not get a council house because we had just moved into the county for the job with the Duchy. He did not let me have a house, rent free, or rented, and we had to live in a static caravan. I did not bother to go and see him on the annual visit of his to see his Duchy estate. We did not stay in Cornwall long term. That made us feel most unwelcome.
I am glad to hear his comments about all the things that have been lost by bad managemant. When I worked for him 245-T was in common use and he had a gang killing off young hardwood trees so we could plant conifers. I remember it well as one day we were working higher up the valley and felt sick and had to mave to another work place because of the fumes from the 245-T. They sprayed it in diesel oil from knapsack sprayers. The poor chaps, Fred Sorrel and Ivor Crimp had to wear full waterproof suits and wellies with respirators struggling on the steep valley slopes.
We were also planting up conifers in old orchards of fruit trees with that were cleared for firewood by the locay itinerant fraternity.
The really steep ground was grubbed out with a Drot (bulldozer) and swipe (rotary cutter that would cut 3" trees easily) We also had to do frill girdling of trees with I think 245-T or something else very lethal, again to kill them. We then went back later and planted rows of conifers through the dead trees. We used to hack around each tree and put crystals in the cut to kill the tree, and sometimes a spray. My mate and I as teenagers in our first proper job since college made our thoughts known and eventually got out of that job. He would be proud of us now, but I bet he would of sacked us then if he had known.
Moan over. He does have good ideas but manages to forget what has been done in the past on the Duchy estate, because it had to make profit we were told.
VERY interesting insight IPT!
Trix X