Re: Hey Farml, Rob, David and All..

On Sat, 5 Apr 2008 18:44:46 +1100, "FarmI" <ask@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:

><Charlie> wrote in message
>
>> Ya'll mind if a midwesterner from the US hangs out and asks, from time
>> to time, a few questions about what ya'll do on the other side of the
>> world from me?
>
>Welcome Charlie.  We've been a bit quiet here for a while - not sure why
but 
>have been wondering if everyone's getting the garden in order for winter.

Seems to be relatively quiet in r.g as well, though I would think
things should be picking up as spring approaches.

>
>> My knowledge of Australia is limited to what i've learned from NGS and
>> the limited amount I've learned online.
>
>Well given that it's as big as your lower 48, it's pretty diverse.  I 
>suspect we only have a hope of knowing info from the whole country
because 
>unlike you there in the States, we only have around 20 million people. 
At 
>your population densities it must be info overload for you to try to keep
up 
>with domestic infor let alone international news etc.

You have no idea!  If it were not for the internet, I would have no
idea what was happening internationally.  Without launching into a
tirade about the state of the media here, let's just say that many of
us here simply view the mainstream as another branch of government,
and, sorry to say, Rupert Murdoch is no friend of mine.  His
stranglehold on  US media is frightening.

>> I've talked to some of you in rec.gardens.
>>
>> We 'mericans tend to be a bit rude and forward at times...
>
>Snap!

  :-)

>
>I'll try and
>> behave meself.....until I get a sense of what you are all about. ;-)
>
>We squabble a bit here too so you'll feel at home I'm sure :-)).

Reading thru posts, I am thoroughly enjoying the diverse opinions and
"OT" posts and banter.  Ya'll don't seem to be as anal as many of us
here.  I am really enamoured with your expressions and colloquialisms.
I feel as if I have just started a new course at University.

>
>One thing I have noticed that is a bit different about this ng and how we

>down here garden as opposed to other ngs (such as uk.rec.gardening or the

>rec.gardens group) is that we seem to be more organically inclined.  That

>may not be an accurate perception, but I've thought that for quite some
time 
>now. 
>

Well now, that is right up my alley.  I shall continue my education! I
have been an advocate of organic gardening for many years and have made
myself somewhat unpopular in the other groups with some folks and with
some family members in relation to organic and sustainable.

Thanks for the welcome and I appreciate the op****tunity to view and
participate in, in this limited capacity and venue, your lives and
country.

BTW, as I was perfoming my last duty of the night, as the household
male, aforementioned cat did his nightly thing...appearing out of the
dark and chirping and wending his way in and out of my legs whilst I
fertilized, before following me into the house.

Care
Charlie