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dpack



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PostPosted: Tue Feb 13, 07 5:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

if you are having yours later
buy a mr blacksmith rose ever so fast
seemed to work

Bernie66



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PostPosted: Tue Feb 13, 07 6:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

2steps wrote:
I bought some sunflower seeds

its a 'grown your own' valentines present

Good on you. Its the present that will keep on giving you pleasure. All year round. Unlike a man

2steps



Joined: 05 Sep 2005
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 13, 07 7:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    



going to plant them where I can see their smiley faces from the window and hope the dog doesn't try to eat them like last year

Bernie66



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PostPosted: Tue Feb 13, 07 7:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Nice one :

Bernie66



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PostPosted: Tue Feb 13, 07 8:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

How romantic AGAIN
Asda has sparked a War Of The Roses by slashing the price of a dozen red blooms to just £2 - an all time low for Valentine's Day.
Asda flower buyers Liz Butcher: “We want Cupid's arrow to hit your heart, not your wallet.

“We're making falling in love cheaper than ever before.” Asda has also reduced dramatically the price of other formal Valentine's Day bouquets, saving customers up to £30 each compared with other retailers. All of the blooms come from ethically approved sources in Kenya and Uganda.

And for the first time, the range will also include rare Grand Gala roses from India - the first time they have been stocked by any major UK retailer.

Commercial crap!

dpack



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PostPosted: Tue Feb 13, 07 9:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

the price is far beyond cost
this year good

marigold



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PostPosted: Wed Feb 14, 07 7:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Bernie66 wrote:
How romantic AGAIN
Asda has sparked a War Of The Roses by slashing the price of a dozen red blooms to just £2 - an all time low for Valentine's Day.
Asda flower buyers Liz Butcher: “We want Cupid's arrow to hit your heart, not your wallet.

“We're making falling in love cheaper than ever before.” Asda has also reduced dramatically the price of other formal Valentine's Day bouquets, saving customers up to £30 each compared with other retailers. All of the blooms come from ethically approved sources in Kenya and Uganda.

And for the first time, the range will also include rare Grand Gala roses from India - the first time they have been stocked by any major UK retailer.

Commercial crap!


Yeah, I've had about 150 emails over the last couple of weeks from T**co Direct advertising the fact that if you buy your bouquet of cliches from them you will also get clubcard points for yourself . I ought to unsubscribe, since I never use the service, but there's a sort of ghastly fascination.....

Penny Outskirts



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PostPosted: Wed Feb 14, 07 8:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Had a lovely bucket from the OH this morning - the individual flowers chosen and put together by him, and then wrapped and hand tied by him too - far far better than anything you could buy from a shop

(I got seduced by an heart shaped cooking thing, so we're going to have heart shaped eggs and pancakes and things this evening )

madmonk



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PostPosted: Wed Feb 14, 07 9:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Only in Australia a clinic is offering Valentines day vasectomies, the sales pitch, it's a snip at these prices, well I suppose that is romantic to an Australian.

Northern_Lad



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PostPosted: Wed Feb 14, 07 9:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

So Bernie66, how many cards did you get in the post this morning?

mimborin



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PostPosted: Wed Feb 14, 07 10:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Bernie66 wrote:
How romantic AGAIN
Asda has sparked a War Of The Roses by slashing the price of a dozen red blooms to just £2 - an all time low for Valentine's Day.
Asda flower buyers Liz Butcher: “We want Cupid's arrow to hit your heart, not your wallet.

“We're making falling in love cheaper than ever before.” Asda has also reduced dramatically the price of other formal Valentine's Day bouquets, saving customers up to £30 each compared with other retailers. All of the blooms come from ethically approved sources in Kenya and Uganda.

And for the first time, the range will also include rare Grand Gala roses from India - the first time they have been stocked by any major UK retailer.

Commercial crap!


Ethically approved? how much fuel does it use to fly them over from Kenya??

Northern_Lad



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PostPosted: Wed Feb 14, 07 10:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

mimborin wrote:
Ethically approved? how much fuel does it use to fly them over from Kenya??


Less than it does to grow them in a heated greenhouse over here.

mimborin



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PostPosted: Wed Feb 14, 07 10:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Northern_Lad wrote:
mimborin wrote:
Ethically approved? how much fuel does it use to fly them over from Kenya??


Less than it does to grow them in a heated greenhouse over here.


Touche!

Surely every woman wants chocolates!

marigold



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PostPosted: Wed Feb 14, 07 10:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

mimborin wrote:
Northern_Lad wrote:
mimborin wrote:
Ethically approved? how much fuel does it use to fly them over from Kenya??


Less than it does to grow them in a heated greenhouse over here.


Touche!

Surely every woman wants chocolates!



If you are suggesting that chocolates are more ethical, I remind you that chocolate doesn't grow in this country at all. So even if it's made into heart-shaped pralines here the ingredients have a few food-miles attached

mimborin



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PostPosted: Wed Feb 14, 07 10:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

marigold wrote:
mimborin wrote:
Northern_Lad wrote:
mimborin wrote:
Ethically approved? how much fuel does it use to fly them over from Kenya??


Less than it does to grow them in a heated greenhouse over here.


Touche!

Surely every woman wants chocolates!



If you are suggesting that chocolates are more ethical, I remind you that chocolate doesn't grow in this country at all. So even if it's made into heart-shaped pralines here the ingredients have a few food-miles attached


sometimes you can't win.

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