Every body: I am having the best time learning from all of you and enjoying the different personalities. Oxalis is my flower of choice and curiosity. however I have discovered that our topics tend to vary. Hopefully all of you will keep your sense of humor and not become stuffy. I can't imagine why I would need an apology, after all some of you read the yarn I tried to spin. You have probably figured out that I am a frustrated writer (not a comedy writer) though I try to be a comic at times. Chris is not owed an apology, I know because I am Chris. Bye for now and if you find what ever escaped from my peanut shell you nay keep it for I am living in fear; what if it returns with a vengeance and spins a web around all of my Oxalis, Yike! Chris > [Original Message] > From: John Bryan <johnbryan@worldnet.att.net> > To: <scamp@earthlink.net>; Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Cc: Jim McKenney <JimMcKenny@starpower.net> > Date: 7/12/2004 4:00:41 PM > Subject: Re: [pbs] Do I owe Chris Council an apology? > > Dear Chris: > > Just keep learning and do not take life too seriously, even after 50+ > years there is still so much I have to learn. Do not be afraid to make > mistakes, we all do. BUT do learn from them, not doing so is a mistake. > Humor is great and makes life much more enjoyable. Cheers, John E. Bryan > > Christine Council wrote: > > > > Hi Jim and everybody: > > I found your answer humorous but was still wondering if unlike > > blossoms actually could make weird baby flowers? I have seen some very > > strange > > things in my little garden;I have no idea what they are but I know what > > some of them were. > > Please continue to be yourself because the world is to serious. > > I was joking and serious about my giant peanut but nobody thought it was > > funny. > > I did get some serious responses. > > Imagine my surprise when I dug down into the dirt and thought some one had > > dropped a peanut shell into the pot until I found a few more peanut shells > > of different > > sizes in other flower pots. I forget who set me straight but discovered that > > the peanut with the hole in it was just a seed pod as were the others. > > Still I wonder if I should worry about the little thing which escaped out > > of that little hole in the shell. Where did it go? what did it do? how was > > I supposed to > > know it was a seed pod? Now I am serious, what does a newbie know? and how > > does a newbie > > know these things? Ha. > > Keep us smiling, > > Chris > > > > > [Original Message] > > > From: Jim McKenney <jimmckenney@starpower.net> > > > To: <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > > > Date: 7/9/2004 9:36:09 AM > > > Subject: [pbs] Do I owe Chris Council an apology? > > > > > > > > > Dear Chris, > > > > > > When I read your recent posting to Dell, I realized that I may owe you an > > > apology. You said: > > > > > > >as you know I am new to plants but Oxalis drew me in; > > > > > > Several weeks ago you posted to PBS and asked a question about what would > > > happen if a strawberry crossed with your oxalis. I replied with a piece > > > which might be read as humourous (that was my intention) or sarcastic > > > (definitely not my intention). > > > > > > The postings to the list at that time included threads which touched on > > > hybrids, the proper nomenclature of hybrids and related topics. When your > > > posting asking about the strawberry and oxalis appeared, I assumed it was > > > meant as a joke - and I replied in kind. > > > > > > But now I realize that you are a newbie, and maybe you meant the question > > > seriously. > > > > > > If so, my response was a real faux pas, and you have good reason to think > > > I'm a total jerk. > > > > > > If you're question was meant seriously, please accept my apologies for a > > > response which probably gave the (inaccurate) impression that I was > > blowing > > > you off and ridiculing your query. > > > > > > Jim McKenney > > > jimmckenney@starpower.net > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > pbs mailing list > > > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php