Guest paul y Posted November 2, 2014 Report Share Posted November 2, 2014 hello everyone hope we are all well? I recently as part of my ridiculous amount of travelling this year drove down to alistairs nursery in cullompton devon. Alistair owns and runs south west carnivorous plants/little shop of horrors, a rather sizable site tucked away on a little country lane and in all honesty is one of the most eye opening and impressive set ups I have seen this year. Alistair breeds a lot of sarracenia and a huge amount of vft, he has numerous cultivars to his name both sarracenia and vfts and in all honesty his website in no way does his stock any justice at all. in short take the time out and go and visit the man, take plenty of cash as you will spend it and be prepared to see plants you simply don't see anywhere else in the numbers Alistair has, and if like me you really enjoy stopping in your tracks as your jaw muscles go slack as you mumble the words "that's gorgeous Alistair is it for sale?" to be met with the reply for the twentieth time that day "sorry paul I haven't registered that yet" (and there are forty of them sitting there) then alistairs is really somewhere you need to go. if you want to see lots of photos then find me on fb as I cannot be bothered to post them here. regards paul 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linuxman Posted November 2, 2014 Report Share Posted November 2, 2014 Sounds like a good trip Paul. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoLongFairWell Posted November 2, 2014 Report Share Posted November 2, 2014 I was wowed by your photos Paul and wish I only had someone to have looked after mum in Cornwall for a day during my months over there this year so that I could have made the trip. Perhaps one day... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest paul y Posted November 2, 2014 Report Share Posted November 2, 2014 we will rich most likely next year at some point, I will be heading back very soon, chavbadge etc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnivine Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 we are regular visitors to Alistair and Jennys and go each time we are in Cornwall. He has a really good selection of plants as Paul Y has said. Just wish they were closer to us. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swerfer Posted November 4, 2014 Report Share Posted November 4, 2014 what is fb? I want to see the photos! Regards, 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoLongFairWell Posted November 4, 2014 Report Share Posted November 4, 2014 Facebook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swerfer Posted November 4, 2014 Report Share Posted November 4, 2014 What a noob I am, I am not into facebook, any change to see some pictures though? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest paul y Posted November 4, 2014 Report Share Posted November 4, 2014 What a noob I am, I am not into facebook, any change to see some pictures though? no not a single chance hope or possibility of any of my lovely photos making it on here, the reason is the monumental effort required to post pictures on this forum. sorry but I have more important and productive things to do such as breathing and eating. if you don't want to join facebook then that is truly your loss, others can confirm just how much of a loss but personally I have never seen the relevance in cutting off my nose to spite my face and as im not a qualified reconstructive plastic surgeon it would spoil my Adonis looks. unless your closely affiliated with isis, a big time criminal or drug dealer or a paedo what genuine reason could someone have for not wanting to be connected to thousands of carnie growers? the reasons for joining are many just ask the dozens of people who use this forum and facebook and ask them which one they think is best, everyone on this forum has just missed out on getting a very rare sarracenia cultivar yet all of my facebook friends were the first to know and have all ordered theirs, im not even going there on the other plants facebook has secured for me as id doubt most of you would believe me. join facebook and find out or continue in ignorance, welshy none of this applies to you I know the score with the ice cream man (or just use your missus account honestly mate you need to see these neps!) regards paul 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swerfer Posted November 4, 2014 Report Share Posted November 4, 2014 Just a simple no would be enough. No need to bash someone’s brains in, just because they don’t join the facebook pack. With my previous post I just wanted to get a clue on how to find you on facebook… regards, 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linuxman Posted November 4, 2014 Report Share Posted November 4, 2014 Just ask a teacher why they don't join fb to see what's wrong with it. BTW I'm not a teacher but do know one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest paul y Posted November 4, 2014 Report Share Posted November 4, 2014 it meant it tongue in cheek with a twist of sarcasm, hence the isis bit, facebook can be a nightmare depending on who you choose to befriend, i use facebook like this, for carnivorous plant groups, sales, etc etc the only 2 friends i have on facebook that are not carnies are my partner and my brother, that's it period. if you stay away from all the teenagers and the dramatic adults who like to argue and keep it to just carnie growers then all stays good, i cant begin to imagine the nightmare scenario of hundreds of teenagers using something like facebook, im grateful that at home time at school for me and everyone else meant no school to the next day, now it must be a 24 hour playground, its a form of social media that if tuned to your needs is very useful, a lot of people on this forum also use facebook for carnie stuff, there are dozens of groups from all over the world and like any good tool if you use it properly it is very productive, give it a try i cant see what you have to lose 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North West Neps Posted November 5, 2014 Report Share Posted November 5, 2014 (edited) Despite the fact that i don't think this thread should turn into a FB bashing outing when it's supposed to be a review of Alistair's nursery, i feel i need to clear the air for people who may be confused and think myself and Paul's icecream man are terrorist peado's with something to hide The reasons i'm not on facebook are simply that i don't like the look of the site, it's garish colour scheme, or the way it operates. Nothing to do with NSA surveilance or any other conspiracy theories (even though i am a self confessed conspiracy theorist, but that's another story). What i dislike most about Facebook is it's addictive properties. Social networking ? It's the most anti-social website out there, which encourages people to get fatter and lazier sitting at their PC, or FB app enabled device, all day incase they miss something like their best mate updating their status to say they've just nipped off for a shite. Bob likes this. Jeez, give me a break. Don't get me wrong, self control and moderation is everything, Paul has got his head screwed on right, as have so many thousand others no doubt. But the fact of the matter is millions of others (the vast majority probably) are just outright addicted. You only have to pop to Tesco's to see mums being followed round by their grumpy teenager with their face buried in their mobile. Bus stops, train stations, or even just a stroll down the street. Countless people with mobile in hand. And they ain't checking their stocks and shares either. Only a few weeks ago i was in a pub and seen a couple of my own age who didn't speak all night, their faces buried in their own mobiles. The only conversation between them was who's round it was next. Anti social networking i call that, and it winds me up on a daily basis. The fact that all smart phones come with FB app pre-installed that you cannot uninstall, tells me that it's being forced onto us to use. Why is that ? Why is it pushed down our throats day in day out that we HAVE to have a FB account ? In media, magazines, tv adverts, everywhere you look, every second of the day. People look at me shocked when i say i don't have a FB account. Sorry, i wasn;t aware it was mandatory. Now there's an NSA conspiracy for you . I know i'm cutting my nose off to spite my face, but i'm far happier knowing i'm not part of the Jeremy Kyle generation who couldn't wire a plug. If you're reading this, and are on FB and enjoy it, then i don't have a problem with your choice. But i do have a problem with it being rammed down my throat every second of every day. That's my choice. Edited November 5, 2014 by Welshy 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest paul y Posted November 5, 2014 Report Share Posted November 5, 2014 facebook is just a tool no different to my chainsaw, in my hands its incredibly useful and incredibly safe and couldn't cause harm to anything but wood in the hands of a psychopath its going to end ugly same deal with facebook, in a teenagers hands it must be a nightmare in my hands it is a very productive and useful tool where else could i have secured sarracenia asbo for lots of people? and countless other rare sarracenia at prices you lot wouldn't believe? certainly not on this forum. welshy i will keep in touch via phone and text just get me your email address so i can send you photos and keep you in the rare plant loop! paul 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North West Neps Posted November 5, 2014 Report Share Posted November 5, 2014 Will do Paul, cheers matey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corky Posted November 5, 2014 Report Share Posted November 5, 2014 I am no good with technology but have had no trouble posting pictures on this site at all so don't really see the problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexis Posted November 5, 2014 Report Share Posted November 5, 2014 Friend request sent! By the way, I hate Twitter personally. It's just full of people answering other people's questions and referring to unknown statements. @big-ears1234 lol yes I agree completely I just wasted 3 second of my life reading that and have no idea what it's to do with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North West Neps Posted November 5, 2014 Report Share Posted November 5, 2014 (edited) Call me old fashioned, but i like forums. Especially dedicated forums, where you come here and you see talk of, well, carnivorous plants 99% of the time. No bombardment of fluffy kitten videos or quizzes to discover what type of ninja i am. You could have purely just CP enthusiasts on your FB friends list, but the at the end of the day they're just normal people who will and do post any unrelated twoddle. Therefore i'm happy to support forums like CPUK while they're still around for us to participate with. Edited November 5, 2014 by Welshy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest paul y Posted November 5, 2014 Report Share Posted November 5, 2014 call me greedy but i have always pursued having my cake and eating it, the best of both worlds is better than the best of one, don't knock anything until you have tried it and embrace new things as they may well satisfy those urges, in my experience they usually do and usually create some brand new ones. apart from the obviously ridiculous like trying to eat your own head i am and always will be willing to try and do anything, from voluntary halo and haho jumps to spending 2 years in a ring giving and getting beastings from every regiment outside the paras, to drinking glow sticks to make my wee fluorescent to drinking games involving pints of jack daniels inhaled up your nose with a straw, to snorting lines of English mustard powder as long as it only causes minimal harm to myself i will try it most likely enjoy it and probably never repeat it, give facebook a go and if you don't like it then don't use it its like group sex, you can only really form an opinion on it once you have been there and done it. and that is my last statement on this subject except i have received 6 friend requests today alone all of them cpuk members 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North West Neps Posted November 5, 2014 Report Share Posted November 5, 2014 You mention group sex and now everyone wants to be your friend Paul ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corky Posted November 5, 2014 Report Share Posted November 5, 2014 (edited) I found group sex and Facebook had the same results,lots of arguements and gossip,but I might start another FB account but under a different name so I don't end up with a bunch of numpties on it like I did last time Edited November 5, 2014 by corky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoLongFairWell Posted November 5, 2014 Report Share Posted November 5, 2014 Well you can find me on FB. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredG Posted November 5, 2014 Report Share Posted November 5, 2014 its like group sex, you can only really form an opinion on it once you have been there and done it. Of course if you have group sex on there, Facebook get custody of any children Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mantrid Posted November 6, 2014 Report Share Posted November 6, 2014 i have a facebook account but rarely use it. I set it up using completely fictitious info to protect myself from 'big brother', idiots etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest paul y Posted November 6, 2014 Report Share Posted November 6, 2014 nsa gchq big brother and Tesco clubcard are watching you there is only one of those I fear bogof is coming for you as for the rest if you commit no crimes and live a legal life what possible reason can you have to hide? so facebook has exposed me to the nsa and gchq and they now know I watch a lot of Brazilian fart porn I can live with this just like I can live with them watching me as I watch Brazilian fart porn. and I do suggest watching Brazilian fart porn paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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