On Sat, 15 Feb 2014 23:02:50 -0000, "Ophelia"
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>"l not -l" > wrote in message
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>> But, I didn't mention the name of the dealer, so word of mouth does
>> little,
>> even among the 2 or 3 folks here who could patronize the dealer. I'm
>> just
>> a curmudgeon who doesn't like the idea of killing a plant just to say
>> thanks
>> for coming in today, just as I prefer a live tree to killing a pine to
>> commemorate the birth of Christ.
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>I am with you on this. The children will send me flowers ... which are
>very beautiful but they die off so fast I would much prefer a plant I
>don't tell them because I don't like to hurt them.

My younger son has it figured out. On Mother's day both boys came
down and helped get the yard in shape. At Thanksgiving younger one
brought bulbs and planted them. We will see this spring what we have.
--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974)