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Author Topic: Mid Anglia AGS Bulb Sale 2016  (Read 8252 times)

mark smyth

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Re: Mid Anglia AGS Bulb Sale 2016
« Reply #30 on: August 23, 2016, 02:57:27 PM »
Never been so embarrassed!! I kept throwing bulbs in to box I was handed at the MAAGS stand. Dandered around and bought here and there. Went back to pay at MAAGS ... £500!! Had to quickly decide what I really wanted from not
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Re: Mid Anglia AGS Bulb Sale 2016
« Reply #31 on: August 23, 2016, 04:15:07 PM »
Never been so embarrassed!! I kept throwing bulbs in to box I was handed at the MAAGS stand. Dandered around and bought here and there. Went back to pay at MAAGS ... £500!! Had to quickly decide what I really wanted from not
But it was fun while it lasted Mark ;)
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Re: Mid Anglia AGS Bulb Sale 2016
« Reply #32 on: August 23, 2016, 06:39:11 PM »
Mark putting things back  ;D

 edit by maggi  - now  the right way up!
« Last Edit: August 23, 2016, 07:02:52 PM by Maggi Young »
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Re: Mid Anglia AGS Bulb Sale 2016
« Reply #33 on: August 23, 2016, 06:40:21 PM »
Not sure why that's upside down! He wasn't at the time .
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Re: Mid Anglia AGS Bulb Sale 2016
« Reply #34 on: August 23, 2016, 07:04:00 PM »
I expect the experience was quite "upsetting"  Emma!  Have fixed it!

Is that Ray Drew looking uncharacteristically dour?
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Re: Mid Anglia AGS Bulb Sale 2016
« Reply #35 on: August 23, 2016, 07:12:01 PM »
yeah he's looking a bit angry. He had to count it, I removed items, he had to count it, I removed items ...
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Re: Mid Anglia AGS Bulb Sale 2016
« Reply #36 on: August 25, 2016, 01:10:31 PM »
They hold an auction an hour after the sale has started.  I just found this picture on my camera.
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Re: Mid Anglia AGS Bulb Sale 2016
« Reply #37 on: August 25, 2016, 04:24:29 PM »
I found it strange that Jane Leeds and Wol & Sue were bidding for snowdrops
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Re: Mid Anglia AGS Bulb Sale 2016
« Reply #38 on: August 25, 2016, 06:52:43 PM »
Think they were just bumping up the price to make the most for the ags
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Re: Mid Anglia AGS Bulb Sale 2016
« Reply #39 on: August 26, 2016, 01:38:10 PM »
You can see the events programme of the Mid-Anglia AGS Group here:  http://www.alpinegardensociety.net/groups/Mid-Anglia/programme/ .  They get some good speakers, some of whom travel long distances.  Wim Boens spoke in January and SRGS's own Ian Young in March.  They manage to do this because of the funds raised from the Bulb Sale.  Actually, I should say 'we' because I joined the Group earlier this year.

In the auction I think sometimes people bid to push-up the price if they think an item seems to be going too cheaply but the risk of that is that you end-up buying it.  And there must be just a few snowdrops that the Leedses or the Staineses do not possess.   

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Re: Mid Anglia AGS Bulb Sale 2016
« Reply #40 on: August 26, 2016, 08:34:40 PM »
Actually, I should say 'we' because I joined the Group earlier this year

I would have thought the most modest thing to say was 'the group'.  Personally I always talk of the groups I belong to as they are not mine but belong to the membership as a whole.  Particularly pertinent I would suggest if one is a new member.
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Re: Mid Anglia AGS Bulb Sale 2016
« Reply #41 on: August 26, 2016, 11:55:21 PM »
Sorry, David, I'm missing the point you are trying to make.  Since I was commenting on the Mid-Anglia AGS (and have been to their Bulb Sale possibly every year since 2012) I thought I should mention that I'm no longer a disinterested party.  No modesty or immodesty intended, just a statement of fact.   
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Re: Mid Anglia AGS Bulb Sale 2016
« Reply #42 on: August 27, 2016, 09:55:53 AM »
...............Personally I always talk of the groups I belong to as they are not mine but belong to the membership as a whole.

Doesn't your first word illustrate the point? :P
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