Re: [obsnw] Arum lilies. Don't buy them.

2010-08-31 Thread Rosemary Robins
Cape Times, 31 Aug, pg 4. SA National Bioversity Institute says the story is 100% inaccurate! Go ahead and buy them as long as they are not illegally picked ones. On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 7:40 PM, Bev P wrote: > Haven't been buying them cos I thawt the Arum lilies themselves were > endangered .

[obsnw] probable con

2010-08-31 Thread Biddy Greene
I think I just did something very stupid. I was in the front of the house at about 8 this morning when a cheerful black guy, well-built plus, 'ordinary' height, wearing a newish clean blue overall-type jacket, and a cap came by. He was looking my way so I greeted him. He then came to the gate and

Re: [obsnw] probable con

2010-08-31 Thread Jonathan Endersby
Hi Biddy This is an old con. Read this from 2 years ago: http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw/browse_thread/thread/8b1aca8b41273aa1/1ac5e9dfd359c538?lnk=gst&q=arbitraryuser#1ac5e9dfd359c538 Best advice in these situations is to call Vetus Schola and the police. Let them ask the man to take them t