: In article ,
: (Robert) wrote:
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:: One good reason is that it can attract rats
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: How did rats survive before the cooker was invented?
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: Steve Harris - Cheltenham - Real address steve AT netservs DOT com
: A useful bit of gardening software at http://www.netservs.com/garden/

They were a lot slimmer and indeed all the fitter for it, in those days!