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Old 05-02-2005, 08:04 PM
Mike Lyle
 
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wrote:
Nick Maclaren wrote:
In the lowlands of the UK
(most of the inhabited parts), all that you need to do to turn

some
land into pasture/lawn is to cut down the trees and shrubs,

flatten
it and graze or mow it. Seriously.


Weak anthropic principle, init. That's /why/ and /how/ lawns were
invented!


You neglected, I understand from a necessarily hurried reading, to
mention the bleaching of linen.

Mike.