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Old 08-05-2005, 10:40 PM
Nick Maclaren
 
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shazzbat wrote:

"Jaques d'Alltrades" wrote in message
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The wood pigeons totally decimate the brassicas if they are not netted.

"if
you don't net 'em, you don't get 'em"


pedant

You can't *TOTALLY* decimate anything: you either decimate it, or you
don't. (Decimate means kill one in ten.)

/pedant


They came and decimated them ten times :-))


extreme pedantry

That would reduce their numbers by about 65%.

/extreme pedantry


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.