Billy wrote:

So, "wrecked gardeners" get out your shovels and rakes. Tape up those
rolls of dimes, it's time to rum . . . uh, garden ;O)

As for the deer, more serious weaponry may be allowed? I'm making major
height improvements to my electric fence this spring, as well as a more
serious campaign of baiting it with bits of aluminum foil coated with
peanut butter for aversion training. Maybe I'll get more than two heads of
radicchio for Dear Lady to put in her excellent salads.

As for who first noted the rarity of common sense, it's probably like
*Hanlon/Heinlein's law, evident enough to have been commented on by various
folk.

I don't find the noise level objectionable; certainly less than the average
pub approaching closing time, if memory serves. And I do observe that in
many conversations the really good stuff is in the digressions.

Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at
home.earthlink.net/~garygarlic
Zone 5/6 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G

*"Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by
stupidity."