On May 8, 2:37*pm, Sacha wrote:
On 2009-05-08 10:09:26 +0100, Judith in France
said:



On May 7, 6:35*pm, "BAC" wrote:
"Judith in France" wrote in messagenews:7b4
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On May 7, 9:40 am, "Ophelia" wrote:

Sheila wrote:
"Bill Smith" wrote in message
news:suilven- Can anyone suggest a low-cost deterrent which will not
harm the
squirrels but would allow the other birds (Most of which seem to
prefer peanuts to wild bird seed) to feed on the peanuts?

Thanks in advance for any advice,

Bill.

Hold me back! (speaking from Formby, one home of the beautiful
endangered red squirrel....) Fetch ma gun!!

Heh, nothing wrong with squirrel casserole. You need a few though

I had heard, on this ng many years ago about eating squirrel but I was
never sure if it was a joke or not. *My neighbour tells me she has
eaten squirrel. *Seriously, have you eaten squirrel and what does it
taste like if you have?

Do they have grey squirrels in your part of France, or has your neighbour
perhaps been eating red squirrels? Red squirrels used to be eaten in the
UK,
before they became rare and protected, and loads of grey squirrels are ea
ten
in their native USA, as well as quite a few now in the UK.

I have seen red squirrels but rarely, plenty of grey. *I often listen
to the stories of my very elderly farmer neighbour; they would eat
anything, just to survive, nothing was wasted. *She recalls that
during the last War, they would have starved in the Auvergne without
the help of the British who dropped food, by air, *into remote areas.
It would appear that any and all food was commandeered by the
Germans. *Today she won't even speak to anyone living in Vichy which
is not too far North from here. *Sorry, I digressed, one thing lead to
another; as it does!

Judith

Judith

And today is Liberation Day in France, isn't it? *Tomorrow in the CIs. *
Are they celebrating all over or do different areas have different
dates for that?
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It wasa Bank Holiday yesterday, I wonder if they are celebrating with
gusto in Vichy?

Judith