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Christina Websell · 22-08-2011, 08:39 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening

"Martin" wrote in message
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On Sun, 21 Aug 2011 09:44:17 +0100 (BST), wrote:

In article ,
Martin Brown wrote:

It is funnier when some prat does it with tarmac and then finds that the
runoff water pools around their front door and/or enters the house next
time there is a serious thunderstorm!

Whenever there is, all the water runs off the pavement and into
our drive, causing a large pool 4" deep! As our drive is well
engineered, being both permeable and with a drain into rubble
in the middle, and the soil is permeable, it's not a major problem.
I have thought of charging the Highways Authority for drainage
services :-)

Another 2" and I would be getting VERY stroppy, as that would get
into the garage.

Things could be worse, in Singapore you would be fined for providing a
mosquito breeding habitat.
Wageningen University have bred what they refer to as a plague of
mosquitoes in order to establish their range. Depending on which
report one reads, they have bred 750,000, that they are releasing in
two batches. Watch out Cambridge! :-)
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Presumably these mosquitoes have little radio transmitters on, how else
would you establish their range?
:-)