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Jane Ransom

11-03-2004 03:12 PM

GM Crops

In article , Sacha
writes
We've so over used pesticides, ripped out hedges, cleared ground cover that
we have lost vast numbers of birds, butterflies, wild flowers - think DDT,
alone banned, I think in 1947? When did you last hear a cuckoo?

We hear them here every year, still.
But no nightjars any more :(

But I am ANTI GM, so don't think I am 'getting at you' :)))
--
Jane Ransom in Lancaster.
I won't respond to private emails that are on topic for urg
but if you need to email me for any other reason, put ransoms
at jandg dot demon dot co dot uk where you see

Jane Ransom

11-03-2004 03:12 PM

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In article , Tim Tyler writes
Gill Hall wrote or quoted:

Britain gave the thumbs up this week for commercial planting of
genetically modified (GM) maize, risking a backlash from
environmentalists and a sceptical public

What the public thinks is of absolutely no consequence to 'the powers
that be' - we have found that out the hard way.

I often wonder if we live in a democracy any more.
We certainly don't have freedom of speech any more :((((

--
Jane Ransom in Lancaster.
I won't respond to private emails that are on topic for urg
but if you need to email me for any other reason, put ransoms
at jandg dot demon dot co dot uk where you see

Sacha

11-03-2004 06:12 PM

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Jane Ransom11/3/04 3:08

In article , Sacha
writes
We've so over used pesticides, ripped out hedges, cleared ground cover that
we have lost vast numbers of birds, butterflies, wild flowers - think DDT,
alone banned, I think in 1947? When did you last hear a cuckoo?

We hear them here every year, still.
But no nightjars any more :(

But I am ANTI GM, so don't think I am 'getting at you' :)))

LOL. No, Jane, I'll 'get over it'. I wonder why we don't hear them in
this part of England. We have a lot of woods and spinneys near us and
plentiful other birdlife, too. Very peculiar.
--

Sacha
(remove the weeds to email me)

martin

12-03-2004 05:11 AM

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On Mon, 8 Mar 2004 13:58 +0000 (GMT), (Steve Harris)
wrote:

In article ,
(Sacha) wrote:

A Philippine politician who is also a farmer

A reliable, honest chap without an axe to grind, then :-)

Not a lumberjack then ...
--

Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit;
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad

martin

12-03-2004 05:26 AM

GM Crops

Jaques d'Alltrades

12-03-2004 10:32 AM

GM Crops

The message
from Sacha contains these words:
Jane Ransom11/3/04 3:08

In article , Sacha
writes

We've so over used pesticides, ripped out hedges, cleared ground
cover that
we have lost vast numbers of birds, butterflies, wild flowers -
think DDT,
alone banned, I think in 1947? When did you last hear a cuckoo?

We hear them here every year, still.
But no nightjars any more :(

But I am ANTI GM, so don't think I am 'getting at you' :)))

LOL. No, Jane, I'll 'get over it'. I wonder why we don't hear them in
this part of England. We have a lot of woods and spinneys near us and
plentiful other birdlife, too. Very peculiar.

Comparative lack of meadow pipits, tree pipits, hedge sparrows, reed
warblers, sedge warblers, pied wagtails, and robins?

--
Rusty
Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar.
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/

Sacha

12-03-2004 10:37 AM

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Jaques d'Alltrades11/3/04 9:03

The message
from Sacha contains these words:
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I wonder why we don't hear them in
this part of England. We have a lot of woods and spinneys near us and
plentiful other birdlife, too. Very peculiar.

Comparative lack of meadow pipits, tree pipits, hedge sparrows, reed
warblers, sedge warblers, pied wagtails, and robins?

I haven't seen pipits or warblers but lots of sparrows and robins, a few
pied wagtails, though not many. I didn't realise cuckoos were fussy as to
which nests they usurped! This wouldn't account for others around here not
having cuckoos but I wonder if our very noisy and busy rookery keeps them
away.
--

Sacha
(remove the weeds to email me)

Jaques d'Alltrades

12-03-2004 04:19 PM

GM Crops

The message
from Sacha contains these words:

Comparative lack of meadow pipits, tree pipits, hedge sparrows, reed
warblers, sedge warblers, pied wagtails, and robins?

I haven't seen pipits or warblers but lots of sparrows and robins, a few
pied wagtails, though not many. I didn't realise cuckoos were fussy as to
which nests they usurped! This wouldn't account for others around here not
having cuckoos but I wonder if our very noisy and busy rookery keeps them
away.

They (FSVO they) have a list of about fifty species they will use as
host for their pretty babies, but I don't think it's known whether any
hen cuckoo will choose any of the fifty, or perhaps, just those which
match the colour of her eggs.

--
Rusty
Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar.
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/

Sacha

12-03-2004 11:43 PM

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Jaques d'Alltrades12/3/04 12:07
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They (FSVO they)

FSVO?

snip
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Sacha
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Sacha

12-03-2004 11:43 PM

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Jaques d'Alltrades12/3/04 12:07
snip
They (FSVO they)

FSVO?

snip
--

Sacha
(remove the weeds to email me)

Sacha

13-03-2004 12:14 AM

GM Crops

Jaques d'Alltrades12/3/04 12:07
snip
They (FSVO they)

FSVO?

snip
--

Sacha
(remove the weeds to email me)