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From: The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: The joy of actual numbers, was Democracy
Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2024 10:39:42 +0000
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On 10/11/2024 09:09, Pancho wrote:
> On 11/10/24 01:35, rbowman wrote:
>> On Sat, 9 Nov 2024 22:00:07 +0100, D wrote:
>>
>>> Reminds me, 5 years ago I saw deer in central Stockholm! Apparently
>>> they'd been swimming from some place and somehow appeared in the middle
>>> of the city.
>>
>> https://www.kpax.com/news/missoula-county/oh-deer-missoulas-injured-urban-
>> deer
>>
>> Missoula is a tenth the size of Stockholm and is surrounded by wild lands
>> but the deer are sort of mobile lawn ornaments. I've seen them look both
>> ways before crossing a street which is more than some of the homeless do.
>>
> 
> Don't you get deer everywhere? You get them in the outskirts of London, 
> certainly just outside the M25 (the London ring road). They seem wild to 
> me. I've never seen them look before crossing the road, and I have 
> actually collided with one when driving. I was lucky and managed to 
> brake, but I know a lot of people who have seriously damaged their cars
> 
This is totally true and the fact that people think they are cute and 
wont shoot them makes it worse.

Bloody lethal in a crash. Usually a write off at any speed. If you see 
one, stop. It runs across in front of you and the rest all follow blindly.

Like bloody socialists.

Wild deer - escapes and genuine wild one - now cover most of Britain.

> 
> 

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The higher up the monkey climbs
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