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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Dimensional Traveler Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: "The Trek: An Epic of Survival (The Darwin's World Series)" by Jack L Knapp Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2024 08:30:51 -0800 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 47 Message-ID: References: <82b3mj58gn2n0lejeq3t0ca78plp0j7ul6@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2024 17:30:50 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="0563dccf379b00da74e5c7ad2d4b05d4"; logging-data="3714475"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/cu097aN0MNXhWg/iuqd+p" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:L//Udcz5fHuQIf3JL1zKggCXKvk= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 3303 On 12/19/2024 8:53 PM, Titus G wrote: > On 20/12/24 15:55, Scott Dorsey wrote: >> Robert Carnegie wrote: >>> On 17/12/2024 16:57, Paul S Person wrote: >>>> I haven't seen a bunny for a long time now. But once they were, if not >>>> common, then not rare sights. Some of them white, others brown. >>> >>> My sister lives in rural Scotland. She used to >>> see a rabbit, from time to time, being carried >>> cross-country in the jaws of the family cat. >>> I mean, probably several different rabbits. >> >> Rabbits are evil animals that eat my vegetables. They eat my oregano, >> they even ate my feijoa seedling. They must die. Cats like this >> should be supported. >> >>> I think later, the household budget for pet food >>> improved. >>> >>> If you have the money, you can buy rabbit in >>> tin cans, to have later. >> >> Years ago I dated someone with a crossbow who would hunt them in my >> yard (as firearms are not legal to use within the city limits here). >> I got kind of tired of lapin au moutarde but since then I have learned >> how to cook them szechuan style. >> --scott > > Rabbits are a massive problem in the dry Central Otago area of the South > Island of New Zealand where they decimate crops and grass leaving barren > soil. An introduced species with no natural predators, with large and > frequent litters, they have successfully defied attempts of eradication. > There have been regional "Rabbit Boards", tail bounties, rabbit > divisions in Regional Councils and illegal importation and spread of the > poison, perhaps spelt Mexamytosis. > The meat is delicious, but not for sale, (perhaps to prevent breeding > for food), and the last time I tasted it many years ago, was from the > fried hind legs of a young rabbit that my retriever had caught and > retrieved. I gave him the edible offal and the tomato plants the rest. > I am reminded of The Emu War. :) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emu_War -- I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky dirty old man.