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Subject: Re: BBC- Why do we hate pigeons so much? Posted on: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 09:00:52 +0200

On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 08:58:47 +0200, Tim C. wrote:

>Following up to Martin :
>
>>On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 07:28:55 +0200, Tim C. wrote:
>>
>>>Following up to Martin :
>>>
>>>>On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 16:43:27 +0200, Tim C. wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Following up to B Vaughan :
>>>>>
>>>>>>On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 08:54:05 +0100, The Reid
>>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On Mon, 23 Apr 2007 19:11:45 +0200, B Vaughan wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>I also don't much care for squirrels.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>why?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>They dig up everything you plant, they often invade houses and are
>>>>>>almost impossible to eradicate if they do, and they are carriers of
>>>>>>rabies.
>>>>>
>>>>>Rabies is very rare in the UK, and though they can carry it, it's not
>>>>>really a problem.
>>>>
>>>>I've never had plants dug up by squirrels, nor the house invaded. Dogs on the
>>>>other hand ...
>>>
>>>Me neither. I've never lived where there were enough squirrels to worry
>>>about, but I know people who do/did.
>>
>>My brother was bitten by a rabid dog and I often tread in dog crap.
>
>I know the problem. I was bitten by a dog in Tripoli when I was 5. It
>didn't have rabies, but I had some of the injections in the stomach anyway,
>until the dog's tests came back.
>
>Dog crap. You've never visited Berlin then I take it?

Still trying to climb over the dog crap mountains in Zuid Holland.
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Martin