In article , Michelle 
Masters  writes
>"Torsten Brinch"  wrote in message
>news:upqrn31iqc3bdd0b0isdl15doneu04a3tk@4ax.com...
>>> On Thu, 3 Jan 2008 13:00:39 -0600, "Michelle Masters" 
>>>Just curious...  What herbivores were "native" to Britain?
>>
>> Red Deer, Roe Deer, Brown Hare come first to mind but
>> certainly there must be more herbivores native to Britain; think of
>> those countless friends and relations of Rabbit in Winnie the Pooh ..
>> Henry Rush, Alexander Beetle, Late, Early, .. and Smallest-of-All
>> :-)
>
>Hey, Torsten :-)  Good to "see" you again.
>
>Thanks for the answer.  I guess my question was more geared toward the
>indigenous herbivores that would create meadows by their grazing (deer could
>do that), which is what the topic was (I think).  I guess it would take a
>lot of hares to make a meadow :-)  Now I'm imagining a heard of hare....LOL
>:-)
>
There don't appear to have been any Brown Hares here before the Iron 
Age. There were Mountain Hares but they don't like woodland and so were, 
by the Mesolithic, confined to open upland areas where they still live.

-- 
Malcolm

In message , 
amacmil304@aol.com writes
>On Fri, 4 Jan 2008 07:50:31 +0000, Malcolm
> wrote:
>>>
>>So, if a cyclist shot out of a turning a few yards in front of you and
>>you hit him you would accept that you had caused the accident, would
>>you?
>
>Do you not know that motorists are obliged to drive in a manner that
>ensures they can stop in an emergency.  And it should be recognised
>that deer can come out of woodlands on to roads - especially if
>disturbed by human activities - shooting, dogwalkers etc..

Notice the careful avoiding of the actual question he was asked.

>
>>
>>Interesting POV. Does your car insurance company know that you will
>>always take the blame for such an accident?
>
>If I were to blame for an accident I would say so irrespective of what
>insurance companies say.

The question is what if you weren't to blame as in the cyclist example 
above.

Notice another attempt to avoid answering the direct questions.


-- 
Malcolm Kane