uk.environment.conservation

In article <7upif3tu1ae754m85jm41hvhg3op1f0qs1@4ax.com>,
amacmil304@aol.com writes
>On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 16:04:40 +0100, Malcolm
> wrote:
>
>>
>>In article ,
>>amacmil304@aol.com writes
>>>On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 11:40:50 +0100, Malcolm
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>In article ,
>>>>amacmil304@aol.com writes
>>>>>On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 10:33:39 +0100, Malcolm
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>In article ,
>>>>>>amacmil304@aol.com writes
>>>>>>>On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:28:27 -0700, "John M."
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>On Sep 24, 3:42 am, amacmil...@aol.com wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On Sun, 23 Sep 2007 03:39:23 -0700, "John M."
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> >On Sep 22, 10:06 am, amacmil...@aol.com wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >> 70 is a few.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >What about 71? 72? 73?......Where do you suppose 'many' begins?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> One goat to 245 acres can't be many. Over a period we have had three
>>>>>>>>> goat living successfully in about an acre.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>If you have 245 million acres you would then have a million goats at
>>>>>>>>this proposed stocking rate. So I ask you again, where do you suppose
>>>>>>>>'many' begins?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Many is subjective, as you well know, but it is also relative.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Are there too few or too many Brits consuming French properties and
>>>>>>>denying locals the opportunity of housing in rural locations?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>I understand there's a shortage of affordable housing within the LLTNP.
>>>>>>Perhaps you should offer to build houses for locals on your land, Angus.
>>>>>
>>>>>Perhaps incomers to Islay should get out and let locals have the
>>>>>houses.
>>>>>
>>>>Good bit of dodging my suggestion, Angus.
>>>>
>>>>>Interestingly, I wonder how many people living on Islay are incomers?
>>>>>
>>>>It is an interesting question and it applies to all the communities in
>>>>Scotland, not just to Islay.
>>>
>>>Sure it does, but that doesn't make it any better for the locals.
>>>
>>Glad you acknowledge that.
>>
>>>At least I live within twenty miles from where I was born. Do you?
>>>
>>
>>No, and nor do the majority of the people living here.
>
>So they're using houses that could be used by locals.
>
Yes, I thought you would say something like that. But you're wrong,
Angus, unsurprisingly.

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Malcolm