tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post5786726010287442369..comments2024-03-29T13:05:32.528+00:00Comments on A K Haart: WoodentopsA K Haarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-77249200429932062402019-11-20T12:13:03.665+00:002019-11-20T12:13:03.665+00:00Peter - maybe they know how big a million is but d...Peter - maybe they know how big a million is but don't really care if it is feasible or notA K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-57130511589507429892019-11-20T11:38:50.442+00:002019-11-20T11:38:50.442+00:00Thirty million?
Do they know how big a million is...Thirty million?<br /><br />Do they know how big a million is?<br /><br />The do realise, I suppose, that it equates to just over 82,000 trees every single day, 7 days a week and including bank holidays?<br /><br />They do?<br /><br />That's OK then; just wondering.Peter MacFarlanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05554166005487231094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-18844602542940884712019-11-18T17:02:35.926+00:002019-11-18T17:02:35.926+00:00Sobers - I think some of them prefer trees to peop...Sobers - I think some of them prefer trees to people. A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-64894803976566259372019-11-17T22:02:51.566+00:002019-11-17T22:02:51.566+00:00Presumably the end result of this insanity is for ...Presumably the end result of this insanity is for some party to pledge to cover every inch of the country in trees...................Sobershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11407417389022146963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-66363212528020351122019-11-17T21:17:41.841+00:002019-11-17T21:17:41.841+00:00Scrobs - from what we hear, Magic Grandpa never re...Scrobs - from what we hear, Magic Grandpa never remembers anything.<br /><br />Wiggia - and I bet money is no object too.<br /><br />Sam - yes, looking after alien invasive species which will vote for him out of gratitude seems to have been Jeremy's strategy for many years. If he becomes PM... A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-68218385250514151312019-11-17T18:26:42.850+00:002019-11-17T18:26:42.850+00:00Sam, there'll still be Labour's willow, be...Sam, there'll still be Labour's willow, bending every which way, being cut to accept a load of cricket balls, providing the NHS with even more salicin to assuage their discomfiture of Chalfonts and Abbotts, weeping over the results, and eventually falling over into the village pond to rot and feed the ducks!<br /><br />(I hope the trees in Carfax still stand proud - that is one really famous view)!Scrobs.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12942449871600526680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-60946423066116366382019-11-17T11:33:51.299+00:002019-11-17T11:33:51.299+00:00I think Jeremy would be keen on alien invasive spe...I think Jeremy would be keen on alien invasive species which will vote for him out of gratitude. Oaks would be forbidden because they are redolent of British naval power and imperialism. Redwoods would be a challenge, because on the one hand "The people's tree is deepest red", but on the other hand it supports the Tory MP and anti-European of the same name.Sam Vegahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05978971199859845931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-4033301090933287962019-11-17T07:46:05.369+00:002019-11-17T07:46:05.369+00:00Now there's a surprise.......
https://www.stan...Now there's a surprise.......<br />https://www.standard.co.uk/news/mayor/sadiq-khan-accused-of-falling-short-on-trees-pledge-a4147741.html<br />Note how a few trees become instantly available as his term of office comes to an end and re election looms, cynical, moi !wiggiatlargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01679399861131265080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-21677868930603931392019-11-17T05:16:44.110+00:002019-11-17T05:16:44.110+00:00I think the decision - eventually, after a long pe...I think the decision - eventually, after a long perusal of a HoC (gold-plated) calculator, will be made by Diane Abbott, and they will offer to plant three perches of Japanese Knotweed, a small palm tree and a splonder of cabbage.<br /><br />The Magic Grandpa will oversee the operation as long as he remembers to bring a ladder!Scrobs.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12942449871600526680noreply@blogger.com