[lit-ideas] Re: Sunday Wotsit
- From: Andy <mimi.erva@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 18:34:08 -0700 (PDT)
Except that the paving over of the country by making
it a massive suburb is contributing to the depletion
of groundwater. Instead of seeping into the ground
naturally, rain, when there is rain, is channeled into
the drains and from there eventually it runs into the
river and into the oceans.
--- David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Don't get me started on drains. What brought about
> the population
> growth of the nineteenth century? Drains. What
> reduced infant
> mortality? Drains. What allowed cities to grow
> huge? Drains. What
> is the greatest legacy and the greatest aging
> liability bequeathed to
> us by our Victorian ancestors? Drains.
>
> We all love and want draining, drainage, drainacy.
> Particularly
> those of us with colds.
>
> David etc.
>
> On Apr 27, 2008, at 12:13 PM, Mike Geary wrote:
>
> > Dear David,
> >
> > Boffo proem. But I think your denigration of the
> drain borders on
> > the insane.
>
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