On Oct 16, 1:54*am, "Robert from Oz"
wrote:

Hi Mate,
Isn't it funny how little things can bring so much joy - like beating the
squirrels. I'm picturing the your facial expression the moment the penny
dropped regarding picking the hazelnuts a week early. It would have been
priceless!

Alas, the victory is bittersweet. Our motivations and accomplishments
(mine and the squirrels') converge on certain points and diverge on
others. We agree on the primary objective.....getting as many as we
can. We also remain on the same track in eating a bunch now and
saving some for later. Where we differ is in our intention for the
reserves. I deliberately plant them in the hope that they will grow
into mature trees which will, in turn, produce more nuts. They plant
them with the intention of coming back and eating them later. And
therein lies the irony; squirrels have planted more trees than humans
(let alone little old me) ever will.

Still, I remain willing to follow my own agenda for the time
being.

Hope you have a better harvest next season.

A near certainty. It couldn't be a lot worse.....barring some
unforeseen catrastophe.

As good as any "Reidism".

No human beings were incapacitated, slain, dismembered, rendered
unconscious, maimed or in other way permanently damaged in the making
of this report.

giles