Whenever there's an option to choose between a man and a woman for ANY service (doctor, insurance, auto, etc.), I will ALWAYS choose the woman because to be there, they had to be 5 times better than their male colleagues.

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This is what we've almost lost. Genetic diversity in all things leads to healthier animals & plants.

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Today is my Frank Spencer day Fixing the car window, closed the door and the handle had dropped inside the door panel. Lots of swearing Got to work, walked to the changing room and managed to bump into the door with the key in my hand and stabbed myself on the nipples with it 🤬 Rather painful.

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In my grandfather's orchard in Westmorland there were at least 7 types of apples (all grown for different uses), 3 pear varieties, damsons and two types of plums plus cherries read & black. There is strength in diversity and weakness in monoculture - one virus could kill them all.

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Hmm, SW could be difficult. Normandy, Brittany in parts and Domfront are the main centres in France. I did see recently that there are perry pear trees in Savoie, quite close to Switzerland of course, but seems the most dried them, etc. I need to investigate.

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