Oh and by the way I have had sunburn on more than one occasion on my Orkney visits............ ----- Original Message ----- From: <robert@scarth.net> To: <ORCADIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 6:34 PM Subject: Re: [<orcadia>] Orkney Environmental Protection and the Kirkwall Dump > In defence of London - a city I lived in for 2 and a half years, and love > more than any other place - there are no litter bins in central London, > because the IRA used to put bombs in them. There is however an army of > people who do nothing but collect litter off the streets. All over London > you can see bemused tourists and embarrassed middle class people dicreetly > placing their litter next to a lamp post or under a bench. Anyway, going to > London expecting tidiness is like going to Orkney expecting sun; its just > not what the place does. > > Robert > > > On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 19:46:27 -0000, "Janis Counsell" wrote: > > > > > I cannot disagree with anything you say Steve, but it should be on a > global > > scale surely. I find Orkney a very clean and tidy place and they do > recycle! > > The worst place I have encountered for litter is our capital, London, it > is > > a disgrace! > > Janis > > Lancashire > > > > > ==== ORCADIA Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the Orcadia mailing list, send an e-mail with the word > 'unsubscribe' in the message body to orcadia-l-request@rootsweb.com > >