Dear fellow dialists, According to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/low/english/sci/tech/newsid_380000/380035.stm
..."France is to mark out "Le Meridien" with trees and olive groves and a mass picnic, joining the 337 towns and villages over a distance of 960 kilometres."... "In what might be regarded as a piece of one-upmanship, the long line of trees to be planted across France will ensure the Gaelic meridian is visible from space." ... A MODEST PROPOSAL: Traditionalists loyal to the Greenwich Meridian may wish to promote the planting of flora along 24 meridians, the (Greenwich) Prime and the 23 others, which, at least theoretically, center Earth's time zones. What a project! The regreening of the globe along traditional lines. Those who disagree with these Greenwich Longitudes can plant along the parallels of Latitude! We need to get consensus on which lines to plant, though. Why not start with parallels every 5°, an unambitious 300 nm separation, and increase the density to 1° over the years of the new millennium? A serendipitous convergence of GPS technology and B. Fuller's image of Spaceship Earth yielding a reconditioning of Earth's living environment! Yours, with shovel and bucket at the ready, t -- Tom Semadeni O [EMAIL PROTECTED] o aka I (Ned) Ames °. ¿ Britthome Bounty ><<((((*> Box 176 Britt ON P0G 1A0 'Phone 705 383 0195 fax 2920 45.768° North 80.600° West
