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Adam Funk wrote:
Ive seen plenty of red earth in my time, and brown. Don't even have to
go further than Devon. Most earth is brown or black. Never seen any
green earth.

But the *covering* is green.

There you go. What's 'logical' to one isn't to another.

Most earth varies around the brown end of the colour scale - certainly not
green. Of course other English speaking countries call the safety
connection 'ground'. Dunno what it's called in other languages.

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*I wonder how much deeper the ocean would be without sponges*

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