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Default OT item about why the British won't pick fruit and veg.

On Sun, 4 Feb 2018 22:48:33 -0800 (PST), misterroy
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less immigration of deadlegs.

Bill


When I was at school I picked potatoes. The first day was hard, but you got used to it. The BBC clip was a pointless exercise, perhaps if they had done it for a week they would have got into the swing of it.


Speak for yourself!

I didn't last a week.

Over forty years ago and the backache and cold is still vivid :-(

AB