"Lew Lasher" wrote in message
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Let me be clear why I called Johannes von Trapp a "nasty, greedy lout."

It's because he made public statements when he bought the property,
holding himself
out as a conservationist, ....

Around here, we call "conservationists" people who already own land and a
house in the country.

Gary Jacobson
Rosendale, NY
AKA Gary the Snail, and definitely a conservationist no matter how you
define the term.