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   Carlos E.R. to J. P. Gilliver   
   Drift: square-yard patches   
   04 Dec 25 12:48:22   
   
   XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10, misc.phone.mobile.iphone, alt.internet.wireless   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2025-12-04 12:20, J. P. Gilliver wrote:   
   > On 2025/12/4 0:43:14, Marian wrote:   
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   >> What I love about Usenet is we all work together as a team, where each   
   >> individual brings a completely different perspective to each discussion.   
   >   
   > This "minimum size" thing is certainly a different perspective! I don't   
   > _think_ anywhere in the UK has a minimum property size rule. (I vaguely   
   > remember - some decades ago - some people wanting to hinder development   
   > in some area sold off a field in square-yard patches, ideally to people   
   > abroad, thus making it difficult for any potential developer to even   
   > _contact_ all the owners, and something might have been done to prevent   
   > _that_, but we're talking many orders of magnitude different here!)   
      
   Selling a field in square-yard patches? Really? Wow. The cost of the   
   paperwork would be more than the land!   
      
   Do you remember where this was? It is an idea, when the people want an   
   area not to be developed.   
      
      
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
   ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;   
      
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