Spiv wrote:

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
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"ANDREW ROBERT BREEN" wrote in message
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Having looked at Russia (from flights out to Japan) the USA is small
and the UK very small..


Yes, as I said, it depends on one's point of view.

Depends on its ability to support people and feed them from the land. The
UK can do that with no problems - 60 million of them.


With all the 'Land Army', 'Victory Gardens' etc. why were we so short of
food with just a fraction of that population during WWII?

I used to think the U.K. was big when I thought a 100mile drive required
pre-planning. Then I came to North America and got on a train - three
days later I was still on the train and a long, long way from the far
side. Incidentally I'm expecting to drive about 120miles tomorrow to do
a little shopping; if I did that in the U.K. I'd probably fall off the
edge.

Dave