[Greenbuilding] suggestions for outdoor wall?

[George J. Nesbitt]

Solar powered cattle fence, EH?

Robert W. Tom wrote:

>On Fri, 01 Sep 2006 15:56:32 -0400, Kat <molasses at speakeasy.net> wrote:
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>> Perhaps here in Murrica we have stupid kids who like to run in front of  
>>cars.
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>That was my first assumption (but without the "stupid" part) in my initial  
>posting,hence the (tongue-in-cheek) suggestion re: a high-voltage electric  
>cattle fence until the greenery in a living wall took hold but Don  
>responded saying that it was indeed a matter of keeping cars out as well.
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>Coincidentally, while glancing over the local newspaper after a late  
>lunch, the first thing I saw was the following:
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>"...Van crashes through bus stop...  10 children injured "
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>from:
>http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=f25c3877-512a-4640-a25d-91b7aff15b52&k=15999
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>At first I thought it was a local story and that I was going to have to  
>eat my smug words about the relative civility of Canadian motorists but as  
>it turns out, it happened in ... Murrica.
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>All right then.
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>Bollards or boulders it is  (interspersed in the shrubbery ... with  
>electric cattle fence strung bewteen. Of course.)
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>===* ===
>Rob Tom
>Kanata, Ontario, Canada
><archilogic at chaffyahoo dot ca>
>winnow the chaff from my edress in your reply
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