On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 10:39:47 +0000, Lazarus Cooke
> wrote:

>In article >, Frogleg
> wrote:
>
>> The idea of lying in a hammock and plucking fruit from
>> surrounding trees, supplemented by trapping a few fish or shellfish
>> sure sounds good. Not many opportunities for same in, say, northern
>> Europe.
>
>Why? Strawberries, mushrooms, apples, blackberries still grow wild all
>over the place. Northern seas are far more fruitful for fish than
>tropical ones, and the rivers run with salmon and trout.

And come October? :-)