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Milk thieves

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Subject: Milk thieves
From: brian fleming <>
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 15:52:42 +1000
I go back pre dark Ages and can recall in the blue tits in England doing exactly the same thing. I can also recall reading some literature which advised that the habit was unknown until the early 1950's and apparantly never before the War.

   John Mc
 Melbourne
Might it be that the thieving came with the change from cardboard closures to aluminium foil? I can't remember when Melbourne changed - circa 1960 perhaps.

Brian Fleming
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