"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Thu, 4 Dec 2014 21:44:43 -0000, "Ophelia"
> > wrote:
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>> No, no! Things were so tight he was in constant and extreme discomfort.
>> I
>> am surprised it comes as a surprise to usians. It is not an unknown
>> problem
>> here.
>
> It's normal here to be snipped at birth, so those things are nipped in
> the bud (so to speak).

It *used* to be normal here. Now the trend is not to do it.