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miss_thenorth

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Ahem!... :p I just saw on the news last night (Canadian) that the prices of groceries will be going up 5% in the near future. It stressed mainly in the corn wheat and soy areas, but also produce.
 

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It is interesting to note that when the price of oil (translate: gasoline) goes up, people moan and groan and just pay it.
When the price of corn, wheat and soy beans goes up, they are angry. Those grains are the product of Farmers (both Canadian and American) :he

In my opinion, when a bushel of corn costs "THEM" what they charge us for a barrel of OIL, I'll begin to think our economy is headed back in the right direction. :somad

We have stopped making things in this country. I was in Fleet Farm yesterday. Even Milwaukee tools are made in China. If we don't return to the production of goods and services in this country, China will buy all the rest of our debt and then enslave us economically. We need the "entitlement" population to start working for that money. No more sending our products to be made in China. We pay them. They NEED TO WORK for that money!!!and they need to do it NOW!!!

The world's reserve currency is about to change from the US$ to something else. WE NEED TO CHANGE with it or the change our POTUS promised us will NOT be much fun for any of us.

YMMV
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you require food to live
you do not require gasoline
 

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Oh, dont get me wrong, I have a lot of farmers int he family, It's kinda like " I sold my soul to the company store..." But FC, it is not that easy either. Hubby has to drive to work, so essentially we do need fuel. I do need to drive tothe grocery store. We do need fuel.
 

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oh I agree
fuel brings food to the stores
I understand that definitely

but oil "as we see" it rules the world
in a way now it does

but we can lessen that impact
US SS PEOPLE know how lol
 

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I don't do our grocery shopping, usually, unless I am going to a discount store. Tonight I picked up a tomato so we can have BLT's with our home-grown bacon. One measly tomato.

$1.92 :th

I am so increasing my garden space this year. :tongue
 

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Icu4dzs said:
It is interesting to note that when the price of oil (translate: gasoline) goes up, people moan and groan and just pay it.
When the price of corn, wheat and soy beans goes up, they are angry. Those grains are the product of Farmers (both Canadian and American) :he

In my opinion, when a bushel of corn costs "THEM" what they charge us for a barrel of OIL, I'll begin to think our economy is headed back in the right direction. :somad

We have stopped making things in this country. I was in Fleet Farm yesterday. Even Milwaukee tools are made in China. If we don't return to the production of goods and services in this country, China will buy all the rest of our debt and then enslave us economically. We need the "entitlement" population to start working for that money. No more sending our products to be made in China. We pay them. They NEED TO WORK for that money!!!and they need to do it NOW!!!

The world's reserve currency is about to change from the US$ to something else. WE NEED TO CHANGE with it or the change our POTUS promised us will NOT be much fun for any of us.

YMMV
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Just a quick question.

How are "The entitlement" people supposed to work for their stuff when the wealthy corporation people keep sending the production facilities over to China?

The corporations by law have to turn the best profit they can for their shareholders. So until people are willing to work for 90 cents an hour or the Asian countries achieve the same standard of living as us and make it non profitable to use them. The jobs will stay over there.

JMO
 

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Wifezilla said:
ICU, chocolate does work on similar areas of the brain as sex...but the effects are NOT the same. A smart woman makes sure she has plenty of both for maximum happiness :D

(I have been married almost 25 years to the same guy. I know these things ;) )
Please tell me you weren't married on May 17th. :)
 

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miss_thenorth said:
Ahem!... :p I just saw on the news last night (Canadian) that the prices of groceries will be going up 5% in the near future. It stressed mainly in the corn wheat and soy areas, but also produce.
That's quite a bit, but to tell you the truth I was expecting more.
 

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Icu4dzs said:
Boogity said:
Do you guys really have a NEED for chocolate? I've never heard of such a thing.
Boogity, et. al.,
This question has been answered indirectly by the 46XX population on SSF. There truly IS a physiologic explanation in this population that most of them are not aware of consciously but very much aware of it sub-consciously. :hide

Chocolate contains phenylalanine. This substance is ubiquitous in nature but it is produced by the 46 XX member of society in LARGE quantities during the act of copulation. (Yes, ladies it IS A TRUE AND VERIFIABLE FACT OF HUMAN LIFE)

Chocolate replaces the absence or lower quantity of phenylalanine in the body and as one lady clearly pointed out:
LorieMN said:
no I dont NEED it,,but I am a lot more pleasant to be around some days if I have it.
So without coming right out and saying what the effects of both chocolate and "activity" are, she states that she is more pleasant to be around..." when she has it. Therefore, if chocolate becomes a really scarce comodity we all (in the 46 XY community)may find one of two things occurring...either they will kill us all when they don't have chocolate :hit

or life at home will take a distinct upward turn in terms of happiness and affection because it gives the same emotional reward to them. :ya

For those of you who "vehemently disagree" you can argue this all you want but it is true physiologically. The ladies who are very "physically active" at home, tend to need less chocolate than the ones who "aren't really interested in THAT" any more.

Did you ever wonder why chocolate is the primary gift at Valentines Day? :love Hmmm, perhaps Valentine's Day and "love" and its attendant behaviors have something in common.

Of note here is that when you look at this particular string, there appears to be two completely different subjects being discussed. K0xxx and Dunkopf appear to be very concerned (and rightly so) about the loss of "reserve currency status of the US$) and the ladies have a completely different agenda. I find this entertaining.
YMMV
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:lol: your funny..and I wont be killing off my hubby any time soon.
 
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