RingoDave Posted July 29, 2012 Report Share Posted July 29, 2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted July 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2012 She did say, she was warming to me at one point, unless it was just a mood swing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleopatra Posted July 30, 2012 Report Share Posted July 30, 2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleopatra Posted July 30, 2012 Report Share Posted July 30, 2012 Yeh!, and just call me Yan the Dutch clog dancer. :grin: Â Ja, bel me Jan de Nederlandse klomp danseres. Â Ok Jan? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algy Posted August 1, 2012 Report Share Posted August 1, 2012 Ja, bel me Jan de Nederlandse klomp danseres. Â Ok Jan? U bent een! Florence :grin: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleopatra Posted August 1, 2012 Report Share Posted August 1, 2012 U bent een! Florence :grin: Â Dank U, shokran and thank you algy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted August 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2012 Double Dutch?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleopatra Posted August 3, 2012 Report Share Posted August 3, 2012 Double Dutch?! Â Geen... Laha... No... Dutch, Arabic, and English. Didn't know I was multilingual did you observer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted August 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2012 According to some "expert" on tonights's news, the drought in the US could put food prices up as high as 20%. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Kije Posted August 10, 2012 Report Share Posted August 10, 2012 Global warming coursed by pollution Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted August 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2012 Might have more to do with speculation on "food futures" at the US stock exchange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asperity Posted August 10, 2012 Report Share Posted August 10, 2012 Of course the fact that 40% of the corn is used in the production of ethanol to add to gasoline (making it less efficient but allegedly more "green" :lol: )would have no effect on food prices would it? The adding of ethanol to gasoline is mandatory in the US by the way, pushed onto the statute books by the "environMENTAL" lobby :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Kije Posted August 10, 2012 Report Share Posted August 10, 2012 Lack of rain kills all corn whether it is used for food or fuel Asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asperity Posted August 10, 2012 Report Share Posted August 10, 2012 This is true Lt Kije, but it doesn't change the fact that burning 40% of your crop in motor vehicles is certain to make the cost of corn rise does it? <_< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted August 10, 2012 Report Share Posted August 10, 2012 Eat petrol problem solved! Â Â Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Kije Posted August 10, 2012 Report Share Posted August 10, 2012 Corn is also grown to feed animal stock,   The future of life on earth depends on our ability to take action. Many individuals are doing what they can, but real success can only come if there's a change in our societies and our economics and in our politics. I've been lucky in my lifetime to see some of the greatest spectacles that the natural world has to offer. Surely we have a responsibility to leave for future generations a planet that is healthy, inhabitable by all species."  David Attenborough  Wise words Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asperity Posted August 10, 2012 Report Share Posted August 10, 2012 Whose spectacles was he talking about? Dame Edna Everidge's? :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Kije Posted August 10, 2012 Report Share Posted August 10, 2012 Ships Captain yes, but you never make it in stand up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asperity Posted August 10, 2012 Report Share Posted August 10, 2012 Reuters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Kije Posted August 10, 2012 Report Share Posted August 10, 2012 Eating less meat would also help, as we would not need to grow less animal feed, I thought we were talking about the drought Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asperity Posted August 10, 2012 Report Share Posted August 10, 2012 Actually the topic is food prices. And if you think about it, higher food prices should result in less meat being eaten Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Kije Posted August 11, 2012 Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 The new rich in China, India ect, are fuelling it Asp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted August 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 They're blaming the US drought for an increased demand for wheat as an altermnative to maize, but there's a wheat shortage anyway, due (they claim)to the UK floods - which will increase bread prices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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