catocom
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Re: OMG get your survival seeds to repare for the apocalypse
I'll be checking those linkies out.
Thanks
I'll be checking those linkies out.
Thanks
OMG get your survival seeds to prepare for the apocalypse
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MrBishop
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Sure...but the thought that I will not be able to buy food from local grocery stores next year because...they won't exist? It's worst than laugheable...it's an outright lie.
Sure...but the thought that I will not be able to buy food from local grocery stores next year because...they won't exist? It's worst than laugheable...it's an outright lie.
Re: OMG get your survival seeds to repare for the apocalypse
Caveat Emptor (hey, deja vu)
Caveat Emptor (hey, deja vu)
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The date may change but the possibility is there.
The date may change but the possibility is there.
Professur
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I take it you haven't heard that Stem Rust has been found in India, Pakistan and now is suspected in Iran then. 100 years ago, 100 different varieties of wheat prospered across the planet. Scientists bred a new Rust resistant strain and spread it world wide. Like polio, it seemed eradicated. Now it's back, better than ever, and 99% of the world's wheat is all the same strain, which is no longer proof. Stem Rust can spread 100 miles in a day on the wind. Africa is bracing for a nightmare, and everyone is praying (futilely) that it won't hop the Atlantic.
I hope for your sake you're still laughing this time next year when wheat bread is too expensive for your grocer to stock, and we're all hoping that the rice bread doesn't pass $3 a loaf.
I take it you haven't heard that Stem Rust has been found in India, Pakistan and now is suspected in Iran then. 100 years ago, 100 different varieties of wheat prospered across the planet. Scientists bred a new Rust resistant strain and spread it world wide. Like polio, it seemed eradicated. Now it's back, better than ever, and 99% of the world's wheat is all the same strain, which is no longer proof. Stem Rust can spread 100 miles in a day on the wind. Africa is bracing for a nightmare, and everyone is praying (futilely) that it won't hop the Atlantic.
I hope for your sake you're still laughing this time next year when wheat bread is too expensive for your grocer to stock, and we're all hoping that the rice bread doesn't pass $3 a loaf.
MrBishop
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Price hikes still won't close the stores, nor will it make having your own home garden become the only thing keeping you alive.
To quote Wiki, which itself quotes an OSU Prof.
Frankly, the idiotic biofuel debackle has done and will do worst for the price of wheat than this is likely to do.
Price hikes still won't close the stores, nor will it make having your own home garden become the only thing keeping you alive.
To quote Wiki, which itself quotes an OSU Prof.
Frankly, the idiotic biofuel debackle has done and will do worst for the price of wheat than this is likely to do.
Professur
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I'll second this. The only sane way to burn corn in a vehicle is in a diesel after you've fried a week's french fries in the oil from it.
Came very close to buying a diesel last week on this very point too.
I'll second this. The only sane way to burn corn in a vehicle is in a diesel after you've fried a week's french fries in the oil from it.
Came very close to buying a diesel last week on this very point too.
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As for this website...
I am not as hard-core upset that this company is fleecing the fools who believe their fabrication. There is always going to be companies who will play to fear to make a sale and their always will be. Just like there will always be citizens with less than average IQ's. There isn't going to be anything we can do to save them from their own idiocy.
If they're not smart enough to do their research and shop around for heirloom seeds at reputable sites then they're going to be ripped off. It really is as simple as that. It's the same concept as trying to keep retarded people from being taken advantage of by con artists. You can try to educate them but somehow the grifters are going to find some of them and they will be easy pickings.
There is always a possibility (like zombies taking over the world), but highly improbable.
As for this website...
I am not as hard-core upset that this company is fleecing the fools who believe their fabrication. There is always going to be companies who will play to fear to make a sale and their always will be. Just like there will always be citizens with less than average IQ's. There isn't going to be anything we can do to save them from their own idiocy.
If they're not smart enough to do their research and shop around for heirloom seeds at reputable sites then they're going to be ripped off. It really is as simple as that. It's the same concept as trying to keep retarded people from being taken advantage of by con artists. You can try to educate them but somehow the grifters are going to find some of them and they will be easy pickings.
MrBishop
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Re: OMG get your survival seeds to repare for the apocalypse
What stopped ya? Price, availability of parts, noise, other?
What stopped ya? Price, availability of parts, noise, other?
MrBishop
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Frankly, Hive Death scares me more than Stem Rust or Economic impacts on farmers.
Frankly, Hive Death scares me more than Stem Rust or Economic impacts on farmers.
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I'm considering getting a honey bee hive. I've been thinking about it for over a year now.
It concerns me also. I think they're going to find poisons as the root cause.
I'm considering getting a honey bee hive. I've been thinking about it for over a year now.
MrBishop
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A SciPodcast I listen to on occasion mentioned parasites, but didn't go into much depth. Frustrating, to say the least. I mean..Hell! How do you pollinate anything without bees!???!
Hand-pollination is cute on a small scale, but try doing this for an orchard or a field of strawberries.
A SciPodcast I listen to on occasion mentioned parasites, but didn't go into much depth. Frustrating, to say the least. I mean..Hell! How do you pollinate anything without bees!???!
Hand-pollination is cute on a small scale, but try doing this for an orchard or a field of strawberries.
Professur
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http://www.saaq.gouv.qc.ca/en/vehicle_registration/cylindersize.php
That's what.
http://www.saaq.gouv.qc.ca/en/vehicle_registration/cylindersize.php
That's what.
Re: OMG get your survival seeds to repare for the apocalypse
Parasites have always been around for bees as well as other animals and plants. A weakened immune system caused by toxins in the environment might have tipped the scales to the point where bees are no longer able to live with the parasites. The decline in bee population is going to result in the lower population of the parasites as a result but will only follow after the bee population falls far below the ability to support the parasite population. Parasites can not live without their hosts and it is not advantageous for a parasite to kill the host only to weaken it slightly (i.e., tapeworms) which allows the parasite to reproduce and for offspring to infect other host animals that come in contact with the original carrier.A SciPodcast I listen to on occasion mentioned parasites, but didn't go into much depth. Frustrating, to say the least. I mean..Hell! How do you pollinate anything without bees!???!
Hand-pollination is cute on a small scale, but try doing this for an orchard or a field of strawberries.
catocom
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we have several hive owners around here.
I've hear of some incidents, but not like in Ca.
I've got enough carpenter bees to do me a while, if the honey bees get lost, maybe.
I've heard around here, that they've been working on a fix, with some success,
but I don't know numbers.
we have several hive owners around here.
I've hear of some incidents, but not like in Ca.
I've got enough carpenter bees to do me a while, if the honey bees get lost, maybe.
I've heard around here, that they've been working on a fix, with some success,
but I don't know numbers.
MrBishop
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What the hell were you looking at, a cargo van? Hell, it's what..and additional $30 or so. Hell, if you want the car/van and it'll save you money at the station..it's worth the extra payoff for registration, no
What the hell were you looking at, a cargo van? Hell, it's what..and additional $30 or so. Hell, if you want the car/van and it'll save you money at the station..it's worth the extra payoff for registration, no
Professur
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'96 6.2l Suburban 4x4
http://www.lespac.com/d-vehicules-c...et-suburban-1989-62-diesel-4x4-KKKaZZ21002545
'96 6.2l Suburban 4x4
http://www.lespac.com/d-vehicules-c...et-suburban-1989-62-diesel-4x4-KKKaZZ21002545
Professur
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It is, and it isn't. Y'see that classified link isn't where I found it. I found it on E-bay, with a somewhat different listing. It's a rebuild of parts from 3 different vehicles. When I checked the details with the DMV, they told me it would licensed as a '96.
It is, and it isn't. Y'see that classified link isn't where I found it. I found it on E-bay, with a somewhat different listing. It's a rebuild of parts from 3 different vehicles. When I checked the details with the DMV, they told me it would licensed as a '96.