US Erection 12 *AND* 16 *AND* 20 *AND* 22 *AND* 24 *AND* Beyond

[Per]

[Strangelove]

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Looks like both UK and Per are in love with Randy Rainbow!

[Cousin Strawberry]

Neither better attend any last minute rooftop meetings unless theyre visiting countries with big beautiful walls

[Per]

A year old, but a pretty good explanation of why trade wars don’t work in anyone’s favour:

[Per]

Neither better attend any last minute rooftop meetings unless theyre visiting countries with big beautiful walls

Well, I've been to China and I've been to Berlin, but nah. Walls don't really do it for me.

This makes so much more sense:



The Tornio-Haparanda Golf Course. You cross the border four times when playing eighteen holes. On hole six, you tee up in Sweden, but the green is in Finland. No border checks, no passports. You just pay your green fee and play!

I think even The Don could relate to this.

[Cousin Strawberry]

I can visualize herds of north african "golfers" enjoying the course...

[Per]

I can visualize herds of north african "golfers" enjoying the course...

I’ve never before tried to visualize a herd of golfers... all with beer guts, polo shirts, visors, plaid trousers and dragging those golf bags with wheels...

And a border collie circling to keep them from straying...

[Mickey107]

I can visualize herds of north african "golfers" enjoying the course...

I’ve never before tried to visualize a hetd of golfers... all with beer guts, polo shirts, visors, plaid trousers and dragging those golf bags with wheels...

And a border collie circling to keep them from straying...

I guess it doesn't show on that map where any of them human highway peeps landed, mm?

What's your handicap Per? I gotta start over I guess, been 3 years. It was 8.

[Cousin Strawberry]

I can visualize herds of north african "golfers" enjoying the course...

I’ve never before tried to visualize a hetd of golfers... all with beer guts, polo shirts, visors, plaid trousers and dragging those golf bags with wheels...

And a border collie circling to keep them from straying...

Probably would more resemble a [mod edit: Mostly because you asked nicely] ...but the mods will be cutting this one quick enough.

Thats because theyre racist.



I never mentioned why it would look like that...they assume based on stereotypes

[Per]

I can visualize herds of north african "golfers" enjoying the course...

I’ve never before tried to visualize a hetd of golfers... all with beer guts, polo shirts, visors, plaid trousers and dragging those golf bags with wheels...

And a border collie circling to keep them from straying...

I guess it doesn't show on that map where any of them human highway peeps landed, mm?

What's your handicap Per? I gotta start over I guess, been 3 years. It was 8.

I don’t have any handicap, I’m in pretty good health...
And, no, I don’t really play golf.

[Cousin Strawberry]

I can visualize herds of north african "golfers" enjoying the course...

I’ve never before tried to visualize a hetd of golfers... all with beer guts, polo shirts, visors, plaid trousers and dragging those golf bags with wheels...

And a border collie circling to keep them from straying...

Probably would more resemble a [mod edit: Mostly because you asked nicely] ...but the mods will be cutting this one quick enough.

Thats because theyre racist.



I never mentioned why it would look like that...they assume based on stereotypes

Racists!

[Per]

As I’ve stated before, the trade war with China is really going to hurt the Midwest. It’s beginning to show:

The Farm Bureau report showed that farmer bankruptcies had risen in every region of the U.S. for the year ending in June except for the Southwest. Wisconsin, Kansas and Minnesota led the nation in Chapter 12 filings; bankruptcy filings in Kansas and Minnesota increased so significantly in the past year that they reached the highest levels of the past decade

“With these added tariffs farmers are not getting their credit lines renewed, banks are coming in and foreclosing on their farms, taking their family living away and it's too much for some of them. We have seen a definite increase in the suicide rate and depression in farmers in the U.S., especially in the Upper Midwest.”

https://www.forbes.com/sites/chuckjones ... 04f9432bc8

But I guess it’s good for Canada....

A USDA study shows that Canadian shipments of wheat to China have grown over 400% in two years. The report said, “Canada’s share of total Chinese imports of wheat has rocketed above 60% in marketing year 2018/19, up from 32% in marketing year 2017/18, as U.S. wheat exports to China have plunged and Australian exportable supplies have fallen sharply.”

[Topper]

The family farm is a quaint memory. Those still remaining will continue to fade away.

Economy of scale.

[Per]

The family farm is a quaint memory. Those still remaining will continue to fade away.

Economy of scale.

Just had dinner with some Iowans tonight. One has a brother who took over the family farm and still runs it.
Soy beans, corn and oats. I think he may have a tough road ahead of him.

The son of the family I stayed in back in the 80’s has sold his farm though and is now operating the local grain silo instead.

[Topper]

The family farm is a quaint memory. Those still remaining will continue to fade away.

Economy of scale.

Just had dinner with some Iowans tonight. One has a brother who took over the family farm and still runs it.
Soy beans, corn and oats. I think he may have a tough road ahead of him.

Look at the size and cost of the machinery being used and how many days/weeks a year it is used for, you know the independent family farmer is doomed.