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Maybe here is the place to explore this, or maybe in the economy thread. As I look to the future I want to encourage relocalisation and cottage industry - BUT: -

Because most of the cottage indust ...

Thanks for the info EB. 9% reduction is a huge number! Smile

This answers the short term part of a question that is going through my mind, but not the long term:

BAckground: In less developed c ...

MAN. This elegant little biped has long been valued as a delicacy. It forms a traditional part of the Autumn Feast, and is served between the fish and the joint. Each Man-

This was from a cookbook ...

10 kg per person per month: [url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7514171.stm]Big cut in Ethiopian food rations

One of my files giving approximate amounts of food need has the following breakdown ...

And over here in Finland my protection is only for € 25 000 (currently about US$ 40 000)!

Although the way the dollar is tanking I might soon have the same protection as in the States. Twisted Evil

And a Medal of Freedom.

Make my medal out of gold please.

Edited to add: [url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7502716.stm]Link: Ghana gives out gold medals

In the grocery store, everything was smaller also. Over the years, they started to compete by increasing portion size of everything because it was the cheapest thing they could do.

Recently we inhe ...

"...virtually uninterrupted access," huh? That's so reassuring. Not. Rolling Eyes

Well with the recent take over, the announced plan was that the internet banking would be down all weekend and only com ...

Thank you to all the regular posters here. There has been lots of good information long before it hits the main news that I read. Keep up the good work Smile

One problem was that he did not come clean early enough with the shareholders about the problems the bank was facing and had earlier said everything was fine.

Jean-Paul Votron's resignation comes a ...

The area should hold a few Old Order Mennonites (bit like the Amish), but I don't think that type of group is what you are looking for.

After-tax about 8%, that includes all driving (I get some of it paid back by the company I work for). The break down is house 3,6% and car 4,4%.

However, what this doesn't show is that after buy ...

Not really. Those are just pictures of another ex-colonial sh*thole milked and wrung dry by Europeans for hundreds of years. And then left to stew in it's own crap.

Pstarr, you must brush up on y ...

Not all is lost: The Boeing 2008 outlook calls for a market of 29,400 new commercial airplanes (passenger and freighter) by 2027.
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These new airplanes will accommodate a forecasted 5 percent ann ...

Back in the prehistoric days when I could vote the true colours were:
Conservative - blue
Labour - red
Liberals - ORANGE

So the answer to the implied question is:
"The true colour of Liberal i ...