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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

Is this the guy who was making money raising turtles or frogs  or something?  
My memeory is turning to mush ...bobford


--- On Mon, 10/6/08, Wendy <crazygardens AT verizon.net> wrote:

> From: Wendy <crazygardens AT verizon.net>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Short-term versus long-term
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Monday, October 6, 2008, 3:26 PM
> The last I heard, there had been a big storm, trashed their
> greenhouses and 
> they did not have the funds or gumption to rebuild. 
> I'm sorry to hear about 
> Tom.  Tom and Paula Speranos (sp) were two entrepreneurs
> who where way 
> beyond their time.  Their time would be now, if there is
> anyone there to 
> carry the torch.
> 
> Wen
> 
> 
> > Here, here, big cheers!
> >
> > Wen, I do believe that Tom passed away.  I am not sure
> if Paula still
> > has the operation.  It sure would be good news to hear
> that she does.
> >
> > Wendy wrote:
> >> Ok, now, James.  I'm going to give you a
> friendly little kick in the a@@.
> >> BUMPH  There, that was to kick you out of the box.
>  You see yourself what 
> >> is
> >> going to happen just by looking at the fish
> counter.  The infrastructure
> >> that allows us to import like mad is collapsing. 
> Soon we will not be 
> >> able
> >> to easily import from China or anywhere else. 
> Tomorrow there will not be
> >> any imported fish from China.  The cases will be
> empty.  But in a few 
> >> days,
> >> there will be a limited amount of expensive trout,
> catfish, salmon, 
> >> haddock
> >> etc all from US ranchers and fisheries in the
> case.  A while later there
> >> will be more and the prices will begin to fall as
> more and more US 
> >> investors
> >> begin putting their money in real tangible
> companies instead of companies
> >> which trade in intangible commodities.  Where
> before US tilapia and other
> >> ranched fish entrepreneurs could not compete with
> the influx from China, 
> >> now
> >> they can. The same will go for other sectors of
> our manufacturing 
> >> industry.
> >> What is collapsing is the machine that sucks the
> cash from our 
> >> manufacturing
> >> sector.  A big part of the reason for the collapse
> is that our 
> >> manufacturing
> >> sector has been sucked dry and it was now sucking
> on the real estate 
> >> market
> >> which was due to make a natural down turn.  If
> this collapse of the
> >> funny-money trade maintains it's momentum,
> this will be a very, very good
> >> thing.  Have you ever read Atlas Shrugged?
> >>
> >> I think is time to dig out my old aquaponics
> notes.  What has Tom and 
> >> Paula
> >> been up lately?
> >>
> >> Wendy
> >
> >
> > -- 
> > "What Luck for Rulers that Men do not Think"
>             Adolf Hitler
> > erthnsky AT bellsouth.net
> >
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