bob > wrote in
:

> On Sat, 4 Jul 2009 20:28:57 -0700 (PDT), John Kuthe
> > shouted from the highest rooftop:
>
>>...I'd really be even more upset that I had to pay $2.99 a pound for
>>them!
>>
>>What ever happened to 99 cents a pound for cherries?
>
> I'm too lazy to do the maths, but we bought some cherries (imported
> from California) at the supermarket last weekend - to take to a friend
> laid-up in hospital - and they cost NZD22.00 a kilo.


HOLY DOOLEY!!!

That's highway robbery!!

IIRC the last time I looked at cherries in the supermarket, they were
imported, but only about $14kg.

Nice dark (almost black) colour, and very tasty!! I didn't buy any at that
price, but I did try a few ;-)


>
> NZD22.00 a kilo would work out to around USD6.75 a pound. So please
> start exporting those 99 cent a pound cherries.
> --
>


LOL!! By the time they get to you, they'd be cherry soup :-)



--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

"As viscous as motor oil swirled in a swamp, redolent of burnt bell
peppers nested in by incontinent mice and a finish reminiscent of the
dregs of a stale can of Coca-Cola that someone has been using as an
ashtray. Not a bad drink, though."
Excerpt from "The Moose Turd Wine Tasting" by T. A. Nonymous