On Thursday, February 21, 2019 at 8:33:09 AM UTC-5, John Kuthe wrote:
> On Thursday, February 21, 2019 at 4:59:21 AM UTC-6, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > On Wednesday, February 20, 2019 at 6:39:30 PM UTC-5, John Kuthe wrote:
> > > On Wednesday, February 20, 2019 at 4:41:37 PM UTC-6, Thomas wrote:
> > > > Make chocolate. Plan to sell chocolate. Toss in garbage.
> > > > Good planning.
> > >
> > > I have a BUNCH of stuff left that WE are still eating! I made a HUGE batch of Caramel Pecan Things, an extra English Toffee, etc just in case (Orders?) which never happened!
> > >
> > > I can AFFORD IT! I'm wealthy, remember? :-)
> >
> > Think of the petroleum used to ship the cherries and chocolate from
> > South America to St. Louis. Wasted.
> >
> > Cindy Hamilton
>
> You mean BURNED UP into our planet's ATMOSPHERE!! :-(
>
> A 7 mile wide meteor did it TO the Dinosaurs in ONE DAY! 6th Extinction, from which Humans sprung, and we did it over a couple of hundred YEARS!! 2nd Industrial REVOLUTION, remember? Steam (for which we burned ANYTHING to boil water!), then OIL/PETROLEUM!!! And WE ARE STILL BURNING IT! And anything else we can find. :-(
>
> Should have LEFT IT ALL UNDERGROUND!
>
> John Kuthe...

YOU are still burning it, John.

You burned it (had it burned on your behalf, strictly speaking)
to make and then discard your chocolate-covered cherries. It's equivalent
to getting in your minivan and driving around the block a few times without
going anywhere.

Cindy Hamilton