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Default OT: Covid-19 Vaccination Button (pic) and dinner plans

Graham wrote:

> On 2021-05-03 7:21 a.m., Dave Smith wrote:
> > On 2021-05-03 12:10 a.m., Graham wrote:
> > > On 2021-05-02 6:07 p.m., Dave Smith wrote:

> >
> > > > We were a little upset a couple months ago when, after a lock
> > > > down, we were able to open up, but Toronto and the GTA were
> > > > still locked down. We knew the GTA crowd would come down here
> > > > to show and party..... and bring the virus with them. That is
> > > > basically what happened.
> > > >
> > > Mainly the cities and larger towns. Of course the rural areas
> > > claim that they shouldn't suffer lockdowns etc as they don't
> > > have many cases but on a per capita basis, they do. ****ing
> > > farmers, always whining!!!

> >
> >
> > Our infection rates had dropped way, way down and they eased
> > restrictions, but Toronto,Peel and York remained locked down.Â* Just
> > as many expected, the Toronto area people headed out of town to
> > shop and play. Within a short time we ended up back in lock down.
> >
> >
> > I know what you mean about farmers. There is no such thing as a
> > good year for them. If the weather is perfect and there is a good
> > crop the price is low.Â* Then there are things like the Canada
> > Wheat Board. That had been set up to protect farmers from being
> > ripped up by the big food companies.Â* It bought all their wheat
> > and paid them for it, then the CWB stored it and marketed it for
> > them. It worked great when prices were down and the farmers
> > couldn't sell it themselves. When prices were up and the market
> > was hot they bitched and whined about theÂ* wheat board being some
> > sort of government Satan preventing them from profitting on their
> > own produce.

>
> They did a poll and the majority of farmers wanted to maintain the
> CWB. However, that mean-sprited ******* of a PM was against it on
> principle so he nixed it.


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