Col wrote:

"Howard Neil" wrote in message
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For instance, in livestock farming UK farmers have to comply with
welfare standards (quite right too) and have to abide by identification
rules (every cow and bull has to have an individual passport so the meat
on your table is traceable back to an individual animal. This ensures a
high quality product but the costs are massive. There are many countries
in the world where animal welfare is virtually non existent (and where
BSE or poultry diseases, for instance, are rampant) and where the
farmers receive very large subsidies from their government. This allows
them to flood our market with sub standard food.


No it doesn't.
We won't allow just any old disease ridden food into the country.

Your faith in our "import controls" is touching but misguided. Ask
yourself, for instance, why you can still buy Argentinian beef when BSE
is endemic in that country and they have few of the controls implemented
here "to protect the consumer".

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Howard Neil

Wow. This post has exploded.

I do see your point. Perhaps it is selfish to bitch and moan about the
weather when so many depend on it.


















(d.m.) wrote in
oogle.com...
Is it just me, or has this summer been a truly dull, so-so,predictable
one?

I live in a small place called Kingsthorpe, in the Northamptonshire
County. I am also an ex-Canadian.

But why havent i seen any thunderstorms..heavy rain..anything! The
skies, yes they become grey..and yes a few sprinkles will fall, but
nothing really "exciting" happens.

Its just been a summer of sun..and a few clouds..then sun..a few
clouds...

Whats worse is that the forecasters have been predicting storms but
none seem to happen.

Dull.

In uk.sci.weather on Tue, 27 Jul 2004 at 00:05:06, d.m. wrote :
Wow. This post has exploded.

I do see your point. Perhaps it is selfish to bitch and moan about the
weather when so many depend on it.

Not selfish - just... fun.
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Paul Hyett, Cheltenham

"Paul Hyett" wrote in message
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In uk.sci.weather on Tue, 27 Jul 2004 at 00:05:06, d.m. wrote :
Wow. This post has exploded.

I do see your point. Perhaps it is selfish to bitch and moan about the
weather when so many depend on it.

Not selfish - just... fun.


and without the weather most of us would run out of things to talk about :-)

Jim Webster

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Paul Hyett, Cheltenham

Jim Webster wrote:

"Paul Hyett" wrote in message
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In uk.sci.weather on Tue, 27 Jul 2004 at 00:05:06, d.m. wrote :

Wow. This post has exploded.

I do see your point. Perhaps it is selfish to bitch and moan about the
weather when so many depend on it.

Not selfish - just... fun.



and without the weather most of us would run out of things to talk about :-)

I don't think you are included in that, Jim. :-)

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Howard Neil

"Howard Neil" wrote in message
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Jim Webster wrote:

"Paul Hyett" wrote in message
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In uk.sci.weather on Tue, 27 Jul 2004 at 00:05:06, d.m. wrote :

Wow. This post has exploded.

I do see your point. Perhaps it is selfish to bitch and moan about the
weather when so many depend on it.

Not selfish - just... fun.



and without the weather most of us would run out of things to talk about
:-)

I don't think you are included in that, Jim. :-)

well I can normally talk about the weather without getting into trouble,
will that do?

Jim Webster


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Howard Neil

Jim Webster wrote:

well I can normally talk about the weather without getting into trouble,
will that do?

Try attempting a forecast and see what happens.:-)


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Howard Neil

"Howard Neil" wrote in message
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Jim Webster wrote:

well I can normally talk about the weather without getting into trouble,
will that do?

Try attempting a forecast and see what happens.:-)

how about 'Changeable'

;-))

Jim Webster



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Howard Neil

Jim Webster wrote:
"Howard Neil" wrote in message
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Jim Webster wrote:


well I can normally talk about the weather without getting into trouble,
will that do?

Try attempting a forecast and see what happens.:-)


how about 'Changeable'

;-))

Brave man. :-)


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Howard Neil