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Odds 'n Sods:
The fine folks that operate Everlasting
Seeds have announced special pricing
for US military veterans, disabled veterans, and especially financially
distressed disabled veterans. (Click on the"Veterans" button
in their left-hand menu.) Thanks for supporting our veterans in such a tangible
way!
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Eric sent us a link to a
list of products containing peanut butter that have been recalled by Kellogg's
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More economic bad news, starting with three items from Formerly Merry
Olde England: RBS
loses £28billion in a Year as Darling warns British
economy will collapse if second bank bailout fails -- We’re
a nation on the brink of going bankrupt -- A
terrifying gamble with Britain's future (Thanks to Jean in England for those
links.) And these come from Cheryl, starting first with her link to UK news:
: Royal
Bank Shares Plummet After Biggest Loss
in
History -- Pint
of Beer Cost Rising (So much for deflation!) -- UK:
Fifty Jobseekers for Every Vacancy -- US
Regulators Close First Banks of 2009 -- VeraSun
in Bankruptcy, Puts Seven Plants Up for Auction Due to Credit Freeze(VeraSun
is the second largest bio-fuel maker in the US) -- Reviving
World Economy Further Away than Ever -- The
Recession Crimewave Grows -- Bank
Crisis Re-ignites as US Giants Post Massive Losses -- Honda
Stops Production for Two More Months -- Money
Manager Disappears with $350 Million -- Economic
Depression is Inevitable -- Global
Economic Demand
Collapse, Bonds Next -- Gold
Rallies with Stocks -- Buffet
Says
US in "Economic Pearl Harbor" -- Dark
Days for Retail -- The
End of Banking as We Know It -- Time
to Sell US Treasuries, Biggest Korean Fund Says
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A recent e-mail from reader J.P. included this Harder Homes and Gardens tidbit: "...a
few well placed 30-pound propane tanks in the oak half-cask
wine barrel planters, camouflaged with
flowers. [To frighten the intestinal contents out of banditos, put
a few .308 tracer rounds through the planters. It would be a very poor career
decision for a bandito to take cover behind one of these
planters.] Priceless." (Of
course the usual safety and "check your local laws" provisos apply.)
