Post by thread:[OT] It ain't sheep any more!

For all you New Zealand watchers, it looks like sheep aren't the only things the Kiwis grow: *** Cannabis the top cash crop in NZ's far north - study Cannabis growing in New Zealand's Northland province may exceed dairying as a cash crop, according to a study released Wednesday by the University of Auckland. The study said recently published estimates put the street value of cannabis seized each year by the police at between $74-$368 million. Professor Chris Cocklin, one of the report's authors, said data from the National Drugs Investigation Bureau showed that about a quarter of all cannabis seized nationally was grown in Northland. See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2554453078-bbb Sorry, but I just climbed into my flame-retardant suit <G>. At least it isn't spam about money, nukes, and such. Andy ================================================================== Andy Kunz - Montana Design I love deadlines. I especially like the whooshing sound they make as they go flying by. ==================================================================

At 10:21 AM 4/06/98 PDT, you wrote: >I wonder what the street value of the sheep is, if you consider brand-name >wool clothing and rack-of-lamb at a good restaurant? > > :-) >BillW > > Escaped sheep and illegal alien sheep are big money here! :-) Young Lambs sell for $20 Aust in the markets Plain Old ordinary ewes go for $13 Plain Old ordinary weathers go for $5-9 Stud stuff is different, kiss very big dollars good by Wool:- AAA is 13000 cents per killo normal 18 - 25 micron is around 183 cents per killo The prices do vary, but this should give you a general guide. By the way, what does brand name cotton go for? How much is a meal of beef spare ribbs? How much is say chicken in a champagne source? :-)) Dennis -=====================================================================- Dennis Plunkett: Embedded Hardware, Software design NEC Australia DRMASS ph 03 9264-3867 -=====================================================================-

>By the way, what does brand name cotton go for? How much is a meal of beef >spare ribbs? How much is say chicken in a champagne source? Some places use cotton as packing material, if that's any indication. Dinner of spare ribs: From a local deli or grocery store, $5.00 for a generous serving. For the same at a "normal" restaurant, about $12.00. At a fancy restaurant, who knows! My wife doesn't take me to them <G> Chicken? YUCK. Champagne? GAG YUCK! Andy ================================================================== Andy Kunz - Statistical Research, Inc. - Westfield, New Jersey USA ==================================================================

At 02:27 PM 5/06/98 -0400, you wrote: >>By the way, what does brand name cotton go for? How much is a meal of beef >>spare ribbs? How much is say chicken in a champagne source? > >Some places use cotton as packing material, if that's any indication. No, the cotton used here is not first grade, most of it is actulay left over waste during the spinning / gining process. > >Dinner of spare ribs: From a local deli or grocery store, $5.00 for a >generous serving. For the same at a "normal" restaurant, about $12.00. (Flame suit on, and the flack jacket).I have heard that the oily tasing grain feed stuff, served up in the States is cheep. Here you will pay $6-9 from the local take away ("Take out" as you call them), or a shopping mall. In a normal restaurant (Why name eating places after a style of French soup?) or Pub bistro $12 - 25. I don't think that any of the "Fancy" eating houses in Melbourne would even contemplate placing Beef Spare Ribbs on the menu. >At >a fancy restaurant, who knows! My wife doesn't take me to them <G> Then how do you know about the price of lamb? More info required. > >Chicken? YUCK. Champagne? GAG YUCK! > Don't like what the French do to food? All the best Dennis >Andy > >================================================================== >Andy Kunz - Statistical Research, Inc. - Westfield, New Jersey USA >================================================================== > > -=====================================================================- Dennis Plunkett: Embedded Hardware, Software design NEC Australia DRMASS ph 03 9264-3867 -=====================================================================-

>soup?) or Pub bistro $12 - 25. I don't think that any of the "Fancy" eating >houses in Melbourne would even contemplate placing Beef Spare Ribbs on the menu. Not enough "cowboys" down under, I guess. There are aspects of the world's perception of us that are true. >Then how do you know about the price of lamb? More info required. Lamb is very common. Where I live, all the good pizza places are run by Greeks. You can have a pizza with baklava chaser if you like. Gyros are part of the pizza parlor menu, so lamb is available for cooking in other ways. And the Greeks know how to cook it! >Don't like what the French do to food? Don't like what they do to _lots_ of things. <G> Andy ================================================================== Andy Kunz - Statistical Research, Inc. - Westfield, New Jersey USA ==================================================================

I was surprised to find out how much Oklahoma and New Zealand have in common at least in certain areas. Both have about the same population with a high emphasis on agriculture as you get away from Tulsa and Oklahoma City which each have about half a million people in their general metro areas. We also have some cotton and the very same off-the-books cash crop which dwarfs wheat which is our official #1 cash crop. Every late Summer and early Fall, the television fills with pictures of lawmen from many jurisdictions engaging in joint projects to slash, burn, and otherwise destroy pot fields in remote areas of the state. High officials always claim major victories against the growers. It would almost be funny if it wasn't so dangerous. Both sides are more than willing to use deadly force to achieve their goals and there is no end at all in sight. Martin McCormick