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Stilton is a type of English cheese, known for its characteristic strong smell and taste. It is produced in two varieties: the well-known blue and the lesser-known white. Blue Stilton's distinctive blue veins are created by piercing the crust of the cheese with stainless steel needles, allowing air into the core thus allowing mould to grow in the air pockets. The manufacturing and ripening process takes approximately nine to twelve weeks.
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regarding people who go on shooting/murdering rampages, that is a big subject, and i wouldnt say they all fit into the same profile either, there can be many causes that trigger such actions, so each case needs a differant approach to prevention, 2 years ago in my home town, a local taxi cab driver 52 years old, apparently being bullied by other taxi drivers eventually snapped and went on a gun rampage around my town killing 12 people and injuring 11 others before killing himself,
on the other extreme you have anders breivic from norway who detonated a bomb outside the labour party gov offices killing 8 people, he then drove to the labour party youth summer camp and shot dead 69 people mostly teenagers, up until the point of planning anders was a very sociable person and aslo a very wealthy man, his message was political, and had tried previously to get his message across via the media, who wouldnt print or express his message so he felt he had to use extreme measures in order to make people aware, ( i have read the entire court transcript from this case) that happened in norway which has strict gun control ! tho i do believe america does need better gun ristrictions, but that isnt the only prescription to these cases.
 
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its quite expensive here compared to other cheeses, but not overly expensive, thus i treat myself to a wedge once a week, lovely with some cheese crackers and a glass of strong wine !!
 

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That's what I need, strong wine and cheese! The shooting thing for sure is complex, and very sad to hear, that people want to take the life of an innocent person, and that is still beyond me. I guess it's a crazy world out there, hope that somehow we can make it better, if only a little bit at a time. In the mean time I'm going to throw myself into my garden and make my small world better! :)
 
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thats it colleen, thats the best way, like the maharashi mehesh yogi once said " if everybody is at peace with themselves then they will all be at peace with each other" if everybody makes their own little world better then the world as a whole will be better !
 

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Mogsie, you are wise beyond your years. I always joke about eating my way out of a depression, when I'm stressed it certainly feels good to have a bowl of ice cream, there are way worse things, like pills for depression. I work really hard at work and at home, I don't actually think I could get to be super large, although I do like my food, and fat for that matter, but hard work seems to keep me in check. I'm not a super small size person, and I most likely never will be, but I am very healthy, rarely sick, and for the most part very happy. Working in the garden is also very good for the mind and sole. peace be with you all and have a very happy day! :)
 
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ime luckily a person with a very steady metabolism rate, i can eat cooked breakfasts everyday, and big meals for lunch and diner, and also eat before i go to bed and i dont put a pound of weight on, ive been the same weight since i was 17 yrs old, never changed,
 

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Yeah, I wouldn't take anything to heart about the drought going on. Ya might see prices go up a couple pennies on anything involving soybeans, corn, feed, livestock, and a few other minor crops. Cost of seed, diesel, natural gas, chemicals, and exports mostly is what affects the market, and the year crop report make speculators go crazy. Drought is definitely going to cause the cost of seed go up, which really sucks. Corn, alfalfa, and a few other specialized crops are the most expensive, too expensive, seed out there.

If anything more than anything, ya will likely see a change in beef price. Right now, beef supply is steady since everyone is selling their starving cattle to market. However, the cattle numbers have only been this small since the mid1950s. Once the cattle rush to market is done, then ya will start seeing beef going up. If ya have any cattle, able to afford to feed them, then you are going to make some good money when the market turns around, since it is going to sling shot back.

Everyone in my area has been in a drought for a very long time, making our input costs extremely high. No words. Market unchanged. Midwest gets hits. Boy howdy son, store up the food lockers, corn and wheat market price up 40%. ;)

Just whatever y'all do. Stop the talk about converting to natural gas for homes and vehicles. Ugh ... I don't want to see natural gas price go the way of diesel. If natural gas remains steady at $8 or even $14, that will kill us, especially during drought times like where we have been for a while.
 

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Really! Mogise are you older than 17? It's all good, no matter really. I would like to be 17 again, who wouldn't? Oh but then the mistakes I made, live and learn and make more mistakes... by the time I get the yard perfect, I will be very old! Hey Mogise, how's your green thumb growing? Anything going on thats new and exciting in your little garden world? :) :) :)
 
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yes i just look young !! i am decades old, think i even lived in a cave for 50 years just to gain spiritual enlightenment !!! lol, hey i feel like it sometimes ! ive just had some timber given today for free (well almost free, had to do a days ground leveling work for it) but this timber is in 2 metre lengths, and is 6 inch X 12 inch, treated, 18 lengths, was too good to say no to ! will find a job for that in the garden ! hey after i had carried all that (on my own) from the car trailer to the garden i felt 100 years old !!! few glasses of wine is deserved tonight i think ! hey collen i have alsorts growing in my garden, veg and fruit ! bushes flowers grasses alsorts ! dont think i would love to be 17 again, i was quite naive when i was 17, plus i was working on the farm and they where long hours !!
 

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good gosh dream on mogsie you have a wife and child and getting greyer every day
 
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2 children sissy , 2 boys, my eldest jameson is 15 yrs and ethan is 3 yrs ! but i still feel young and still show my eldest how to go over the jumps on the mountainbike !!
 

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yep forgot the 15 year old .As long as you don't break your caboose . :razz: Had to go out and dig more fence holes and they neede to be a little deeper but it is hard digging ,lots of rocks a whole bucket full so far .Added water to holes to try to make digging easier
 

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