I'M NOT EVANGELISTIC!
OPEN THREADSMoral certainty is always a sign of cultural inferiority…All human progress, even in morals, has been the work of men who have doubted the current moral values, not of men who have whooped them up and tried to enforce them. The truly civilized man is always skeptical and tolerant…
H. L. Mencken
lindainks55 said:
That's a really deep thought, and one I agree with completely! When I was younger I thought I was probably the only adult who didn't have everything figured out. Getting older taught me the ones who think they have it ALL figured out and profess it the most loudly are probably those who have a longer path to understanding. Their braggadocio attitude is a cover-up and a blockade to progress.
For various reasons and due to personal experiences I am not religious. I am however spiritual. I can't look at a friend, a plant, a newborn without seeing God. It took way more than a human to put this all together! Mostly I believe in love and tolerance. The Golden Rule speaks to me. That's hard to practice and it takes more patience and goodness than I have most days but I think it's what I'm supposed to strive for.
And I believe in happiness. While we learn what makes us happy we usually learn giving is a huge part of being happy. It's like all that diddly squat we all have and are willing to share. Enough deep thoughts. I'm beginning to make less sense than when I started. Did I tell you I'm not wearing a dress but my t-shirt is pink!?
For various reasons and due to personal experiences I am not religious. I am however spiritual. I can't look at a friend, a plant, a newborn without seeing God. It took way more than a human to put this all together! Mostly I believe in love and tolerance. The Golden Rule speaks to me. That's hard to practice and it takes more patience and goodness than I have most days but I think it's what I'm supposed to strive for.
And I believe in happiness. While we learn what makes us happy we usually learn giving is a huge part of being happy. It's like all that diddly squat we all have and are willing to share. Enough deep thoughts. I'm beginning to make less sense than when I started. Did I tell you I'm not wearing a dress but my t-shirt is pink!?
Vaughn Tolle said:
Longhorn, saw your last post on the now "disappeared" thread; wonder what the close tomorrow will be?
lindainks55 said:
They don't actually disappear completely just off the front page. They go into "More Entry's" or some such named click. If we could figure out the navigation tool of Recent Entries and the box under it we could find all things. But since we would need to get in Tracy's mind (it's scary in here) to determine categories and then figure out why in the entire world did s/he post that in this thread??? It's hopeless! We're stewpid liberals, who can't find our way out of a paper bag.
lindainks55 said:
Damn, you're good Tracy! It was Today's Times and a borrowed opinion about employment. So, it isn't scary in there? And, you really know what you're doing? WOW!
Tracy Phillips said:
I was wrong, the one ya want is The Employment Tea Leaves, also under borrowed opinions, or as Linda pointed out, hit "more entries" or whatever it says when you scroll all the way down.
Gotta go, see ya tommorrow!
Gotta go, see ya tommorrow!
Vaughn Tolle said:
Sorry, everyone, for my lame attempt at some humor with the "disappeared" reference (building on longhorn's reference therein contained).
Linda, if the worst name I'm called is "party pooper" then it's been a good life... :-)
Linda, if the worst name I'm called is "party pooper" then it's been a good life... :-)
lindainks55 said:
Yeah, well you are understanding but I maybe shouldn't have asked MPS what color shirt he was wearing. Who is he? Seems you know one another.
longhorn said:
HEH, I meant disappeared in the nicest possible way! I know it is still available, but I think we just about beat that horse to death. For those who missed it, wheat was $8.01 in WaKeeney yesterday, which means it was higher in Salina, but I'm too lazy to look it up.
VT, I dont know what it will close at today. I think buying will be strong for the next few days, but in two weeks, the small grains report comes out, and that may alter the market. I think this is a bubble, and I'm wondering when it will break. I almost sold the last half of my wheat when it hit $8.00, but like others, I'm waiting until the first of the year.
But hell, with prices like that, I may just bail and take the hit. I netted $5.70 when I sold the first half, and I thought I was tootin' in tall cotton then. Wouldnt it be ironic if I sold the last half for $3.00 MORE than the first half? Wish I hadnt needed the money back then. I wanted to hang then because I thought this run up was coming, but I NEVER expected it to go this far, this fast. Apparantly neither did anyone else.
But for prices to rise by 3/5 in one month... I'm worried it wont last. I think when the bubble breaks, it wont be disaster because demand is strong and supplies are weak, and in ag, that doesnt change overnight.
This is more than money shifting around. I think we are looking at the beginning of a real, world wide, grain shortage, thanks mostly to ethanol and wacky weather.
VT, I dont know what it will close at today. I think buying will be strong for the next few days, but in two weeks, the small grains report comes out, and that may alter the market. I think this is a bubble, and I'm wondering when it will break. I almost sold the last half of my wheat when it hit $8.00, but like others, I'm waiting until the first of the year.
But hell, with prices like that, I may just bail and take the hit. I netted $5.70 when I sold the first half, and I thought I was tootin' in tall cotton then. Wouldnt it be ironic if I sold the last half for $3.00 MORE than the first half? Wish I hadnt needed the money back then. I wanted to hang then because I thought this run up was coming, but I NEVER expected it to go this far, this fast. Apparantly neither did anyone else.
But for prices to rise by 3/5 in one month... I'm worried it wont last. I think when the bubble breaks, it wont be disaster because demand is strong and supplies are weak, and in ag, that doesnt change overnight.
This is more than money shifting around. I think we are looking at the beginning of a real, world wide, grain shortage, thanks mostly to ethanol and wacky weather.
lindainks55 said:
Isn't wacky weather likely to become the new norm? Didn't one of you recently (lh? Vaughn?) suggest the economic indicators are so serious they must be kept hidden by the yelling of war? Boy, it seems our country is in deep doo-doo from many directions and reasons. Is there still hope? There are some very serious things going on and we're not hearing about them. The few bits of info or guesses are quickly drowned out. How do you really get the scoop and determine what is credible? Is the news not out because even the experts can't figure out whats going on?
longhorn said:
"Is the news not out because even the experts can't figure out whats going on?"
Precisely correct, Ms. Inks. What is going on now isnt "in the manual" and the "experts" have no FREAKIN' clue what to do. Personally, I think that is why we need a bold and creative leader, not a "steadfast" asshole with NO vision or curiosity about what our collective future might hold. You have to be part of the "collective" to understand that, and well, that is SO for the little people. Not our current leadership.
I do think this wacky weather is going to be the norm. It always has been in Kansas, but the "wacky" parts dont scare me. It's the long term trend toward warmer winters that bothers me as a wheat farmer. The wheat matures too quickly and then runs into weather problems before harvest. Dammnit, the wheat is supposed to SLEEP until mid spring, not head out in mid spring.
And if the trend holds true, my part of Kansas will eventually become even dryer than it is now. And THAT does not bode well for agriculture or the water supply.
Precisely correct, Ms. Inks. What is going on now isnt "in the manual" and the "experts" have no FREAKIN' clue what to do. Personally, I think that is why we need a bold and creative leader, not a "steadfast" asshole with NO vision or curiosity about what our collective future might hold. You have to be part of the "collective" to understand that, and well, that is SO for the little people. Not our current leadership.
I do think this wacky weather is going to be the norm. It always has been in Kansas, but the "wacky" parts dont scare me. It's the long term trend toward warmer winters that bothers me as a wheat farmer. The wheat matures too quickly and then runs into weather problems before harvest. Dammnit, the wheat is supposed to SLEEP until mid spring, not head out in mid spring.
And if the trend holds true, my part of Kansas will eventually become even dryer than it is now. And THAT does not bode well for agriculture or the water supply.
Vaughn Tolle said:
Linda, MPS is Mark P. Schooley; he's an MD who, from what I know, doesn't practice any longer. He offers his services as a tutor, and has a handful of clients at TIS, thus he knows both my wife and me. He likely got a chuckle from your "what color is your shirt" query.
lh, again, IMHO, you've nailed it in your 9:31 a.m, post of today, both on your observations about what we, as a country, need for a leader, and the climate. Hell, even I know the wheat is supposed to be dormant to mid-spring; the earlier heading bothers me every year (yes, this is happening in this area, too; trying to explain my concerns to my wife and offspring have been futile, to date :-(). And, not only will your part of the state be dryer, eventually, it's my thought that notwithstanding what occurred this spring/early summer, so will this part of the state.
lh, again, IMHO, you've nailed it in your 9:31 a.m, post of today, both on your observations about what we, as a country, need for a leader, and the climate. Hell, even I know the wheat is supposed to be dormant to mid-spring; the earlier heading bothers me every year (yes, this is happening in this area, too; trying to explain my concerns to my wife and offspring have been futile, to date :-(). And, not only will your part of the state be dryer, eventually, it's my thought that notwithstanding what occurred this spring/early summer, so will this part of the state.
longhorn said:
Well, looks like I was right about the bubble in wheat prices. Wheat is $7.45 in WaKeeney today, and apparantly hit the limit down overnight.
From the co-op website:
"Wheat futures are called 3 to 5 cents lower on the open, subject to Export Sales. Prices attempted to rally back from limit down territory overnight, but additional selling interest brought them back into neutral territory after yesterday's posting of an all time high was followed by the limit down move."
Shit. Shoulda sold yesterday....
From the co-op website:
"Wheat futures are called 3 to 5 cents lower on the open, subject to Export Sales. Prices attempted to rally back from limit down territory overnight, but additional selling interest brought them back into neutral territory after yesterday's posting of an all time high was followed by the limit down move."
Shit. Shoulda sold yesterday....
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