Food shortage ?

[jackal]

been away for the day... whats the latest CC news then ?

heard from a mate of my old mans who is very high up at HBOS that things are going to get much much worse than they are at the moment

also some other friends of friends are buying up lots of tins of food because there is going to be a huge shortage

[Shaw Tarse]

OAPs always have a stock of tinned food.Including a tin of ham.

[Baby Huey]

If people who work in banks knew what was happening we wouldn't be in this st right now.

[Shaw Tarse]

Baby Huey said:

If people who work in banks knew what was happening we wouldn't be in this st right now.

Collective noun for bankers is a "Wunch"

[carmonk]

Fill the car with bottled water and head for the hills, it's the only solution.

The only changes I've experienced is that last week my mortgage payments went down by £30. Terrifying stuff.

[69 coupe]

Yep times are tough.
Oh the bright side I just made a veg curry, with long Italian Spaghetti.
Yum, was lovely.

[Jimbo.]

also some other friends of friends are buying up lots of tins of food because there is going to be a huge shortage

I bet said same friends stockpiled food in fear of the millenium bug, or other such twaddle.

Anything else you've heard from your mates old man second cousin (twice removed) ex-wife's tennis partner's dog-walkers gardner's mate?

Edited by Jimbo. on Thursday 16th October 19:45

[Simpo Two]

I don't know the details, but I do know that the world's population is going up and the area that grows food is going down... extend the lines until they cross.

[King Herald]

jackal said:

..... because there is going to be a huge shortage......

That is because some total tosspots are panic buying lots and lots of tinned foods...



Good grief, there is some drivel posted nowadays.

[Jimbo.]

Simpo Two said:

I don't know the details, but I do know that the world's population is going up and the area that grows food is going down... extend the lines until they cross.

In a thousand years time, p'haps, with no advances in agriculture, food production etc, etc nor controls upon what gets used as "urban" land and what gets used for agriculture.

As it currently stands there's more than enough (farmed) land with soils of sufficient quality to sustatain the worlds current population. This ignores the vast swathes of land that are currently unused or used so inefficiently so as to be of little worth, the inefficiency of current policy/systems (CAP, etc).

Current high prices have come through an unfortunate combination of (weather) events in the major food-production areas (Australia, etc). These things happen. Always have done, always will do.

[carmonk]

Simpo Two said:

I don't know the details, but I do know that the world's population is going up and the area that grows food is going down... extend the lines until they cross.

It's totally impossible for there to be a food shortage in the UK short of nuclear war.

[hot metal]

Just looked in the fridge he`s right.

[Shaw Tarse]

hot metal said:

Just looked in the fridge he`s right.

Looked in my 'fridge it's nearly empty

[Scraggles]

got a sort of full fridge and a more than full larder, guess enough for a few months if mixed in with the freezer

will never trust a banker with anything that matters, most of them seem to be ok money wise due to bonuses...

[davido140]

Only reason I would suffer a food shortage is if the missus forgets to go shopping.

She's such a good egg the fridge always seems well stocked!

[Maxf]

Scraggles said:

if mixed in with the freezer

If there are serious food shortages do you really think the lights will still be on 24/7?

[thunderbelmont]

There won't be a food shortage per se. What there will be is a situation where people won't be able to afford the food.

[69 coupe]

Maxf said:

Scraggles said:

if mixed in with the freezer

If there are serious food shortages do you really think the lights will still be on 24/7?

What the light in the fridge, yea know what you mean every time I open the fridge door the light is on! what a waste 24/7 n'all

[BigLepton]

jackal said:

been away for the day... whats the latest CC news then ?

heard from a mate of my old mans who is very high up at HBOS that things are going to get much much worse than they are at the moment

also some other friends of friends are buying up lots of tins of food because there is going to be a huge shortage

Tell the mate of your old man that if him and his friends knew their arses from a hole in the ground, his job wouldn't now be being subsidised by your tax. You'd be better off listening to the old bloke who sits in the corner of the pub and drinks the slops.

Your other hoarding friends however, are simply a bit dim.

HTH

[central]

Jimbo. said:

the inefficiency of current policy/systems (CAP, etc).

Really?