From my understanding from family: farmers vary as much as their farms; and not just into pastoral versus arable. Some years they can make a lot of money; sometimes they have a very lean year or two.… (View Post)

I dunno. People complain when I use smileys; people complain when I don't. It's almost as though some people look for reasons to snipe at posters they don't like... ;) (View Post)

I remember a scientist saying that, as more information came through on the nature of the virus around mid-2020, Covid could have been a much more serious pandemic. It was actually a mid-level virus;… (View Post)

The thing about statistics is that they are mostly gained after the event. Back in early 2020, we had f-all idea of how Covid was spreading, and there were plenty of fit and healthy young people who … (View Post)

It seems just so egregiously callous that I cannot imagine it's the case. Then again, governments of all stripes occasionally veer into egregious callousness. (View Post)