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I was going to buy some of those "On the Vine Tomatos" tonight. They've been pretty good this year. $3.99/lb! Gasoline has also been going up in the past couple of days. Suddenly, I realized they have been moving in tandem for years. At $3.99/lb, I think there's room for another dollar a gallon in gas prices.

This might just turn out to be a good predictor for other commodities, too.

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[+4] - dyslexia - 02/27/2011yeah I hear that, a guy down the street from me had a totally non-productive backyard that he converted part of to garden beds. cost him $1171 to build the beds/haul in top soil/composted manure...

@roger,

Ripe on the vine tomatoes in February? Give me a break.

But wait, that is unfair. I've never even seen a good tomato in a store here in Albuquerque, no matter the season. What are your chances in Farmington?

If you want to try eating a good tomato, grow your own plant. Trust me on this.

If you think those on the vine tomatoes are good (she swears effulgently slapping roger silly while he ducks), you have real tomatoes to look forward to if you grow your own.

I should give Roger equal time.

Uh oh.

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Mexico and California have seen record low temps. This means that tomatoes, lettuce and the like will rise in price for the next long while.

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@Ceili,

Tell me about that. In my experience, california isn't thrusting tomatoes now.

What are you talking about, re this weather and the tomatoes in CA? Not to natter at you, I just don't get it.

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@Ceili,

That's exactly what I mean. Tomatos go up, temperatures go down, and oil prices increase. Funny how it all ties together, isn't it?

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At least tomatoes have an excuse for their rising prices...

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@ossobuco,

I have never once been slapped effulgently. I will cherish the moment.

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@ossobuco,

I'm only repeating what I've seen on the news. When temps go down in the salad growing regions, prices skyrocket at least up here, where we pay through the nose. Mexico and California have had freezing wheather, not great for the crops.

Roger, I get it now. It's a terrible conspiracy. I blame Mother Nature and BP. Wink

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@Ceili,

Remember the old "Hem Line" theory? There used to be a very high corrolation between the stock market and hem line length. I don't remember if it was a positive or negative corrolation.

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@roger,

Howling laughing..

but wait, I still have time to ready for tomatoes, no?

I'm still busy getting rid of the goathead stickers.

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@roger,

I remember that.

I'm waiting, waiting, waiting, waiting, waiting, for stiletto heels to become passe, hemlines be damned.

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@roger,

Never heard of the hem line theory, but I'm going to guess the higher the hem line the higher the stock index, I'm sure some 'bull' came up with the idea.. lol

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@Ceili,

I wouldn't be surprised if the earth's weather patterns are starting to be altered by all the simultaneous volcanic eruptions currently going on in the world.

Some recent articles on the subject:

Russian volcano activity causes global concern

Gigantic Icelandic Volcano Could Plunge Europe Into Immediate Ice Age

You can see a Google map of all actively erupting volcanoes in the world today here:

http://www.geocodezip.com/v2_activeVolcanos.asp

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@Butrflynet,

We've had the 2nd largest snowfall in recorded history in our parts and it's been colder than normal. Definitely a wierd year. I'm sure the icelandic volcano is still playing havoc with weather.

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@Butrflynet,

Volcanos. Yeah, that's good.

Disaster is in no case certain. The good news for the economy lies largely in what I call The Diesel Hypothesis. So long as Diesel fuel continues to sell at a premium to regular gasoline, the economy is not quite ready to fall out of bed. Check your history.

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@Butrflynet,

Butrflynet wrote:

Russian volcano activity causes global concern

Global freeze from Russian volcanos. Some people can't live without a cold war.

I'm remember a lake that disappeared in Russia some years ago. They blamed us. Finally, the retaliate.

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tomato prices = gas prices?

only if they come from the same place.

I'm seeing more and more produce from Chile lately.

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@PUNKEY,

Now, you just hold on there, PUNKEY. That's the same as saying that some gasoline costs $12.00 per gallon because it comes from some dinky, little stripper well in eastern Oklahoma while some gas goes for $1.20 per gallon because it comes from some high volumn, artesian well in the Persian Gulf. It really goes at world prices + transportation & refining + taxes + profit.

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@roger,

roger wrote:

Volcanos. Yeah, that's good.

Disaster is in no case certain. The good news for the economy lies largely in what I call The Diesel Hypothesis. So long as Diesel fuel continues to sell at a premium to regular gasoline, the economy is not quite ready to fall out of bed. Check your history.

Speaking of which...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110227/ap_on_bi_ge/us_growing_fuel

Quote:

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – A Massachusetts biotechnology company says it can produce the fuel that runs Jaguars and jet engines using the same ingredients that make grass grow.

Joule Unlimited has invented a genetically-engineered organism that it says simply secretes diesel fuel or ethanol wherever it finds sunlight, water and carbon dioxide.

The Cambridge, Mass.-based company says it can manipulate the organism to produce the renewable fuels on demand at unprecedented rates, and can do it in facilities large and small at costs comparable to the cheapest fossil fuels.

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