[Leica] [OM] IMG: Swiss Countryside

Douglas Barry imra at iol.ie
Sun Jul 14 14:49:40 PDT 2019


Don, I rather think "No thanks!" It's fine that you want to pollute 
yourselves, but to force "meat with menaces" upon us in the EU would be 
regarded as a no no.
I've been away from media and other distractions down in deepest West 
Cork the week before last, but did pick up that some Irish steak won 
World Steak of the Year. No hormones over here yet, Praise The Lord (of 
sane EU regulations)

I play bridge every Monday and love bidding One No Trump :-)

Douglas


On 06/07/2019 13:30, Don Dory via LUG wrote:
> Let's carry Nathan's point a wee bit further.  The EU should admit American
> agricultural products as well with no tariffs.  With the wide availability
> of "organic" and grass fed no antibiotic or growth hormone meats there is
> no reason to abhor these American products.
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> On Sat, Jul 6, 2019 at 5:46 AM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:
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>> Even if you accept the somewhat dubious proposition that farmers are
>> needed to keep the countryside pretty, it would be far more efficient for
>> the Swiss population as a whole to just pay them to look after the land and
>> forget about farming, while allowing free imports from the EU.
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>> Cheers,
>> Nathan
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>> Nathan Wajsman
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>> Alicante, Spain
>> http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/>
>> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu
>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <
>> http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <
>> http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/>
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>> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <
>> http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator>
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>>> On 6 Jul 2019, at 11:16, Philippe via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
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>>> Except if you take into account that tourism would certainlynot  be so
>> appealing without them. Think of the maintenance cost of the slopes for the
>> winter, and of the trails for the rest of the year for instance.
>>> And it is also some investment for future generations. Better than what
>> Spain, or France, did when the destroyed the landscapes of their coast for
>> the sake of skin cancers.
>>> I must admit that the price to pay shows in the butchers, dressed like,
>> and charging as much as, jewelers ;-)
>>> Amities
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>>> Philippe
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>>>> Le 6 juil. 2019 à 06:29, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> a écrit
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>>>> A total waste of money
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