Another week closer to spring but it doesn’t feel like it. Jaco told me it was -31 C on his truck panel when he came to work. What happened to that plus five we had the other day? This is typical March weather and by the way March did come in like a lamb so I guess we all know what will be happening at the end of the month, going out like a lion. In deference to the tinfoil hats and the flat Earth society, who are sure we are all gonna die from global warming, “chill out.” We have had this weather before. It is hard to believe in global warming when it is -31 C outside, you know. I have marked Aug. 28 as a possible rain. Sept. 1 looks like a great rain coming. And it looks like we will be inundated with wind six months from now. Non-believers in the hoar frost, take note.
On the home front Jaco has finished the seed cart tank and it is out of the shop. We have a half-inch motor driving the metering roll. Jaco made all the brackets and mountings and it looks like it runs like a top. I asked Jaco if he gave the “Tarzan yell,” and he said, “No, only on the inside.” He is missing the concept. When you get a project finished that you have struggled with and everything is working you need to stand there, beat your chest a few times and give the “Tarzan yell.” You will feel so much better. I might get him trained yet in that department.
In the “wheat war” news it seems to be a slow week since not much is moving. Off shore buyers are still paying $7 or $8 because if they don’t pay that they know they are going to go hungry. You cannot eat the wheat futures contract. Real wheat is what feeds people. The futures market doesn’t appear to have any bearing on what the real value of wheat is. It would be similar to the scenario of going into a saloon and there was a poker game going on in the back corner. The outcome of the poker game would have no bearing as to if you could get a beer and a sandwich. Railways are still getting a third of a million dollars per every 100 cars they hawk out to the coast. Yup, things are going on much the same and the farmers are losing.
If CN hadn’t hauled enough cars the law said they would be fined $100,000 a day, and then the government said maybe it was $100,000 a week, and then they thought, well maybe it was $100,000 a month. Well, now the fine seems to have disappeared altogether. Why do the laws not apply to everyone equally? I had a long, tall friend who used to say, “Justice delayed, is justice denied.” I believe this to be true. I also used to have a Newfie hired man, and his saying was, “If you does the crime, you does the time.” I believe this to be true also.
In the oil patch the oil companies have laid off everyone they possibly can lay off. They will soon be unable to keep even the production that they have. They have almost no workers left. People are losing their houses, cars and trucks over this oil crisis. If you think everyone has lost money on this downturn you are very wrong. There are speculators out there who have riddent this market all the way down making money every day. They are shrewdly out of the market at the moment and just waiting to drive the market all the way back up. These people are not losing their houses, cars and trucks. They are just parasites living off of other people’s misery.
Joke of the week: Barbara was an overweight older lady who was trying to diet. Her husband was very supportive of her except occasionally he became exasperated when she would binge eat. Barb told her friend Linda how her hubby had just had his birthday party and had friends over. She admitted there was half of the cake left over after the guests had left. “I just couldn’t help myself,” she said. “I started to eat it and couldn’t quit until it was all gone.” Linda was dumbfounded at the story and meekly asked, “What are you going to say when he finds out you ate the rest of his cake?” “Oh I got that taken care of already, I baked another one this morning and ate half, there’s still half left in the pan. He won’t know.” Oh boy …
