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GMOs

I was hoping you would point that out. It's a "myth" because Monsanto's PR machine wants it to be. As the article clearly states, Monsanto sued Schmeiser because they found their GMO genes in Schmeiser's canola crop. However He never purchased Monsanto's canola seed and was simply growing...
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- Post #58
- Jan 30, 2015
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
GMOs

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=lawsuit+hybrid+corn+seed
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- Post #48
- Jan 30, 2015
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
GMOs

Correct, as I said, saving seed from hybrid plants is more or less pointless unless you want to perform a grow-out of seed for several generations carefully selecting for the traits of the parents until the seed once again grows true. Farmers used to save seed and replant from the same seed...
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- Post #44
- Jan 30, 2015
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
GMOs

If more people grew food instead of grass in their yards, it would go a long way towards healing our world's food and nourishment problems; as well as wean us off of the tit of those corporations who provide us all those inferior food products. People are always shocked at the flavor and...
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- Post #37
- Jan 30, 2015
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
GMOs

Pesticide free farming is not impossible, but it requires a lot more work and crop selection to varieties that grow best in that area. But most farms, organic or otherwise choose not to do this. I don't use any pesticides in my garden. Bug control is done the old fashioned way of relying on...
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- Post #27
- Jan 30, 2015
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
GMOs

As a gardener, I'm a proponent of heritage seed crops and open pollinated varieties that will breed true from saved seed. This allows me to grow quality food crops year after year from saved seed stock. Concerning GMO and hybrid food crops, the seed stocks are all controlled by corporations...
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- Post #25
- Jan 30, 2015
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
job problems

It helps to read everyone's perspectives; thank you. I don't have very many people IRL to talk to. I"m currently making 42k/year with some health insurance. When I had my first panic attack after being asked to fly out and "fix" a company's accounts payable tie out issues, they recommended...
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- Post #24
- Jun 19, 2014
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
job problems

No HR; I report directly to the owner of the company. We've had a good relationship until recently. on a different note, I'm constantly in fear that the skills I have developed are only relevant to this specific product...I"m not even sure what my job title would be if I were to put it down on...
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- Post #3
- Jun 19, 2014
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
job problems

I do "help desk" for a small software company that offers an inventory/accounting system for a niche market. On a given day I will handle issues ranging from training, database errors, application errors, hardware errors, server configuration, migration, installation, workstation configuration...
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- Jun 19, 2014
- Replies: 32
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
Help me find a work desk please

build one. takes about a weekend to put something like this together: http://www.familyhandyman.com/workshop/workbench/how-to-build-a-workbench-super-simple-50-bench/view-all
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- Post #19
- Jun 4, 2014
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
Ramen vs Pho vs Chow Mein vs Spaghetti

Bun Bo Hue for me.
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- Post #67
- Apr 24, 2014
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
Nevada Ranch Armed Standoff - Everyone vs The Feds

Clearly identifies the Gold Butte ACEC as the preferred/primary mitigation zone to offset negative impacts of the Dry Lake SEZ Solar development project...
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- Post #292
- Apr 11, 2014
- Forum: Politics and News
Best ending songs to movies.

Yub Nub at the end of Return of the Jedi. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=np6vAuS0KNs
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- Post #58
- Feb 14, 2014
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
How to make beef taste better? (specifically, ground beef for hamburgers)

fresh ground chuck from the local butcher is hard to beat.
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- Post #47
- Dec 30, 2013
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
Do you play a musical instrument?

Yes, trumpet with the community orchestra.
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- Post #47
- Dec 30, 2013
- Forum: OT Discussion Club

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