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Re: [Land-speed] fuel and such

To: "Rich Fox" <v4gr@rcn.com>, "landspeed@autox.team.net"
Subject: Re: [Land-speed] fuel and such
From: "Ed Weldon" <23.weldon@comcast.net>
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:28:35 -0700
What do you want to bet that someone, either the farmer or some middle man,
is stuck with a contract negotiated when air freight was cheaper than today
and is now shipping money with every orange......
Ed

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rich Fox" <v4gr@rcn.com>
To: "landspeed@autox.team.net" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 12:18 PM
Subject: [Land-speed] fuel and such


> Yesterday I went to the store and bought some oranges. We grow plenty of
> oranges in California. These looked good and taste good. I just looked at
the
> little label on them and they came from Australia. That's a pretty long
haul
> for an Orange. I guess they came in a refrigerated container. Still must
have
> burned a fair amount of fuel to get here and still sell cheap. RF
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