TGP Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 Why is cocoa in short supply ? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Chaoswolf Posted July 29, 2022 Moderator Share Posted July 29, 2022 My wife and I are heading out to dinner for our anniversary. Have a good evening and dont break anything. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Eyed Monsty Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 2 minutes ago, TGP said: Why is cocoa in short supply ? Probably for the same reason that everything in short supply is on the shortages list. Start with the dislocations caused by Covid, move to the current high cost of fertilizer and fuel, and then look at the not just USA problems in the labor market. Cocoa is a manufactured product with a lot of labor involved in the various processes required to turn Cocoa Beans into the product we recognizes as Cocoa. GEM Just now, Chaoswolf said: My wife and I are heading out to dinner for our anniversary. Have a good evening and dont break anything. Happy Anniversary! GEM 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inarah Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 1 hour ago, SparrowMarie said: I am ridiculously happy with my nails tio! They look fabulous! Have a fantastic happy day. 3 hours ago, Pegazus said: In unrelated job news, I applied for a deep space program position for some extra-planetary lander legs. Very doubtful to get it as it would mean a promotion to the top “normal employee” level, but would be a cool job to get. We have extra planets now? 16 minutes ago, Green Eyed Monsty said: They are struggling to keep up with regular demand, and have not started their advance production, which normally starts in the spring, for Halloween. In particularly short supply is Cocoa. This does not bode well for the Christmas Season. Most of what gets sold as holiday chocolate isn't worthy of the name. The shortage has been expected for some time now. Demand is out stripping supply, and ongoing drought in Africa and South America threatens both cocoa and coffee. 2 5 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Eyed Monsty Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 3 minutes ago, Inarah said: They look fabulous! Have a fantastic happy day. We have extra planets now? Most of what gets sold as holiday chocolate isn't worthy of the name. The shortage has been expected for some time now. Demand is out stripping supply, and ongoing drought in Africa and South America threatens both cocoa and coffee. Plus, the Sri Lankan Tea Crop has been sabotaged by reasons I won't go into here. GEM 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparrowMarie Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 50 minutes ago, Chaoswolf said: My wife and I are heading out to dinner for our anniversary. Have a good evening and dont break anything. Happy anniversary! 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteWulfe Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 2 hours ago, Chaoswolf said: It's the WEEKEND!!! Time to relax. Relax? No way, I want to finish moving things around in the living room to give it a different feel, and then most importantly... Sit down at the workbench and cause MAYHEM!* *MAYHEM! may be classified as mixing various oil paints and then, well, y'know, actually painting. Or involve styrene sheet, superglue, and plastic cement.. 50 minutes ago, Chaoswolf said: My wife and I are heading out to dinner for our anniversary. Have a good evening and dont break anything. Then... How will I break these pour tabs off of resin pieces if I can't break anything? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegazus Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, TGP said: I hope you get it. Is it too soon to ask/say what lander the legs would be attached to? Ah, right. Red Martian will soil my designs with all luck. 2 hours ago, Inarah said: We have extra planets now? Right. Brain wasn’t working. I guess extraterrestrial would be the term. But 4th tock from the sun. Edited July 30, 2022 by Pegazus 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haldir Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 1 minute ago, Pegazus said: Ah, right. Red Martian will soil my designs with all luck. Bad night for PFS tonight. One of the player who provides rides for 2 players couldn't make it due to he got his covid booster shot today & then on his way to the game store, felt ill due to the combination of the booster & the extreme heat today (it's still 100 degrees at 8.43pm!!), so we didn't do the game. GM did say he'll run the same game next Friday, so hopefully everyone can make it. Night off & I need to paint for RCon, but garage is a oven right now, I'm gonna have to wait for few more hours. Sigh.... 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 [grumble, grumble...] My old bottle of MicroSol has vanished! And I really need it to finish off a decaling project. If I can't find it will have to head for Hobby Lobby tomorrow to try to find a replacement. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGP Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 2 hours ago, Inarah said: We have extra planets now? Who here has a fleet of Dwarf Planets? Us, that’s who. And there are a pair of solid planets that need landing on. (Edit) But I see it was Mars. It needs to be landed on more often. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Eyed Monsty Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 2 hours ago, TGP said: Who here has a fleet of Dwarf Planets? Us, that’s who. And there are a pair of solid planets that need landing on. (Edit) But I see it was Mars. It needs to be landed on more often. Boots on the ground. And the first landing party will need to be equipped for an extended stay because, orbital mechanics. GEM 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glitterwolf Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 11 hours ago, SparrowMarie said: I am so tired and have a thousand things to do today. Vow renewal is TOMORROW. I got my nails done. By myself. AND I talked to two strangers. One of them is a massage therapist and we have been looking for someone for a while. I am ridiculously happy with my nails tio! I wish I could relax. Sunday is the earliest that will happen. 😅 Looks great, hope you'll both have a fantastic day. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glitterwolf Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 11 hours ago, Chaoswolf said: My wife and I are heading out to dinner for our anniversary. Have a good evening and dont break anything. Hope you had a great time! Today is my Girl's Birthday, we're having a BBQ for the whole family tonight. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGP Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 11 hours ago, haldir said: …got his covid booster shot today & then on his way to the game store, felt ill due to the combination of the booster & the extreme heat… Do you know what happened to the Griffin when he got his boosters..? Nuthin’. Not. A. Thing. No effect. Yawn. I have had two Pfizers and two Moderna Boosters.. (I deliberately changed brand allegiance) ..and none of them bothered me at all. I am posting this mostly to offset the negativity rather than to brag. These anecdotal reports of: “___________ got waylaid because of (insert vaccine or booster)” need to be offset by at least one countering positive report. So… 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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