Canadian Stuff

DIY-HP-LED said:

Why are you on a pot site then?

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Smoking it since age 14, growing my own for 15 years. We do lots of things that aren't good for ourselves or the collective. I don't care much for warning labels as their proliferation is chiefly for the producers liability, or for government profiting from something they know is harmful and copping out of the enabler penalties. Thinking smoking anything isn't harmful is straight up denial...

DIY-HP-LED said:

I'm talking about the concentrates you find on illegal online dispensaries and many who grow for profit don't give a shit what they use, if the bud is not tested for pesticides or fungus. LPs are another matter they are regulated, and government dope you buy at the liquor store is tested, the stuff you buy online from MOMs and at the local res is not tested for pesticides or fungus. If you wanna use concentrates it is best to grow your own and make your own or contact out the Co2 extraction to a specialist.

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The ones I buy are made from THC distillate and coconut oil. I made sure to find out.

OldMedUser said:

Now tobacco here is a buck a gram FFS and the wife and I are working up the courage to quit ASAP. $20 for a 25 pack at a gas station!

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A ziplock bag of 200 cigs here is $12.

A tobacco farmer gets about $2.40/lb after planting the seeds in a greenhouse in March, transplanting them to the field in May, then begins harvesting the leaves as they ripen from the bottom up in late July. The leaves are then cured in a kiln for nearly a week, then graded and baled in 50lb bales. Once inputs and labour are factored in, the farmer makes about 30 to 40 cents profit per pound. One pound of tobacco makes between 8 and 10 cartons of cigarettes.

Ozumoz66 said:

A ziplock bag of 200 cigs here is $12.

A tobacco farmer gets about $2.40/lb after planting the seeds in a greenhouse in March, transplanting them to the field in May, then begins harvesting the leaves as they ripen from the bottom up in late July. The leaves are then cured in a kiln for nearly a week, then graded and baled in 50lb bales. Once inputs and labour are factored in, the farmer makes about 30 to 40 cents profit per pound. One pound of tobacco makes between 8 and 10 cartons of cigarettes.

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you can make a lot more than that contracting with local restaurants and growing them hydro berries and produce...40 cents a pound doesn't seem like it would be worth wiping my ass with.

Roger A. Shrubber said:

you can make a lot more than that contracting with local restaurants

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apparently restaurants in Ontario, need food inspected and certified for use in their establishments and small scale farmers aren't willing to go through the process to make it legal. Some restaurants are willing to deal grey market style, but take a risk. You can sell your cucumbers, peppers direct to public, but restaurants can't utilize them for customers...

Roger A. Shrubber said:

you can make a lot more than that contracting with local restaurants and growing them hydro berries and produce...40 cents a pound doesn't seem like it would be worth wiping my ass with.

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But when you have a large operation the cents add up. How much does a farmer make on a lb of wheat? A bushel weighs 60 lbs and a farmer may get $5 a bushel before cost come in.

Interesting article...

Cannasaurus Rex said:

HANSON: Wokeness and brokeness finally awaken conservatives

Interesting article...

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Written by the author of great literature such as 'The case for Trump' - From an award-winning historian and regular Fox contributor, the true story of how Donald Trump has become one of the most successful presidents in history....

Pure conservative victimhood. You have to love the ending:
"But the Left does not enjoy majority public support. And now it has managed the impossible — to goad the normally comatose conservative dragon to awaken.
And it is just starting to breathe fire."

Ozumoz66 said:

A ziplock bag of 200 cigs here is $12.

A tobacco farmer gets about $2.40/lb after planting the seeds in a greenhouse in March, transplanting them to the field in May, then begins harvesting the leaves as they ripen from the bottom up in late July. The leaves are then cured in a kiln for nearly a week, then graded and baled in 50lb bales. Once inputs and labour are factored in, the farmer makes about 30 to 40 cents profit per pound. One pound of tobacco makes between 8 and 10 cartons of cigarettes.

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Friends of ours were ordering leaf tobacco from the states from LeafOnly.com and we got in on that for about $40/lb Canadian. Shredded it with a hand powered pasta maker and used a hand-cranked tube filling machine to make better cigs than tailor-made ones. No freakin' list of chemicals to doctor them up and never made the old lungs feel congested.

Basically the same with grain farmers here. For every $5 loaf of bread the farmer probably gets a nickle. The way things are going with that damned war bread will probably go up to double and the farmer will still only get a nickle.

Things are FUBAR all over.

With those 2 telling us to take up arms against the imaginary dragon, the right stays awake. Tax the shit out of everyone for zero net results.

Gave up cigarettes like 10 years back, still miss them. Would try those crazy warning label smokes, though at the prices they charge up there I would have quit long ago.

Camels cigarettes were so delicious I would consider eating an actual camel to compare. Good camel at that, cook it like a goat! Only things that came close (exceeded really) were fancy cigarettes from the smoke shop.

Roger A. Shrubber said:

you can make a lot more than that contracting with local restaurants and growing them hydro berries and produce...40 cents a pound doesn't seem like it would be worth wiping my ass with.

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With a yield of 2000lbs/acre, tobacco has a profit margin about 60% higher than growing corn. There are few growers these days as the market value hasn't changed since the 90s, yet the input costs and wages have doubled.

The cigarette tobacco (Virginia) has government inspectors coming around frequently. Burley tobacco, (used for pipes, cigars, chew and American cigarette blends) is air dried and even more regulated - floor sweepings need to be accounted for!

Cannasaurus Rex said:

With those 2 telling us to take up arms against the imaginary dragon, the right stays awake. Tax the shit out of everyone for zero net results.

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So the polar bears are in a weight loss routine to look good on the beach?

Canada's Trump lite...

Look familiar?

So y'all are enjoying the current and next interest rate increase? Same thing his dad tried to 'cool' inflation in 1981 and lead to a 17.9% prime rate. And his ouster in the next election. With present day household debt at record levels, I'm sure young people who had entered the housing market 5 years ago are appreciating his efforts to repo their lives... Liberal leadership rides a thriving economy into the ground, then is recovered by Conservatives. Tax and spend leads to everyones hand outstretched...some for more social program spending and others for relief and record numbers at food banks. Thriving economy eh? credit crash is coming...fiscal responsibility will return with a change of government.