Eat Less Chiken
Oct. 15th, 2008 08:33 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Maine lobstermen (and lobsterwomen) face certain doom. Prices at the dock have plummeted due to the economic slowdown, and the costs of running a lobster boat have rocketed through the roof. Ain't worth headin' out t' pull traps.
Thus does the crisis in consumer confidence hit home on the Maine coast. Folks, even if your 401K has tanked, boil up a couple of bugs for dinner! Save our way of life!
Thus does the crisis in consumer confidence hit home on the Maine coast. Folks, even if your 401K has tanked, boil up a couple of bugs for dinner! Save our way of life!
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Date: 2008-10-15 12:52 pm (UTC)It doesn't help that I know if I go to the store right now and buy a couple lobsters, very little of what I pay will end up in the hands of actual lobstermen. (Or lobsterwomen.) I'd much sooner buy at the dock, where (a) I'll pay less, (b) I'll know it's fresh, and (c) I'll know it's all going to the lobstermen.
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Date: 2008-10-15 12:59 pm (UTC)Actually, most of Maine's catch goes to Canadian processors. It's all part of that Canadian Imperialist Plot to annex New England. Which I support.
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Date: 2008-10-15 05:33 pm (UTC)It'll save me a ton of paperwork ;)
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Date: 2008-10-15 02:04 pm (UTC)Maybe time to promote Maine tourism as well?
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