[Sosfbay-discuss] [G-C-F] US facing food rationing (NY Sun)

[Andrea Dorey]

It would be smarter to hoard canned goods than something as  
biodegradable as rice or other unpreserved foodstuffs.
Andi

On Apr 21, 2008, at 12:43 PM, Tian Harter wrote:
> Definitely the price of imported rice has been rising at a dramatic  
> rate
> since Christmas.
>
> Drew Johnson wrote:
>>
>> An anonymous high-tech professional writing on an investment Web  
>> site,
>> Seeking Alpha, said he recently bought 10 50-pound bags of rice at  
>> Costco.
>> "I am concerned that when the news of rice shortage spreads, there  
>> will be
>> panic buying and the shelves will be empty in no time. I do not  
>> intend to
>> cause a panic, and I am not speculating on rice to make profit. I  
>> am just
>> hoarding some for my own consumption," he wrote.
>>
> The guy is clueless in suburbia. One 20 lb bag will probably last  
> him years,
> especially if he eats like a white guy. My guess is he will likely be
> eating that stuff for the rest of his life, and there will probably be
> quite a bit left then, unless he eats it every day from now till then.
> Maybe he can clean up his personal karma by selling some soon...
>
> I feel almost guilty about the amount of rice I have in the house  
> right
> now, something like 27 lbs, including the 20 lb. bag I got for $13  
> last
> week. I thought that bordered on hording too much for good sense, and
> I eat quite a bit of home cooked rice nowadays...
>
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