Dammit! Another food goes off the menu

[miriam_e]

Nestle has bought Uncle Toby's. For the last few decades I've enjoyed eating oats every morning. Lately I'd become a little puzzled at the crappy quality of Uncle Toby's Oats. They have always been reliably the best. However now they taste bitter instead of creamy and have adulterants in them -- little bits of round, black stuff, and bits of what look like mould. Well, I've found the reason. Uncle Toby's has been taken over by the biggest vampire of them all: Nestle.

No more oats from them.

It is no suprise that a high quality company gets swallowed up by one of the biggest collectives of immorality and then the quality drops through the floor. I mean, after all, they have no problem killing thousands of little children who are their customers (earlier in Africa, more recently in Bangladesh). They do everything they can to ram as much sugar, coloring and flavoring down Western kids' throats, helping to build a generation addicted to the stuff and in line for terrible health problems. Have you ever noticed how hard it is becoming to buy food that isn't sold to you by Nestle? They are clearly aiming at controlling as much of the food market as they can. They are definitely not the sort of organisation that you want controlling your food supply.

I wonder what it is in the oats that makes them taste bitter now. Probably pesticides. I don't think they are deliberately poisoning us -- I think they just don't care.

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[cranky--crocus.livejournal.com]

Hello!

Awwr, sad to hear you won't be posting much. Do you do emails when you're not posting? Brain back? Confusion on this part.

University life in the UK is WONDERFUL! Field trips and lots of science discussion. Lovely friends I'm housing with next year and I'm learning a lot.

I keep having dreams of living with you in Australia for a while, working in a coffee shop or the like and reading on porches at dusk for some reason. They're pleasant dreams, though!

[miriam-e.livejournal.com]

I've been unwell for a couple of years, taking treatment which makes me even more unwell, but will be worth it if it cures me. I find out how it worked in May, when the treatment ends. That's when I get my brains back. :)

I envy you having lots of fun with science field trips, interesting discussions, and oodles of learning. The older I get the more convinced I become that the trick is to never stop learning. I'm at my happiest when I'm gulping down knowledge.

Heheheh :) I reckon anybody'd hate living with me. Apart from being an absolute slob, I'm the most boring person in the world. When I'm well I listen to talks, read, work on the computer, and sleep. When I'm unwell (rare, except in the last couple of years) I sleep and read. :) Great for me, but dead boring for anybody else. :)
But I am glad they're pleasant dreams. It certainly is beautiful out here in the country... especially at dusk and dawn. (Mosquitoes can be ferocious at those times though.) The nearest shop of any kind is in the little town of Kenilworth, about 10 minutes drive away. The next reasonable sized town is more than half an hour's drive. Do I like isolation? A born hermit. :)

[cranky--crocus.livejournal.com]

I will keep you in my mind and heart about the treatment and getting well/being cured. I'm not sure it actually DOES anything, of course (probably not) but sometimes it's nice to know other people are thinking of you and sending love, hmm?

I reckon *I* certainly wouldn't hate living with you. Slobbiness puts me at ease far more than cleanliness. Boring people are delightful. The things you mentioned sound wonderful. I spend most of my time reading, working on the computer, writing and sleeping. Occasionally singing or playing the ukulele or just sitting. But I don't expect others to do such things. Sleeping and reading are probably my favourite. They are great to me! I'm impossible to bore.

Hermitage is wonderful.