Ag Swap
The Times - Go East: pioneer farmers find Russia a land of opportunity
Mr Hinchley is a pioneer, one of a growing number of British farmers heading east to escape the crippling bureaucracy and diminishing returns of agriculture at home.
Amazing. All those years of communism ruined agriculture in Russia and NuLabour is ruining it in Britain, so they’re swapping.
July 29th, 2006 at 2:59 am
Maybe the expats can set up a decent brewery.
July 29th, 2006 at 3:53 pm
Warm beer might be just the thing in the new Russia.
July 29th, 2006 at 4:16 pm
I suddenly have a craving for good hardy farm food. And beer. Maybe they could set up a whole rural England without the yobs and the footballers’ wives?
July 29th, 2006 at 4:50 pm
What’s the freezing point of beer? Watka has anatural advantage amongst the locals.
July 30th, 2006 at 10:05 am
Well it’s mostly water so I imagine it would be pretty close to 32, but maybe a tad lower to allow for the alcohol…
Watka?
July 30th, 2006 at 3:33 pm
(Vodka) Mostly water?! My mate from Poland makes his own. Really nice (the Orange is best). 75% proof. (looking up tables) Alcohol freezing point is -120 C!
July 30th, 2006 at 5:05 pm
No beer is mostly water.
Vodka is what you drink without interruption or alternation if you want to feel never better the next morning, because it’s so pure. Unless it’s a bad potato batch like is always killing off the home brewers in Russia.
Our friends from the Alsace brew their own schnapps. Miracle beverage.
July 31st, 2006 at 4:50 am
Ever had slivovic from what used to be Yugoslavia? It’s the drink to drink when you want to get drunk, though in my case it persuaded me that pretty well all the time I don’t.
July 31st, 2006 at 11:26 am
It’s the drink to drink when you want to get drunk
Hell of a potential slogan for Thunderbird there Mister Red.
July 31st, 2006 at 11:29 am
Course it’s gonna be tough to match their olde radio jingle.
What’s the word? Thunderbird! / How’s it sold? Good and cold. / What’s the jive? Bird’s alive! / What’s the price? Thirty twice.
http://www.bumwine.com
August 1st, 2006 at 1:00 am
“What do you want, good grammar or good taste? What do you want, good grammar or good taste? Pardon my grammar but Winston tastes good like a cigarette should”.
And that was from what I understand they nowadays call the golden age of advertising.
August 1st, 2006 at 4:03 pm
I still like the Anacin catch phrase of hopless pain.
“MOTHER! I’D RATHER DO IT MYSELF”
Before the dawn of remote control devices my Dad would on seeing the start of this commercial throw himself at the mechnical channel changer and dial from 6 to 10 in a flash, (there by throwing a nice arc across the contacts and slowing killing the tuner) quicker than today’s 3 second per channel clickers.