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Famagusta: 80% of potato crop wiped out by rains
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2020 9:40 am
by Paphos Life
80% of Famagusta district potato crop has been destroyed by the latest storms, according to the Cyprus News Agency.President of the Pancyprian Potato Growers Association, Andreas Karios, who visited affected fields in Avgorou said that "the rains have affected the winter crop, as well as the one planted 1,5 month ago."...
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Re: Famagusta: 80% of potato crop wiped out by rains
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2020 5:18 pm
by emgee
I don't care, I'll eat chips instead.
Alan
Re: Famagusta: 80% of potato crop wiped out by rains
Posted: Fri Jan 10, 2020 2:37 pm
by Mike.1940
Where is emgee going to get his chips from if the potato crop is ruined? Does he think they come from some other crop?
Re: Famagusta: 80% of potato crop wiped out by rains
Posted: Fri Jan 10, 2020 3:53 pm
by Dominic
It was a joke.
Re: Famagusta: 80% of potato crop wiped out by rains
Posted: Fri Jan 10, 2020 8:44 pm
by Devil
That 80% will suddenly shrink to 40% or less after the government pays out the cost of the 'damages'
Re: Famagusta: 80% of potato crop wiped out by rains
Posted: Sat Jan 11, 2020 11:16 am
by emgee
Mike.1940
No, they come out of a bag in the freezer.
Duh.
Alan
Re: Famagusta: 80% of potato crop wiped out by rains
Posted: Sat Jan 11, 2020 11:23 am
by memory man
I made turnip chips once, many, many years ago in the kitchen
of the Fire Station I was based at.
What an absolute pong !!
Not very happy firemen that night.
Re: Famagusta: 80% of potato crop wiped out by rains
Posted: Sun Jan 12, 2020 7:11 am
by PW in Polemi
Well at least you were in the best place to have a chip pan fire, Memory Man!
