Should I Be Asking For A Discount?

[Bootylicious!! 2]

That's ok. Soon it won't matter what they ban because I have my own growing in my back yard. Wait, that doesn't sound right. I don't have anything illegal growing, just veggies.

[Saddle Bronc 124]

A simple solution to salmonella issues--a Jack Daniels chaser!

[pedroh 21]

the chick fil a is giving a 15c discount on their sandwiches cuz it has no tomatos

[one...two...tree 2,762]

How long do "they" plan on banning tomatoes? Isn't is a little ridiculous?

Federal health officials are still trying to pinpoint the source of the salmonella-tainted tomatoes that sickened at least 167 people in 17 states since April and claimed the life of a Texas cancer patient. How can salmonella, a bacterium that normally lives inside animal intestines, get on your tomatoes?

Manure, runoff, and wild animals. Livestock animals, especially when kept in large numbers in confined spaces, can contract salmonella and carry the bug without showing any symptoms at all. Infected cows, pigs, and chickens shed the bacteria in their waste, which is sometimes used to fertilize nearby fields. The heat generated when manure is composted kills off most, but not all, disease-causing bacteria.

Contaminated water supplies can also put salmonella on your tomatoes. Runoff from livestock pastures, or from leaky or overtopped waste lagoons at industrial farming sites, can dirty streams, groundwater, and other bodies of water farmers draw on for irrigation. According to an FDA investigation, that was the likely cause of a 2002 salmonella outbreak in imported Mexican cantaloupes.

Since salmonella can infect anything with an intestinal tract, wild animals can spread the bacteria onto crops through their own droppings or from fecal matter they track in from elsewhere. The 2006 outbreak of E. coli in spinach, for example, was traced to a pack of wandering wild boars. The swine had picked up tainted cow manure on their hooves before breaking through the fence of a nearby spinach field to graze.

Producers do rinse their harvest with chlorinated water to remove most of the harmful bacteria, but enough can be left to make you sick. If the skin of a tomato is punctured when the fruit is picked from the vine or when presliced for sale in a supermarket or restaurant, then bacteria get inside, and no amount of washing will make it safe to eat. This is partly why on-the-vine tomatoes have been exempt from this most recent salmonella scare.

Salmonella and E. coli poisoning used to be primarily associated with the consumption of undercooked meat. But that's changing, as produce-related outbreaks become more common and more widely publicized. In 1999, produce was responsible for 40 separate food poisoning incidents in the United States. In 2004, that number climbed to 86. There have been 13 major outbreaks involving tomatoes alone since 1990.

Why the shift? One factor is a lack of inspections of farms and packing plants by the Food and Drug Administration, which means that more contaminated produce slips into the market undetected. The U.S. Department of Agriculture inspects every meatpacking plant in the country each day, keeping close tabs on safety conditions. By contrast, the Food and Drug Administration, which is charged with regulating produce, might inspect a vegetable packing facility once a year, and the number of inspections is shrinking. In 1972, the FDA inspected 50,000 farms and plants. By 2006, that number had dwindled to 10,000. Meanwhile, having increasingly centralized packing plants means that crops from a single contaminated field can mingle with clean produce and be shipped across a wider swath of the country than ever before.

http://www.slate.com/id/2193474/

[Amby 490]

luckily the tomatoes in my garden were ready for me when this tragedy happened

[Teacher Mark 53]

From Shakespeare's Richard III, 1591/2:

CATESBY:

Rescue, my Lord of Norfolk, rescue, rescue!

The king enacts more wonders than a man,

Daring an opposite to every danger:

His tomato is slain, and all on foot he fights,

Seeking for Richmond in the throat of death.

Rescue, fair lord, or else the day is lost!

KING RICHARD III:

A tomato! a tomato! my kingdom for a tomato!

CATESBY:

Withdraw, my lord; I'll help you to a tomato.

[Nessa 23]

oh wow, I dreamed yesterday I was ordering a subway, cuz yesterday (in real life) I was talking to my co-worker how I've never eaten there in my life

[Ms. Squirrel 11]

oh wow, I dreamed yesterday I was ordering a subway, cuz yesterday (in real life) I was talking to my co-worker how I've never eaten there in my life

You are not missing out. Only the smell of the subway bread makes me gag already.

[Teacher Mark 53]

oh wow, I dreamed yesterday I was ordering a subway, cuz yesterday (in real life) I was talking to my co-worker how I've never eaten there in my life

They're not bad actually. I eat there quite a bit because they have locations at alot of truck stops.

I'm lucky in the fact that many of the tours I work with have catering for us. I'm about to head out for 2 months with the "Warped Tour". That means little or no food costs for me. I sort of like that!

[one...two...tree 2,762]

From Shakespeare's Richard III, 1591/2:

CATESBY:

Rescue, my Lord of Norfolk, rescue, rescue!

The king enacts more wonders than a man,

Daring an opposite to every danger:

His tomato is slain, and all on foot he fights,

Seeking for Richmond in the throat of death.

Rescue, fair lord, or else the day is lost!

KING RICHARD III:

A tomato! a tomato! my kingdom for a tomato!

CATESBY:

Withdraw, my lord; I'll help you to a tomato.

[Teacher Mark 53]

From Shakespeare's Richard III, 1591/2:

CATESBY:

Rescue, my Lord of Norfolk, rescue, rescue!

The king enacts more wonders than a man,

Daring an opposite to every danger:

His tomato is slain, and all on foot he fights,

Seeking for Richmond in the throat of death.

Rescue, fair lord, or else the day is lost!

KING RICHARD III:

A tomato! a tomato! my kingdom for a tomato!

CATESBY:

Withdraw, my lord; I'll help you to a tomato.

Spain or Italy?

Edited June 18, 2008 by WideAwakeInTheUSA

[Ms. Squirrel 11]

oh wow, I dreamed yesterday I was ordering a subway, cuz yesterday (in real life) I was talking to my co-worker how I've never eaten there in my life

They're not bad actually. I eat there quite a bit because they have locations at alot of truck stops.

I'm lucky in the fact that many of the tours I work with have catering for us. I'm about to head out for 2 months with the "Warped Tour". That means little or no food costs for me. I sort of like that!

Awesome!! You could meet up with so many VJers since you are going all around the US

[Marilyn. 340]

Quiznoes is so much better then Subway... and the deli down the street is so much better then Quiznoes...

[one...two...tree 2,762]

From Shakespeare's Richard III, 1591/2:

CATESBY:

Rescue, my Lord of Norfolk, rescue, rescue!

The king enacts more wonders than a man,

Daring an opposite to every danger:

His tomato is slain, and all on foot he fights,

Seeking for Richmond in the throat of death.

Rescue, fair lord, or else the day is lost!

KING RICHARD III:

A tomato! a tomato! my kingdom for a tomato!

CATESBY:

Withdraw, my lord; I'll help you to a tomato.

Spain or Italy?

...oh sorry...Spain.

[Teacher Mark 53]

oh wow, I dreamed yesterday I was ordering a subway, cuz yesterday (in real life) I was talking to my co-worker how I've never eaten there in my life

They're not bad actually. I eat there quite a bit because they have locations at alot of truck stops.

I'm lucky in the fact that many of the tours I work with have catering for us. I'm about to head out for 2 months with the "Warped Tour". That means little or no food costs for me. I sort of like that!

Awesome!! You could meet up with so many VJers since you are going all around the US

2008 Dates

Fri Jun 20 Fairplex Park Pomona, CA

Sat Jun 21 Pier 30/32 San Francisco, CA

Sun Jun 22 Seaside Park Ventura, CA

Wed Jun 25 Cricket Wireless Pavilion Phoenix, AZ

Thu Jun 26 New Mexico State University - Intramural Field Las Cruces, NM

Sat Jun 28 Utah State Fair Salt Lake City, UT

Sun Jun 29 Invesco Field At Mile High Denver, CO

Tue Jul 01 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater St Louis Maryland Heights, MO

Wed Jul 02 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Bonner Springs, KS

Thu Jul 03 Superpages.com Center (formerly Smirnoff Music Center) Dallas, TX

Sat Jul 05 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Selma, TX

Sun Jul 06 Sam Houston Race Park Houston, TX

Wed Jul 09 Lakewood Exhibition Center Atlanta, GA

Thu Jul 10 Central Florida Fairgrounds Orlando, FL

Fri Jul 11 Vinoy Park Petersburg, FL

Sat Jul 12 Bicentennial Park Miami, FL

Sun Jul 13 St Johns County Fairgrounds Elkton, FL

Mon Jul 14 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Charlotte, NC

Tue Jul 15 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Virginia Beach, VA

More Info Wed Jul 16 Merriweather Post Pavilion Columbia, MD

Thu Jul 17 Time Warner Cable Amphitheater at Tower City Cleveland, OH

Fri Jul 18 Comerica Park Detroit, MI

Sat Jul 19 The Flats at Arrow Hall Mississauga, ON

Sun Jul 20 Park Jean Drapeau Montreal, QC

Wed Jul 23 Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts Mansfield, MA

Thu Jul 24 Darien Lake P.A.C. Darien Center, NY

Fri Jul 25 Susquehanna Bank Center Camden, NJ

Sat Jul 26 Nassau Coliseum Uniondale, NY

Sun Jul 27 Toyota Pavilion Scranton, PA

Mon Jul 28 Raceway Park Englishtown, NJ

Tue Jul 29 Post Gazette Pavilion At Star Lake Pittsburgh, PA

Wed Jul 30 Riverbend Amphitheatre Cincinnati, OH

Thu Jul 31 Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Noblesville, IN

Fri Aug 01 Marcus Amphitheater Milwaukee, WI

Sat Aug 02 First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre Tinley Park, IL

Sun Aug 03 Canterbury Park Shakopee, MN Tue Aug 05 Credit Union Centre Saskatoon, SK

Wed Aug 06 Race City Speedway Calgary, AB

Fri Aug 08 Idaho Center Amphitheatre Nampa, ID

Sat Aug 09 Gorge Amphitheatre George, WA

Sun Aug 10 Columbia Meadows St. Helens, OR

Wed Aug 13 Save Mart Center Fresno, CA

Thu Aug 14 Coors Amphitheater Chula Vista, CA

Fri Aug 15 Shoreline Amphitheatre Mountain View, CA

Sat Aug 16 Sleep Train Amphitheatre Marysville, CA

Sun Aug 17 The Home Depot Center Carson, CA

Unfortunately I can't get free tickets! If anyone comes P.M. me though. I've met 1 other VJ member already.

http://www.warpedtour.com/warpedtour/bands.asp

Edited June 18, 2008 by WideAwakeInTheUSA