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To those who read my commentaries please understand that this is a one-way conversation, largely with myself.  I have no axe to grind or agenda.   There are never any comments posted to my page, which is a choice you are welcome to send me comments and sometimes I read them, other times not so much.   If you are rude, I will try to block you.  But again, I would say that I read comments once a month, at best.  The last comments I read were in early February.   

Why, again this is not a dialogue, it is a monologue, my blog my choice.  Also my subject, sure some of you are fascinated by the fall of China.   China is not falling it is declining, not the same thing.   China is doing what Britain did after 1945, sinking into irrelevance.  The stuff I talk about is bad, but outside of China, it impacts no one.   

I am very glad to see that a few hundred of you like to read what I post.  I am glad that I provided you with entertainment and some good ideas.   The funniest comments were about Bitcoin and how I was lying about my success (it was not a success, it was not planned).   It was an accident.   

As farmers, we have been incredibly lucky.  The land we initially purchased (the old farm) was an excellent starter farm considering the land had laid fallow for almost 20 years,  The new farm is more challenging but will over the next 5 or 7 years be fully integrated.   Those who sent comments on our choice of equipment and farming decisions (it has been a few months) I thank you, and I even replied to one or two who asked about certain products we were using.   

So please understand if you cannot send comments (I only accept comments from UK ISPs) and if I don't answer your questions or engage in a dialogue.   It's simply not why the blog was started.  Thank you for your patience.   

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