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bucolic_frolic

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27. Sardines will prove a good investment

Reply to marble falls (Reply #3)

Sat Nov 1, 2025, 03:05 PM

Nov 2025

They're all fished out, we import most of them, harvests are falling, prices are rising, and Europe and Asia want to keep them at home because they eat their own (sardines).

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