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Oxford Comma Dispute Is Settled as Maine Drivers Get $5M

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Re: Oxford Comma Dispute Is Settled as Maine Drivers Get $5M

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I can see the law is there to protect property owners from being fleeced by the working class come harvest time, what's wrong with that? Maybe you don't own enough farmland to be able to relate to those who need to make lots of money from the misery of others, whether bovine or human! But here is a thing - Right now I am eating a dairy snack item that someone drove in a massive lorry across the Alps with, risking lif…

Now I want a cow, thanks. Seriously, I can't help but wonder if we have made some comically bad mistakes in letting food become so centralized.

Before getting a dairy animal, consider: do I want to spend 30 minutes every single morning and every single evening, regardless of weather, vacation time, desire to travel, or illness, to get 1-2 gallons of milk per day?

Small-scale dairy requires a huge commitment of time at regular, consistent times. It is about as far from a casual hobby as you can get.

(Source: my wife wanted a dairy goat. We no longer have goats.)

Re: Oxford Comma Dispute Is Settled as Maine Drivers Get $5M

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Now I want a cow, thanks. Seriously, I can't help but wonder if we have made some comically bad mistakes in letting food become so centralized.

Before getting a dairy animal, consider: do I want to spend 30 minutes every single morning and every single evening, regardless of weather, vacation time, desire to travel, or illness, to get 1-2 gallons of milk per day? Small-scale dairy requires a huge commitment of time at regular, consistent times. It is about as far from a casual hobby as you can get. (Source: my wife wanted a dairy goat. We no longer have goat…

So, my solution to that is to hire staff via Schedule H.

Re: Oxford Comma Dispute Is Settled as Maine Drivers Get $5M

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post #71

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Before getting a dairy animal, consider: do I want to spend 30 minutes every single morning and every single evening, regardless of weather, vacation time, desire to travel, or illness, to get 1-2 gallons of milk per day? Small-scale dairy requires a huge commitment of time at regular, consistent times. It is about as far from a casual hobby as you can get. (Source: my wife wanted a dairy goat. We no longer have goat…

So, my solution to that is to hire staff via Schedule H.

Minimum wage makes that expensive milk (though probably less expensive than doing it yourself!)

Re: Oxford Comma Dispute Is Settled as Maine Drivers Get $5M

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> Ending a case that electrified punctuation pedants, grammar goons and comma connoisseurs, Oakhurst Dairy settled an overtime dispute with its drivers that hinged entirely on the lack of an Oxford comma in state law. I see no Oxford comma there. Am I missing something?

He dropped the comma from the sentence, so it isn't there. That's the point.

Ah, thanks. Now I understand.
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