tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post2154105067599668867..comments2024-03-28T11:45:50.742+00:00Comments on Yorkshire Pudding: UpdateYorkshire Puddinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-65150405979602704492020-02-12T14:10:40.871+00:002020-02-12T14:10:40.871+00:00YP, I'll be back to read your newest post, but...YP, I'll be back to read your newest post, but I just wanted to make sure you see this article. Apparently there are family planning initiatives in some countries that have been successful, while other countries (like Egypt) are still struggling. I thought it was interesting to read that there are efforts being made in some areas (to varying degrees of success) to control population growth.<br /><br />https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/11/world/middleeast/egypt-population-100-million.htmlSteve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-14397219900914277052020-02-11T16:58:19.106+00:002020-02-11T16:58:19.106+00:00Of course he could get a job but he needs a new ca...Of course he could get a job but he needs a new career and he is now busily retraining via online courses. Thanks for your kind concern JayCee.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-80660308439148604992020-02-11T16:56:39.891+00:002020-02-11T16:56:39.891+00:00Sadly, I think that your pessimism - in the first ...Sadly, I think that your pessimism - in the first comment - is well-placed. There doesn't seem to be the belief or capability in high places and national governments to address this vital issue with purpose, vision and money. We are going to continue drifting into the whirlpool and when we are about to get sucked under it will be too late to act.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-65477982940424302972020-02-11T16:48:20.332+00:002020-02-11T16:48:20.332+00:00I know that you are a numbers man Bob and you like...I know that you are a numbers man Bob and you like to look behind the numbers - not simply taking them for granted. I wonder how many of the civilians you referred to actually died from natural causes.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-53361467121224494012020-02-11T16:42:12.639+00:002020-02-11T16:42:12.639+00:00Not to take over your blog post, but some people a...Not to take over your blog post, but some people above have expressed uncertainty about how to deal with the problem. My take: The developed world should be redirecting much more money into increasing educational opportunities for women globally and making birth control more available, in addition to international development in general. Developed countries with working women tend to produce fewer children. (And fewer migrants, which is another global issue that causes a lot of consternation.) Also, we need to reconsider economic and business models that rely on consistent patterns of growth for survival. No one said it would be easy!Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-63038975199236595802020-02-11T16:31:58.546+00:002020-02-11T16:31:58.546+00:00Sorry to hear about your son in law's news. I ...Sorry to hear about your son in law's news. I hope that he is able to find something soon. <br />My niece's husband was made redundant a while ago from his job as a computer engineer. After searching unsuccessfully for another job he eventually retrained and is now a British Gas engineer. <br />Hopefully there is something out there.JayCeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01373622852406554111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-42178443463057828462020-02-11T16:30:48.170+00:002020-02-11T16:30:48.170+00:00You are absolutely correct. It's a crisis. And...You are absolutely correct. It's a crisis. And until we are able to discuss it rationally on an international level without religious leaders and others freaking out, we'll be paralyzed. Our choices are to work consciously toward reducing population or to allow nature to take its course, and because we seem incaopable of the former, I fear we're headed toward the latter -- which is going to be painful and agonizing and messy.Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-21619700025748800472020-02-11T16:16:49.174+00:002020-02-11T16:16:49.174+00:00Or perhaps there a third category -- military, civ...Or perhaps there a third category -- military, civilians, and collateral damage whose status could not be determined?rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-1857827800199251482020-02-11T16:15:06.253+00:002020-02-11T16:15:06.253+00:00Someone has said there are lies, damned lies, and ...Someone has said there are lies, damned lies, and statistics. I googled to find out how many deaths there were during World War II and got the following answer:<br /><br />"Some 75 million people died during World War II, including about 20 million military personnel and 40 million civilians."<br /><br />Apparently the survivors and their descendants can no longer do simple addition. Like I said, lies, damned lies, and statistics.rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-26067476456616686512020-02-11T15:57:03.492+00:002020-02-11T15:57:03.492+00:00Yes they are. One is called Trump, another is Bols...Yes they are. One is called Trump, another is Bolsonaro, Kim Jong-il is the third and the fourth one is called Putin.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-73722445396298019522020-02-11T15:34:58.908+00:002020-02-11T15:34:58.908+00:00So sorry to hear that your son-in-law has been mad...So sorry to hear that your son-in-law has been made redundant - not a good start to married life. Hopefully he will find employment again very soon.<br />The numbers you quote are only the ones we know about - there must be many more that are never recorded.There does not seem to be any solution to the rapidly increasing world birth rate, but it's ironic that with more methods of reliable birth control, the population is now hurtling out of control. It's horrifying to think that only a massive pandemic, famine, or war on a vast scale will help stabilise the numbers. Are the Four Horsemen waiting in the wings.....?Coppa's girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16459503600694841117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-51836085992583722772020-02-11T13:18:36.103+00:002020-02-11T13:18:36.103+00:00I don't know what the solution is Ursula. All ...I don't know what the solution is Ursula. All that I am doing is highlighting an issue that is so often pushed into the shadows. I hope that all readers of this blogpost can "get" the significance of the fact that the world's population is increasing by 1.55 million a week. As for the grandchild - that is unlikely to happen any time soon as my son-in-law was just made redundant.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-65556986503975726612020-02-11T12:36:55.654+00:002020-02-11T12:36:55.654+00:00It rarely happens that I don't "get"...It rarely happens that I don't "get" something. This your post proves the exception to the rule. I don't get it. What's your lament? Going by comments and your replies, you make it sound as if you wish for floods, pestilence and whatever else may curb/reduce population. Not in your back yard, naturally. And for whose benefit? Let mankind burn itself out if need be.<br /><br />Can't wait for the post that announces your first grandchild.<br /><br />So disappointed, YP,<br />UUrsulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722046288685936851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-25340734315407298142020-02-11T09:36:35.521+00:002020-02-11T09:36:35.521+00:00When God said, "Go forth and multiply" h...When God said, "Go forth and multiply" he should have added "but not too much".Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-35174479795819529142020-02-11T09:31:07.433+00:002020-02-11T09:31:07.433+00:00Like yeast - dies in its own waste. Like yeast - dies in its own waste. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-5258799757539247032020-02-11T09:11:26.323+00:002020-02-11T09:11:26.323+00:00The powers that be could try giving persuasion a g...The powers that be could try giving persuasion a go - along with some financial inducements. It might not make much impact but at least they could try.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-19361305884141735722020-02-11T08:42:15.298+00:002020-02-11T08:42:15.298+00:00There has only been two answers up to now. War an...There has only been two answers up to now. War and disease. Nature provides disease when we become too many. As for war? It is an insoluble problem over- population. We have counteracted death by disease through efficient medicines. The state of the Earth is becoming more vulnerable as we sink into climate emergency, perhaps that will redress a balance, though not happily of course.<br />thelmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934860502828923562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-74682345788644371652020-02-11T08:29:08.866+00:002020-02-11T08:29:08.866+00:00It is a shame that the train company does not have...It is a shame that the train company does not have a special Meike carriage just for you with an onboard sofa, bubble bath and cocktail bar.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-21902250121868817392020-02-11T08:27:40.167+00:002020-02-11T08:27:40.167+00:00I think that if the UN employed you as a populatio...I think that if the UN employed you as a population control ambassador, the upward graph would soon level out. Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-39669763325038291512020-02-11T08:24:19.691+00:002020-02-11T08:24:19.691+00:00You are right. But the issue needs far more priori...You are right. But the issue needs far more priority and much more investment. I am sure those organisations would agree.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-7195038957555218332020-02-11T08:22:48.929+00:002020-02-11T08:22:48.929+00:001010 people have sadly died in the last six weeks ...1010 people have sadly died in the last six weeks after contracting the coronavirus but in the last eight and a half hours the world's population has increased by 77,500. Which subject should be causing the greatest "frenzy"?Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-34571363401928977582020-02-11T08:16:46.158+00:002020-02-11T08:16:46.158+00:00Better medical care is certainly one factor in pop...Better medical care is certainly one factor in population growth.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-57637248763082673642020-02-11T08:15:36.976+00:002020-02-11T08:15:36.976+00:00Education and birth control might be all that we h...Education and birth control might be all that we have got. However, I heard from experts on the radio that one day there will definitely a pandemic on a par with the Spanish flu outbreak of 1918. It will kill many thousands.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-61210871542615183852020-02-11T08:11:59.687+00:002020-02-11T08:11:59.687+00:00The increases are most severe in India, Pakistan a...The increases are most severe in India, Pakistan and Indonesia but increases re happening in ALL countries. I don't know what could be done about it Lisa. I am just flagging up the issue. At least there could be a worldwide advertising campaign to press home the idea of "no more than two".Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-45427175157791646482020-02-11T07:58:45.266+00:002020-02-11T07:58:45.266+00:00Where are most of these children being born and wh...Where are most of these children being born and what is it that you'd like to see done about it? It doesn't take much in the way of research or imagination to understand the harm done by China's one golden child rule. Lisa https://www.blogger.com/profile/09324961653370110887noreply@blogger.com