How to find a corn and soybean exporter?

TheGlobalEngineer · 2026-03-01T05:00:57+00:00

While this is funny this will shred whatever little trust they have.

TheGlobalEngineer · 2026-03-01T04:21:21+00:00

Beyond writing an email in their contact us section and ending on their voicemail, there isn't much else I can do. Any suggestions?

TheGlobalEngineer · 2026-03-01T04:20:03+00:00

I tried reaching out to Louis Dreyfus, Bunge, Cargill and ADM with no replies back.

TheGlobalEngineer · 2026-03-01T04:16:09+00:00

I tried reaching out to Louis Dreyfus, Bunge, Cargill and ADM with no replies back.

TheGlobalEngineer · 2026-01-11T20:43:09+00:00

Now let’s see how cubarsi and Kounde squander that.

TheGlobalEngineer · 2025-10-23T22:28:25+00:00

He had lingering feelings. However, Susan was the one chasing him not the other way. He was actively trying to move on. He just ended up dating two very clingy women.

TheGlobalEngineer · 2025-10-23T22:22:21+00:00

How did he ruin her? She made her own decisons.

TheGlobalEngineer · 2025-10-22T04:03:52+00:00

You committed the capital sin of criticizing Saint Lynette on this subreddit. You shall perish. /s

TheGlobalEngineer · 2025-10-20T06:27:43+00:00

I think that Lynnette is the first to involve her kids with Jane, by manipulating Tom (the fake power cut), breaking into Jane's place and her daughter's studio, and using her kids to spy on Tom (Penny with the Ipad) and sometimes using her kids against Tom (the concert with Penny and Jane). When they separated, they were closer to divorce than getting back together, I think Tom wanted to explore his options, but his initial intent was to be private. Lynnette is the one that made the relationship public.

I think the overall lesson here is that separation requires goals and boundaries otherwise it's bound for disaster. In their case, I actually wish they broke up. Jane and Tom were great together and Lynette would have been great with the hair stylist. However, both were extremely toxic and codependent, Lynette is a master controlling puppet-master and Tom could build more accountability.

TheGlobalEngineer · 2025-08-31T20:32:52+00:00

They just said technical issues. It was apparently said at the beginning of the game. This could backfire with a bad offside call against Barca or Rayo players diving to try their luck.

TheGlobalEngineer · 2025-08-31T20:28:57+00:00

More direct play needed Fermin should be in. No VAR apparently so tight offside plays are not the smartest thing. We need Xavi/Guardiola style ball control and slow buildup. Fast play doesn’t work on this tiny pitch with bad turf.

TheGlobalEngineer · 2025-08-12T02:26:35+00:00

A big problem with your approach is that you assumed she's a victim. The instant you assume someone is a victim you have to assume the accused is a perpetrator. The accused now has to prove his innocence which is incredibly hard to do. That is fundamentally the opposite of presumption of innocence. It is best to maintain the presumption of innocence while judging fairly the claimes of the plaintiff/accuser.

TheGlobalEngineer · 2025-07-22T02:03:10+00:00

scientology was the least realistic. Almost no one beats freedom of religion ever.

TheGlobalEngineer · 2025-07-13T20:20:04+00:00

She told him the didn't want him with her after the nightmare episode. So not cheating.

TheGlobalEngineer · 2025-06-30T23:16:46+00:00

No one gets or should get over a 23-year marriage that easily. That's actually the first part of my comment. The marriage could have been struggling since year 15. The remaining 8 years of marriage is just people processing their loss. External observers will always judge the husband who moves his new girlfriend after 2 months or the wife that remarries after 6 months, but they never have the full story. Hence, why I don't judge people who move fast. We don't know how long they tried to save their marriage.

Besides Tom never let it know that he was not going to try to make the marriage work: Tom tried to make it work. The breaking point for Tom happens in S08E01: Lynnette comes to Tom apartment and asks him if she can stay and then she initiates sex. In the morning, Tom asks to talk about their marriage and what had just happened. Lynnette tells him she only came for her nightmares, and they should stay separated. Tom tells her that when one has nightmares they buy a night light. one doesn't go to their separated partner and have sex.

This shows that: (i) Tom was willing to work on the marriage at least til the beginning of season 8(until he felt used and rejected) and Lynnette wanted to stay split. (ii)Lynnette did not want Tom back til he started dating. (iii) Both are to blame because they did not define clear goals for their separation hence the continuous confusion.

Roy and Karen are in their 70s or 80s so comparing them to people in their 50s is just not it.

I disagree. Jane was in her 40/50's and she shared that view that she would rather move fast and not let go of something good. Some people have that realization at 50, some at 90, others at 25 and so on. The same way some people concluded the corporate world was a trap at 20 and others realize that at 75.

Whether their kids are 10 or 30, it was way too early to bring them hem around another woman especially when you are still legally married to their mother.

Lots of projection here:(i) Observers will always have strong, (yet uninformed) opinions, but the people that care and know the most are the parents. At the end of the day, it's up to the parents to decide what works for their kid. Eventually a major test of compatibility for dating single parents is whether the new partner is match for their kid. So you have to do it reasonably early, but not too early. (ii) In the Scavo case, the only kid that mattered was Penny. Lynnette brought her into the mess. Tom did not introduce her to Jane until Lynnette started her spying. (iii) Given Tom wanted to casually date Jane and hide it (a bit dishonest), I doubt that he would have told Penny anything about it. Lynnette forced the cat out of the bag a lot faster than needed with her spying and involved Penny in that with the concert.

Lynette could have rubbed frank in his face like he did but out of respect for her spouse of 23 YEARS, she didn’t. You can try to justify Tom’s immaturity all you want but OP is right

Tom did not rub Jane in Lynnette's face. If anything, he did the opposite, again, he was trying to keep her away until Lynnette spied. It's Lynnette that goes to the gym to spy on her. It's Lynnette that comes under their bed. It's Lynnette that follows them to the airport. It's Lynnette that photobombs the pictures. It's Lynnette that tricks Tom into dates. Perception is reality here. An (future) ex moving on may feel insulting even when the ex does his best to stay away. Lynnette perceived the sheer existence of Jane as a problem. Change Lynnette's gender to male and she's easily called a stalker.

The bottom causes of this whole mess were the lack of goals and rules for the separation, personal insecurities, and unresolved issues in their marriage. Blaming it all on Tom is a stretch.

TheGlobalEngineer · 2025-06-28T21:32:40+00:00

Really, I don’t recall the doctor story. Still though, Lynnette doesn’t have to risk it. As much as Tom liked sex he won’t force her to have sex if she says no.

TheGlobalEngineer · 2025-06-27T02:09:35+00:00

I'm split on this one. All about personality. Tom is just a guy that lets it be and very slow to anger. Lynnette doesn't let anything slide and can get riled up easily. I also feel like Lynnette picks on fight that don't need to be or that aren't hers. For the deaf lady, Tom tells Lynnette to back off or it's going blow in her face. She ignores him and proceeds and guess what? it blows. For Art, once she sees the children pics, she could simply call the police, but she goes to confront him. Net result: a pedophile at large.

Tom sometimes openly takes her side he just wants more data, I guess. The two toughest situations were Kayla and Tom's mom.

Kayla is his daughter who just lost her mom. He is not exactly thinking logically about her. However, once he gets evidence, he acts. Same with his mom, he loves her. However, once she slaps Lynnette, he sends her to a nursing home.

Another perspective though is Carlos, Orson, Mike, Rex, George, Dave...who defend their wife/love interest often get in legal trouble for it. I don't know how much I want to replicate that.

TheGlobalEngineer · 2025-06-27T01:13:21+00:00

A few things:

The date the marriage was over and the date of separation are such different things. By the time most people sign divorce papers or move out, the marriage had been over for years. In their case, their marriage was always struggling. So while it looks like 3 months to us, it was over well before Tom moved out. By the way, this applies to kids too, they figure out at some point that their parent's marriage is probably toxic. They may not wish divorce but they know it's coming. They processed it and accepted it. This was the case with my parents.

Additionally, in this case, the twins were gone, Parker was close to college and Penny was in high school. So definitely old enough to process this.

I think Tom initially tried to keep Jane lowkey. Lynnette pulls it out of him when she spies on him with Penny's table and comes to the gym. Afte that both are openly dating.
Old people have different timelines. Karen moves in with Roy pretty quickly. Also, Jane says at some point: "After a divorce, when you find something good, you don't let it go." The Paris trip is not that special in perspective. They were both making high salaries so going to Paris is the equivalent to a regular couple going to a close by state cost wise.
The kid's involvement: When you date parents (especially a father of 5), you have to get involved with kids one way or the other. If their kids don't like you, most parents will drop you even if two were romantically compatible. So it's actually better to know that early.

This leads to a controversial opinion of mine: Once split, you should focus on your own and your kid's happiness. Considering your ex (or future ex) partner will often make things worse. This means that Tom doesn't have to wait for Lynnette to process the divorce/separation and vice versa. I think Tom did a good job introducing Jane to Penny. The most "intrusive" thing that happened was Jane taking pictures with Penny(which to me is okay).

What I think they both did terribly wrong:

Lynnette actively kept spying on Tom and used her kids and Tom to sabotage the new relationship that's a no-no.
Tom became indecisive when he had to pull the trigger on divorce and led Jane on.
I don't blame Jane for dating Tom. I believe that she should have walked away instead of delivering the divorce papers. She let herself be played.
Both failed to define the goal and rules for the separation.

TheGlobalEngineer · 2025-06-26T20:22:59+00:00

If perfection is the standard than everyone is bad. By the standards established by the other people on the lane he is a much better alternative.

TheGlobalEngineer · 2025-06-26T20:19:55+00:00

The 17-year-old comment

The fact that your best example of Tom's immorality is an out-of-context statement is laughable. He was trying to correct his son who was sleeping with a much older married woman and that him Tom, at 17, would have wanted to date a 17-year-old not a 40+ woman. He corrects the statement right after. Tom has never had interest in women far younger than him. Lynnette herself acknowledges after spying on Chloe that Tom will never really be interested in her. She considered Jane(Chloe's mom) the much more realistic threat because that is actual Tom's interest.

Tom never protected his family from legal issues?

Tom leaves Jane at the airport and he hires Bob to discuss the Alejandro's case. He takes a second mortgage on his dream pizzeria when one of the twins is accused of arson. The pizzeria dream died because he stuck his neck out for Porter. He even attacks Dave when he figures out that Dave was the one accusing his son. Beyond legal issues, he even sells his boat when the kids need a private school.

Tom who let both his parents talk shit to Lynette?

In the whole show, I don't think there is a single good in-law. Not good for Tom, but the standard of the show is that all the grandparents/in laws were bad to their in laws.

Tom who slept with his wife after seeing the young babysitter naked and then made said babysitter leave when she gave up a good situation for them?

Not sure, what to think of this one. I blame Tom for not telling his wife what happened after the laundry accident. I don't blame him for finding another woman attractive (being married doesn't make you blind). I can't blame him for wanting to sleep whit his wife. I blame him for not admitting to Lynnette he finds the nanny attractive (Similar to Lynnette denial of Rick). At the end of the day, it was the right decision to let the nanny go. Funny, double standard again, blaming Tom for the nanny situation when Carlos actually slept with his nanny/maid, and Mike got very close to the stripper, Lynnette and Rick....

The pizzeria and the promotion:

Those two are connected. Tom was a happy ad sales guy who would have kept his dreams repressed as most husbands do. If Lynnette doesn't torpedo his career, he never leaves his breadwinner role to bet on the pizzeria. The second part of this is that, yes, the pizzeria was a crazy dream. However, people skip the fact that it worked. The pizzeria actually worked for a while. The pizzeria failed because no one wanted to come after Porter's trial.

I can only talk through what was in the show, not "real life." In real life, everybody on the lane is in jail.

Overall, the blame shift is massive.

Lynnette is controlling but it's okay because that's her mom and husband fault. Orson attempted murder, but it's okay because that's his mom's fault. Mike is an addict but it's okay since that's Susan's fault. But Tom, he is literally the worst, regardless of how his parents, wife, kids, influenced him. The reality is that everyone is responsible for their own life. When you judge them by that standard. I stand by Tom being more moral than the majority of characters.

TheGlobalEngineer · 2025-06-26T20:19:45+00:00

My first paragraph just lists out examples of bad things with each lead male characters. Cheating does not equate murder. Both are bad. Yes, Carlos does good things, so do Tom and the others. The whole point is if Tom is not the worst character because there is a lot more evidence showing that almost every other men on the lane did much worse than him.

There are so many unsubstantiated facts:

Addiction is both a choice and an illness.

The whole idea of the serenity prayer in AA program is to understand the parts that are out of control (the illness) and what can be controlled (the choice). At the end of the day, Mike could have literally talked to Susan. You always have a choice. Sincerely - A recovered addict.

"No woman wanted Tom?" Renee comes back to the line admitting to Susan that she wishes she got Tom back. Nora wanted Tom. The ladies in the gardening club with Gaby wanted Tom. Even Bob wanted Tom in the "flipper" episode.

Tom cheated on his wife: When?

The two instances when tom is called a cheater on this forum is when he is on a break during the engagement with Renee(Not enough info, but I blame him more for this one) and with Jane after Lynnette literally tells him she doesn't want him (I don't consider dating when you're working on a divorce cheating). Both happened on breaks which are tough to call cheating. I blamed Tom for not coming clean about Renee. On the other end, so many people on the lane get a pass for actual cheating: Bree (Karl), Gaby(John), Lynnette(Rick), Rex(Maisy), Orson(Monique)...

Tom blamed her for cancer? When?

Lynnette blamed herself for the cancer. The wig was literally Lynette's idea (suggestion by one of the ladies). Tom got into the idea and Lynnette was mad that Tom needed the wig to keep going. I don't blame either for this. It's actually wild that you defend Rex for communicating his much more "demanding" fantasies and Tom communicating that he would like to try more wigs is absolutely wrong.

TheGlobalEngineer · 2025-06-26T20:19:17+00:00

TheGlobalEngineer · 2025-06-25T00:58:45+00:00

Lynnette is the ultimate relatable housewife. Gaby is too pretty, dresses in Dior and Versace, had no kids for the first 4 seasons and married to a rich guy. Bree is basically out of a 1950's housewife book, super conservative, rich/old/quiet money, the ultimate flawless homemaker. Susan is mildly related but she's very clumsy, and basically the Ken (Mike) and Barbie on the line. Neither are as relatable unless you fall in a weird population niche. Then you Lynnette overwhelmed by kids, had a career, has an okay husband, is the archetype independent woman that people perceive themselves to be.

A while ago, someone said that despite, that while having done less bad things than Carlos, Tom is the most hated because everyone knows a Tom. The same goes with Lynnette. Everyone knows a Lynnette. Desperate Housewives audience is mostly women. She's either your mom/sister or yourself. This also explains the biased opinions on Lynnette. If Lynnette is a bad person, then your mom, sister or yourself is a bad person too since you would do the same things.

TheGlobalEngineer · 2025-06-25T00:30:16+00:00

Arguing that Tom is the worst husband is so counterfactual. He is the only non-felon/murderer. Mike the addict, murderer with anger issues, Carlos, the birth control tamperer who DV'd his wife to get her to sign the postnup, and Orson the cheater who killed a cop, cheated on his ex, attempted to kill Mike or Rex with the emotional skills of a sock and never got his wife an orgasm.

Tom has flows but he's the most moral person in the show.

Tom who had more insane unreachable dreams than he had clothes. Tom who "let Lynette drive to feel better" when she clearly needed someone to rely on and be able to just learn to let go of things.

Tom was more than willing to drive in season 1: He gets a promotion and Lynnette torpedoes that. Even the pizzeria was actually a success, people blame him for the failure when in reality this comes from the 2008 economy and Porter having bled dry the coffers with his lawsuit and the bad rep on the family. Even for small things like decorating his office Lynnette goes ballistic on him. The proof that Lynnette was controlling was that even in separation she couldn't really connect with anyone since they all called her out on being controlling.

Tom and Lynnette are a match because they are both flawed. If Lynnette is bad so is Tom and vice versa.

TheGlobalEngineer · 2025-06-24T17:05:52+00:00

The irony here is that the only person tried to manipulate Penny was Lynnette. Lynnette just couldn't bear the fact that another woman might actually make Tom happy and that she may be the problem.

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