We communicated about a year ago and I am sending a short note to say hi, hope all is going well with you and all.

" Speculation only exists when ... there is no speculating (futures/options markets) for sea water! " *** thanks for a post/comment that's not trite or prefunctory but rather was provocative and thought provoking - Tom

"When everyone looks out for number 1 instead of number n (everyone), the ratio of 1/n approaches zero (economic collapse)." This is so succinct, I could go for a forum where the signal to noise is this close to a whole number. The problem is that everyone would be preaching to the choir, and not to the people needing to make the changes.

Nice economic analysis this morning.

Happy New Year

Congratulations on making it one year (365 days) of Continuous Postings.

Great post on the weekly pole. Keep up the good work.

referring to the "how long will the oil spill last"

referring to the "how long will the oil spill last"

your post was refreshing to the usual banter seen on newsposts, as most people are only thinking of the "surface looks", not what is happening to the sealife below, like plankton.