You are asking the wrong person how best to personally prepare for Y2K. To be honest, I am not doing anything special. It all depends on your personal lifestyle - mine is very simple ( I guess I am already in survival mode ;- ) ) Make a wise investment and be ready for some inconveniences. E.g., if you are a heavy user of ATM you may consider carrying extra cash. I don’t stockpile food, I don’t buy extra ammunition. However, how is that saying? .. shoemaker kids go barefoot? I work on Y2K but don’t think about personal impact. I am in high-tech industry, however, my lifestyle is not wrapped around it. I have a cell phone but don’t remember when was the last time I used it ;- ) Oh heck, I may stockpile my sailboat and go sailing ;- ) As you see, I am not too much concerned ( as far as I don’t loose the rest of my money and have to work for the rest of my life ;- )

Cuball:

SPG Y2K conference in Orlando is over - it was on Apr 20-22. There is a bunch of them coming around the country. Look at

http://www.spgnet.com/conf/yr2k98-default.htm

That homepage also describe program of these conferences so you will see if that is something you would be interested in.

Nobody knows how much they have, but I have been following this very closely for three years now. Their reserves are exhausted. It would make sense that if they had it, they would sell it at the highest prices in history, yes?

I like Plat too at these prices......uh huh.

away.......to back up the dump-truck

Éß

Well RJ, I guess I won't see you on that cruise after all. Too bad. But here's wishing you a great time. And who knows, maybe you will meet the love of your life. Such things do happen, you know. Even when you don't want them too!

-Tom

We must not forget that in times of crisis, the people will sell gold and silver too, not just governments. My problem with this news is that I would expect to hear more about Russian troubles, and sales of US dollars first. I would expect that the Russians would sell their US dollars long before they sell gold and silver. I see no reason for the Russian government to squander their gold and silver -- unless there is a reason we have not yet unearthed. Perhaps they have already used up their US dollars.

I'll reflect on cookies tomorrow. :- ) )

Good night all......

I do not like what is happening to us -- all of us on this planet. We do not have another planet to colonize if things get to hot on this one. This is all we've got, so we better behave -- all of us.

Regardless, the comments about the Dutch are interesting. I posted about this earlier today -- We now have a Dutch Eurobank chairman. Coincidence? Perhaps not, if you can sell your gold and still have control over it. Wish I could do that.

RJ: Any news about the Dutch selling gold? Any new announcements?

Regardless, the comments about the Dutch are interesting. I posted about this earlier today -- We now have a Dutch Eurobank chairman. Coincidence? Perhaps not, if you can sell your gold and still have control over it. Wish I could do that.

RJ: Any news about the Dutch selling gold? Any new announcements?

Give me the good old cold war days, when we knew our enemy was not that different from us. Now, who knows what one of many countries with nuclear weapons will do? Wealth and gold is not really very effective against nuclear war or nuclear terrorism. Only world-wide public opinion.

And we Americans are worried about gun control? This is far more significant, as the survival of the human race is at stake, eventually.

http://www.pakistanlink.com/headlines/May/29/02.html

I wonder what BC will do about this. So far, he has been totally ineffective -- and -- I believe Pakistan got most of their nuclear technology from China.

To be sure, despite claims that the impact will be slight, the economies of the United States and other nations already have been affected--exports down, company earnings lowered. Boeing Co. is selling fewer planes because Asian buyers are backing away from orders. U.S. companies such as Ford Motor Co. are settling in for quite a few years instability, said Ford Chairman Alexander Trotman.

I've noticed so many papers writing just so much, all of a sudden, that it would be a trial for us all to read it. Fortunately, Donald showed us the pattern in world affairs before it was easily seen, like the shadows in the magic eye pictures. Thank you, Donald.

If you want to see a nasty break, look at ADI http://www.dbc.com/htx/dbc/squote.htx?SOURCE=htx%2Fdbc&TICKER=adi&tables=chart_table . A chipmaker that missed its' earnings by a smidgen, and had the nerve to say that the next quarter or two could be a little slow... You know, the Asian thingee..

Today, we are seeing the inverse of that. As PPI has entered a decidedly flat level - even negative, we see an acceleration of purchasing power from long bonds. And gold kissing it's old lows.

http://stats.bls.gov/news.release/ppi.t01.htm

What could change this? While there are several warm spots, Kosovo and Kashmir come to mind, there are none that seem in imminent danger of exploding. It is likely in the near term that further trade sanctions will, like the Smoot/Hawley act of old, further depress world trade, tipping the world more quickly into the next recession.

So where is the PM market now? Sitting on the edge of boredom watching the paint dry and enjoying another season of peace and opportunity to quietly increase our position of the precious metals at bargain basement prices. It might be over tomorrow.

Oris -

We agree entirely. Last year, I went into detail on the likelihood of the various fiefdoms having stolen about all there is to steal, PGMs among them. All the collected together adds up to a pile, not a supply, and not readily available. I think official reserves are all gone, excepting low strategic reserves. I understand well the nature of the Bear, it is budding capitalism yes?

The metal came from Tiger ( rumor )

This is a market that needs 7 and a half million ounces a year in constant supply, and demand is rising. I trade no palladium. But Platinum is way low. It will move way high.

OK

Well, what do you make of all this? India and Pakistan have had two wars already since WWII ended. Is a third on the horizon? What are the implications?

http://news.stocksmart.com/ss-news/CX1017870.html

Well, markets are much more complex animals and linear thinking does not work! Yes, I used to be economist, turned to be a computer scientist. None of the economic models are accurate, and most of the prediction will fall short. Yes, there are people with extensive experience in a specific area who based on many years of experiences may predict market behaviors better than somebody else, still their prediction face unpredictable results and surprises.

As far as Y2K goes, the same rule applies. Predicting the worse or predicting easy riding. The truth is somewhere in between. I don't go with any camps. It won't be the end of the world, however, you can bet on it, it will be much worse that some oversimplified explanation predicts.

WetGold, I promised you to ask Yurdon some questions when I see him at the Orlando conference. Sorry to say, I missed him. He rescheduled his participation and I had to leave before he showed up. I see a bit different Y2K picture that you do. I work continuously with 5-10 organizations at the time. Things are much better than a few months ago, however, WAY behind where they should be considering its mid of 1998. Without naming specific entities, some of them are still trying to figure out what systems they run, have no plans ( or plans which are totally unrealistic ) to address the problem, and no money to throw at the problem.

BTW, your view of telecom is also a bit oversimplified. I deal with some highly distributed organization where phones communication is essential. Well, that phone call is routed from AT&T through a local ma and pa operation taking care of the local exchange having no idea what equipment they have and don't even try to explain to them what Y2K is.

No it won't be the end of civilization, however, some adjustments will have to be made to our definition this is the way things work. It will affect markets, however, I don't dare to say how much ( you see I used to be economist so I chicken out ;- )

Do you agree with my assessment re short term platinum?

I like it here

Yes?

JTF -

True.

gagnrad -

I think it is a certainty that palladium will fall back below $100 in the next two years.

I have written much of industry substitution of palladium and increased efforts to end reliance on sporadic supplies from Russia. This will be a rather slow process as the assembly lines need the metal today. New demand in some more esoteric tecnology will insure that palladium is always valuable, but the auto industry is moving back to platinum.

JD -

Ya’ know….?

You did say platinum would fall short term

I did not believe anybody had the right combination of muscle and balls

To push a market in unprecedented shortage down, down, and ( OK! ) , down.

Hats off

Yes

The Japanese announced last week that the have not even SPOKEN to representatives from Almaz in several months. Not a word. There are no lines of communication whatsoever.

An export decree must be signed by Russian Finance Minister ( who currently does not exist ) , quotas are figured, quota numbers are brought to Japan and used to negotiate shipments, agreements are hammered out, Russia has agreements ratified, metal is scheduled for shipment, metal is shipped.

That is the process. As of this date, NONE of it has occurred. Zero.

Under the best of conditions, these machinations would put metal on the planes in August or September.

Oh…. And add to the process:

They must produce the metal.

Indeedy

There was a message given to three children in Fatima ( Italy? ) over 50 years ago, which consisted of 3 or 4 prophesies. This was considered significant enough that the message was transcibed, and eventually given to the Pope ( who suppressed it because he thought it was too controversial ) . Some of the prophesies are coming out now. One of the prophesies was interpreted as predicting that the Russian Communist government would fall - it did. Another prophesy was apparently that if the rest of the world did not restore faith and religion to the Russian people, the seeds of Armeggadon would be sown. Given the successful resistance of the Russian Church ( purged by the Communists for years ) to foreign missionaries, and the current worsening of the Russian economic system, I fear that this prophesy will also come true. There is a fourth prophesy, possible yet to bve fulfilled, but I cannot find out what it is.

Of course, with knowledge of current events, it does not take a prophet to see what will happen if all of those Russian missles get in the hands of an extremist group.

I believe that our future is not fixed in stone -- that it is fluid. But I do not have a clue as to how one can prevent what seems to be happening in Russia, and elsewhere in the world. I guess the bottom line is never to lose faith in the goodness of the human spirit -- no matter how evil certain world leaders and others seem to be. I do not think the passive faith in god alone approach is the right one -- we must all be active in any way we can to prevent the worst -- and we must never give up, no matter how bad things may eventually get over the next 20 years or so. Here's to the human spirit, wherever it may still soar, and may it soar in our children like it does in us, so that we may never die.

Farfel wrote: Even if it were categorically true that it is physically impossible for Russia to sell anymore Plat/Palladium, unfortunately, that little piece of esoterica is not necessarily common knowledge to the average trader/investor.

Farfel,

How many average investors invest in palladium? Zero? It is a very esoteric metal. I have not traded palladium since those heady days last June when I would move the market 10 - 20 dollars on the weight of my own trades. Only in a tiny market like palladium can one really move it on your own.

According to you: One would hear that Russia is collapsing. One would also assume that Russia would sell whatever it can. One knows Russia produces palladium. One invests in palladium. But one would not know the Russians are shipping no metal or have no authority to do so? Seems a stretch.

You also wrote: The populist perception of what transpires in the metals markets is ultimately what drives those markets.

Yet you claim above the market is too esoteric. Palladium is played by the big funds and industrial consumers. Your last post removes all doubt that you do not know these markets. Perception plays Zero role in palladium. Most people don’t even know what it is.

It is a commodity, required by law, and is running out. Period.

I wish you the best in you gold plans. Try not to think of the 35,000 tons owned by Central Banks, or the tens of thousands of tones sprinkled everywhere in the world.

Thanks

PS

Your ( and others ) constant drumming about COMEX stocks sounds like it actually means something. To put into perspective what the numbers mean, set them beside the ten of thousands of TONS in the world. A tiny, tiny, tiny, tiny fraction, yes?

Now add up all the Platinum and palladium ever produced in the world. Only 8% has ever found its way into private investors hands. The rest is consumed; it is gone. They keep passing new laws, technology gets introduced, old technology made better, and demand is increasing.

Supply is falling

There are no reserves

That is what you look for in a trade.

Yes

Matt Drudge is really becoming a thorn in BC's side -- all the hot news about BC anywhere in the world winds up on his site -- often days before it gets out in the mainstream press. It is very clear Matt Drudge is well connected in the jounalism circles -- the Woodward and Bernstein of the late 90's.

Now Blumenthal has said he will testify if asked. Bet he thinks he won't be asked -- bet the Supreme court says he has to.

Russia is NOT selling. They have no legal authority to do so, the have no quotas, no talks, no agreements, and NO PALLADIUM!

I posted here a couple months ago a supposition that Tiger financed the last half of 1997 Russian shipments and shipped from their own 2.5 million ounce holdings. They made some serious $ in the middle. Any physical palladium coming onto the market, is coming from Tiger. Nobody else has any.

If Tiger sold all its palladium today, it would not make up for even the last six months of zero shipments. Then where will the metal be found?

I believe in platinum, and I believe it is a much better price now than when I believed before that I believed it would rise…. You believe it?

If folks would like to shout at me hereabouts, I will hold my response.

But if platinum is back at $400 next week, I will gloat.

The price of the shouting is the gloating.

Uh Huh

Bought a lot of platinum between 380 and 410 recently. Bought more at 370, if we get a drop tomorrow, I will buy even more. Some of this is necessary cost averaging to bring the break even down, but a lot is simple greed. In almost any year I could mention, I would be thrilled to by platinum at 370. With the current supply situation, I am thrilled squared.

With such a brutally down week, I don’t expect the overseas markets to hold onto short positions through Monday, which is first delivery notice for the June contract. The short covering rally should bring us back to at least 400 in the next week.

If palladium soars Monday, I will be well pleased with all my platinum trades, even those as high as $410. They will be profitable.

The fly in the ointment is that Tiger was selling in New York today ( rumored ) . It is Tiger ( rumored ) that has put palladium out there to be sold. This sudden liquidity enabled the shorts to step up, but I think a 60 - 80 dollar per ounce profit is good enough for a week, yes?

They don’t want to get caught having to deliver the metal.

Yes

Rangy? You mean like a chicken or somethin'?

Just kiddin'. Actually, stocks are WAY, WAY, WAY over my head. I have enough trouble following a bouncing ball . . . It's an inferiority complex type thing I have with all things having to do with business, and it goes back to an ill-advised parnership I was in, involving one hot-lemonade stand set up 40 miles west of Wichita, Kansas, on Interstate 70, during the blizzard of '58.

Nope, I don't understand the first thing about business, and never will.

But I *am* doing my thing for gold, rest assured, having been long it for the last year. And I'm going to keep at it, too -- only now I've got to find some non-biz way to finance my irrational obsession, since the powder's gettin' all wet. Platinum seemed like a good idea two days ago . . .

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1998-05/28/227l-052898-idx.html

hxtp://www.lme.co.uk/cgi-bin/php/Prices/choice.html?s

Year=1993&sMonth=7&sDay=1&fYear=1998&fMonth=5&fDay=28&

cString=dollar_buy_cash&metal=copper&cmd=Create+a+new+graph

This time, please replace the x with a t, and splice together.

good to know just where the too-long ones start. Please let me know if I blasted out your margins.

http://www.chicago.tribune.com/news/nationworld/article/0,1051,ART-9283,00.html

This may be a clue that commodities may be bottoming -- promising for gold -- eventually.

http://www.lme.co.uk/cgi-bin/php/Prices/results.html?metal=copper&contract%5B%5D=dollar_buy_cash&sDay=1&sMonth=Jul&sYear=1993&fDay=28&fMonth=May&fYear=1998&cmd=+See+graph+

Great job on your charts!

You asked about LME stockpiles - I couldn't find them quickly, but they may be hidden in the archives or some such. Perhaps you might try to go in through the front door and will discover them.

http://www.lme.co.uk/

The next question is: why is this apparently happening when the commodity price index is dropping, industrial production is likely to peak, and there is no whiff of inflation?

The answer is -- as far as I can tell -- this is not inflation in the ordinary sense -- not price inflation -- this is likely to be due to an attack on the US dollar from outside. Inflation will come later as a consequence of the dropping dollar.

Now, the next question of course is -- when will the dollar drop? And the answer is -- when the 'flight to safety' from other investments cease, or when AG decides the dollar is too strong, and he risks precipitating another SEAsia - like deflationary crisis.

I have no answer to the timing question. But -- it does look like the smart money may be strating to buy physical assets. Perhaps they know that the announcement by the EMU about gold reserves is coming soon. Why buy gold only when other non-political commodities may perform even better?

Another question for everyone -- did the Dutch sell their gold, who did they sell it to, and how much did they get above the spot price? I guess if you are the Euro Central bank Chairman elect, you get the right to sell your Country's gold before the formal reserve announcements are made. And, have you really lost any control over your gold if you sell it to the European Central Bank? Looks to me that you can have your cake and eat it ( the gold that is ) as long as you can still control gold purchases and sales. Certain percs to be EURO CB chairman, I guess!

You asked about zinc prices - here's a good chart source:

http://www.lme.co.uk/cgi-bin/php/Prices/choice.html

I like that word though....it rolls offa your tongue real good like.......ah say........... ( said in my best Foghorn-Leghorn accent )

GUAR-AN-DAMN-TEE!! yuk-yuk

go gold....

away............to poorboys house for margies and swim.....work will wait.......perhaps a little gowf ( golf ) ...¡ohmy!

Éßlooped

JTF: Yes, let's get off this planet. As I've posted before here, humans need the challenge of a new frontier to direct their energies toward - otherwise like a hyperactive child, we hurt ourselves bouncing off the walls and directing our energies into each other. {Wed May 13 1998 18:58, Wed May 13 1998 05:31}

GOLLUM: Yes we are doomed to repeat history - we never learn, our lives and thus memories are too short. We do not really learn from written history, not even the graphic filmed history from WWII has made an impact on the general population and their leaders - both/all of whom regard the time as happening to someone else {like watching fictional movies}. Problem is - the more numerous and more integrated humanity becomes - the greater its fall. When we do eventually reach the stars the fires we set likely will spread from planet to planet - not just from country to country. If I were aliens watching our development - I would quarantine us here. We are not mature enough to be trusted with the stars. Planets and moons in our solar system may give us the growing space to mature - maybe. {again refer to the posts I refer to above}.

ON A POSITIVE, OPTIMISTIC NOTE: {WE CAN DREAM CAN'T WE!}

The average PM content of nickel-nickel asteroids is MUCH HIGHER than earth's crust. Concentrated ORE BODIES on such asteroids would be considerably richer - just as here. The below is from my post on K2 {gold coin & bar forum}. At the time I did not have prices for nickel. Iron would be useful for construction in space. The url at the bottom yields LOTS of info on each of the elements - such as the ppm of any metal in such asteroids.

Date: Sun May 24 1998 04:33

Squirrel ( Lodgepole pine ) ID#287186:

Mining PMs in the asteroid belt is richer than here!

Total of maybe $400 or so a ton.

Platinum:

In Earth's crust: 0.01 ppm

In Iron Meteorite: 19 ppm 17.25 grams/ton = $213/ton

Gold:

In Earth's crust: 0.002 ppm

In Iron Meteorite: 1.8 ppm 1.6 grams/ton = $15/ton

Palladium:

In Earth's crust: 0.003 ppm

In Iron Meteorite: 3.8 ppm 3.5 grams/ton = $40/ton

Iridium:

In Earth's crust: 0.0002 ppm

In Iron Meteorite: 3.0 ppm 2.7 grams/ton =

Rhodium:

In Earth's crust: 0.001 ppm

In Iron Meteorite: 4.1 ppm 3.7 grams/ton = $75/ton

Nickel:

In Earth's crust: 72 ppm

In Iron Meteorite: 67000 ppm 134 pounds/ton = $x/ton

Copper:

In Earth's crust: 58 ppm

In Iron Meteorite: 130 ppm 118 grams/ton = $x/ton

http://www.shef.ac.uk/chemistry/web-elements/Au/geol.html

Is this the day of the month when gold future expire?

http://search.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WAPO/19980528/V000052-052898-idx.html

And the count is FIVE weapons detonated. Which is crazy because they apparently don't have too many of 'em. It must be a 'flexing' of sort. It's kind of crazy if'n ya ax me.

And I am with Selby.......what will it take to 'bump' gold....... ( ? )

This Nuke thingy has me unsettled...................

Now........October Plat is starting to look REAL tasty......I will wait and see.....perhaps until next week. It will not make a long drawn out basing pattern........it likes V bottoms.....uh huh. This is why I like it!

Aurator - I sent TeddO a snail mail last week. He should be receiving sooooon. He started his garden I sent him some Tomato ( e ) seeds ;- ) ........yup. I should send him ANOTHER package full of Ibuprofin, geritol, Ginseng, sweet basil ( he has to have fresh basil for the pasta ) ...................yup....that's what I'll do.

All - this is the MOST important statement I can make regarding gold: BUY IT IF YOU WANT TO.

RJ - call me at work....the 736#.....after 1:00. Turn around is QUICK! The girlfreind told me it was the Jubilee........We were trying for the Elation but time restraints would not allow. I understand that Elation was on the east coast circuit before moving over here. They are similar ships. Both FUN. Try to get that gold-dude real drunk and interrogate him for us. We want info.......juicy stuff. Don't come home emtpy handed.

away....to the grind

Éß

Thanks in advance.

I know we are capable as a race of reaching the stars. The technology is nearly there -- lets hang together and make it through this difficult period -- and reach the 1000 year period of peace that Nostradumus appears to refer to.

My guess is that we are going through a transition period that any civilization must go through to leave their birthplace ( earth for us ) . It is up to each of us to make sure we succeed.

The question of whether gold rallies when silver rallies is thus a more complex one when you take into account the GSR commodities traders. My guess is that if the silver rally is strong enough, gold will rally anyway. Just another hurdle for gold to push through during a silver rally.

I wonder just how long this deflationary period with dropping commodities will last.

http://www.nebonet.com/headhome/dadmisc/liberty.htm

From a trader's point of view ( I'm not one ) , this would be a continuation of the game that has been played since the GSR was at 100 a few years ago. If the ratio is falling, it is a slam-dunk to be long silver and short an equal dollar amount of gold. You are market-neutral ( you don't care which way gold goes, up or down ) and so long as the GSR is falling, you make money.

This is one of the main reasons silver has gone in the tank lately - the GSR started a big counter-trend rise and all the long silver, short gold positions trader were reversed. Now perhaps it goes back the other way for a while - Silver up and gold down, or silver up a lot and gold up a little.

I've held my positions in silver mining stocks for a couple of years now, and unless I'm very wrong about the silver market fundamentals, the GSR will decline to ( at least ) below 30 over the long term. There is some historical precidence for it dropping even lower than this, on a panic silver spike up. That activity make still be a few years off. I do not intend to sell ANY silver-related stocks until the ratio drops below 30.

The cycles of war and peace, poverty and prosperity are part of human nature. During peacetime decisions are made that set the world on the path for the next war -- and the message is there for those that care to see it. Unfortunately the peacetime leaders are often the least capable of preventing the next war. The leaders we really need usually do not step up to the plate until nearly everyone sees the looming crisis. And -- so the cycles continue.

The crash update at

http://wwfn.com/crashupdate.html

is now dropped to -6. Time to move a sizeable chunk of change toward the exits if you haven't already done so.

Keep an eye on the gold/silver ratio - if it turns down sharply, the prospects for a serious gold rally in the short term don't look too good, as the specs will again go long silver and short gold. It appears to me that the GSR is about to touch the bottom of its downtrend channel, which sometimes is a point of reversal. You can see this ratio on a chart at

http://goldsheet.simplenet.com

There is little worry about the US markets in the USA right now -- in the minds of the general public. Take care.

Phillips AI forecasting website at

http://www.duke.edu/~dhp/fu1htm.html

is SHORT EVERYTHING.

Princeton Economics Institute at

http://www.peicommerce.com/HMEFRAME.HTM

( click on Global Market View in menu on left, then click on Worl Metals Market Watch in second menu )

Says spot SILVER MAY BE AT AN IMPORTANT LOW, but is bearish on silver futures, gold spot, gold futures.

I am not saying this is the big one -- but it could be enough for us gold bugs. The wild cards on top of this are the conflicting forces of worldwide inflation and deflation, IMHO.

Thoughts?

Is this the beginning of a new trend of gold depletion? The next couple days or weeks should let us know. In any case, somebody with serious money to spend likes gold ( a lot ) and must think the short-term bottom is near. If this IS a short-term bottom, the telling sign would be if they place it back in the elligible stock category when ( if ) the price runs up $10 or $15.

However, the dwindling COMEX stores may be an indirect indicator of what is happening to gold and silver reserves worldwide. It is also possible that those in the know are making sure that whatever gold and silver they have stored, is actually registered as stored. I am not expert on COMEX, but I would think that one needs to keep accurate records, regardless. Don't want to inadvertently give out gold and silver that actually belongs to someone else -- during the heat of the moment.

I know that's a crazy idea. Farfel -- you are constantly bullish on gold, despite our current bearish realities. I do agree with you that gold will eventually rally -- but I intend to have some money left when it does.

Why don't you use those formidable resources of yours to see if Fort Knox really does have the gold we are told it has?

But -- the rest of the world is not concerned, and our fledgling gold/gold stock rally barely has a pulse. Even without a major market correction. Not much of a gold bug Tsunami, is it? It is more like the water is still receeding. My intuitive sense on this is the longer it takes for the next wave to rise, the bigger the Tsunami will be when it finally comes. There are just too many cyclic patterns bullish for gold converging over the next few years.

I think you also understand something else -- that I do as well. And -- that is that gold will not give us the security that we wish it will. But it will help. The real security that we must grasp comes from inside each of us. As you say, we all create our own heaven and hell within ourselves. The next 10-15 years will not be easy. To reach the millenium and the 1000 or so years of world peace that Nostradamus predicts, we ( as the human race ) will have to go through some very hard times. We all must look to ourselves -- and the others we love -- and our friends -- to find the inner strength that we will alll need.

I believe the human race will touch the stars -- but I never believed that it would be such a challenge for us. Perhaps that also is a test of our mettle and worthiness that we must pass. I guess no one said it would be easy to bite that fruit of knowledge, and I also guess that we are not the only intelligent species in the universe to go through this ultimate test by fire. But -- I also believe ( with some small comfort ) that we are not alone.

It would be nice if our guardians ( or whatever? ) we have watching over us would be a bit more obvious --- but I guess we must show our own worthiness.

It is hard when you see the future slowly unfolding. But, on the other hand, I would not wish to have the forseeing capability of Nostradmus. Would you?

I saw the lioness

I liked it

Yes