Good calls, Ganalane.

Some futures markets make more sense than others. Copper, for example, gets used, not made into jewelry, and it's not hoarded for long. It goes wacky but eventually industry takes over the market. Gold there is less logic to. Even grain you can't store forever, can you?

I figured KXL has enough money to last a good long time, more than 2 years, maybe 3 or 4, or 5 if Bill really clamps down. Bill likes to pinch the pennies, costs will drop, and they're focussing.

I don't think anything went wrong with Solomon's Pillars. They just have only so much cash to explore with, and lots of great, solid prospects already. I applaud focussing.

I'll be interested to hear of some mints starting to mint new gold coins again. Still none in the local bullion shops here.

I've battened down the hatches for a very long, very very long, rough wait. I think most of the cr*p has yet to hit the fan. The Great Depression took 2.5 years to hit bottom, and about 10 years to get out from, and maybe then only because of the war. Stocks rise long, long before the economy picks up, and the gold miners did great in the depression. But the big stories are yet to come.

Nothing in the US economy was sustainable. I shouldn't have been so much in KXL nor for so long, but I fell in love with the story. I still think it's a great story, but of course I wish I'd sold in mid-summer for 2.75 and be buying for 60 cents. Thankful I still have a few sheckels left.