Gaia Man, unless you've already given up on this Ship of Fools, tell me honestly: don't you ever get discouraged - if not simply disgusted - by the spectacle of people fighting like rats for a few words of your wisdom in the hope that they will somehow survive (if not prosper!) from the now-and-future shipwreck of humanity and our planet Earth?

Reading through the nearly three-hundred pages of this thread, I am saddened by the incessant bickering, in-fighting, the exchange of insults and the often violent desire to snatch some illusion of safety from what may well be an equally self-induced illusion of impending disaster.

If God (or the Gods) really exist, it is no wonder that He (or They) have retreated far beyond the clamour and grasping of the maddening crowds and are no longer answering the phone.

Silence often speaks so much louder - and better - than words.

If nothing else, you are to be commended for your patience, Gaia Man: I personally wouldn't have the stomach to do what you are doing.

And as for my own survival, I have only this to say: I'm fine with myself to the point where the question itself no longer has any meaning.

Whatever may happen, I've already come though.

Peace to you, and to all....