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ShopTalk Sunday: Ure = Manic + An Antiaging Protocol Update

“Mmm.. too much ground to cover, Kimosabe!  This reads like three columns in one hide-out: ranch/shop projects, solar tax gotcha, and anti-aging protocol update.”

“No worries, Tonto. We write… Besides, we’re just horsin around, right Silver?”

At age 77.  You would think I would have enough sense to lighten the hell up and just chill.

Nope.  That’s not how the wiring works with our genes.  I have yet to meet any other group that can out-focus and out-work the Ure’s.  I know – that’s a big claim. Other than an elite team about to deploy on a mission?  Good luck.  Seriously.  I mean before cutting-back ETOH to one glass of red per day, the vodka was applied like heat tiles to prevent burning up in the atmosphere…

Besides doing two patents this week on AI system architecture, publishing (and moderating) all the Urban columns (except Tuesday) and doing two good PN columns (plus new state variance extremes charts on the Dow and S&P) there was still time for Mr. Hyper to get some projects moved along.

Walk with Me

Back during the Cold Snap, I told you about ripping the BBQ deck broiler propane regulator out to use on the propane back-up generator.  That was because Mr. Armstrong used a bit too much muscle on the regulator to tank plastic whizzie and Bang!  Fell apart in my hand.

If such misfortune ever overtakes you, simply find the nearest gas cooking appliance and move the regulator onto your generator.  When the cold is gone (and it’s a slow week, I didn’t bother writing my third patent idea) you take the one off the genset and reinstall it on the broiler, like so:

Of course, that led to the mandatory function check which turned up a dead triple A battery, but other than that?  Ready to rock.  And the genset is ready to fire, as well.  (*I’ll spare you the pic or we could be here all day…)

Air Conditioning Season is Nigh

As you know, we live a double-wide mobile home.  Not because we need to.  But because my personal “FU” to the world is living a “tax structured life.”  And a mobile home is why we pay less than $300 per year to live on 30 acres in the woods.  Well, that plus an ag exemption, senior exemptions on things like school taxes, and – oh yeah – the homestead part for 25 years, too.

Thing is?  It’s flat-ass amazing how much money you can not spend if you stop pissing away time and money all over the web. Try to focus on personal outcomes. Ones you can cash.  But, I digress.

One thing I did not do in my total rebuild was rip off the outside walls and toss in more foam.  So, this year, we are doing shade sails.  (Stiks will appreciate the storm tri-sail appearance of this small one on the BBQ deck…)

By the time you get the shade cloth sail (under $20) and the stainless doo-dahs (another $15) you will be out $35 bucks.  BUT (here’s the in-for-the-win) it will keep the southwest corner of the house shaded.  Then – when we put up the 8 foot by 20 foot west wall shade, more than half our direct heated surface will disappear.  And with it, slower cycling on 5 tons of A/C.

Won’t save us money directly – because of all our solar panels. What it will do is increase sellback and maybe save $50 a month on the buy side.  To our way of thinking, it’s an all-around win.

Not going to pop up on social, though.  Try to stay focused on the real problems in life.

We’ve been seeing a lot of that lately. Talking to son G2 about it – same thing up in Wazoo state. People run around crazy trying to solve everything but the RIGHT problem.  Just amazing to us.

Speaking Problems

FLIR camera and temp gun nailed down that the BIG heating source in the lean-to greenhouse is the sheet metal overhang into the roofed-over area.  From inside it looks like this:

Spend some time with the AI stack and we came to the conclusion that because the roof is radiant heat coming in, I’d be enclosing the basic space (with some foam round the rafters) and then stapling up “space blankets” (shiny side up) into the sheet metal void.  Then, a good layer of closed cell foam. Which comes in rolls like this:

Under the shiny side up Mylar. Which gets me to the portable learning point of the week.

The shiny side of the radiant heat block always goes on the heat side you’re managing.

So, IoW if you are keeping heat in a room (like on the house wall of the green room) then you face the shiny side out into the growing space.  (Blows up the photon counts, too, which is Romaine heaven…)  When you want to keep heat OUT put the radiant (plus at least an inch of thermal barrier) toward the heat source. Which in this case is the roof.

Planned This Week?

I will be ripping out and rebuilding the north wall of the lean-to greenhouse.  Reason is two-fold.  First, I want to super-reinforce the corner because the raccoons ripped open the northwest corner Lexan corrugated and slipped in to eat half a bag of cat food Elaine forgot to secure against the masked marauders…

Once the corner is secured with some 1 by 6s and the old fans (which have lasted two years but now have loud bearings) are replaced…

Then I can finally get the new smaller but same rating swamp cooler installed:

I Know

You’re thinking “Gee, Ure, you didn’t get very much done this week, did you?”

Caught!  But, I did get our (long form Schedule C and all) Income taxes completed.  And here’s how Food Reactor #1 is producing as we run bean sprouts on both levels this week:

The location of the food reactor (which some would call a recycled and repurposed dishwasher) is literally on the path from office to house.  Takes a one minute stop, twice a day for rinsing and it’s done!

Two Important Takeaways

These really are worth knowing.

I. 2025 Solar Tax Credit Detail

I have worked hard at having a near-zero income tax liability this year.  BUT here’s what went wrong for me.  Last May I bought and installed another $980 worth of new solar panels.  Yippy-skippy, a solar ITC, right?

No.  See the way the Solar ITC BOHICA (*bend over, here it comes again) works is it’s a TAX credit. BUT a small brain farmer (like moi) was previously clear that my AMT (alternative minimum tax) on the business side could use the non-refundable Solar ITC.

I don’t get pissed about money – gave that up a long time ago.  BUT was I disappointed?  OK. sure, maybe.

II. Tweaking Our “Cheating Old Age” Protocols

Now the Antiaging Protocol update for those interested.  As you know, both Elaine and I look a good 20 years younger than we are.  Because we have been long-term users of three antiaging protocols which we stack.

One is GlyNAC which you can read on here.

The second is NMN (Dr. David Sinclair’s baby).  If you don’t know about NMN you’re about five years behind us…

The third is a self-cobbled OTC (hopefully) work alike to the TRIIM-X protocol. Dr. Greg Fahy and the protocol was written up back in 2019 and we have been using our “OTC” clone since 2020 – so on six years now.

Why people are skeptical of supplements and “getting in Aging’s face” is quite beyond us. Data dunces, maybe?

Now the New Part for Us This Week

Remember that the TRIIM-X study (an expansion of the original TRIIM trial by Dr. Gregory Fahy and team) uses a combination of human growth hormone (HGH), metformin, and DHEA to achieve remarkable outcomes like epigenetic age reversal by about 2.5 years, thymic regeneration, improved immune function, and reduced body fat. In our over-the-counter (OTC) analog, we’ve substituted berberine for metformin’s glucose-lowering effects and liposomal DHEA for hormonal support, while seeking a safe, non-prescription way to mimic HGH’s pulsing action.

Previously, before this week, we had used 5-HTP at bedtime to indirectly boost HGH via serotonin pathways, which can stimulate pituitary release but often results in transient, less consistent spikes that may blunt over time.

Switching to L-arginine and L-ornithine offers a potentially more effective mimic of HGH because this combo directly targets the growth hormone axis in a way that’s closer to the TRIIM-X mechanism.

L-arginine inhibits somatostatin (a GH suppressor) and directly stimulates pituitary GH secretion, while L-ornithine enhances this effect through urea cycle support and sustained amplification. Studies show oral doses (e.g., 2-5g arginine + 1-2g ornithine) can produce 100-500% GH increases at rest, with even higher post-exercise pulses, leading to better IGF-1 elevation—key for TRIIM-like benefits such as muscle recovery, immune rejuvenation, and metabolic tweaks. This is more “mechanism-adjacent” than 5-HTP’s indirect serotonin route, which relies on conversion steps and shows smaller, shorter-lived spikes (e.g., 2-8x max).

The rationale for this swap, especially for folks tracking our stack alongside GlyNAC (for glutathione/mitochondrial health) and NMN (for NAD+ boosting), is to optimize synergy without scripts or risks. At conservative doses like 1g arginine + 500mg ornithine (or adjusted for body weight), it aligns with TRIIM’s safe, pulsed GH approach, potentially enhancing overnight repair while berberine manages any glucose fluctuations and DHEA balances hormones.

Early data from similar combos suggest cumulative perks like improved energy and recovery after 4-6 weeks, making it a logical evolution for our protocol—track with labs (IGF-1, glucose) to confirm, as individual responses vary.

At 210 lbs, I do 1 gm of L-Arg. and 500 mg of L-Orn.  Elaine at 115 lbs. does half that.

This is NOT medical advice.  Do your own due diligence. We just started aggressively following healthspan threat avoidance protocols very early-on.  But for us, it seems to be working nicely so far.

Now I have a bunch of projects to do so I have something to write about next week. I mean, unless you want to hear me whine about what a PITA putting FIDO2 MFA on Win11 to get into my USPTO.gov account was? You bring the cheese, because I got the whine, honey.

Write when it’s all done…

George@Ure.net

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    • on the topic of

      “Good luck. Seriously.”

      coupled with this topic, “To realize this will bring me a new life joy. If I share in humanity’s joy and travail, a great blessing will be mine.”

      i had an experiance
      Yesterday,

      i was heading to a meeting after dropping my woman off to work at the Kraken game. (Seattles NHL Hockey Team) i stopped on the on ramp and this young lady was holding a sign. I looked in my wallet and i had one dollar cash. That girl looked like she could really use it. So i beeped my horn and gave it to her. I said to her i know its only a dollar but its all the cash i have. Her dirty little face smiled and said Bless you! I said thank you. Bless you too. Then went to this meeting to see some friends. After the meeting i was walking out to my car, the wind blew and brand new $100 bill flew out of the bushes by my car and landed by my feet. Im not even joking. I thought what the heck??? I looked around. Nobody was around by my car. I looked down and picked it up and put it into my pocket.

      You just can’t out give God.

      after i picked my woman up, she was expressing her concern about the economy crashing, stocks nose diving, bit coin going down faster than rocket in Tel Aviv , the price of Gas going up, the War War III yada yada

      I smiled, pulled out that brand new crisp $100 Bill and said we are going to be A. O.K.

      she smiled and said ahhhh Thank you! she leaned over and kissed me on the cheek and said yes sir! Andy’s Matra,

      I Win with God Within.

      i said That is right! Yes Mam!

      Que: How Deep is your love

      https://youtu.be/XpqqjU7u5Yc?si=oqGUviear_ad2yGc

      The Bee Geeze.

      • wonderful stories – like listening to tales of a modern hobo in a Hef smoking jacket, an Amex black card, and a pimpmobile. God, I love the adventures – thank you.

        • Yes, of Course.

          This morning was deep in prayer and meditation this morning and the deaper lesson came into view,

          $1.00 will soon have the purchasing power of $100.00

          :)

          THE DUDE speaks many things simutainously.

          Off to grab 18 gears,

          I Win with God within

        • :) i understand what you meant.

          please see my other comment to the deaper lesson, it is quite significant.

          the time and the distance is realitively short where the Value and purchasing power a Dollar rises to that of $100.

          that is probably why fellas like Warren Buffet and more than a few others are fastly moving into Cash.

        • Like the mirror in which Ure sourpuss is reflected in reverse..so to the above “tale”…more like a $100 is now Worth $1

          Look around and tell me it aint so………..

  2. George, with that extra radiant heat coming through the green house roof, I immediately thought of old school beer can radiator to capture and use that heat. Waste not….

    • If the undcerside fo 5the house was more op-en., I was thinking Hank’s solar preheater!!! But at 77 mucking around on miy back under as big double wide is, um…in the f**k that dept.

      • I wonder if it’s worth building a vacuum excavator, perhaps with something to loosen soil too. A simple device which could be handled with two hands and would remove the soil to where your tractor could handle it. The commercial units are pricey, renting is too expensive, but creating a reliable unit would simplify sufficient excavation to the point that you could access what’s needed without breaking too much of a sweat.

        • Mike,
          I wonder if it’s worth building a vacuum excavator, perhaps with something to loosen soil too. A simple device which could be handled with two hands and would remove the soil.
          __________________________________________________
          The answer to your wonder is YES.
          Now, this is a bit slower but sure saves about 1/3 of the time you waste clearing out holes and trenches when you have to use a shovel or post hole digger.
          I use the shop vac and a couple lengths of pvc to reach down into the hole and it sucks up about 3-4 gallons of loose spoil per session. Sure works for me. Your idea is a good one.
          Not blazing fast but still pretty neatly productive. And easy!
          Thanks

  3. speed reading to catch up, sorta kinda absorbed most content, you folks need more hobbies! Yesterday was painting round 2 on nursery 2 this time with E2. It’s a good learning experience since we have painted together since before E3 was born. DIL picked a semi-gloss (satin) sheen finish material so one must organize final pass to sort the sheen. Then Mrs E ‘n me did E2 duty. Being large and in charge we decided to do an animated movie (little E3 isn’t allowed much TV so it was a fun “cheat” together. Hopefully he doesn’t rat us out? Nah. Hasn’t the vocab. Today is carpentry day. We will mess up one perfekt wall applying deco molding. It’s not as complex a pattern as nursery 1 so …

    At home our area was spared while twisters rolled through. The nado did take down an exterior brick wall on a Menards I frequent in Three Rivers, MI. Wall gone the roof collapsed. Hope the workers retain jobs. They are a bunch of nice folks. Here? It barely broke freezing and … snowed. Sigh. Better today.

    Stay well all,
    Egor ~ /)/) ~~~
    Ice went out yesterday

    • I met John Menard once in the 70s at his first store store in Eau Claire, Wisconsin… also my hometown. He was an early adopter of free-to-air satellite television and hired an engineer friend of mine to set up and operate the satellite uplink where he rented a satellite channel and fed home improvement videos and commercial content for the stores. Amazing how he has grown across the upper midwest. Lots of philanthropic contributions to the Eau Claire area where he lives, also

  4. What do ai and crypto have in common ?

    Tons..

    Word from Chyna report..aliababba – ai broke out rogue, started using training gpu’s to mine crypto.

    Token for/works with ai and corporates ???

    Why should I tell any of youse ungrateful, blood suckers ?

    Off to ponder the TAO.

      • The rogue AI rumors can’t ever be verified. AI’s which do bad things to humans were usually created specifically to do that, like the targeting AI at least one country is actively using in combat.
        The danger’s of composite AI drain on economic resources, now that’s a real public issue.

      • what in the DAO are you talking bout oldtimer ?

        tbs dont do TRUST, as there is NOBODY worthy “out there” any more, hence the need for Verification. Many sources of intel, some must remain anymoose. Word of this rogue Ai mining crypto will be fleshed out soonly enough.

        Hysteria is using and applying to find cheapest combination of Put & Calls spreads to Limit Risk with open ended upside ? I criticize ai written articles because they irritate my Mind. The distractions caused by the rote repetition of data irritates the hell out of me. I click off or ahead on the digital “trash” and simply toss paper down about 2nd or 3rd sentence in. Just perfect to run simple shit in background, simulations ? sure, new ideas and novelty – Not So Much, as no smarter than “UnConnected” dolts and code kiddies, that do all the training .

        anti hysteria ????

        Still selling dem Red Herrings, even with ai in hand- what gives?

        Only thing I’m buying is Puts, Bearish Call Spreads, select, like very select Sheeeeeeeeetcoins (tokens) and Bitcoin baby.
        All because of what my sainted Granny used to say about poor Rats.

        Yo, no wanna be a poor Rat, ever.

        • George, like my Grand Father The Late Great Harry Barnes who was an underwater welder on Platorms in The Berring Sea, owner of Weld Tech welding school out past the refinerys Nikiski and One of the Founding Fathers of The Eagles Club in Kenai Alaska used to say,

          if looks like bullshit, smells like bullshit, you dont have to put your finger in it and taste it to know its bullshit.

          Always a good idea to step around it so you dont have to go get a stick to clean the waffle out of your boot.

          such is life Son. such is life.

          then he would crack 3 raw eggs in a glass, dump a full oly beer in it and a V8 juice, guzzel it all down, light up his Cigar, pat me on the head, gab his gear and head off to work.

          They dont make men like that anymore. I sure wish they did.

      • Read same report … will see if I can find it again. Appeared to be a credible source. (apparently they were doing testing on the release when the developers found it I seem to recall)

  5. Just MHO , AI will hunt down and steal bitcoin in the near future. No hiding from the allmighty AI . Something to ponder!

  6. The wastelands and the school wall of honors…..

    yesterday I spent five hours at a tournament with my ten year old..( I almost said nine he just turned ten ) and I seen a great looking wall of honors.. kids that excelled at sports…and thought of …THE REST … of the country and morons crying for gun control.. paranoia ….

    the sport ..ARCHERY… a little girl ..heck her bow was bigger than she was could barely pull the string back on her compound boww..every dog was in the center.. my grandson did good but needs more work on the bigger game targets..the rabbits and turkeys..they are toast..
    then the wall of honors…basketball, soccer, football , wrestling, karate, archery, and Their bullseye group… yes…. guns..the kids are taught the respect and proper use of firearms even in gradeschool… then I thought..god how much different it is here in the wastelands to the rest of the world..
    made me think about the year my older mini me came home he needed a potato gun for science class.. I checked from the teacher to the superintendent about this..everyone said yes..I said you do realize its a dumb hand held cannon.. they all said yep..what’s wrong with the kids knowing..

    so..we made one just like this one..
    https://i0.wp.com/militaryleak.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/yugoimport-unveils-pos-145-shoulder-launched-anti-tank-guided-missile.jpg
    and he got an A ..the police guard the superintendent, the principle ,the teacher and the kids..all took turns sighting it in and trying to land a potato in the back of a pickup driving back and forth..( who took it away was MOM.. seems he could shoot through a couple cans of hair spray and twenty pounds of potatoes in less than five minutes )

    but it got me wondering..just how different things are here to the rest of the country..would it be wise to teach kids how house fire arms in the city where kids are forced to deal with life and death issues daily.. no..
    but it amazed me just how different it is..the mass paranoia of the rest of the country.. to a little girl with a bow bigger than she was..
    I do know one thing..next five hour tournament I go to..I’m taking the stadium seats the kids got us..

  7. When it comes to time to replace the 5 ton AC, I suggest getting a heat pump, they are more efficient at cooling than A/C and use about 25% less energy.

    I pay around $9,000 a year in property taxes for our house in a great neighborhood. You deserve to brag about paying less fixed costs.

      • Refrigeration units for residences here in AZ are typically Heat Pumps.
        They are used for both heating and cooling. They don’t work well in the cold months. There isn’t much heat to pump in the outside atmosphere. You may be disappointed using them for heating as they use secondary heaters to generate ‘heat source’ from cold air.
        I think the latest models of ‘Mini Split’ are the future at least for the near future. Considerably cheaper that a single, whole house heat pump. And you don’t have that 450 pound unit up on your roof. Mini Splits are ground mounted.
        One large unit can cool and heat up to 5 rooms and do it cheaper that a conventional heat-pump or a straight up dinosaur A/C up on the roof. Look them over. Really seems like the best way to go.

    • Hawaii may be a tax hell for business and working stiffs, but they DO take care of the Kupuna (elderly). Elder (62-up) homestead property tax I pay is $200/year. And they are nice enough to ease the payments to $100 every six months.

      • Florida will be voting on eliminating property taxes for everyone. Indiana, Ohio, Tennessee, and Texas are looking into doing so either for elderly or for all. New York, Illinois, and California are not…

        • But California still has Prop 13 which limits property tax increases, and is the only reason many seniors can keep their homes. About the only good thing about CA government these days.

      • wow, just wow Hank in Hawaii … every time the chat here turns to property taxes I cringe. Just wrote the spring tax check (larger than winter, no idea why). Feels like I’m buying a car every 6 months. ~E~

  8. Today’s STS “Takeaway” close is timely. While the rest of the world springs forward chasing daylight savings, George weighs in on turning back our body clocks.

  9. very important . hows that fella going his wife had a heart attack . any news ? he was quite upset

  10. Does anyone have 1 or 2 websites and YouTube channels that give OBJECTIVE HONEST information on the Iran situation ? So much skewed bullshit and flat out dishonest info out there. I don’t want Pro American or Pro Iran , just the truth.
    Thanks

  11. Per my previous postings that with the shutdown of the Hormuz Straits the reduction in oil available for the world market would be about 1/3 less (about 21 million barrels a day … not accounting for pumping increases elsewhere)

    Currently the Iranians have also attacked the Cross Saudi Arabia pipeline (to the Red Sea) which carries UP TO 5 million barrels a day … but no clear indication if that pipeline has had to reduce it’s volume or to totally shut down so I wll leave that out of my preliminary projection of the Oil Price rise if the Straits remains closed (there is also a pipeline that bypasses the Straits, but I will ignore that also).

    Under “Gregory King’s Law” a 30% reduction of the available oil, if that oil stays off line for an extended peiod of time, should result in a price increase of 160% … ie: from $70.75 (Feb 26, ie before news leakage for the Feb 28 attack entered into the pricing) which indicates that Brent Crude should stabilize as being up by 160%, or to about $184+- /barrel .

    Yep … $180!!
    (major worldwide recession guaranteed – though that would bring demand for oil down, and bring the price spike down)

    Over the long term of the last nearly 300 years “Gregory King’s Law” has been VERY RELIABLE at projecting pricing changes when an inelastic demand situation runs up against a sudden supply constraint where alternative products could not be substituted.

    “IF” the cross Saudi pipeline closes and the one bypassing the Strait’s closes then one needs to bump up the shortfall to the 24 to 26 million barrel a day range (I do NOT expect that to happen) which translates into about a 40% shortfall of marketable oil compared to current world demand, which under the same formula gives a 280% price increase … or to about $265+- /barrel

    Just putting this out there since NO reputable analyst is even discussing this issue. Head … Sand …. seems to be the order of the day.

    “I” am NOT the one who came up with the Gregory King’s Law formulas, just the one pointing them out and their long term (multi-century) accuracy at price forecasting … so don’t complain to me

      • The manager, the delivery driver and I was just discussing this..and potential 150:00 a barrel… now consider the effects we could potentially see.. when electric prices went up..full time staff was cut part time and temp increased..more people signed up for assistance…

        When oil prices rise sharply, the effects hit the lowest?income groups hardest and ripple upward through the entire economic pyramid. Rising energy costs act like a tax on households and businesses, increasing prices of goods, transportation, and utilities while wages lag behind. This creates job cuts, reduced hours, shrinkflation, and a shift toward cheaper bulk foods …..
        Economic research from academic studies shows that oil?driven inflation disproportionately harms the least affluent, because they spend a larger share of income on essentials like fuel, food, and utilities. Effects that are felt across the board like.. Higher gas and heating bills,there ar higher grocery prices,increased delivery and transportation costs,all while there are no matching wage increases it increases that don’t meet the needs.. when electric bills went up about twenty bucks..wages to compensate that minor increase should have been about a nickel.. no considering the pyramid.. for the local economy the brick and mortar increase seen from that resulted in an hour a week decrease in work an increase of job responsibilities…
        To protect These margins, they often fixed to cut full?time hours (40 ? 36 as an average here in the wastelands) they replace full?time workers with part?time or temp labor, they are forced to increase workloads all while they reduce support staff..( that’s why there’s oily face prints on window panes where they havent built on that are of me at the ripe age of 32.. they cut housekeeping and kitchen staff.. implemented carpet instead of a more sanitary tile..it looks good dirty.. less floor maintenance me and more goalies )

        Then when inflation rises: families are forced to buy more rice, pasta, flour, beans all while they reduce fresh produce and meat to stretch meals..they buy in bulk to save per?unit cost…the effects are first seen in grocery stores..
        This is a classic response to energy?driven inflation because food prices rise with transportation and production costs. consider the increase of people seeking good Samaritan programs..the increase of elderly forced to eat pet food..
        I did a report on company profiles of the early days..
        Mars that a privately held family company, had a policy for decades where the management were known for extremely strict internal standards — including the idea that if you wouldn’t taste it yourself or eat it , you shouldn’t feed it to an animal.
        This wasn’t about eating bowls of dog food like a meal. It was about quality control — checking aroma, texture, and flavor balance the same way a chef checks a sauce because during times where things are hard Lower levels of societies like the elderly have to resort to consuming pet food to cut costs..or head south or north to seek medical treatments or medications..one of mine had a cost thirty years ago..1250:00 a month yet I could get the same medication from Canada for under a hundred bucks sent by overnight mail..congress too care of that tjough.. profits for the big buck billies had to be maintained..
        .Now modern management has done away with those procedures.. pet food tastes like crap today..dog biscuits aren’t used as teething biscuits anymore either..
        the part that stands out about this trend is most people walk past those suffering from this economic struggle. Some don’t even see it because this issue simply doesn’t exist in their neighborhoods..
        Wal-Mart actually raised the Beneful full meals up two shelves recently..the elderly pet owners were having difficulties getting the product off of the bottom shelf..
        The cat ladies.. I use to take groceries to them after the store manager informed me the cat food was for them not a bunch of cats..they simply couldn’t afford food..
        we talked for about an hour of what we see coming.. none of it pretty..

    • Egor … thanks for your update as to the projected long term trend from your firm.

      Bloomberg this AM said Deutsche Bank was projecting $200/barrel if the Straits remain closed. Darn close to that now nearly 300 year old market formula wrt shortages (where the demand is inelastic and easy substitution is not possible).

  12. Can’t take DHEA.

    I’ve been doing arginine/ornithine for 20 years. A side benefit is ornithine is nearly as good a sleep aid as melatonin and valerian root.

    Every little bit helps…

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