tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15569551565774593362012-02-13T01:56:48.406-08:00Man on the run, one way to avoid the mob."e Brutto"http://www.blogger.com/profile/14926599399841605799noreply@blogger.comBlogger361100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556955156577459336.post-87168321563141558482011-11-24T11:24:00.000-08:002011-12-08T09:29:51.975-08:00

The risk of devaluation (bank holiday) was mentioned by Eric Sprott a couple of days ago. I concur: devaluation is another version of inflation / deflation both reduce purchasing ability by reducing how much 'real' money is available - purchasing value. The most pressing risk for an individual IMHO is to get caught with money in the bank only to find it is then worth a fraction of past value

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Mostly running with some cycling and walking, replacement lace on right foot recently another month or so on the left.Socks are merino / nylon / lycra mix from:http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/marko200810/ £6.50 for 4 pairs, they don't have the advertised extra cushioning, still they do the job - I plan on two pairs as the season progresses, good service from the seller.Get some darning thread and a

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'We apologize for any confusion our initial advisory may have created.'Today the idiots that are purposely put in charge of regulating the 'markets' i.e. they are brain dead placemen 'clarify' that the statement issued yesterday was exactly opposite of what they intend to do...Perhaps they didn't sleep well on Thursday night because their mothers didn't tuck them in.They are relaxing margin

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This is a liquidity crisis caused by an insolvency crisis, banks and corporations have parked cash in US treasuries due to systemic risk and due to systemic risk the futures exchange (CME) is raising liquidity requirements.If your friend is still playing the market he needs to put in sell orders now to get them in the queue.The futures exchange in the USA is asking for 26% increase in money

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Deflation can not occur in the Anglo zone because unlike the Japanese we are happy to let foreigners own our debt. Japan does have deflation because it has retained sovereignty over its money supply by buying all its own debt. More than 50% of the US debt is owned by foreigners in this circumstance reducing the money supply would mean exporting deflation to another country. The size of the debt

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Under the fractional reserve system of fiat (paper) currency debt being serviced is used to calculate the multiple of real capital that can be carried by the market. (Because the total amount of Anglo zone debt has now passed the point at which it could be paid back I am leaving aside the consideration of the algorithm itself - it no longer matters.) This is known as M1 and is composed of bank

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Posting these up and asking you to comment on what significance if any you see in them. I will add my own comments as I blog on each graph over the next few days. As you can see we are fcuked I will expand on why over next few days with individually bearable lacerations to your psyche ;¬)

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Critically I have a source of organic matter for the allotment a huge pile of chippings from clearance to create new plots;=)Here is the inflation in the US, add a few % for the UK:http://www.caseyresearch.com/gsd/edition/gold-tsunami-comingConfirmatory evidence - What happens historically when people or governments recognise out of control inflation:'Demand for the metals is literally exploding

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Back to naked foot huarache running sans soggy socks at the end of a session :-)Oh, look BBC says there has been a 'shock' contraction in the economy.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12272717Not a big surprise to me we are in a worse state than the USA:'The latest monthly statistics from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) show UK oil production down – 19% on an annual basis and

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Went for an evening run in huaraches with coolmax toe socks, once warm any toe nip dissipated a very still day which helped, surfaces surprisingly glassy in places with frost on car windows. No snow on the ground for now very clear skies no local heat island effect as semi rural.Just what was required it has been 4 weeks...immediately my systolic dropped by 10 and diastole by 5.Little burghers

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Not done much running recently getting squirrelly so that will have to change.I have cut and paste graphics from the Mercator satellite site for surface currents, surface temperature and salinity for the same periods in 2008, 9 and now.Use the most developed part of your brain - visual pattern recognition to draw your own conclusions and reflect on the recent mainstream media declarations that

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'During 2007, 2008, 2009 the Jet Stream has been at an abnormally low latitude across the UK, lying closer to the English Channel, around 50°N rather than its more usual north of Scotland latitude of around 60°N.'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_stream#Polar_jetCompare the red nothing to see is there no cooling of the North Atlantic Drift just like the mainstream media have told you...You are all

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On completion of a 70 minute run.Toes stayed nip free through out the unusually calm conditions helped the socks were standard coolmax I have a merino pair on order for colder conditions.Notes:I had to re-jig the strapping as one of the knots wore through it took all of 5 minutes only tools useful were opposable thumbs.The huaraches have a very pleasing simplicity.Removing wax is easy with any

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Immediately after 50 minutes in wet windy autumnal weather.Wax comes in a block and goes on easily I put on a minimum to just cover the surface.It worked well next time I would put on more initially as in a downpour and with abrasion you lose some stickiness.On a very long run I would carry a small block and reapply periodically, short term squeaking after puddle immersions.I have adopted the

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Update on teething issues discovered:Ensure that the laces lay flat on your skin especially where you tie off or you may loose skin.Another area to watch is between your toes with the 10mm leather lace that comes as standard on the Luna.One sandal had the lace cut back to say 6-7mm where the leather passes between the toes and I had no problem I lost some skin until I cut back the other sandals

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Very cool.30 minute run in the dark and rain.No problems squeaked a bit when very wet will try with cold water surf board wax next time.If planning a long run I will probably wax just in case.When wet from a down pour your feet move around enough that you could get blisters without the wax if doing more than an hour.Bought MATUNAS COLD WAX SURFBOARD SURF WAX 60F 16C AND BELOW, £3 from

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The critically important news first: I have done so much running recently I have experienced (slight) signs of over training.Taking yesterday off sorted that out.Huaraches have a tracking number and sundry items are now being considered: relative merits of cold over warm surfboard wax - to stabilise feet on rainy days.Recently I checked back on the Gulf Stream and discovered that for what ever

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A picture of my TOR cruzbike conversion bring your good legs and you can have a ride;-)Yes, you to can have your own stalker.I will talk to anyone I happen to find myself in the company of even when signing as a government artist...Once I realised she was not quite the full ticket I became less forthcoming attempting to pick my place in the queue with due diligence.She obviously saw this as a

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When not contemplating new footwear or running I cast around for other dark obsessions.Recently I revisited the North Atlantic Drift (NAD), a subject of particular interest to the Scots.For a couple of years now I have been watching for change after a report of anomalous ice edge formation.The Thermohaline circulation pump occurs in these areas so obviously retreat of the polar sea ice sheet

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Barefoot Ted has just released a 10mm vibram sole - the Leadville after the Leadville 100.This should be ideal for the Fling a rocky eroded track.Plenty of time to try and source some 10mm vibram myself.Renovated ancient classics, toxic as the gulf coast (benzene) does a great job of binding to areas that have worn through the razor stiping.They need to be put through the washer first and

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Sprouted a few weeks ago, one per day, click on the picture and you can see the early morning sunlight picking out the white towers in orange - 5 miles away.The local countryside is industrial farmland so I think they add to a pretty bleak land scape.Back to running in five fingers or some form of moccasin / sandal now that I have proven to myself that conventional shoes are disabling rather than

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BeforeMy aim is to pass on some hard won practical experience.All I have found on the web is confused and incomplete.My experience is that it works as descrbed on the bottle to clean and disinfect.The erroneous idea that it hardens skin is I think a function of the way it works not some protective or 'curing' process.Back to my own experience.I have been going barefoot or five fingers shod

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Perfect running weather yesterday cool with some sunshine.24 or so miles Brian has the exact figure.An uneventful run wore my five fingers KSO (keep stuff out) minus socks.This worked fine no blisters, some abrasion where KSO failed allowing pieces of stuff in.A few sole penetrations from discarded hawthorn prunings.Surfaces were good until approaching Wolverton where the small gravel on a hard

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The important news first a sub 30 year old runner had the temerity to pass me while I tiggered through the local park.Total wipe out for the nipper of course I toyed with him for a while before turning the turbo on, ah - the simple pleasures.Leak Rate 25,000 bpd -- TERROR NOT RULED OUTEconomic Damage in Tens of Billions -- Environmental Catastrophe -- Bigger then KatrinaApril 30, 2010, 1330 PDT -

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Congratulations on the various race reports of the fling, I think I could actually make it round based on them, 50K has been my limit to date and so I will train for next years race.Training has been limited to sub 60 mins runs lately as I pursue other dark obsessions;¬):The allotment - now has a full cardboard jacket.Latest consignment of seeds has arrived Garlic Chives, Wild Ransoms, Welsh

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Feet fully conditionedUnlike my disgraceful allotmentit is cool others diggers are very chatty, which is nice.Ask them about Peak Oil and they really have never even heard of the concept, talk about centralised media and mind control. 'US military warns oil output may dip causing massive shortages by 2015• Shortfall could reach 10m barrels a day, report says• Cost of crude oil is predicted to

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From http://www.kitco.com/charts/livesilver.htmlMore intrigue in the silver market.My internet connection went down around the time of this extraordinary event, just as the Sydney market opened - until it was all over...Short covering by JP Morgan and HSBC i.e. the elites of the USA and UK possibly.Potatoes, garlic, basil and spinach planted in my untamed plot, I noticed that it was the only plot

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Out the door for a leisurely 45 minute round the town spin; blowy, partially cloudy some menacing clouds, fairly bright.Mr Andrew Maguire is on the lamb it seems probably due to getting a whiff of mint sauce.Who can blame him.http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2010/03/news-coverage-of-maguire-car-accident.html

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Smooth high grade tarmac is not a problem all that is required is say 6 weeks of gradually increasing time daily to build up callouses / promote skin growing faster pads of tissue.I'm a big bloke, 90kg so if I can do it anyone can. Loose small hard stuff is the painful issue, getting enough time to adapt your feet slowly is the problem for most people.I have run 16 plus miles on all the surfaces

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Looking at the specification of the new trek model vibram sole and liner adds up to 8mm I can feel the difference going from less than 2mm 'KSO' to 4mm 'Flow' models, so the Trek should certainly help with stone bruising problems.As I remember the legend the original five fingers were designed as deck shoes for the Med. maximum feel therefore minimum thickness to avoid tripping over deck

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Got a barometric headache warm front went through at ~17:00 when it started - just checked going for a short run probably won't stop it developing into a migraine one of my eye balls is already starting to ache, balls - eyeballs!Collapse the documentary (not the runner I hope):First link is streaming video of the film.Second a review.Third his daily link listing, scare yourself silly on a daily

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Another risk for the endurance runner.A Labrador type farm dog mouthed my elbow once hardly a White Fang moment.Anyone else been troubled by marauding hounds.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8565567.stm

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08/03/10A few reasons why some sort of default is coming our way in the mean time your paper money will be devalued and the stock market boosted by the money 'printed' (i.e. not backed by increasing oil flows or scarcity limited commodities) to fill the gap by governments.Unsustainable'The non partisan agency said yesterday the deficit will remain above 4 percent of the nation’s gross domestic

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Drewling, kangaroo skin uppers and lining, purrfect :¬)

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My experience with getting off behaviour modified foot wear.This began with my first endurance race:A sponsored walk at primary school based on laps of the playing field.I quickly found my feet were getting very wet and causing sore spots on my feet, never having experienced this before I did the logical thing and took the trainers off.This knowledge stuck with me only occasionally surfacing

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An analysis of the recent BBC TV program Crude Britannia: The Story of North Sea Oil Episode 3.Features our man Colin Campbell (Peak Oil guru) who manages to say ~“change of historical magnitude”.Intimates by stock footage of the late 1960's that we will all go back to doing the washing up...Man from BP on great white hope of the West of Shetland area the 2005 Clair Field –BP ~“a giant field by

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