To: marcos who wrote (10573 ) 10/2/2001 6:41:46 PM From: X Y Zebra Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 74559 education and a quality thermometer does make CB's 'Billings' method work, a woman is fertile only for a few days each cycle and the point can be determined by temperature, i'm quite familiar with it as after a series of spontaneous abortions we've been making temperature charts here for two years, as data useful in finding the cause .... you're quite right about those with irregular periods though ... there are serious health concerns with 'the pill', btw I think education would resolve a great deal of the problem, as it would allow them to make the choice of whatever method they choose. Thermometers, pills, whatever, I really do not care the "how" but that it is done. The evidence saz, nothing is done. There must be some sort of misunderstanding about the "rhythm" since the only thing I can see proof of is that of the rhythm of the hips -g- But hey... I just pointed it out. I have lurked this thread on and off... I have been kind of middle of the road guy, slowly (to my demise) moving to the dark side... Hence improving my performance a little. What has been changing my mind is the stronger evidence that the world's economy is not going to get cured in a hurry... I was mild based on the fact that I believed that the US economy could be turned around and pull the rest... This is not going to happen in a hurry. Sept. 11 has changed my views a lot as it showed us all the potential of an even bigger disaster... to what extent? I do not know, but it can be serious. To what extent a total financial chaos can take us...? Who knows... so I am playing literarily day-by-day... I have no crystal ball... So bottom line... perhaps I should look at gold as a "part of" a whole... I hate to admit it but evidence points that way. Ya veremos dijo el ciego.