Painretreat,
Glad you enjoy the thread. I do have a reasonably complete education in markets and how they work which allows me to seem exceptionally knowledgable relative to most of the public. Don't let that fool you into thinking I am any brighter than the average Park Ranger.

I just recently came into contact with the info regarding the predicted (now actual) reduction of sun energy output which has the biggest effect on the earth's climate no matter what the "Crisis" fans would have you believe. I do not have a link to the info but will try to find it for you. I think I recall that the sun energy cycles are decades long. This helps explain why the warming trend over the past few decades has convinced many that it will never end. That is why you hear statements such as "not in living memory" when some people talk about global warming. If the Global Warming alarmists had only looked at the 1300s-1500s climate data and the fact that they had grape vinyards and orange groves in the UK due to the "Medievil Warming Period". Of course it was made more difficult for the public to see this data when the Global Warming grant seekers cooked the books. It is no surprise that the biggest hero of the GW's is a below average thinker.

I too have arthritis (psoriatic) and certainly have less pain during warm weather. I do not know if pot actually makes the pain go away but certainly makes me more able to tolerate it. Pot is definately the least damaging of all the meds for this purpose. They used to give a "Pain Index" reading on some weather channels in the mid-west, I do not know if they still do.

Good luck to you and please do what you can to help end the prohibition on adult personal use and cultivation. I recently copied the "Myths and Facts" thread on this forum and have begun distributing it to friends who, like most of the public, have been grossly misinformed by the govt in hopes of at least changing a few of the possible "No" votes in the 2012 elections.