That fad is over isn't it? The watermelon seeds to now grace the...

That fad is over isn't it? The watermelon seeds to now grace the table will be edible. Speaking of watermelons, once upon a time they were only around at Christmas as the juicy sweet monster was not normally available other times of the year. Supermarkets have created a system though whereby they are ubiquitous just about all-year round. It's a bit of a shame really, same with strawberries. Anyway, the Pilbara craze is over I think.

I also read a post the other day about how much lithium stocks had come off.

Cobalt has replaced lithium as the latest flavour though, another craze; but it will wane too, and soon I think.

The HC promotion of each of these elements at and near its peak of popularity was relentless and absolute, and the acceptance by the innocent was scary too, still is with cobalt.

Hydrogen as a vehicle fuel may give the battery power the boot one day - a space to watch; very interesting technology!

Anyway, soon normality should resume, and this is where explorers like Alchemy should come into their own: non-seed-size gold and basic base metals. Karonie will have the former and Overflow the latter. I agree, 2018 should be a cracker of a year!