Hysteria,

Thanks for your comments.

My thoughts have been very much along the same lines.

Also, I appreciated the info. about the double short funds; this will help for some decisions in the future.

I have often tried to visualize how I would feel IF, after 5 years of holding juniors through thick and thin, I ended up getting an overall return of 200% or more. I think I would feel ok about it, and even better if something like 500% happened...

Now is the difficult time because we do not know if the IF will become reality.

In any case, I wish you the best of luck. It is indeed frustrating to watch all the manipulation in the markets, but it will all have been worth it IF our IF becomes reality!

Take care,

stone