"whaler,

What was a little off topic - ISM's performance today or the article I posted on China's nickel demand? I would agree with the former but not the latter."

John I am not sure you get what I was responding to. You make no mention of the link to BNN I had placed in the body of that reply tou which I had prefaced with "John, a little OT but not really", in which I said the speaker mentions he likes the Shaw dome area and it's potential. Some may see it as indirect or direct value depending on your stance. Of course, this was posted to you initially, to support yours or anyone's interest in why ISM did perform today. That would be directed at "livinglargeatthelake".

I personally like to back up all posts with substantiation or fact. So the link was included.

Hope that clears things up