what I am going to do with this years` Roth IRA funds. I said I would not buy more until I could see the future a little clearer. Still not crystal clear, but I like what I see well enough to put a few thousand more in the kitty. As you advised, they are funds I can afford (but would not neceassarily like to) lose. I feel very good about our future - we are not in the hands of amateurs any more. No wonder we got clobbered in Cal courts. The TPL bubbas know how to play hardball. The Japanese companies must be staring at their tea cups and thinking hard about how they might fare in east Texas (they still remember Pearl Harbor in Texas). This action I would bet has garnered 100% of their attention. Good for us...