Stock Greed:

You wrote:

"I wonder if drillers get excited when they are drilling, like panning for gold. Are they hoping their efforts yield fruit and are not in vein, or do they feel they are just doing a job?"

I got a chuckle out of the above. Note the spelling of vein ( should be vain). I'm sure you didn't mean it as a pun but to my way of thinking it is one. Har-de-har-har-har. Read the whole paragraph and it fits right in with the pun.

Thanks, we need to laugh.

Gleegee.