I really like the picture that Babs has put out there and I think it's a probable scenario. NOT is looking like a most unsatisfactory investment these days with a lot of voices contributing to this picture to say nothing of the lack of news. The one thing I have in mind is that, though short term money could easily have been made while the NOT reputation rots in limbo, NOT is a substantial find on a huge scale and too many have been dancing around it trying to find the best way to take it down. It leads me back to the notion that NOT is not allowing it's best foot to go forward until they can kick back at anyone who would step on it. This stock has been a rotten place to be for anyone who has held long and who suffers from a more delicate nature. This was not a sensible stock to be involved in for the faint of heart. It has actually been quite the heart breaker. This is a nasty biz though and they have stopped punching the lowly and are now kicking them as they fall beyond the reach of their fists. We're now hearing the death moans from those departing and it is sad that NOT couldn't have been a clean and simpler deal in which to make money.... but this is a serious play for serious money and others want you to have less or none at all so that they can have yours too. This commentary is not advice to leave or stay, just my perception of what is going on. As I've said before, I think NOT will surprise very quickly when it begins to move and there will of course be a scurry to get back in. In that time NOT will reveal what they have and I suspect it will be considerable. I still think that takeover is waiting in the wings and will come out very shortly. When NOT releases, those who have been holding back will quickly pounce and try to take NOT out at the gates. Then we'll see how potent NOTs stuff is and how good they are defending it.

The above is my belief/opinion.