I stand corrected Bear, thank you for clarifying. My point about being surprised at the number of shares people are either shorting or selling still surprises me because the time between "shortly" and "soon" to me, it is still too little time for one to assume they would be able to get back in at a descent price if things were to take off (at any descent quantity especially). Particularly if there is a purchase by BP like some on this board have speculated could happen. Regards DND