I am pushing age 70, but am really agile and active

You are full of energy and enthusiasim. I had no idea you were pushing 70. You were wearing me out at the shareholder's meeting. You didn't join me for my trek up the mountain for the precious ore, however. ;) Maybe next year.

GHDC came strongly on the radar after the Sept. shareholder meeting

Yes it did, and at least one Market-Maker was targeting GHDC above SFMI. I had two weeks of free time after the shareholder meeting (as many of you know by now) and I literally watched L2 all day. I watched the trading pattern. I watched the movement. All I can say is that there is a reason why the ratio began to tighten. Anton and I have worn out our phone lines for three months trying to make sense of it all. We think we know what is going on. If we haven't, we've at least made more money coming to our conclusions. SFMI is big. GHDC is huge.

I am beginning to wonder if my 3:1 SFMI/GHDC share ratio should be reversed

You are beginning to wonder. That is good. Keep going.

since I did not want to sell SFMI to buy GHDC, I have sold pieces of my canadian miners

If you are in a position to do so, this is the best option. Both are going to do extremely well. I was not so fortunate. I liquidated half my SFMI position to load up on GHDC. Talk about Iron Balls Express! :)

The Republic is dying, but not dead.

If this statement is true at all, then the first part needs to be changed to "The republic is on life support." However, I can appreciate your optimism.

I like the way you think...and the fact that you are willing to do so. All of our other "longs" need to see what is going on here, and get in to the GHDC act before it is up, up and away. Here's to a wild few weeks for both stocks!