Yep, there's room here. Just give me a day to tidy up a bit and get some beer in. I liked your response to gibby. As well as some of the other responses. I get gibby's feelings (hence my being under the rock), but there have been explicit things that have occurred (death, firing, firing again) that does explain all of this. And it's best summed up by CYA. And, of course, there's aways the option to sell the shares and walk away to fight another day. But if holding the shares, there must be a positive reason for holding. If the answer is one can't afford to take the loss, well, it'll only be worse if the shares are held and the deal doesn't go through. So, wait and see. Back to my rock.