Dear DLC (Dale), bigone, and all of us here...
Thank you for the encouragement and support regarding my rant yesterday evening. I was actually dreading coming here today thinking my investment beating would be coupled now with a morale lashing. Dale, I'm still in. After an 84% decline, what difference can it make now to bale?
For those that thought I was being negative, honestly, that's not my intention. I am angry, though. I am angry because I believe in the company and its possibility. Watching a freefall and feeling impotent to alter the unravelling situation is extraordinarily frustrating for me, as I'm sure it is with others. While I fully understand the caveat of gambling, I believe many people invest based on real information, not just the possibility of random luck and odds. The involvement with this company is not the same as playing roulette or craps. There is tangible knowledge here that provides for reasonable expectation and outcome. The ONLY reason this will fall apart is wholly on account of the people involved... whether in management, governance, or investment speculators playing with the stock's outcome. There IS a mill. There IS gold. There IS a real business here. The reason the pps is at .0002-.0003 is on account of the people involved and how they've particpated in its perceived value decline. That is also my reason to be angry.
While it's no one's business and inappropriate for this forum, I'll share that I'm also approaching two years of unemployment at 52 and resources that will be tapped out in four months time. I cashed out my sole investment account to pay bills a few weeks ago...a 20 year endeavor that yielded a toe-tapping 1.8% return that was more than adequately trampled by the 10% early withdrawal penalty. My two stock investments left after taking a beating are promising as companies but not in imminent gains. And yes, there are those that have it worse... but I know what I'm experiencing and trying... for what probably seems desperately at this moment... to avoid a complete crash and burn. And this isn't about pity or empathy. This is just about trying to reconcile what we've done to this country and the promie it held when I was growing up. So, I guess I'm a little tense. :)
It means a lot to me to see the support and encouragement we offer one another on this blog. All our goals are aligned whether the expectation is greater or lower than others. We're working together. And it baffles the bejesus out of me why the reality of business can't measure up to the character found in ether, in what appears to be the last refuge of a dream.
Thank you again for indulging me... And if this flies, even crookedly, I'll be very good-natured when you smugly say: "SEE!"
