aero, you sound like you're a columnist sometimes, and a good one at that. anyway, i enjoy the reading. however, i've said it before, i firmly believe this is a long term stock, possibly longer than what we could perceive or imagine. speculation has already been over 2 years, it may be 3 to 5 years before we are really satisfied. again, no worry here- like you said, this is not a stock we have to watch everyday. also, remember it took rh 5 to 7 years to send his past companies into double figures. thomas