True SPIN, it was all money I could afford to lose. But it still ain't much fun. But like you said, there appears to be a lot of my fellow wavoids that placed bets with the lunch money. For them, I wish the best. I hope it re-visits old highs, but I doubt I'll be there to share in the wealth if it does. Oh, maybe a few thousand shares. But I'll sure lighten up before then if a decent chance ever presents itself.
You also referred to the zillions of hours of time spent DDing on the succession of message boards. Wow, I really do not want to know how much time I've spent in 7.5 years doing this. OUCH. Luckily though, I rarely do it in the evening, and during the day it's just a side diversion while I indulge my trading "job".
Chances are I will still be around as a shareholder to some degree for a while. But I no longer expect to be richly rewarded for it. (Well, I never did EXPECT to be. I hoped to be. Hope is barely reality anymore.)
D&O