I disagree with the beginning: It appears to me that the tone of the conversation was based on the poster's attitude more than the IR person's attitude

I agree with the middle bit

I disagree with the end bit: By the way, the part implying that the IR guy believes that posts here are too optimistic with respect to potential buyout numbers were, in my opinion, simply an attempt at soft bashing. I don't believe it. If anything, it was an attempt by the poster to transfer his/her opinion to the IR person.

Ripandtuck, I take offence at the pieces of the post aimed at me. I am not clever enough, nor do I ever wish, to manipulate someone else's opinion and what I posted was pure. Please call Mr. Shepherd yourself and mention Agoracom or Stockhouse and get his view direct from him. You will find, just as I did, that he went from being upbeat to a little depressed (or if downbeat is a word then I'll use that instead). MTS