Brian should not be percived as our security blanket. He`s spent enough time over the years to understand our concerns, as well as us knowing his. He`s a shareholder, just as us, (but probably the most astute and engaged we`ve had the pleasure of working with here).

Do I miss his posts?....YES!, of course. He has great thoughts and looks at all sorts of angles with his DD. But remember, he only had as much available info as we shareholders had access to, and was actually held more in derision by alot of the old regime at Patriot, so things may have been harder for him to come by.

We have alot of very strong posters here - lots, old and new schoola like. We`re on as solid ground whith our contributors as we were with Brian.

I just wouldn`t use Brian`s presence or lack of as a litmus test for continuing to hold this stock.

We need to stand on our own and think.

Also I think Brian is smart in his radio silence he knows he has the power to sway alot of people and in essence, move the market in this stock.

Regards