in 5 short weeks i have watched the ups and downs on this board.

I went in as a complete newbie asking for ideas of how much i should invest where. I told you I was high risk tolerant. I had lots of very good advice which i am very appreciative of.

During the last 5 weeks my money lost upwards of 33% in total but i never once lost heart. I knew going in that you have to be in for the LONG run and NOT be afraid. I did not know what it would be like to see this stock drop about 40% in a few days....I damn near had heart failure. But I saw too many postivies inthis stock to bail. After all who wants to be a loser in thier first month of investing?

What amazes me is this board and the very very helpful people that are here. Some are very analytical, some emotional, some negative, some positive. I think I can now determine what a basher looks feels and sounds like. I have posted a couple of times before about patience.

Perhaps we could all take a few seconds and review the posts before we go shooting off flames to the previous poster. I've seen a bit too much of that the past 2 weeks and believe that we have a pretty mature bunch of people here. Read twice, fire back once (when deserved)

the news release today bodes well for us. they have admitted thier error, they admit they had 2 internal failures, noront syas the readings were lower then expected...thats all good news

Now, if someone could just tell me why the 4 stocks in ROF I invested in traded over 7.5 million shares today and lost me money I would be forever indebted.....I have yet to figure out the swings in the stock business...

As we haven';t made any money yet I'll settle back with a beer,,,I'm saving the Cognac for the big move..

Have a great weekend

Storm