Thx Pb.

I use to do one of those commutes as well (80+ miles each way) when I lived on the Nevada side of California. Its pretty standard. And for the engineers and geologists who don't like the Canadian cold and/or Tex/Mex heat, Nevada is one of the few spots thats liveable.

And yes I will go down with the ship as well, if it goes down. Sometime ago, I was buying some FG shares at 80 cents and thinking it was a good thing. I remember, a couple of years ago, I thought it is time to start investing in mining stocks. I spent several hundred hours investigating several hundred stocks and invested, what I thought were the best. I had FG ranked 2nd on my investment list of 5. The other 4 have done well and just about cancel out the losses on FG (where I got to attached and invested in the heaviest).

Looking back at the 5 stocks, FG stands alone as the one that was planning to make the transition to production soon. At the time they claimed less than a year. The other 4 were already in production. That transition into production is a tough one, too many unknowns for the staff. Also it gets the investor (or at least me) more attached to the stock since it's more intriguing to watch a company make that transition.

Anyway, I'm venting more than I am proliferating any useful information to this site, so I will stop. Goodluck to eveyone.