sinbob, I'd say you shouldn't feel the need to preface your remarks here in any apologetic manner ("....blabber mouth....rant..." et al). Rather, your views are quite interesting and always right to the point. So keep 'em coming.

We're almost there, everybody...we're almost there. 2009 will come to be known as a quite agonizing year, having had to wait out the consequences of errors in designing and executing the Melba milling effort. 2010 will come to be known as the year the revenue rolled in at Diamond Creek. I must confess that I'm surprised that the marketplace has done so little to price in what I know to be a 99% sure thing next year.

Oh well, like they say, "If Mohammad can't go to the mountain, let the mountain come to Mohammad" Oh wait, that's backwards isn't it?