Thanks to both of you for the kind welcome!  No, I don't think you are out of line in dreaming the big dream, it's good to be able to look at the "what if's".  That is a lot of what I do when I'm investing.  But, I admit forcing myself to have 1/2 of my portfolio in conservative investments (thank the gods for that), so I can't get completely carried away and blow it all when the balloon gets a hole in it and goes kareeming all over the place!  I will try to contribute something worthwhile now and again, but I have mostly hung up my mouse for the time being.  I only go online maybe once a week now, having gone back to making money the old fashioned way, by actually working!  And, you know what, my business made the most money ever.  In 1999 and 2000, I spent a lot more time online, and made much more money than working, but 2001 made me back into a workerbee, it's good to have more than one egg for those baskets.   Enough drivel, CMM |