Rand, yes you are correct that you do not have the latest, current and most updated numbers and events of the Maxam Company. So you do the best you can with what the Maxam Company has released, just as Richard has done. To Richard, the stuff is hot, and to you its cold. To me, Mr. Runyon knows, but he has decided not to let the shareholders receive current(weekly) updates on the company. As Richard has recently stated, when he gets info that to him is verified, he puts it onto this thread but warns others that they should verify the info themselves before using it to decide buy/hold/sell. For me, the only way to verify any info on this thread is to see it in an official Maxam news release or on their web page. Any other source, even if "got from Mr. Runyon over the telephone", has to be viewed as not official by me. So we all do the best we can, with what we have, and if we cannot obtain enough info, then we have to "fill in the blanks" with "I think". And what one thinks is influenced by how one feels. How one feels is influenced by how one has been treated. Please let this be my last post on this thread until events change things in a major way. I'am running in place and going nowheres. Doug |