hi roy,thks. for swift answer,i know that if i sell now...i can claim a cap.loss...of say 8k...but what i really would want is to get all my 10k bk....and if the company is gonna sell assests/etc..i/d rather wait..2/3 yrs and by i thought bringing my ...nett down to say 40c...and thus ...GOD WILLING...it goes to 50/60c..or gets taken over ...n]maybe i can then sell and get my LOT bk....thats was my thinking????