Thanks Al, I think I've had more comebacks on this board than Liza Minelli had in her singing career!

Foale, don't flatter yourself! Thanks again for all the help.

Helen - haven't we all? ;-))

(Comebacks, that is!) LOL

thanks Al......

Kyoto-almost kicked out anl 554-safe for the moment

T - good buddy! ;-) No worries. LOL

Your file gets thicker every day, m8. ;-)

Helen, welcome back,:-)
Treble, whats time is you appointment at the std clinic? hope it doesnt clash with the dow hours:-)

AQP getting twitchy after its traditional intraday lull.

Out of ANL 557 for +13 overall. Have to sell now as I'm off for the day, otherwise I might have waited into the close. Nice profit, can't complain. Risk/reward on Santander doesn't seem worth it and although I wouldn't be surprised if another bidder came in I think I'll take what I've made today off the table.

Good luck to anyone holding into tomorrow.

Al. Have not watched AQP duriung the day before; I was about to get in at 264 when it started motoring and eventually bought at 267 - too high, really. But I note the top MM is still selling at 268 so am fairly confident of a rise perhaps tomorrow, when punters who are at work see the news. Or am I being naive?

Maggot - AQP is very tricky. MM's never put up in size. My only rule is that once she goes it's more often than not good to jump aboard. My exits are usually not the best - leave it too long and she drifts off leaving little volume to shoot at. The alternative is to leave an order on the book and catch the tail of the rise, but it can so easily carry on at times. Very difficult to call.

I'd like to see a close above 266p to be absolutely happy.

WELL DONE kYOTO

i am still long - will wait for tom and a new bidder (i hope!!!! maybe splat!!)

Al ):

Oh dear. UKX falling into close.

hold on, ftse in freefall, dow sick as a pig

wheres that parachute:-)

anyone trying toi use MSN messenger this afternoon? it seems to be down.

space..so is hotmail...microsoft being as reliable as ever

Treble, I just ran their troubleshooter, it went away for about 3 minutes and then said I was having trouble with internet connectivity !!! strange how it doesnt affect anywhere other than Microsoft!! MS love to lie about where problems are, outlook will happily tell you you are having connectivity problems when it hits problems.

Tim, ok here