You're right.  It's tuition.  After reading all these posts, and after all this time, it makes me feel better to see that the best minds on this board are having trouble trying to figure out what has happened with AV.  When I read that PR, I made a split second decision to buy AV.  Sometimes in our world, that is the best way to move into a new position.  Sometimes, NOT.  But as is almost always true, hindsight is a wonderful thing.
And now I am off to work and will miss all of this day's drama.