You're innocence is disheartening.
Sorry.
Shut up, Russia.
Negotiation 101: Take the emotion out of the deal and chill. :)
Same thing applies to buying a house, a car, whatever. (Obviously on a muchmuchmuch smaller scale, yet a pretty big thing for most of us.)
Doesn't everyone? Just a little bit?
Did you take the cap off?
:)
Altho: Yesterday or the day before the h-buzz and I DID notice that the clouds weren't moving.