Python checking for None/Null values

[Fuzzydave]

> Check with "if history8 is not None". Won't help your problem, but it
> is a bit more pythonic code ;-)
>
> Sybren

Actually i tried that as well when i was fooling around, atm i am less
concenred
with pythonic code and making it work in the first place. The entire
program to
be fair is a bit messy but i do agree on the basis that the easier the
code is to 
read the easier it is to work with.

David P