thank you for the quick reply , sorry but what is 0.788 change - I only sent 0.5 ..  ?
how does that work ?
also seperate issue - it has been stuck in pending for 2 hours ..
thanks

Hi
I am using electrum 1.9 client - I sent 0.5 bitcoin - which shows correctly in the History
But right clicing the entry and looking at transaction there are 2 transactions - one for 0.5 and one for 0.788 - in 'Outputs'
I have not sent any other apart from the 0.5 , and only the 0.5 one shows in history - I do not understand what the 0.788 entry is doing there , also the 0.5 has been in 'pending' for 2 hours now ..
very confused and a bit worried ..
Any ideas ?