Sucks.  Happened to me a long long time ago when I was soloing with about 11GHs between a BFL Jalapeno and a few USB sticks.  Saw I solved a block and a few minutes later it went into an orphan status.

Been out of mining for about 2 years now and just got a Spondoolies SP30 and a Terraminer IV for about $300 a few weeks ago.  Not paying for power so I figured why not roll the dice and see what happens again with solo mining.

I've seen a lot of posts about rental hashing - and a few blocks solved... What's the secret?  A dozen or so TH long term or 2PH for an hour?

-jh