Gosh, when you put it that way, I guess I am pretty terrific. Uh, just don't ask my wife to verify that . BTW, Larry sneaked down this way recently without letting me know or stopping by so at the moment he's on my fecal roster (s--- list). I'll catch up to him next time he's down to visit his son.

Truth is, there is a subset of very nice people on this board. Could you imagine if Nigel were at our little gathering. But then we'd have to listen to him and Russ talk about darn guitars all night . Actually, the thing that we seem to have in common is that none of us are 'fringe'. Okay, so Larry and I may be a little bit left leaning and Tony a tinge right and Russ is a Democrat in a Republican's body , but nobody exhibits the kind of extremeism that is so dividing our country right now. One of the things I admire about Russ is that he sticks to his causes. I've watched him continue to contribute to things he cared about long after the initial committment had been fulfilled. To me, that means you aren't doing it just for the show. Okay, sermon over, meeting adjourned.

chas