Amen. With the excellent progress of my hip replacement, I'm ready to tackle and overseas 'build' with HH. I have to contact my good friend Richard, who has led a number of builds, mostly in Asia. Since his wife is Korean, they usually tie it in with a family visit. I'd love to do another project with Jimmy Carter, but the applications for those are so numerous, I probably won't get the chance. I'd also be interested in sponsoring a monk if Taike found someone, or maybe just contribute a little 'walking around money' for Monk Noy. Let me know what you guys think.

And you're right; it does feel good to do something for someone with no ulterior motive. In every case, you'll get more out of it than the recipient of your kindness. That alone makes it a bargain.

BTW, Russ. How long are you going to cling to that 1/2 (as in 64 1/2 ).

chas

PS: Best regards to Taike if you get a chance to talk to him.