Thanks for the kind wishes everyone, I'm really looking forward to the family vacation away from my normal vacation The trip is a birthday gift/ continuing education conference for my wife (tax write-off) , with my wifes father and my sisters family all meeting in Seattle late Sat. for boarding on Sunday, should be fun. I will certainly miss this board for two weeks, I guess the only solution will be to eat and drink my way through it.

A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.