Thanks to all for your kind thoughts. We have a line on a loaner laptop (love ya, Fireguarder!).

i am more than willing to re-start the year, if not the millennium (though there are some things I definitely would not change, arf arf).

And you are always welcome here, Parris. I'm just not sure I want to see the house spinning around spitting pea soup. And while the virtual 18 y.o is nice, the very reall 16 y.o Bushmills is staring at me really hard.