>"...do you ever have a nice thing to say?" asks Dawg. Yup. Let's see. Recently I've said good things about the ATC, trail buffers, Farmington, Maine as a place to live, Wingfoot, The Thru-Hikers Handbook, RnR, TJ, The Companion, low cost thru hiking, AMC, mid April as a starting date, the Norton anti-virus program, The Cabin in Andover, slugs, and foreign objects in soup. Weary