Hi! Ed,

On Thu, 13 Feb 14, you wrote to me:

 PQ>> I appreciate the 'sir' but I used to work for a living.  :)
 EV> That "Sir" wasn't meant to be offensive, Sorry about that.
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 EV> Hope that You understand the spirit that it was written now.

Certainly.  I wrote what I wrote taking into account what little knowledge
I have of your former service in the USN.  No offence taken nor intended,
my friend.  Rest easy.

 EV> I was a Civil Service Employee also, I was a Lock and Dam Operator at
 EV> two of the Lock and Dams on the Ohio River for 29 years.

Ah, neat!  I have seen these in operation on TV.  Particularly in European
& British locales, where there is a lot of small craft traffic on canal
networks.  I guess your work involved larger craft?  And a lot of traffic
as well?

 EV> I am at 38 Degree North Latitude and the past week and a half we've
 EV> had that Dirty Old White Stuff on the ground.

Count yourself as lucky.  :)  I have never seen 'white stuff' on the ground
except for those times after heavy hail storms, and even then it was small
marble-sized stuff... many, many years ago.

Cheers,
Paul.

... Then, suddenly and embarrassingly, my swash came unbuckled...
--- Paul's Win98SE VirtualBox