Golden Boy: I will do that - thanks for the tip!

Cycletoine: Here's hoping all my wrenching is done before winter sets in - or I'll have to lay out a tarp in the living room! I'm going to have either astroturf or seconds carpet laid on the deck, too, to make it a little plusher (the tenants before me left a big stain from their grill), plus it will save my knees while working on the bikes

Pompiere: Yes, I'm pretty sure that's the basis of registering it with the County. I'll probably end up doing it twice as I'm currently on the edge of two counties and don't as yet know where I'll end up.

Diablo Scott: You were on a boat out of Bangor back in the day? Cool - my hat's off to you (and thanks for your service, too) because no way would I have been caught dead on a sub. I have to get up topside at least once a day to see either the sun or the moon! As for the model cars, well, my dad started me on aircraft, but I gravitated to cars since I was always crazy about them. In the end, it speaks to my enjoyment of detail and hand-work; there's an awful lot of scope for detail in one of those 1/12 scale monsters.

DD