Hi Paul ----- sorry I ruffled your feathers with my comment about not finding any snakes in the club. I did not mean to impugn the integrity of any chip collectors who happen not to be club members. I have had many dealings, particularly through eBay, with sellers who were not club members and to date have had only one item fail to be delivered (for which, fortunately, I had paid only $1.10 including postage).

You know from our previous discussions of this subject that I have no problem with your decision not to join the club. Also, we have had several trades by mail and of course met and traded at Mel Jung's house awhile back. We may not see exactly eye to eye on politics <g>, but otherwise I have found you to be as honest and trustworthy as any member of the CC>CC.

To prove my point, go back and read the first sentence of this message and notice that I referred to feathers, not scales! <BG> ----- jim o\-S