...Bud Jones anyway? Perhaps their "definitive agreement" is being shipped on the Paul-Son truck and is surly just wandering around the SW somewhere like a few other Paul-Son deliveries have ended up. Check Rip Griffin's in Barstow and see if the driver is partaking of the All-You-Can-Eat Steak dinner for $6.99/w purchase of 100 gals. of deisel (here's a hint... after the first two, the steaks get pretty bad!). B et G ought to pay 'em with plaques from Casino de Isthmus.