Maybe I should back off that "Mint" as it seems to get me in trouble at times - people see a minute scratch on a chip (might even be from jostling around in a box or cashier's till) and jump all over me about it.

Yes, "stands on edge" is a bit weird. My kitchen counter is so crooked (thanks, earthquakes!) that I can get a cup of water to slide across the countertop. I just explain it as Patrick Swayze The Ghost is in the room. Chips sometimes also roll across it on their own whim.

Smitty, if you are still following all this: know that sometimes we correspondents fight like tigers over this and that. Then, at our club conventions and shows, we greet each other with a smile and a handshake. Of course I make sure to count all my fingers afterward.