... for this message, Mark. It's the first (except for my own, which I arbitrarily disqualified) posted here after the turn of the New Year on Kiribati Island. Looks like it's a good thing no one took me up on the side bet offer I made.

Guess Gene was too busy flying back and forth to Kiribati to make the first post!

Happy New Year ---- only 365 days to go until the NEW MILLENNIUM!!! <g> At the moment, the New Year has reached Guam and is closing in on Japan and Korea.

BTW, mark, your header doesn't include an email address, so please send me an email to let me know where I can send your chip.

----- jim o\-S