On Sun, 22 Jan 2006 22:10:50 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:

That's not such a bad thing; a deep draft will keep Skipper way offshore.

Yep. We should award him a few points for getting a lively on topic
discussion going, with a minimum of personal invective. And if being
an opinionated and cantankerous old coot was worth anything, he'd be
well into the bonus round.