I find myself torn between Mike's approaches to many topics and those
of KMAN. Mike speaks to the geeky nerd in me while KMAN addresses my
tendencies to anarchy and resistance to all things organized. While
they do tend to go on and on, I find a little something of value on
both their contributions.

My rational side agrees with Mike on this issue. However, hell will be
frozen over before I'll ever find myself enrolled in a kayaking course
(you will, however, see me lurking on the fringes of such classes
picking up whatever bons mots I can); could be that I'm just plain
cheap.

So, as far as I'm concerned, Mike and KMAN; carry on but perhaps figure
out when you're starting to flog dead horses GRIN... and I will
continue to enjoy my rudder even though I could paddle straight if I
wanted to. Really! I could! And without lessons!

Cheers