OK, folks, after benching myself for a few days for "conduct unbecoming", I am ready to settle down & deal w/issues in a little different light. Tho I have known it for a long, long time, I still occasionally forget that the right things can, indeed, be said the wrong way.

To those who personally took me to task:

Knestis ... Probably the one comment that really hit home.

Bill Miller ... Please do not confuse my enthusiasm for the IT class of racing w/the ravings of the village idiot (tho, in hindsight, it would have been easy to do so this time).

Jake ... I assume that the "hint, hint" was directed at me. Sorry, I thought that a PM has a name attached like any other email.

Andy ... As you are already aware, I have some issues that the CRB needs to correct. I will PM them to you individually as they do not apply to this thread.

The "downside" w/these types of forums is that just about everything discussed would make for no more than a lively dinner conversation, but w/out facial expressions & conversational inflections, they can, & do, take on a more adversarial tone.

Pardon me, but I have to get back to sweeping up this mess I made.