Bobert, I wasn't scared during my little pilgrimage to your mountain there ~ I was just nervous about getting back on the road, jiggling my leg and glancing back and forth at my wristwatch, er, I mean cellphone. I really regret that we didn't have more time, or at least that I couldn't have spent my little time with you two in a more relaxed manner.

By the way ~ are we all familiar with the phrase "buying the farm" as an expression meaning to be killed? Get shot while serving the Army (US Army, anyway) and your GI insurance will allow your folks to pay off the mortgage on the family homestead. I've been wondering if the expression were commonly known throughout the English-speaking world, or just to us 'Murcans ~ when I saw the thread title the other day, that's the first thing I thought...