It's all relative, maeve. Your loss is no less for being one place. I wish there were something like that where you are, too. I *wish* we had a travelling Mudcat caravan which could start at your place with an old-fashioned clear-the-space and "barn" raise, then tootle out to Calif. to help out Laurel and Co., while stopping along the way to help out any others which might need a little "fixin'". Wouldn't that be neat?