Thanks Don. I knew someone would summarize this much better than I, and you were certainly the one. And thanks for your generous contribution to this discussion, and your rendition of The Frozen Logger - the Ballard version. And thank you John, Bob, Stan, and Nancy for your contributions also.
Later as I drove my daughter and family to the Sea-Tac Airport to fly back to California, the sun came out (wonder of wonders!) and the temperature got up to 70 deg. Totally unpredictable Seattle weather, and the end to a very nice day.