@ded, laugh as necessary, but we have an umbrella on our boat for exactly that purpose. DH was convinced after he dropped a piece, and the replacement cost $100.

Hell, Michigan has frozen!

Happy Thanksgiving to my fellow Canadians!

Hi ded- is that "tired" every day ... or only on the days that you come here and make the claim? I don't quite know how to handle your story. The one that gets me is the warning on many doors around here, "Caution", in big colourful letters across the middle, and in a circle around it, "Automatic door" (no"!" included)! Some places aren't too thrilled when I accuse them of lying, for I can stand in front of their door for half an hour, and unless someone comes to push the pad by that door - it won't open! The only automatic doors that I see in the neighbourhood are the ones at the grocers', that open as you approach when you're about ten feet away. ole (splittin' hairs) joyfully ((the automatic editor had the beginning as "Hi dedded - is that :tired" " ... and I didn't have the heart to replace the second of the doubled "d" with a :tir" ... so deleted the second "ded"))