Hey, Chris Maack up there, Alaska way -- Don't let that most bizarre reply to
'impressive counts' get to you. That surely came completely from out of left
field I guess. People sometimes get so weird during the holidays and
interpretations get a little skewered. It's almost hilarious. It'll all pass
in a nano-second or two, and all will be forgotten and we'll all be friends
again :-)). What started out as a joke about Sequim should never be turning
into a thread controversary. Most strange! I got it; Tom Foolery ..er
rather, Schooley got it; you got it; why didn't anyone else?! ...And we
should *never* joke about Sequim either BTW ;-)))

Try going to the local Albertson's supermarket in my neighborhood during the
afternoon before Christmas if you want spectator sport hilarity! No place to
park; sheer panic like "The End" was coming; people grumpy and moody and
snide, singularily 'me first' focused, shoving and shouting, pugnaciously
yelling and yammering really REALLY loud on their cell phones in the checkout
line: "I GOT THIS, I GOT THAT, ANYTHING ELSE?!" I mean like; hey, it is
Christmas, why should you even bother? Sheesch! I think I shall make the
grocery store a regular Christmas Eve 'must-see' tradition -- just go there
and hang out to be amused and entertained. It's incredible! I'm glad I've
still got the sense of humor despite my own rocky 48 hours to see this "No
Christmas Spirit At All Nonsense" free-for-all for what it is, ...then write
about it. --LOL!!-- :-))

Congrats on the Siberian Accentor! I'm envious!

Richard Rowlett (Pagodroma at aol.com)
47.56N, 122.13W
(Seattle/Bellevue, WA USA)