Jeff (etal),

Since I haven't hung out with y'all as much as I used to I will jump on the soapbox for a bit. Life is never a guarentee so take the time to MAKE THE MEMORIES!! Get your family portrait on the Great Wall, stand on the tip of a volcano in the Andes Mountains, trout fish on Chiloe Island, look at Mount Fuji from an airplane and the active volcano on an island in the Pacific Ocean, visit your best friend from grade school through high school, attend family reunions, go, go, go.

You never will live life as it was but live the life you have to the FULLEST. I just saw a man last week that is in his upper 80's and he rode the Tour de France route immediately after Lance won the last one. He fell and broke his hip but that's another story. He rode the Ideterod a few years ago.

As my wife always points out FEAR means False Events Appearing Real. Don't worry about what something isn't. There are trained professionals that will tell you when and what it is.

Check out Leroy Sievers daily blog. Go to NPR.org and search for him. It is great reading every day and not very long.

Wayne, please reserve an extra Christmas card for my family. I don't know that I will make it to the Great Wall ever but I would certainly enjoy seeing you on it.

Ed

SCC Stage IV, BOT, T2N2bM0
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