elsie,
I've read a lot of trip reports here. Some long, some short, some funny, some not.
Yours is the funniest, most entertaining one report I've read in a while.
And if I may embellish on your sense of humor, 'I Read the whole thing.' Some Americans may remember the old Alka Seltzer commercial.
Dan
[This message has been edited by dhammer53 (edited 06-22-2003).]