Wow
All those comments and nothing substantive about the suggestions I made. I mentioned at the beginning that this was my first year. I am sure there will be a great many people for whom GS 12 (if it happens) will be their first Grand Slam. All I can say is that if I had read my own advice two or three months ago, I would have saved a lot of time and wound up with many more miles. Pretty odd that when one comes with some thought-out advice for the benefit of others, one gets flamed. It's as if some of the commenters here think they are paying out of pocket for my few KBs of memory. I would be more interested in constructive comments and additional suggestions than these kinds of put downs. I assume we've all graduated from Junior High School here, right? As for "starting a thread for an individual question" cluttering the forum, I couldn't agree more. But is this distillation of the many threads on this subforum an individual question? I leave that to your own judgment.