Sounds to me like almost all respondents have well considered and useful comments. But doesn't it really come down to this: civility, meaning good behaviour; politeness, meaning consideration for others; and, finally, courage, meaning a willingness to be known for and by what one says (or writes). Unsigned letters, anonymous phone calls? Nah! Not here.



As for "doc" or anyone else who posts often, where's the beef? (W. Mondale). If that is the way they choose to use their time, let's be friendly; after all, they may be lonely.

And their postings neither violate the afore-

mentioned standards of good behaviour or harm anyone. I find very valuable information from frequent posters, Rudi, for example, who has been quite helpful to me, even after my

fifty one years of flying to and from Germany

and Catman who amuses me at times when I really need a bit of amusement.



Finally, some of us should just admit that we are travel mileage junkies and like to talk about it. As I said, where's the beef?