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Sir. Your comments make Sense and cents. You should continue your logic. On a daily basis, I search for your comments and intelligencial. Keep up the good work. I also look for Tia, and SabreTooth. The English guy, MadIvan, the Brit seems to be off the FR radar screen. I invited Ivan to our home if he wants a holiday in America. He was considering but I think he's on an assignment that would not accomodate our invite.

Regardless, if you're ever in the NC neighborhood, we're building a house on Lake James, and would like to have a beer or some local wine from OZ(just kidding) wine from the Biltmore Estate. The Merlots and Chards are VERY good.

That is very generous of you, my friend! Believe me, if I were planning a trip to NC, I would take you up on it. I have a close friend who works in DC, and have stayed in her home in northern Virginia. I suspect NC isn't much different. I love your area of the country, and am trying to convince my wife that we should take our kids back to the DC/Virginia area before they are completely out of the house and on their own (I've only visited DC on business, and not on vacation, although I did take my wife back once). I'm a native Californian, but I can tell you that I feel more at home in Virginia than I do in my own state. I'm sure I'd feel the same about North Carolina. If I had my life to live all over again, I'd be a college professor of US history living in Virginia or the Carolinas. Then I could grow a beard, and sound like Shelby Foote. :-)