been wanting to come on and see whats going on. its been quiet awhile since ive been on the board and with butch's help i got my password straightened out so hope to puttin my two cents worth on here when i got it to spare. havent been doing any fishing for awhile. had a total hip replacement a couple weeks ago and hope i will soon be able to get me and kitty to sailing again. . right now im having to use a walker and sorta hard to manage the beast using it. supposed to graduate to a cane this coming week. lots of pain right now. eating pain pills like popcorn so might be hurtin but at least im a happy hurter. anyway hope to get reinvolved with posting a little now and again and hope to find some of the old breed still hanging around on here. butch thanks for your help in getting me signed back on. rango