Pete...   (the other one)...  observes:

>  > While my knowledge is progressing at an incremental rate inversely
>  > proportional to the speed of a slug across an arctic ice pack, you,
>  > Alain  and Robert P. are way, way beyond  my league. I get lost real
>  > fast here:
>
>Wouldn't a slug be frozen fast to the ice ?

You're absolutely right.

I was trying to be kind to myself.

Had -bowerbird been using FB^3, he could have graded my rate of progress as:

ken--

Ken Frostheiser