p.s. at precisely midnight tonight, Mark, I shall pour me a
> neat dram of a whisky, to wit, Balvenie Doublewood! Talk
> about smooooooth! And I shall drink to the memory of all
> good times this past year, particularly friends on this and
> two other tax boards, some of which I had the pleasure of
> meeting in Baltimore.
Spoken like a Southern Gentleman which is a redundant phrase.
I had the pleasure of meeting Harlan in Bal-i-mer (the City that Slurs) in 2008). I would have toasted him at midnight last night but was experiencing one of the many expected Maryland winter power outages that come from having a tinker-tool electric service provider.
So at 7:45 am, I first toast Susan, my childbride, who still tolerates me after all these years. Then I toast each and every one of you who have made the 13 years of this newsgroup a joy to me. And let us not forget the late Hank Sievers who made this newsgroup possible.
Go out of your way to be kind to everyone you know and everyone you meet for they too are fighting private wars of their own.
Dick - I truly hope when this year ends I am living again in the Promised Land of North Carolina.