Florida guy saved me this weekend from a long drive for--according to everything I could tell from a coupla hunnerd miles away--nuthin'. Did anybody ski? Does anyone care to guess when good skiing will reappear? Jerm, your advice about declaring a mathematical holiday last week is lookin' bettern' better--in retrospect, unfortunately. But I've noticed another amazing digital quirk: Wedneday, 12/01/99 will be the first time since November 1, 1989 that the first three digits of the date are exactly seventy-nine less than the last three digits (120/199 - 110/189). Incredible! Won't happen again 'til February 11, 2000 (021/100). I think. Does that mean I should bag work? On Wednesday? Next 2/11? Both? I think I see the light. --telenaut - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SkiVt-L is brought to you by the University of Vermont. To unsubscribe, visit http://list.uvm.edu/archives/skivt-l.html