>... when I post long messages, it is because I'm > too busy (or too lazy) to edit them. When I post long messages it's because, ... , ... . well, you'd just have to meet me. Ask James :-) Vitaliy at least has SOME idea, and he's never met me. I could call in some day :-). I'm in the process of persuading my wife that we should use her 2 weeks long service leave plus one more week to take an international holiday later this year. Being able to afford it or not is largely orthogonal to the decision. We do faily good cut price travelling largely but it all still adds up. I'd like to do an Asian trip (you'd think I's have it out of my system by now)(A whistle stop bus train trip of: Fly: Singapore-HK. Land: China-Vietnam-Cambodia-Thailand-Malaysia-Singapore sounds like super tiring fun) BUT my wife would the rather visit Europe. Or just maybe Turkey/Greece. Or the US. Value for money and other factors may see the US winning. Maybe do Route 66. Or ... . So ... . Russell -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist