thank you

well, i can understand feeling a bit down - what with the maple leaf
and all ----but didn't they win?
wondering if something like this might amuse you,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNpia1MPCxE

'This incredible machine was built as a collaborative effort between the Robert M. Trammell Music Conservatory and the Sharon Wick School of Engineering at the University of Iowa.
Amazingly, 97% of the machines components came from John Deere Industries and Irrigation Equipment of Bancroft , Iowa. Yes, farm equipment!
It took the team a combined 13,029 hours of set-up, alignment, calibration, and tuning before filming this video. Watch how all of the balls wind up in catcher cones. It is now on display in the Matthew Gerhard Alumni Hall at the University of Iowa and it's already slated to be donated to the Smithsonian.'

and remind you there are always interesting things in our little
lives,,, be strong, curt - look forward,,,,,