Thanks SO much for all the well wishes and prayers! Had an amazing day enjoying all my children and grandchildren being together at the same time, for the first time in years! I miss the rapport, sharing knowledge and friends here on the forum. I've been a tad pre-occupied, not only with work, but getting my new home finished along with clearing up some personal affairs I should have done years ago.

As some here recently discovered, a tumor on my kidney was discovered....it's a type that can be pretty nasty, but still appears to be confined to one sealed area of the kidney. If the MRI's are wrong, or the robot/surgeon make a mistake removing it in the next couple weeks, there really isn't anything more that could be done. I'm not too worried about things....heck, I still have the most amazing woman ever, after she had a softball size brain tumor....beat death and coughed myself into a normal heart rhythm several years ago when an allergic reaction put me in an ICU with congestive heart failure...I've chased and caught, several personal professions I was passionate about and have arguably done well in all of them....increased the flow capacity on TJ's PVC muskrat, avoided Sunil funding a remotely operated GPS tracking, (and shock) collar being put on me, raised 4 pretty darn good daughters, and have gotten to break bread with, and know, many great friends around the world here from the PondBoss Family! I have every intention of enjoying another 59 years plus of having so much fun in life!

Some here know, most will discover in time, Bob Lusk, Mike Otto, mods and and countless participants created a forum that not only changed many views on being better stewards of our properties, but it developed into literally (for Condello) changing many lives and making many here better stewards of our lives, families, and our lord.....No better place or people are so great as we find here! Thanks for letting me be a small part of this!