"Once the living memory departs, I think those who are left with only 2nd hand knowledge, even if it was learned from those with 1st hand knowldege, come closer and closer to caring less and less - except for most if not all on this board and other similar venues where the memory continues to live, if not flourish, by having been passed down over the generations."

That, my friend, was most eloquent, profound, and entirely tue. I bow to you sir.

Keith