<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2722" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tim:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>"But you know, I really like winter."</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>As a long-time Californian, I feel obliged to ask why :).  Constructing snowmen?  Skiing?  Driving on = icy roads?  Not ice-fishing...please don't tell me that (all I can = remember from my youth in Minnesota was sitting in one of those godforsaken huts = watching my grandfather and friends drink and play endless rounds of poker or = cribbage while waiting for a seemingly slow-motion strike).</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>But seriously, TIm, thanks for the = offer of help.  If I need anything...first thing that comes to mind is a new = car, preferably one with all-wheel drive :-).</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Best,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jeffo</FONT></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>