Joe, You're my man! I am, and always have been, drawn to old, worn, damaged, decrepit objects and scenes. There's something within me that draws me to them. One of my fantasies is to live in a small, old house that's badly in need of paint out in some rural area, and drive a 1960 Dodge PowerWagon pickup into town to get groceries <LOL>
Now that the brakes are repaired on my 20 year old sedan, it's about time to go back to the marina ;-)) Shel > [Original Message] > From: Joseph Tainter > I am a sucker for ruin and desolation. (What do you expect? I'm an > archaeologist.) So I enjoyed the chair and the houseboat very much, > Shel. The latter was much better in grayscale. A foggy or rainy day > would have improved it even more. A rotting beached whale would have > been icing on the cake.

