I spent a couple of years working out of London. Since my heritage is Scottish, and I have always liked scotch, and my clan is from that area (far west but not on the island Islay), I had to go visiting. I fell in love with it. When I got back to the U.S. in 1986 it was actually as cheap as something like Dewars. But, the price has continued to escalate. I have a bottle that I usually only get a sip of on New Year’s Eve. I may just snitch a wee dram when Keith tells us we racked up a million.

Shouldn't you be in bed?

Just looked and it looks like I have over 13 results so far today. So, technically, we have to be there. But I will wait till Keith makes it official to celebrate.

Think of it gang; we may very well saved some lives already by providing some insights and one of us may very well process the key work unit that finds a cure and saves hundreds or thousands of lives. Or makes rice feed twice as many people or cuts our energy consumption but significant percentage. Or finds a cure for AIDS or. or...

The next generation will not know any of us for our contributions here but will be better off for it. And that is reason enough.

I am taking this opportunity to thank all of you that contribute on behalf of the succeeding generations of my clan.

Now for the fun stuff. They say that Laphroaig is and acquired taste even among whiskey drinkers. I say that I must be different because I aquired that taste with my first smell and taste. It is perhaps the most strongly flavored of all scotches. Laphroaig (Gaelic word for "The beautiful hollow by the broad bay") is a delight to be savored in wee drams with good friends. Should any of you get a chance have a bit of this smoke in a bottle-("water of life") tonight in celebration or any other time that seems appropriate, I recommend that you take the opportunity.

MyOnlineTeam Daily Statistics for 03/07 - Active Members

Active team members report
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                                                     Current          Points
Active member name            Rank      Change       Points        This Period
=========================     =====     ======     ===========     ===========
marysduby                         1          0      27,495,854          40,712
nl59056                           2          0      14,806,781           1,907
Dataman                           3          0      11,815,962          24,829
parmesian                         4          0      11,680,469          15,349
Esteban69                         5          0       9,249,637           6,481
RT                                6          0       8,609,305          50,187
Coingames                         7          0       8,279,895          34,353
Blizzie                           8          0       6,872,647          12,562
Dave Bell                         9          0       6,447,013          16,073
Fanie                            10          0       5,974,008           3,986
keithhenry                       11          0       5,674,355          18,577
Mushball                         12          0       5,309,246               0
frans6nl                         13          0       4,877,368           4,209
Jonathan Figdor                  14          0       4,688,449          17,297
Graham                           15          0       4,597,349           1,731
PohSoon                          16          0       4,526,113           2,844
sulcata                          17          0       3,288,164           5,519
stares                           18          0       2,594,007           8,312
Vuj                              19          0       2,574,863           1,480
Alain Bryden                     20          0       2,521,940               0
Tomwp                            21          0       2,163,703           5,526
lawrencehardin                   22          0       1,998,931             495
largethunder                     23          0       1,639,772               0
siseberg                         24          0       1,626,961             794
Wunderwuzzi                      25          0       1,552,083             328
Blueprint                        26          0       1,518,446           2,389
wrr                              27          0       1,412,098           2,277
Rulkethecharon                   28          0       1,269,322               0
smcclarigan                      29          0       1,205,899               0
johnny8b                         30          0       1,192,402               0
Sunny L. Kae                     31          0       1,096,691           2,305
brown chris                      32          0       1,084,525          10,718
AStafford                        33          0         967,358               0
Arthur256                        34          0         966,239           2,317
johng                            35          0         813,092             849
laughing66607                    36          0         678,627               0
Jockin                           37          0         622,582             872
Barramundi                       38          0         616,950               0
NiceMedTexMD                     39          0         579,500           1,471
Airwolf_Liu                      40          0         572,943               0
elpe                             41          0         498,130             894
justins505                       42          0         459,404           2,304
Bon Kuhlman                      43          0         422,968           2,323
harry_i_c                        44          0         353,336             809
Momentary Lapse of Reason        45          0         271,484               0
mapplebeck                       46          0         231,305             500
imin                             47          0         215,004               0
madambaster                      48          0         202,734               0
cknotty                          49          0         164,481               0
Harry de Swart                   50          0         120,007               0
platinumbus177                   51          0          87,963               0
WindmillMan76043                 52          0          18,672               0
stonechild                       53          0          13,441               0

Note: Active members are those who earned points in the prior 30 days.

Top Ten active members returning points today:
01: RT - 50,187 points
02: marysduby - 40,712 points
03: Coingames - 34,353 points
04: Dataman - 24,829 points
05: keithhenry - 18,577 points
06: Jonathan Figdor - 17,297 points
07: Dave Bell - 16,073 points
08: parmesian - 15,349 points
09: Blizzie - 12,562 points
10: brown chris - 10,718 points

Total points returned today: 303,579
Active members returning points today: 35
Average points per member active today: 8673.68571

You young snots will learn soon enough. You sleep when you choose. Us old farts sleep when our bodies choose.