[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > [snip] > It's like saying ice-fishing is part of the American culture, just > because a bunch of people in Alaska do that in winter.
Point taken, but just to nitpick your choice of analogies, it is clear that you have never lived in the upper Midwest of the US, or you would know that you cannot truly be an American if you have never ice-fished. :-) Please see Dave Barry's recent column as the definitive exposition on ice fishing as a crucial element of our culture. http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/living/columnists/dave_barry/2779904.htm All the talk of the Antarctic ice shelf in the news today probably has many of my neighbors drooling with envy, now that all of the local lakes have thawed. Chris
