yes! i'm looking forward to getting out as well..got into the 50's here today,and snow is melting fast.harold!..perhaps you and me are "behind the times" here with our "perception is everything rant" i got 30 + years banging' away in public places,and i know you have the same ,if not more
bangin' away at chicago's public parks.maybe we need to rethink our beliefs in using "shovels" in parks?..persoqnlly i would love to use one,and monte's explanation of how he feels about it kinda makes ME want to try a "sampson"! after all,i am older with knee issues,and the sampson would be ideal for me to cut plugs with.hey if everybody else insists on usin' them,i say ME TOO! don't want to be thought of as "old fashioned!".i'll just keep "both eyes out" for the black and whites when i do!

(h.h.!)
j.t.