<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV>For the record, the December 2005 Sput that claims to have been mailed in Southern California on December 30, 2005 was received in Southern California on January 20, 2006. Not wrinkled, though.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>A comment or three:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks, Lynn, for putting together the wonderful retrospective on J. Randolph Railey. I only wish you had noted that it was, really, only in Yellowstone where he was known as "John". To the people in LA where he worked, to the people at the rest home where he died, he was "Randy". Yes. (And he often signed letters and such with "J. R. Railey", never (at least to me, never) with "John".</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>As for the rest of the Sput. Honestly, how can any good, totally-morally upstanding geyser gazer possibly know the answer to crossword puzzle clue 36-down "Orange juice and champagne mix"? I mean, really. Champagne? Cook's or Andre, maybe! But champagne? No, I have no idea as to that answer.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>In addition, I find the puzzle impossible to finish, given that there are no clues (clews?) for 54-down, 55-down, and 57-down. Oh, buffudlement. Any hints, Ralph?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Lastly, can I take objection to Kristian Wang's comment, to wit: "In some ways I miss the days where I could learn from the older generation... snip ... Scott Bryan is still with us..." Hey, wow, gee, thanks. I'm not even 60, yet I'm old! Cool. (Buy the book!)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Old Guy</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>