It mostly gets easier. But Gerrie came over in my last pool and watched me for a minute...we disagreed over a touch while falling call....

Thanks for all your help in Dallas. I promise not to throw my cards around like that anymore - though that Pool from Hell really tested my endurance. I was handing them out like a Vegas dealer, I swear. (And of course, that had to be the pool for my observation...Not pretty.) Please tell me it gets easier.

I'm still in Vermont...

He's still very nice, though he's crowing up a storm as I type. Pretty pleased with himself, evidently. I still can't believe I'm raising poultry. Didn't know you'd moved west!

Yes...as I remember it, the rooster was very nice...

Aren't you the same person who was fencing with Tom T. at the Vets Challenge last fall when I showed him pictures of my... errr...rooster?