Gunsmoke,
All my friends have told me all my life I am an outrageous SOB. Since becoming acquainted with this board, I have been saving your posts to use in my defense. If you had just told them to me verbally, and never published them on this site and established some degree of copyright, I would claim them as my own, write a book, and claim I never heard of you!
I can agree personally with everything you say except for the whiskey. I had to give that up almost exactly 20 years ago after a long, unfortunate alleged episode at the Continental Lounge on Congress Avenue, when a quart of Henry McKenna disappeared down my throat as though by magic, I became overly-sentimental, and 3 bouncers decided that I over-reacted to the acid rock lead singer's refusal to do my request for an old-time gospel song. I still don't believe what they say happened. Oh, and there was a female quartet from San Antonio called "The Delights" involved as well, who drove a gold Toranado, but I am still trying to reconstruct out the details on that part.
I hope your wife has a comlete and speedy recovery.
Russ