Hey all - I sure do miss being here.  Can&#39;t wait for Friday (and my laptop AC adapter) to get here&#33;&#33;&#33;  Like every where else, seems that the big 3 stuff is all that is on the news here too.  I usually keep the tv on FoxNews during the day and that is the topic most of the time.  Mitt Romney was saying today that the companies should be made to file Chapter 11 bankruptcy which would allow them time to continue doing business but restructure themselves.  Frankly, I wish the congress and senate would put things to a vote of the taxpayers, as we are the ones basically paying for all this, instead of them deciding how to waste and spend our money.  And as one of the panel pointed out today, all 3 of the CEO&#39;s arrived on private jets, at an approximate cost of &#036;20,000 each, instead of flying commercially.  That may be small beans to them, but when you are asking for money, shouldn&#39;t you be showing that you know how to economize???  I realize that lots of jobs and industries rely on the automakers, but can&#39;t that be said of just about every industry in the country?  My husband works for a major computer corporation and they announced last week that they are going to lay off 6000 people. The argument could be made that not only will the corporation suffer, but all the stores that sell computers, and all their employees and all the people those people do business with.  ALso, all the corporations who use their servers. All these 100&#39;s of thousands of people will stop going out to eat, buying houses and spending money in general, so the ramifications could be great.  So maybe the government should help them out.  I am not trying to be facetious in the least, and Deb, I sincerely hope that your husband&#39;s job remains safe, but whatever happened to the days when a business took responsibilty for itself and for it&#39;s actions.   What happened to the &#036;25 Billion they were given in Sept.?  I have been opposed to all of the bail-outs or whatever you want to call them, at the taxpayers expense.  Obviously the &#036;300 Billion that has been spent in the past few weeks to stabilize the economy has not worked, as the stock market closed at it&#39;s lowest point in 5 years, today.  Just my opinion, but I think it all needs to stop and companies, banks, etc., be forced to examine their own inner workings and come up with a solution to fix the problem, not slap a band-aid, that someone else paid for, on it that falls off in a short period of time.  Since my career was in finance, I keep a close eye on these things and I think I will have plenty to watch for a long time to come&#33;&#33;&#33;   Okay, climbing down off my soap box also.<br /><br />It has been gorgeous here the past few days.  I wore shorts and flip flops today and yesterday.  We set a record high yesterday.  Tomorrow, freezing rain, a high in the 30&#39;s and a slick rush hour morning commute, are forecast.  We are having bizarre weather here, but it certainly beats the snow that some of you are dealing with.  Well, that takes care of my computer time for today since it takes forever to load a page on this old desktop.<br /><br />Oh Ed, I meant to tell you that I loved the &quot;big boob&quot; pic you posted yesterday.  I am going to save it as soon as my laptop is up and running.  I have a couple of friends who are also &quot;overly endowed&quot; and I want to send it to them...