The family and I will be leaving late tonight (early tomorrow) for Las Vegas. Tomorrow at 4:00 we will do the Final Walk-thru and likely sign for the new house (far, far, far West end of Tropicana (Trop and Fort Apache)). They will not let us stay there, so we are booked into the Tropicana for Friday and Saturday night. Pam has a hair appointment in Vegas at 9:00 Saturday, after which we may head for Los Angeles (or wait until Sunday very early). Our daughter (and the best granddaughter in the world) await us in LA, so we will say Hi, and then head for the Port of Los Angeles (barring any rolling black-outs) to board the MS Elation (Carnival) for a seven day cruise (Mexico-Cabo, Puerto and Maz). I will hit every stack of chips in search of older Carnival stuff and clean newer stuff.

Other than a brief log-on in LA Sunday, I will be off the Board until Monday, 29 January, 2001. If I have any deals in the works, please wait patiently for my return.

Any last minute requests?

Gene, if you are back, maybe we can get together while Pam does the hair thing. Congrats on your poker play.

Jim Follis