Hey Dave, thanks for sharing that. I never knew that about Michael. We too became "friends" over the years. We traded friendly insults, I bought lots of antique chips from him, all high quality and good prices with historic information that he shared, and I was forever at a loss keeping up with his sense of humor. He asked me to write an essay for his website (you too) and I penned one about chip collecting for beginners which he posted on his website. He and I had this weird love of plastic chips that had advertising or graphics or that were wacko in general, and we were always exchanging new finds. I bought some from him, like the infamous toilet paper by Scotts, chip. He was so much fun. As a result, I own one of the bestest collections of plastic chips in the whole wide world and would never part with them. I miss his input. Nancy Olson Portland, Oregon R-5436