good afternoon blister: You posted -->Hoov has been a mouth piece here for Jim for years now.

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Hmm the inference are a bit ugly my friend.

I have known Hoov for a few years now, and I have yet to find him to be what you suggest. He speaks his valued opinion, just as you do, and as we 'all' have the right to do so, almost an actual obligation in fact,

At times this is counter Jim, but most of the time it is pro Jim for a very good reason, Jim is doing an excellent job with what he has and can do under the circumstances..

As for Hoov , he is very well educated and willingly shares his information and knowledge with us, knowledge that other companies must pay a high price to have.

I trust him with anything that I own except my lovely mule and the 'X' of the treasure site up at Tayopa, and officially thank him for sharing some of his knowledge.

Oh, before anyone asks, my wife is well capable of taking care of herself as she has demonstrated several times, including being under siege by Bandits up at the Colorado mine for three days. She helped with our defense preparing explosives etc with no sign of panic. She even refused to take shelter under the Assay balance concrete table to escape harrasing rifle fire.

So frankly, I suspect that you should extend an olive branch to Hoov ---- Not the one that I would demand, on one knee, groveling and tugging at your forelock .

Hang in there my friend it is coming, and you can laugh all of the way to your favorite flesh pot..

Don Jose de la Mancha

He is well educated