Right on, about southern hospitality, Mark! I was born in the great state of Texas, but had to move all around the US to make a living. When I took my faimily back to Baytown, Texas to live for a while, folks would see the Iowa plates and make remarks about "Yankees". I would remind them I was born in Texas, and ask them if they were. Three out of five were not. Then, I would inform them that I was a born Texan. End of remarks. It was done in good humor, though. Yep, you gotta git south to enjoy warm weather and warm hospitality. Barring Hurricanes and a few tornadoes,of course. Hey, look at all the really great knife makers we have from the south, too.