ok, kick me if this gush about modern technology makes you gag, but I just couldn't let this pass without commenting: a BF member, Staga-san, announces he's going to Paris and has a little time to browse for knives and swords. Where, he asks, might he best spend his spare hour or two? Within a couple hours BF members provide him with maybe half a dozen answers with addresses, fax #s, and even mass transit instructions! The info pours in from Israel, Germany, France, the U.S.--I've waited my whole life for this kind of thing. All I can say is, Berlin, here I come.