It only wakes up every minute and the time used scanning all crontab tables to see what needs to be run in that minute and scheduling those means that you rarely get a job executed in < 1s of the desired time.

All hands-- I'm at work on the seminar program and features for the largest West Marine Trawler Fest of them all, the one taking place in late September at Solomons, Maryland. If you have any ideas for new seminar topics and other features, I'd be pleased to hear from you via email at .

a bit disconcerting to hear listees jump to conclusions and condemn someone as not doing their job without knowing the facts. I sat and listened to the adjustor and the boat yard work on this. They really didn't want to total the boat, and they worked to avoid that. When they found that MacGregor could not supply the mast, they called the spar shop MacGregor recommended, but the costs were far too high to be economical. They looked for, but did not find other cost-effective solutions, but any time the repair cost exceeds the insurance value, they have no choice but to total the boat - regardless as to how callous that sounds. I was impressed with how much they understood the owner's plight (he was not even there to hear them), and really wanted to make the repair if they could. The adjuster even went to the point of checking the yard's quote to see that they were specking the cheaper rigging hardware that MacGreggor used instead of the more expensive rigging that some other manufacturers used. He obviously knew his stuff and was trying hard to avoid totaling the boat. After watching him in action, I would have no reservations about having him work a claim for my own boat. As far as the earlier comparison trying to equate this case to asking for a knob for a 1963 VW - the MacGregor 26X that you can no longer get a mast for was made up until only three years ago! It seems the 26X was made from 1995 to 2003. The 26M only started production in 2003. Kevin

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highlights being a mature Bald Eagle souring over the Pond (a first for me in Somers) and rough winged swallows, palm warbler, double crested cormorant (perhaps the same one from the Farm Pond) a blue bird and lots of painted turtles enjoying the warm day. At home I picked up my first Chipping Sparrows of the season under the feeders. Jan

n for locating them. A first for our town for me. Len Len Kendall lnken@juno.com 10 Forest hill Drive Simsbury CT 06070