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Have you explored aluminum? I realize that welding and price will be affected by such a choice, but the weight of an item matters--especially as the people who are going to use it age! Might be nice to offer a lighter option in aluminum, even if the price were more premium.

Wow! Congratulations!

You could try the shortest, low top Ram Promaster. It's quite compact yet has an amazing amount of internal space. You'd have to upfit to enable family seating. We've had a larger Ram Promaster converted to a camper van for years. It's a good vehicle--essentially the Fiat Ducato with the Chrysler Pentastar V6. But my best vote for you would be the Chrysler Pacifica Plug in Hybrid. Fine vehicle, fold in seats, can run solely on electricity for about 30 miles and as a hybrid after that.

Fine vibes player, too.

Thought the movie was nonsense on pretty much every level, though I appreciated the use of the Alchemical philosophy in -- sort-of -- unifying the force. However, I could see that coming from the last movie and so the "conversion" scene was no surprise at all. Driver is a good actor, and did a good job prepping us for his complexity; the rest, meh, but then, the writing gave them absolutely nothing to work with. And seriously, flying a herd of yak-warthog-horses across 100s of lightyears, just in case, oh, I don't know, you might need them to go thundering out onto some landbound imperial warcraft? Really? If YOU had to race across the galaxy to save civilization from permanent evil, would you take the time to round up a herd of beasts? I burst out laughing in the theater; fortunately, my 16-year old grandson, who was seated next to me, is accustomed to my sensibilities and I didn't ruin anything for him. Somehow, of all the idiotic things in the last six movies, this scene stuck out as the softest spot in a pear that had already been rendered more rotten mush than the firm golden fruit one expected from the first three. Still, it was cool to watch them. I didn't feel like I wasted my money, primarily because my son-in-law treated. He even bought popcorn, bless him. And all that said, I'll admit that I still love to watch practically anything populated by cool shit speeding through space. Sci-fi is still a treat for me, even the drek, which most of it is these days. Glad I went and I encourage others too, as soon as it hits the cheap seats. Definitely a big-screen event.

Does the standing grand come with the automatic standing ovation feature?

Thanks for all your work. I'm glad there is an option. I put it back to the original as it is much easier for me to read. Research that I've read says that dark type on a slightly offwhite background is easiest to read. I trust the research more than my eye, since they look at how people read. I'm glad we get a choice, and thanks for pointing it out!

There IS a company making keyboards scaled for various size hands, and they've been around for a while http://www.steinbuhler.com/html/our_story.html The trouble is, of course, that it is expensive, a one-off deal, and not stage ready. But for a serious amateur or a pro who primarily teaches and concertizes, it's an answer I can't play any 10ths. I can do 9ths, but in fact, even octaves can tire me out. I don't hold with the "rolling 10ths sounds great." It sounds good when a rolled chord would sound good, but there is nothing like the sound of walking 10ths in the left hand. I wish there were a portable stage keyboard with a great action and a smaller scaled keyboard, but all the smaller digitals have horrid action.

If you design the middle panel with a central hinge (that is, make it two piece) the think will fold flat with the same dimensions as your 2-piece unit. Think of it as looking like a U when it is set up, but turning into a W as you fold it, with the center piece folding in. If you are concerned about pressure on the sidepanels when folding, you can easily add a few spacers to the ends of the W. This design should allow you to fold the unit flat (although it will be 2x as thick) and put in your storage case. Try it, and if it works, please send me your spacestation as a thank-you! I have to admit that this is about the only thread I've been reading on KB for awhile. Wondering how it'll work with my MalletKat.

They were good times until you moved your gear. And then they wrecked your back, because that gear weighed 3-6 times more than today's. It's always a trade-off, unless you're really rich and can afford heavy gear and the people to move it for you.

Did this pop up at NAMM? Wondering if anyone has heard it live yet.

Right now: [video:youtube] Enjoy!

Bernie Green. Futura. In stereo! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Jo2oqjEKMk

She: (Dancing right next to me while I'm playing) So, do you guys get paid much? Me: (Trying to ignore her) Um... She: (Still dancing, badly and too close) No, really, do they pay you much for this gig? Me: (Trying to be polite) We do OK. She: No, I want to know how much they pay you here. Me: Look, I'm not going to tell you. She: (Still dancing)C'mon, you can tell me. She:(Dances some more; stops a minute, then continues) Look, I'm so drunk, I won't remember anyway.

Used to run but got bored and my knees started to go. I now do the treadmill at home for 30-90 minutes 3-6 days a week. The secret for me is having the treadmill and good movies, free from the library. I plop in a DVD and watch for a a minumum of 20 minutes; I just try to do that several times a day--if I can do a longer time, great, but I've read that several shorter workouts will add up as well. I set the incline to maximum and the speed to 3.5 mph and work up quite a sweat. Action films really get the adrenaline pumping--I was on the treadmill for 75 minutes at the incline and speed while watching one of the Bourne movies.