Hey, don'tcha just hate it when someone puts up a thread, there's a goodly number of replies...and the OP is never heard from again?
I'd forgotten about this thread and just noticed it incidentally. Thanx muchly for all the input. Alas, I'm in "Necessities Only" mode these last few months (and for the foreseeable future), so I've been going the saucepan route. I will be revisiting all the great advice at some future time, and I do appreciate the help.
Re: I wouldn't just ask this of any forum...
26If liberals interpreted the Second Amendment the way they interpret the rest of the Bill of Rights, there would be law professors arguing that gun ownership is mandatory. - Mickey Kaus, The New Republic