Now...if you are expecting some big gushy speech at 30K....it isn't happening...this is post 29,999 and may be the end. Suffice it to say that the last 3 years of active participation here have been a scream. I've met some wonderful people face to face and many more keyboard to keyboard. The biggest and best thing about this place is the fact that it isn't filled with page after page of blowhard buffoons like so many of the other forums are. If a person wants to learn and improve photographically...this is the place to be. Thanks guys and gals for providing the opportunities.