I've known Mitch for around 35 years and I am WELL aware of how contagious his passion for anything can be. On the other hand, one thing I've learned about him over and over through the years is that if you catch a "disease" (one of his numerous ALL-consuming passion for something) from him, he absolutely has your back, and for the entire duration. Also, besides immediate family, there's no one who I trust more to get my back, especially when it comes to things like that. I'll just say that soon after I was graduated from college he and his wife put a roof over my head and gave me a home for close to a year after I decided to buy a 27' steel hull sailboat that "needed a little work". It was a beautiful boat designed by Bill Trip. Wanna guess who showed me that boat?  So Clyde, you're preaching to the choir. I've been there, done that, got the t-shirt, and that tattered old t-shirt has everything from sweat to a wide variety of resins on it.

Thanks for the welcome!

John