::::: I asked if he was going to wait until 9/30 and he respectfully stated, "I can't answer that except to say soon." (I had to ask even though I knew his answer!). I pressed as we were leaving about 9/30...again he said I can't say but that it would probably be sooner than that.
maybe he meant sooner, like Monday?
Odysseus crossed the river of Styx. He asked Achilles if it was worth trading his life to have his 'name' live forever. Achilles replies: "I would rather be the slave of a slave on earth, then to live here in Hades..." --Homer's The Illiad