hookrider, sentiment seems to suggest you are right. Still i haven't given up hope that the guy who should never have reached
this position will be denied. Call it everlasting optimism or naivety, or just plain dumbness, lol, but i'm hangin' in there with hope.
The reminder i got today that if he does get there it doesn't assure he'll permanently last helps to ease the thought of any reality punch i'm in for.