Feivel, all the local schools in the Fort Wayne area were on spring break last week, and anyone who's ever tried to arrange family trips during this time of year knows that those spots begin drying up in the fall. If the reported buyout offer came after the travel arrangements were made, then the choice between family and work is forced upon us. How many of us would cancel a family trip with the kids to sit in the office & wait for a phone call that we could just as easily take sitting on the beach? With the advent of communications technology that allows virtual meetings, document transfer & copying via wireless transmission, going on vacation with the family while staying in touch with the office really isn't that big a deal anymore...I wouldn't read a whole lot into his absence but that's just my perspective on it.