Hi Waite,
"promises and hopes expressed here for a long time--all to have evaporated."
No one here can promise, but we can hope and share.
As far as Brian is concerned, anyone knowing his personality will know this; He does not promise anything other than that he will show up for work!
As I have said here before. I would have done things different than Brian and Cal, but that does not make me right.
RJ