Hey all, Thanks for making me feel welcome. Karen, you're right. I probably shouldn't count as a newbie -- I'm way to cranky to be a newbie. Scott, I was thinking of bringing two different sets of rocks. One set consists hands-on examples for the talk ("this is a rock...", "this is a black rock..."). The other set would be aquascaping stones -- probably in matched sets of 3 or 5 -- that I might bring for the auction. New Mexico is a rocky place and I have a great choice and unlimited supply. The downside for the auction rocks is that the buyer has to find some way to get the rocks home. What do you guys think of the auction rocks idea? The smaller hands-on stones I could box and check as baggage. The larger ones I'll probably have to find some way to ship ahead of time. If worse comes to worse, it is really only a (really) long day's drive from here to Dallas. Jay, thanks for the offer. Maybe I'll bring, oh 8, or 9 sets of stones and go 3-7 stones per set, and I'll get some big enough for a 6-foot tank... Just kidding :) Roger Miller ------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please send mail to majordomo@thekrib.com with "Unsubscribe aga-member" in the body of the message. Archives of this list can be found at http://lists.thekrib.com/aga-member/