Dave: I thought you might enjoy this, and may even want to share it with others, especially those of us who like to hang out on the reefs outside the marina or around Saltair. I ran across this yesterday while reading Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness*. It brought back vivid memories of my first encounter with tufa reef, and explains why every subsequent bump and scrape has been a little nerve-wracking. "... for a seaman, to scrape the bottom of the thing that's supposed to float all the time under his care is the unpardonable sin. No one may know of it, but you never forget the thump - eh? A blow on the very heart. You remember it, you dream of it, you wake up at night and think of it - years after - and go hot and cold all over." * When Joseph Conrad wrote Heart of Darkness in 1899, he had 25 years experience at sea. He was writing about a trip up the Congo River in a steamboat. Regards, Doug Koci Douglas G. Koci, CFP(r) | Sr. Knowledge Engineer/PM | SunGard Protegent/Synapse 90 South 400 West, Suite 400, Salt Lake City, UT 84101 Tel 801-955-3197 | Fax 801-982-9777 doug.koci@sungard.com | www.sungard.com/trading P Think before you print CONFIDENTIALITY: This e-mail (including any attachments) may contain confidential, proprietary and privileged information, and unauthorized disclosure or use is prohibited. If you receive this e-mail in error, please notify the sender and delete this e-mail from your system.