HI Ya Pally...

it might be considered, but there really is a better way..and i think you've just did it.

You can always start a new thread entitled "letters to the editor"... as tradition holds, the editor of any publication has the right to withhold or publish any correspondance. If you were to make a public comment on a published feature that is positive, i see no reason not to include it in this forum for further encouragement/discussion.

If someone were to make a negative comment, that could be tolerated in this same format, so long as it is written with the intent of constructive critique, not a poisoned pen letter.

In either event, if one of the YB's desired to make a statement that could be considered 'too colorful' for a public format, then yes, as you've stated earlier, a personal message is in order.

I hope you posted your note from the poop while the deck hands where holystoning your teak to a smooth finish this am....so how is the sailing going? See you at the WH?

thanks
V'