Although I never had the pleasure of meeting him in person, it's threads like this that make me miss Gundude.
About now he'd chime in with something like:

Ice is 4" and gills are hitting bee moths in 6' of water

Big Ten basketball is in full swing


He certainly got my attention with little lines like that...as well as reminding us that life is too short and too precious to spend it at a keyboard trying to be right.