I've read all this "Sturm und Drang" with interest- since the $45 "learning curve" I experienced some 3 years ago- can't remember the dude's name, believe he lived in Wilton CT (another numbnut nutmegger I guess)but I wrote it off to the tuition costs that old Benny Franklin's school of experiences charges- Now I get the funds "up front" prior to shipping, and NO personal checks- only Bank certified-- I don't know this box birder (Audubon background maybe?) from Adam's off ox, but as for being in "Dire Straits"-- that's a position only Mark Knoppfler can fill- "Sultans of Swing", "Walk of Life", etc.

"The field is the touchstone of the man"..