There was a time when mules were of great value in the creation of what sustains all human community life. Mules that pulled ploughshares were evaluated with a level of discernment that would rival modern NFL drafts.
Entire communities, often spread miles apart, knew the strength of each other person’s mules. Auctions would bring people from great distances, and there were quiet men of great knowledge who understood the invisible traits that qualified the best mules.
The best, the absolute best, were held with a regard even more valuable than the land they walked. The remarkable thing about these mules was their diversity in physical appearance. Ultimately, what made the great mules of such value was the part that could not be seen, the part the quiet men looked for.
Those mules were like the men who recognized them, and the crowd would whisper to each other in muted tones as they watched the subtle yet deliberate movement of the quiet men with great intensity. Words would be spoken of a silent language that would take place between the quiet men and the mules afore them. There was something invisible being measured and evaluated. Eventually, decisions were made.
The hands behind the plows were ultimately the beneficiaries of the advice from the quiet men, and those calloused hands would become quiet men themselves in later years.
When the collar reached the shoulder, the best mules did not need instruction, they knew what came next. The silent language that transferred from the auction to the destination continued. Over time, the hands atop the plow and the mule became of one purpose. This is when the legends of some mules began.
The best mules had something within them that resolved to the task at hand. The scale and scope of the topsoil was the canvas, but the raw and often harsh task at hand was the real challenge. For some lesser mules the effort required in new ground was too much, but for the best it was just another day; although perhaps a day of week, or month when the bone structure formed the shape of the collar.
The hands upon the plow tested the ability of the mule. It had to be done dispassionately if the family was to achieve success, and ultimately if the community were to thrive.
When the blade was moved a degree deeper, the collar pulled just that much tighter – deeper. The best mules knew what those sensations implied. There were times for looking forward, but when the resistance was the strongest, these were not those times. At these times the mules looked down at only the two feet in front of them, and they focused on those two feet, and then the next, and then the next…. until they felt the pressure subside. Then it was time to turn.
There were lands where no mules could succeed – miles of square acres containing buried rock and dirt compacted over centuries, long before humans started apportioning it. However, there were some mules who had the capability to move that soil, plow through those rocks, and with nothing more than brute force create the opportunity for harvest. This is what the quiet men were looking for. These were the silent questions exchanged.
I think about those quiet mules returning to their stables as the sun dropped, and the feeling of the straps being scraped across the back as they are removed. I think about that silent message as the farmers hand touches the side of the neck with great appreciation. I wonder if the approval connects to the determination that will follow at sunrise. Is this the trait the quiet men were looking for? Is determination the invisible language within that interview, an auction now long in the past? I think it was.
The events of the past several weeks have shown us there are harsh landscapes ahead. We are traveling to places that have never been contemplated. We are witnessing things accepted that were always out of bounds. There are no boundaries in this new place. This land is hard, and it will take quiet men with callouses to guide us through it.
It is time for the old mules to revisit the legend of their kin.
It is time for the counsel of quiet men.
It is a time to remember the purpose of that old collar hanging on the wall.
It is a time for that unspoken language to be understood.
It is time for the old mules to take lead and plow the terrain.
For the nervous readership who are not quite sure what comes next, find an old mule and ask them,…
….”What comes after Amen?”.
Guilty
But what to do?
Guilty
A grotesquely biased jury of Trump-haters, led by a judge who put service to his party above his judicial responsibilities, has returned guilty verdicts against Donald Trump on all 34 counts with which he was–absurdly–charged.
What this shows is that the most important variable in any case is who decides it. Here, the Democrats knew that they could impanel a rabidly anti-Trump jury in Manhattan, so they did so. It is very much like the lawsuit that Michael Mann brought against Mark Steyn and others, of which I observed some of the latter stages. The defendants were properly happy about how the trial had gone, but the facts didn’t matter. The Democrats had chosen the right venue, Washington, D.C., and a biased jury found for Mann. Same thing here.
What to do now?
First, it is now absolutely essential that Trump be elected president. The Democrats cannot be allowed to get away with this effort to turn America into a banana republic.
Second, the Democrats understand nothing except the raw exercise of power. Therefore, Republican attorneys general and district attorneys should bring criminal charges against Democratic officeholders wherever possible.
No Democratic officeholder should be allowed to retire, in any jurisdiction with Republican law enforcement, without facing criminal charges.
There can’t be a single Democratic official in America against whom a criminal case can’t be brought that is better than this case against Trump. It should be open season on Democrats in the criminal courts.
Third, the criminal prosecutions should begin with Joe Biden. Unlike Trump, Biden is actually a criminal. He is already known to be guilty under the federal bribery statute, to the tune of at least $20 million. If Trump wins in November, his Department of Justice should immediately indict Biden, and Biden should be hounded until the day he dies or goes to prison, whichever happens first.
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2024/05/guilty.php
May 30: Yet another day that will live in infamy.
NO. what Sundance has written here will prove to be a classic—timeless! Do not be mad or sad. If it took this day of infamy to make this precious writing bubble up in Sundance, then this day is worth it. It brought tears that are impossible for me to stop. Somehow deep inside I know this is another beginning. Rejoice in the resilience of that forever NOW that we know is utterly Present and Divine.
That’s a helluva parable for our modern time, Sundance
I’m greatly moved
One of the greatest ‘parables’ in our time, surpasses any political comment that could have been made…
My grandfather was one of those “quiet men”, a “mule whisperer” if you will. He would take mules and work them and by doing so he found which ones worked best together, a matched pair. He would sell these to surrounding farmers and they were much appreciated, because mis-matched mules would work against each other instead of together. He had relatives left in Austria that wrote him what was going on in ’37-39 and was the one that admonished me; “son, fight like hell and die before you get on that train.”
Tucker’s Tweets
@TuckerCarlsonTweets
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Import the Third World, become the Third World. That’s what we just saw. This won’t stop Trump. He’ll win the election if he’s not killed first. But it does mark the end of the fairest justice system in the world. Anyone who defends this verdict is a danger to you and your family.
Stolen election is same Democrat etc goal. Employing futures planning, taking out Trump one way or the other is one avenue. Watch for others. Trump similar to what King Daviid was in as his psalm to God attest to.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene
When I cancelled the contract to go back overseas + got my passport back + burned it in Jan 2020
I also bought 3 of these flags to hang along our fence line:
👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
✝️❤️🇺🇸
Maybe the 76 should be replaced with a 24?
This is how my flag is atop my flag pole – with a Trump 2024 flag beneath. I’m ordering an Appeal to Heaven flag.
And, this is my mule, Maude. She passed about 20 years ago at about 26 y/o. Miss her still.
Maude isa sweet girl mule.
Yes. Wolvybat
She was so sweet she would carefully lift each hoof separately to avoid hurting a sleeping kitty in her path.
And so determined (mules are not stubborn- they are determined) that when I was riding her, and rattlesnake crossed our path – she stomped it to death on our way by without missing a beat. Safest place to be when a rattler is present is atop a mule!
Calm down Rep. Taylor Greene! Without patience in the position you are you’ll disappoint more of your constituents.
Good Luck!
@RepMattGaetz
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This verdict is the corrupt result of a corrupt trial, a corrupt judge, and a corrupt DA.
We will stand with President Trump now more than ever to save the country.
Onward Christian soldiers
marching as to war,
With the cross of Jesus
going on before!
Christ, the royal Master,
leads against the foe;
Forward into battle,
see his banner go!
The image of our flag in the shadow of the cross~plus Matt Gaetz’s message of standing firm, brought the hymn to mind.
Once to every man and nation
Comes the moment to decide
In the strife of truth with falsehood
For the good or evil side
Don’t leave out the corrupt jury. All of the other corruption fails in the face of an honest jury.
And there were two LAWYERS on the jury???
Ten years ago when a family member was in a very respected law school, he had multiple choice finals……. Not the complicated essay exams of 20 years prior.
Law schools have been, and no disrespect intended for using this phrase, “dummied down”.
They may be lawyers, but they may not love the law.
Also corrupt.
Someone made a comment the other day that those lawyers were there to keep the rest of the jurors in line. Seems he was right.
The most valid point… These aren’t your fellow citizens, these are your enemies and enemies of anything remotely resembling fairness
You can’t co exist with such “fellow citizens” and expect to live in a country governed by laws
Conservatives/non partisans in general need a new country of their own, otherwise they can expect the same date to befall them sooner rather than later
Corrupt? Probably given NYC politics, but an acquittal would bring the jurors death or at least a living death from their fellow leftists. That’s the negative incentive to declare PT guilty now consider possible financial incentives.
Will we ever know? Maybe the thrill of “getting” PT was enough.
The jurors were selected, trained, entered, and earmarked in the corrupt court system a long time ago, just for a circus event like this. Thats why Meuller referred these collateral potential crimes to the SDNY to follow if needed all those years ago. Long game planning to keep the yoke around this good man’s neck in the event their Crossfire Hurricane didn’t succeed. Here we are today, and they are still getting away with all of it. Laughing, mocking decent, patriotic Americans into the bargain.
I would suggest reading once again the depositions of the FBI whistleblower to Lynn Wood to refresh our memories of just what kind of evil these demons are doing.
I heard her today. She was on fire after the verdict.
Shows us all that people can truly change their minds and hearts.
God’s Holy Spirit is at work.
Megyn is in it for Megyn.
No, I’ve listened to her many times this year. She’s clearly had an awakening.
From what I’ve discerned, she’s not going back to the shapeshifters.
Youve got it!
Me too!
MAGA
Same except I will be praying even harder for President Trump’s victory.
IlDonaldoTrumpo
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B ig
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M istake
A merica
Who thinks of these things? Awesome!!!
Purr…..
We were stunned at dinner
Celebrating a fine BD dinner with 10 “friends”
Someone announced
“guilty on all 34 counts” and every one of them cheered and some said alleluia!!!!!
But don’t worry . Those liberal tears will be coming very soon. Keep your kleenex handy.
Praying for our president now.
These people hate you.
…And America.
And they trained you well to keep your mouth shut. Next they will insist we think the correct way.
Drop them all & never look back. End
Separating the wheat from the chaff today, and in the days going forward.
Do not be bound together with unbelievers; for what partnership have righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship has light with darkness?”
2 Corinthians 6:14
The pagan, wicked, unbelieving world is governed by the principles of Satan, and Christians should be separate from that wicked world, just as Christ was separate from all the methods, purposes, and plans of Satan. He had no participation in them; He formed no union with them, and so it should be with the followers of the one in relation to the followers of the other.
…from gotquestions.org
Amen! Well said.
DROP. THEM. ALLLLLLLLLLL!
Even if they are family?
Sounds like you eating where I work.
with friends like that, who needs enemas?
~Max Headroom
This is how the holocaust happened in Germany. Supposedly good people sat around — some laughing I suppose but most keeping their mouth shut — as the unthinkable happened and as their country was slowly destroyed by crazed, power-hungry people.
Do you think it can’t happen here?
It already is happening. In Germany, they shot those who spoke up against Hitler and his followers.
Poor choice of friends. With friends like them_ _ _?
You need new friends.
They are not your friends.
Caleb speaks the truth. They already suspect your political leanings, and would turn you in to the authorities at the first chance.
I would immediately have gotten up and left. I would never speak to any of those people again.
THIS. Honestly I don’t understand how in the F anyone can have a “liberal” person in their life anymore. A co-worker I get, it’s work, you have little choice. But to *freely associate* with anyone that describes themselves as a liberal or democrat I don’t care if they’re a long time friend, family member, neighbor etc. When the time comes, these people will kiss you on the cheek and wave goodbye to you with a smile on their face as you are loaded onto a boxcar at gunpoint on the way to the work camps or gas chambers and they will do so believing its for your own good. I have *no* liberals in my life. ZERO.
I have children and some of them and their spouses are liberal. They are parents to my grandchildren. So there is no way I will abandon them.
My job is the same as when they were young- to teach them first that Jesus died for them and is the only way to true salvation; and second to teach them that our government is corrupt and must be overthrown.
I pray that God will help me be a better teacher now than I used to be because I know and understand a lot more now that I have lived this long.
I have a few moderate democrat friends who realize that they are killing the middle class. But they live out-of-town so I only have to speak to them over the phone periodically. They do not know that I am MAGA. I just pretend that I do not follow politics so they never bring the subject up.
On Facebook I have quietly blocked people because they cheered when PDJT was indicted. “Lock Him Up!!!”
NEVER. AGAIN!!!!!!!
At this point, anyone liberal is not my friend.
I would not be dining with them.
I boycott any social occasion with liberals I work with.
I can be a respectful colleague. That doesn’t mean I have to spend one second with them on my personal time.
Stupidity can no longer be endured.
🙏🦁👑🇺🇲
I WOULD HAVE GOTTEN UP AND LEFT
NO LOOKING BACK
THERE IS A OLD SAYING
SHOW ME YOUR FRIENDS AND I WILL TELL YOU WHO YOU ARE
You need new friends.
Cut ‘em loose. Lonely is the path of righteousness.
We no longer see “friends” like that. Our world is quieter but we are ok with that.
I would not have been able to sit there any longer.
“Keep your kleenex handy.”
And your prepper supplies out of sight. Because food shortages and another plandemic are just around the corner.
These people behaved this way in your face. They KNOW you don’t agree with them….
You can tell your grandchildren, if you survive what is coming, you were there when the democrats ripped up the constitution.
It is 1939 and Hitler and Stalin have made a deal to take over Poland. The Marxist and Neo-Nazi Globalist in the democrat party have made a deal and the US is Poland. Go vote but be aware that alone will not stop the democrats, but voting NO for ALL democrats running for any office is the first step in a very long and difficult road.
Very well done!
Kathy Hochul could end this tomorrow.
What are the odds of her doing that?
Less than zero
They didn;t got to all this trouble just for her to
Pardon him.. The only way I could see that happening
if suddenly there was some exodus of big businesses
leaving NY. Then maybe they would just to calm that down
but otherwise..nope..
Kathy the Klown is more likely to suggest PT be put on a ventilator.
We must have justice.
End
“Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious People. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”
John Adams to the Massachusetts Militia, 11 October, 1798
“Oh and one more thing – you aren’t going to like what comes after America” – Leonard Cohen
That’s right. The wailing that will be heard across the land will be Biblical, and the loudest ones will be the lefties who thought they knew better than us.
Not just because they knew better, but because they thought they were in a protected class.
Exactly. The wailing will be Biblical this time. The loudest will likely be the leftists who were sure they knew better than the rest of us. For them I have no sympathy. I’m only sorry for those who tried to stop them.
Leonard Cohen – Anthem (youtube.com)
I believe that is the last straw.
Heck with what happens. I am going to hang my American Flag upside down from now on.
Yes, IG
Ours has been that way since the Biden coup. If this is not distress, than nothing is. I would like to see them everywhere.
How will the SCOTUS ruling on immunity affect this case?
Stolen election.
J6ers imprisoned.
Christianity classified as non-essential.
Masks/vaccines mandated.
… but this time we are really angry. No. Seriously. Really angry. Hopping mad or something.
How many times did Lucy pull the football away before Chuck figured it out?
Did Chuck ever figure it out?
You are not wrong. Many people in other countries, me being one of them, was astounded that America did not rise up against the injustice and corruption.
”You have a Republic – if you can keep it”
Broadcast News Movie Clip circa 1976
This is what they hope for. They want a violent reaction to justify a heavy-handed response.
We will just stay in the pot slowing boiling
You can. A whole of us already jumped out.
So what is the answer? They are pushing us to do something so they can militarize the response so we do nothing and they still get what they want. Won’t we have to actually risk something to fix this?
At some point you just have to grow some balls.
We could all stop pretending.
That is true so we need to plan carefully our response so we can maximize the pain and suffering inflected on the Democrats. A violent response should be our very last response option we should consider. First response should be vote NO for all democrats running for any office. Second response run all RINOs out of office and make it clear to your congressman and Senator that we consider the democrats the enemy of the nation and they will not cooperate with any democrat on any billor political action in Washington if they do not want to join the ranks of the unemployed. Three they will by any means available cut off all federal funds going to the State of New York and New York City. Even without a majority there are many ways to do this. Do not buy anything produced in New York and as much ad possible cut off all comerance with New York. This will be difficult to do but still possible.
I’m tired of seeing this response. We are many, they are few. They would run for the hills if they saw us coming. They are cowards and sissies and wouldn’t last five minutes before being mowed down.
… and it’s not even the dribblin’ fool they trot out in front of the cameras
It is an oligarchy.
What May 30 brought to mind for me is just how completely inhuman, bloodless and two dimensional a huge portion of my fellow citizens are. They are amoral, alien beasts and I have been drained of sympathy for them. I honestly don’t care what happens to any of them at this point.
A national disaster will kill off jobs, force bankruptcies and set back the good ones just like the bad.
I just want God to get pissed off and take a few OUT.
Read about the Catholic prophecies of the three days of darkness. That is what is going to happen. Also the prophecies of Alois Ihrlmaier and Marie Julie Jehardy.
The Bible is the only guide……
Amen.
Yes, you are correct. Anyone can make prophecies but God left only the Bible so that there would be One Voice – His.
I really think a large portion of people that dislike Trump truly believe everything that the majority of media reports as true. They are just duped and not resourceful enough to look at other reports of actual facts. After all, I hardly believe the current state of affairs myself. I am stunned at the depth and influence of the deep state.
Underrated comment. Yes they give up any intellectual curiosity and hand over their lives to the “authorities” on the boob tube.
The power of propaganda really is amazing, isn’t it? Once you open your eyes to it you will begin to see it everywhere; often subtle, other times “in your face.” But the “Average Joe” injesting this onslaught of falsity, served up by the MSM on a continuous basis are frustratingly blind and continue to slurp it up akin to hogs at the trough at feeding time. With their belly’s full they grunt their satisfaction and wander off totally unaware that each passing day/hour brings them closer to their own extermination by those to whom they praise so much. Stalin, Lenin, Mao and Hitler, too all well recognized this easily manipulated human behavior. And here we go again…
Never forget
57% of Democrats polled wanted the unvaccinated dragged from their homes, strapped down and jabbed and then sent away to camps.
Don’t ever forget that
Revenge. Retaliation. Retribution. Reckoning + Mass Deportations. That’s what I want
I’m with you.
Is this verdict not just more of the same? Any other outcome might have been shocking, but this verdict? No, it’s boring.
Same shit different day. Hopefully Trump cashed in bigly. We know his stock went up with non-harvard minorities.
Demons shot themselves in the foot again, and overplayed their hand. It will boomerang.
The Merchan Scale
https://tldavis.substack.com/p/the-merchan-scale
Final paragraph:
I do want to ask some of the more sophisticated readers of this blog, how they can watch this travesty of justice, this blind hatred for a man so great that every civilized method of justice has been thrown to the winds and they can still believe that this is not a moment when American jurisprudence has been utterly deflated in the minds of the people. It is a crisis of the judicial system, a moment when the DOJ and the White House have taken part in the vilification of a political rival, who have orchestrated crimes against him in open court and without a single sense of modesty or restraint that the people would not see that as an assault against them personally? Because that’s exactly what has happened.
h/t https://directorblue.blogspot.com/2024/05/larwyns-linx-merchan-scale.html
Andrew Wilkow has a great saying. You can’t bring there to here, without here becoming there.
He is right.
It’s all a joke to no other than this typical Cheshire cat smug malevolence – the fact that we’ve just seen our legal system lowered to fourth-world status. The ghouls are out celebrating Biden making it all a political gambit; with Biden sheeple claims that the various lawfare crusades against PDJT aren’t political and that the venomous commander-in-chief has nothing to do with them.
“The preparations of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.
All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the spirit.”
Proverbs 16:1-9:
“But You, O Lord, laugh at them; You scoff at all the nations.
Psalm 59:8:
https://x.com/dianejeffersonc/status/1796341859490668632
A line.. a divide.. a chasm now stands between those who are in The Light and seek Truth and those who are deceived.. corrupted and seek Darkness… and they can no longer be considered “our fellow countrymen” they are irredeemable cast them off… Semper Fi … President Trump
(oh.. and FJB…)
I’ve been struggling with that same sentiment for several months now JR; how to remain friends with people I’ve known for decades, some of whom I served with in the Marine Corps. I regret to say that I have come to the same conclusion as you, they are no longer our fellow countrymen. If they voted for Biden in 2020, they were merely idiots. That they still support Biden or celebrate today’s verdict makes them traitors in my view and they should be treated as such. Semper Fi, JR.
May sound crass, but if any of these friends/people can provide something of real value to me (a skill, for example) that is difficult for me to find elsewhere, I will take advantage of that and do what is minimally necessarily to maintain a relationship.
Outside of that, the rest of them can go to hell. No place for Anti-Americans.
Thank you Sundance! 82 year old “great grandmother mule” here..Raised in the 40’s and 5o’s! God bless President Trump & Trump Family.
My Daddy always preached to us growing up “protect your family and home.Trust God, Stand your ground.”This family Stands With President Trump! Thank you God for my extended Treehouse Family where wisdom of wise words are found!
Blessings to all.
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All the moonbats on the MSM are having leg shaking orgasms over today’s verdict and the prospect of Trump actually being sentenced to jail. Instead of celebrating, what they should be thinking is “I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.”, but then again these people aren’t exactly students of history.
What may be the most disheartening aspect of this verdict is that it confirms what the COVID scam exposed, that s huge number of our fellow citizens are incredibly weak in both mind and spirit. I pray then for both Trump and the nation.
Praying this morning that our Heavenly Father continues to protect, strengthen, and guide President Trump in these terrible times. May the comfort of Jesus Christ our Great Saviour be on us all today. Amen.
Time to buy more mule feed 😏
Reading J S Mill’s quote in the context of a country being driven by psychopaths – the neocons – is not a sentiment one reaches for.
We have a long way to go to bring God back to the people of NY from whom this jury came. God bless Donald Trump. God bless us all.
I will vote for Donald Trump this November even if they assassinate him, which I think is a distinct possibility.
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Pray and donate.
First we pray,
then we fight.
Just like in the Old Testament.
As one who in his teens walked behind such as Sundance has described, and whose hands wrested (not rested) upon the handles of the plow, I understand and am apprehensive (not in a fearful way) of the times that we are now seeing.
the perpetrators of this injustice must face extreme and painful repurcussions or they will double down on the tactic.
My new mantra is ‘what comes after Amen’? Lord, please give us wisdom and a calm deliberating mind to see the path ahead. Give us the courage to stand strong. Be with our president who is in the crosshairs of evil.
🙏🦁👑🙏🇺🇲🙏
Thank you, Sundance, for the brilliant soliloquy. There aren’t many in the United States still alive who can say they have faced the south-bound end of a north-bound draft animal pulling a turning plow, but, for as long as I last, I am one of them. I appreciate the allegory you have written and the implications to our current predicament. I don’t have any idea how all of this is going to turn out, but I am hopeful for the best for Donald J. Trump. There’s a whole lotta’ stuff gonna’ happen between now and 20 Jan 2025.
It’s time to not our feelings get in the way of being right and doing the next right thing.
When I was very small, perhaps five years old, my parents took me and my older sisters to see the Rockettes. Totally mesmerized. Across the years I studied ballet, tap dancing, jazz, five to seven classes per week after school. I was especially adept at those famous high kicks.
Fast forward to actually applying to become a Rockette. Totally devastated. I was too tall and my shoulders were too broad.
I now stand tall for President Trump, and these broad shoulders — although sloped a bit from age:) — are coming in handy. They are carrying the heavy load of being a conservative woman who unashamedly supports him.
The quiet ones would have chosen me a century ago. Today, no yoke is required. I’m willing to plow the field with the rockiest soil, and it’s comforting to know that I am in good company, here.
We worship and serve a convicted felon – Jesus Christ. Praise to You, Lord Jesus Christ. All glory and honor is Yours! Forever and ever! Amen!
Thanks for that Sundance. I will find a mule collar and hang it in my den to remind me.
Please remind our brave patriotic politicians that tweeting isn’t actually doing anything.
The judiciary has been weaponized. Use it.
thank you Chris!!! This ^^^^ a billion times over!!!