kd, I do not see how what you said could have possibly offended anyone. And I agree, the money was well spent. I largely educated three daughters by cutting personal expenses and buying and selling Winchesters, Brownings, and Sakos. They all graduated debt free. My youngest, now 39, recently told me that her college roommate was just now paying off her student loan.

I had and sold some that I wish I had back, but they sold for the better good.

Jack

"Do not blame Caesar, blame the people...who have...rejoiced in their loss of freedom....Blame the people who hail him when he speaks of the 'new, wonderful, good, society'...to mean ,..living fatly at the expense of the industrious." Cicero