Gentlemen:

 

Marquis D' Queensbury rules take precedence over raw emotion here on the LML.  "Arrogant Ass" may only be applied to a four-legged creature if struck below the belt by the hooves of same.  Struck above the belt (usually where coherent thought is believed to be somewhere located) by logic, opinion (I.E. IMHO), data, strong belief, argumentative acumen, experience and good sentence structure, the only fair response is to utilize the same elements (IMHO).  Thus, useful TO and FRO.

 

After picking the lint out of my navel, humming "YMCA" to myself for hours and staring at a spinning spiral, I have determined (for myself only) that I am an IEniac (eye - een - eee - ack) and a lightning-phobe.  Always have been, always will be since the insulator I fly is just full of gadgets that don't like giga-volts trying to get from hither to yon. 

 

This fear started when I was a young man building a electric worm turner - two brass curtain rods plunged into the earth about 2 feet apart and hooked up thru light bulbs to house current.  Not only was I shocked by the worms emerging, but by the device itself - many, many times.  But, I digress.

 

Grayhawk

 

PS I don't see many birds flying in a thunderstorm - but, then again, who's looking?