Ha - I was drawing attention to the spam activities of the poster above me - but yes, as humiliating as it is to admit, I have enjoyed spam. Growing up in the 70's (and being a fussy eater as a kid), spam was on the menu more often than I'd like to think. To this day I like the Hawaiian "sushi" made with spam - musabi?.

with all those nitrates in the can, how long is that stuff rated to survive anyway?

btw - on backpacking trips my father used to bring a smoked pork shoulder - without any cooling, it would last close on a week and stay edible - sliced and fried it makes a tasty morning meat product

box-o-wine eh?

ah ha and yikes: i pulled this quote from a great article on Richard Rainwater in FORTUNE Magazine for you "'How come some doofus billionaire in Texas made all this money by being aware of this (peak oil scenario), and why didn't someone tell us?'" That's basically all I meant by my comments, Like I said above, my comments were meant only for those interested ie i'm aware some people are not and was certainly hoping not to offend anyone ---pk