i agree fully. this was a sheer joy to hear again and glad it was tossed out there for us!

perhaps i'm being too persnickety about it, but the one thing that intrigued me was that our "hero" was smart enough to figure out how to trade off the one-year-for-a-thousand-bucks. he didn't strike me as a very advanced thinker and it's easy enough to suspend disbelief and suppose he either had some amazing brainstorm or perhaps assistance from someone to come up with the idea, but in my opinion, Salvatore just wasn't smart enough to come up with that schtick all on his own.

That was a great line and i'm glad you posted it. as soon as it was said, i cracked a smile. funny stuff!