I keep missing meeting this Ding character. Meant to find him at Spring Fever and RTI...
I don't think it is right to always bring up "you don't have an F16 so go away" thing, unless someone is being plain malicious, which Ding appears not to be.

as far as the nats question. Since I live in Mi and boat is in Fl it makes it exceedingly difficult to do anything. I would be willing to do Panama city since it is close to where my boat is in Fl. Money not so much an issue, it is timing and my wife's apparent inability to deal with our kids by herself.