Gordon wrote -

> Once there, they can establish their own
> PORTAL, and learn and discover and grow in
> an efficient manner, and the MAP would be
> INTUITIVE (ARE YOU READING THIS RICK?)...

I most definitely *AM* reading this. And I'm mulling all this over in light of the work Julie and I have started as well as what you and I have discussed. (I'm also reading this because my favorite web designer mentioned my name. *g*)

> and have a built in search engine to go and
> locate other rivers, ports of call, that a
> person can simply find within their own
> PORTAL...

> So, I'd say the INTERNET is currently
> lacking especially for us a tad over 40
> (HA!)....

> is a SIMPLE, CONCISE way to get around to
> the places we want/need without surfing
> through a ton of garbage, sales pitches,
> hype and crap.

Extremely interesting. Perhaps we can discuss this further when we get together.

Rick Smith, "The Net Guerrilla"