killa12345, I'm glad I could lift you up a bit. As the song goes - we get by with a little help from our friends. And, we all need a bit of help from time to time - of that there is no doubt!

I sort of feel your pain, because if something wrong can happen, it normally happens to me. My luck has caused me to be a natural pessimist, but being a pessimist isn't all that bad, because when something good finally does happen it is a welcome surprise - all the bad helps all the good seem even better!

Also, I've learned in life that when you win, there really isn't much of a lesson to be learned from it - except that winning is good and fun! When you lose/fail, you remember why you lost/failed, so you try to keep it from happening again - the lessons of history. So, even though you believe you have failed (I think many members here would disagree with you on that point, as you have had a fine grow this past go 'round), I bet you have learned some invaluable lessons, which you will not soon forget. And, you have the Critically Smashed, new beans, and new tent still to look forward to! ROCK ON!

Finally, I am going to have to do some homework on the Hempy buckets. I have seen them mentioned here and there on this board, but have not really known what they were, sort of like reading a book and glossing over a word I don't know the definition of, instead of looking the word up. Well, I'm going to look up Hempy buckets, as your description has really piqued my interest! Thanks, my friend!