geeze, as i said earlier , i really didntg want to part with it but it was a question of space. i am glad its gone to a good home and someone who appreciates a solid em, but all you folks talking about it makes me feel freakin worse about parting with for god's sake. BUT, i will agree with BREWMIESTER that of all its incarnations , a gold strike is the one. good luck finding a nice one of those at any sort of remotely reasonable price. i think they are all sitting in the same storage unit of that greatest of all hoarders , stacked up with a bunch or pristine gottlieb dimensions. and bally fathoms....................