Nice to hear from you Old Lincoln, I wonder about you and the missus from time to time. You got my vote as well. Don't lower yourself to compare with sleepy Joe (dang I gotta change my name), your better than that. You don't have to move to DC but you do have to get out of California asap.
I'm near deaf as a cedar stump now too, often wonder if I had a choice between legs or hearing which I would choose. I know I wouldn't sit down for a very long darn time with the legs but hearing is kind of convenient sometimes too.

Check in now and again.