Thanks for the welcome Roadkill, and I love that avatar also...
Thanks also for the VP plug - its a great gaming system that has given me not just hours but bucketloads of "lost time" that I have enjoyed immensely. With the dedicated and prolific core of table authors churning out both astonishing recreations of REAL tables, as well as original creations, such as the ones by myself, There is really no end to the fun to be had.
Well, I'm gunna go see if my ping rate is back to normal and maybe try for a few places on the survivor rank!

(my ping rate when I jumped in earlier was 4500! I trhink that is simply amazing, for a 512kdsl connection)