Just ribbin'ya smalma... I'll take the full meal deal each and every time. I'm not exactly known for the shortest posts either.

And thanks for the scale prep hints. Now I need a primer in deciphering what the heck I'm lookin' at. I presume each band of compressed rings represents one winter of diminished feed/growth. How can you tell when to start counting salt yrs?
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