The news that Ennis had a fiancée back home was not
encouraging, but Jack was not easily discouraged.
=personal milestone= my 5,000th post! 
I do enjoy the BetterMost games -- 4,139 of
my posts have been on the ABCs and 123s
board -- but this one remains my absolute
favorite. So I'm sending out a note of thanks
to all of you who keep our little "obsession"
going strong post after post, round after round,
day after day... because I can't play by myself.