Thanks, Dave. And thanks, Dan. We've had a lot of polls in the past that looked at various aspects of our wants and desires, but nothing that gave us a consolidated picture-at-a-glance. And I really wanted to see where we stood as a community. It took some time to set up the categories, determine the variables and design the spreadsheet. But to be perfectly honest, none of it was terribly difficult. I just had to think it through.

As others have pointed out, I missed a few aspects of our selection process and I made a few assumptions for the sake of simplicity. For example, a couple of people suggested that I should have taken price into consideration. And had I been in one of the other Busse forums, I might very well have done that. But the fact is, I've never heard anyone complain about the price Dan has set on a Scrap Yard knife. And I designed this survey primarily for The Yard. I figured that, whatever he decided to do with the data moving forward, Dan would never abandon his "superior performance to price ratio" motto. That's why I decided not to factor price into the survey.

This forum is my home away from home. And I know for a fact that I'm not the only one for whom that's true. Anything I do for The Yard I also do for myself. And while I'm glad that Dan feels the results of the survey are worth reviewing, I would have conducted it even if I knew at the outset that he wouldn't pay any attention to the results. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

Thanks for keeping the gate open for us, Dan. And Long Live The Yard! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />