Dave - hang in there Brother! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> A friend of mine got BOTH knees replaced when he was 72, and after they healed he was able to climb a board fence! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> I suspect that a few years from now I might be in for the same treatment. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />