My thanks to Richard for sharing his dirt diggers experience. It was wonderful. and this quote from his note; I get this 'pot-o'-dirt' lugged inside. Not a small task! I don't know >the weight of dirt, but I do not want any sort of job that involves moving >pots of dirt on a routine basis reminds me to second the earlier message about what a great list this is and what a great job BIG does in moderating and what a great job WE do in moderating outselves most of the time. I am a potter (a job involving moving (smaller) pots of dirt(mud) around on a routine basis), and have been trying to use the ClayArt mailing for info and inspiration. For three weeks there has been a thread of debate on the subject of : "How much does a pound of water weigh?" and it is not even funny! Donna [Posted in FML issue 3018]