I have to admit that I admire a friend of mine (who works for the state) and his direct approach. His boss tells him on thursay afternoon the schedule of tasks their crew will be doing on friday. "Ed" replies that he will be sick tommorrow. Boss responds with exasperation, "You can't stand there healthy as a horse and tell me you are going to be sick tommorrow!". "Ed" replies, "Whatever; If you'd rather have me call you at your house at 5:30 a.m.- wake your wife and kids, and give you some song and dance then, then I'll talk to you in the morning..." Boss ponders this scenario a moment, and says, "Have a nice weekend Ed". I understand the stripers in the Block Island surf were every bit as cooperative that weekend.