In a message dated 4/15/2008 4:15:24 P.M. Central Daylight Time, rbuffdogs@xxxxxxxxx writes: Come to think of it Deb, you may well be right, as my fuzzy brain goes, lol...it may have indeed been closer to 17 hours for us...not sure. It will be interesting to see what happens to the Futurity entry from CA . You don't seem to get it. The futurity in AZ is the one for the Southern Pacific Region. How far is that from LA? Not close I am sure, but closer than Colorado. The Futurity in CO is for the SOUTHWEST REGION. That is New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, and Arkansas. Theoretically, that is our region, and we'uns from these states should support. You have the benefit in that the Southwest Futurity is about as close as possible to California, and thus it is much closer to you than say Austin was this year. The last time I checked, it was the same distance from Arizona to LA as it was from LA to Arizona. The SouthPacific Futurity was in California for the last two years. Not the people in Arizona get their turn. It seems to me the committee is trying to be as fair as possible. It is about a 20 hour drive from San Antonio to Colorado. But we just had it 75 miles away in Austin this year. So I think that is fair. What I HATE is when it is Nebraska. But I don't think that has happened for about 25 years. Carol Moore **************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms and advice on AOL Money & Finance. (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolcmp00300000002850) ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================