In a message dated 5/3/2001 8:45:29 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
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<< How about an economic analysis that showed that it was
 better to totally replace a 70 year old batten roll
 copper roof with copper box gutters and infill
 skylights with a new batten roll copper roof with
 copper box gutters and new infill skylights ...

 ... than to patch repair the copper roof and gutters
 for the next twenty years.

 Shoot from the hip.
 Off the cuff.
 Comments please? >>

Sounds like a reasonable decision to me.  But are we talking Historic Fabric,
or run of the mill copper and skylights?  And if so, what then?

Ralph

PS--david, as far as I'm concerned, you don't need to take it back, but if
you want it, it's yours.  Except it's now ours, too.