Thanks Brad, on both accounts. Yes back on my feet. Spent a lot of the weekend cleanup a new shipment from K&G, although I did that sitting down. Maple really gets messy when it's stabilized. I'd say I'm about 90% healed. Still bothers me sitting down and getting up.
IMO that's evey bit as cool as gemstone. If i bought it id have a hard time cutting it down; I'd end up just spinning it around in circles and saying "oooo chatoyance".