I actually was going to mention that fact myself<G>....but again he's a "nice" guy....<G>. One thing that has made ORLY successful is that as they have acquired companies they have acquired talent and been smart enough to keep it and consolidate it within their structure. ORLY never keeps anyone above region manager level or district manager level. The fat cats in corporate have usually forgotten what it's like to be on the front lines. Again, as I have said before, management will extend a vast portion of their time dealing with these few dozen stores instead of dealing with the cancerous growth that is eating away at the entire company. They have to do this to insure the success of their new course of direction for the company...if it was to fail the consequences would be indeed dire for those that came up with it....themselves. It may well be a good direction for the company to go....but they should be fixing their other problems first. A 1% sales increase for PBY is $20 million which is one and a half times the amount of sales they are getting from these 14 newly acquired stores......ORLY, AAP and AZO can and do both. PBY management cannot. They cannot chew gum and walk at the same time......DaninFW