Yeah, I am joking, and also realize that Redmond is not a transportation nexus so it makes no sense in my mind to ship or store there. Kent, Tukwila, Fife all are big UPS/FedEx, rail, truck and air hubs, so it makes more sense there - locally (for us) any way. I suspect Seattle area, SF (silicon valley), would be my western warehouse and shipping areas. And strangely even though I am not sanguine about an SP2 early arrival on the 22nd, I was pleasantly surprised when my SP 128 arrived on day 1 in the AM at my house which is usually the last stop on the FedEx or UPS routes in my area. When you look at it, MS has a pretty tough row to hoe managing a world wide operation and they do pretty darned well. That I not to say that I would ever tell them - gotta keep them on their toes.