I revisit this thread to post a notice.
Bob Pond died on December 26, 2009.
We owe a great deal to this amazing man.
I own the very last Atom 40 that he pulled from the mold when I came very close to buying the company from him. I visited him the day before he turned the keys over to the folks that beat me out. I asked him to autograph it and it is in a shadow box in my living room.
If you do not know of Bob and the work he did, look into Stripers Unlimited. As I said before he was a man ahead of his time, that showed up just in time.
I'll bet no one ever called him Chicken Little after the moratorium.
God is Great, Beer is Good, People are crazy.