Doug:  Thank you for the lesson in Russian history and culture.  

I'm sure you're familiar with the comment from Donald Rumsfeld "there are things we know and know we know, there are things we know and don't know we know, and there are things we don't know and know we don't know and things we don't know and don't know we don't know."  It's one of the very few things I agree with Rumsfeld on.  As I grow older my list of things I "don't know and know I don't know gets ever longer" and the list of things I "know and know I know gets shorter."  I'm not sure if this is a sign of the "wisdom of old age" or just a sign of "old age."......that's one of the things on my list of things I "don't know and know I don't know."  

Does my agnosticism and skepticism come from knowledge or from ignorance?  Damn, that "known unknowns" list just grew longer....   regards, Gary