> Look Buster, there are no "ivory tower academics" around here. I
> dropped out of grad school 23 years ago and have been self-employed
> since 1981. Carrol Cox is a retired academic, but he's surrounded by
> Illinois cornfields and, as far as I know, lives at sea level.
The lowest elevation in Illinois is at the Mississippi River in Alexander County, at 279 feet above mean sea level.
- Chris (two years of state college 25 years ago)