Alright...first of all...are you supposed to drink water that is coming out of a pond that is a pond because of a beaver dam? Secondly, I have some MREs that my father-in-law at the time gave me. This was something like 15 years ago. Are they still good? Hmmm? -- Felix J. McGillicuddy ME-->GA '98 "Your Move" ALT '03 KT '03 http://Felixhikes.tripod.com/