I will be making some changes and updates to various things over the next few weeks and will be taking the site off-line while I do so.  If you happen to see a Maintenance Alert page pop up when you expect to see Home Port, don't worry.  I expect that the site will be down for only a couple of hours at a time.  I'll do my best to check things out before actually updating the site, but there are always those times.

Sorry for any inconvenience.  I hope that the changes and updates will be improvements and make your time at the site more informational and enjoyable.
Thanks for your support
Captain Kirk
Webmaster/Owner, The Big Nickel
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