In a message dated 2/28/00 10:54:27 PM Eastern Standard Time,
shaner@FAMENT.COM writes:

<< Why you may ask? Well my wife
 is pregnant with our 6th child,  >>

damn!!!   you know, latex is better than lambskin...  :<)  (sorry ;<)
as far as the seat, finding a 9 passenger middle seat is gonna be kinda
hard...what you could do, is get another 2 pass middle seat from a 7 pass
van, and basically cut it in half.  sounds wacky, but it would work.  then
you just have to reupholster the one edge that was cut.

chris