Hi HawgDawg,
I was going to answer, but ran across someone else with a similar problem and the first comment on that question was pretty much exactly what I was going to say, so I'll just link to that question and let you read it for yourself.
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See the comment by F Dryer (@notbroken ) for a very good explanation of exactly what I was thinking.