dklien... you always end up being right ya bastard! Kwon, thanks for the info... Never thought that there would be that much thought ever put into innerstage delay issues. As for the snake thing... I don't own a snake, but I cary enough cord to wrap around most venues. A large duffle bag full of cords, power strips, adaptors, etc. Between that, my mixer, my lappy, my stands, and my mics, I make at least 2 trips to the car when I do a multi or a matrix. Crazy looks sometimes, but more times than not I get the red carpet with venue holding doors and carying my bags for me. FOH engineers are usually impressed that I have every cord/adaptor known to man and I have gotten compliments from some saying how impressed they were at my preparedness and my rig. The only reason I don't have a snake is because my cords are usuable in different ways and as a snake they are just a snake.
That being said, this has been an informative thread for me. I like it when I learn something new.
Matt