Audrey, I'm glad you enjoyed my "story", and I hope that tim and his wife did as well - that's the reason I wrote it the way I did. Unfortunantly, it was NOT a tall tale - every word was true - needless to say, i was glad to get home last night and get some sleep.... thanks for the reply bob _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.