Thanks to all who expressed concern and/or offered help during the past few days. What happened was that I came down with a severe and painful case of shingles (herpes zoster) and went to hospital via 911 ambulance. I'm home now and functional but still weak, with lots of catching up to do. Cheers, Joe -- J. R. Bruman (818) 789-3694 3527 Cody Road Sherman Oaks, CA 91403-5013 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn