Bob, I had to go to a 3 volume dictionary, Webster's 3rd international to find it. festination: an act or instance of festinating festinate: #1 hasty (adj.) festinately (adverb) festinate: #2 to hasten, make haste--- to accelerate the gait involuntarily in walking (as in certain nervous diseases) Do you suppose this means we involuntarily run when we think we are walking? don't forget how to laugh (and do it often) Marling McReynolds [log in to unmask] http://members.tripod.com/~marling