Dear list friends After I vol. to help Ivan with proofreading his testimony, my computer finally went belly up totally, so I will start by apologizing to Ivan - from what I've read so far, your testimony was brilliant and hard hitting - hopefully it helped educate these people. After 10 months of fighting with the manufacturer, I think (maybe) my computer is fixed. Today we replaced the hard drive again, the memory, the processor and the cd-rom. Other than having to reload everything, I think things are looking better. However, if anyone sees a ken computer clone running around, better send him this was. I think something might need help - for the first time, the computer doesn't rattle like an old dishwasher when it boots up - its so quiet I had to look twice to be sure it really was booting. Please be patient while I try to catch up on all my messages (394), plus I lost any mailed sat or sun. I just had a spinal tap a few hours ago, and I am not moving very well at the moment. I will get back into the swing of things ASAP tex