Wow - that's really full-on Mick. <Crosses fingers> I haven't had the same experience ever, and as I said already, I ring before I write normally. I always start with the brutal, let's not waste either of our time here, what's the salary range? and move straight onto Who is it with, doing what and where? No agent with a real job ever gave me a run around like that. Steve Hudson Word Heretic, Sydney, Australia Tricky stuff with Word or words for you. Email: steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Products: http://www.geocities.com/word_heretic/products.html Spellbooks: 728 pages of dump left and dropping... -----Original Message----- From: Michelle Edward Groanat ... He wrote back insisting that he did understand the relationship, but still wanted to receive my personal information to consider before he would tell me about the job. I thought it best that I did not reply, lest I write something that I would regret. ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelist.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************