Dear Naomi, I'm talking in the first sense of b@st@rd - i.e. meaning 1: being born out of wedlock. And, as the youngest in my family, that would mean all of my siblings were also 'tainted' in such a way - given that we all have the same two parents who didn't divorce prior to my arrival. No one has accused me of being sweet, though coarse is not too far off the mark. Now, as for being called a cuckoo - that's probably fair (though I'm sure I wasn't fostered, my parents and I are way too alike) and doesn't necessarily reflect on the rest of the family - other than we all draw from the same gene pool. Which then relates to my standard answer when my parents say something like "Why did you do something so stupid?" Can conveniently blame them for everything I do! :) Cheers, Terry Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com ************************************************** 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.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************