Oh, dear. I didn't mean to sound critical, as rereading what I wrote may have sounded. I was just commenting. You're not being obsessive or annoying at all, and you do make good points. I do have the feeling that bookshare-discuss is the list where discussions of books is supposed to take place, but . . . Your point of signalling with OT is perfectly valid -- but I admit I'm not sure what the Topics are. (smile). Sometimes one topic leads so naturally into another, the distinction gets lost. But when a thread changes drastically onto another subject, putting OT is probably a good idea. Cindy __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com