I'm a bit surprised no-one picked up on my non-congratulations to Mike. My English half got tied up in etiquette knots re congratulations... otoh the English are rude to their friends so I didn't misread Erin's post. My > blood pressure went up when I saw your string of > obscenities. isn't that a separate issue, Stan? and, wouldn't Paul have reacted differently if Irene'd been prepared to consider she just might be wrong? If Irene > didn't understand how close Erin and Mike are to > each other, she's not the > only one. I didn't either. I didn't know they were that close but had picked up on their "jovial insult" terms Judy Evans, Cardiff ___________________________________________________________ To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre. http://uk.security.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html