Hilarious stuff, Bill. Just goes to show that everybody should be speaking Russian. And that language and table-tennis have much in common: the less you think in the performance, the more fluid the movements. (At least fluids are fluid.) Returning to baking my bakies. (No Russian cooks his cookies. Or cooks the books. Or even books a cook. Although screaming out "It's a cookbook!!" in the vicinity of people boarding an alien spacecraft is universally understood. It's nice being on sabbatical, even if one doesn't keep it wholly.) I trust nobody will reply to this posting. Walter O. Memorial U. The Rock ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html