David: > Half hearted is a little hard hearted. I hadn't a clue what you were > talking about--quitting an addiction, giving up playing pond hockey after > all these years, changing jobs--and therefore drew up a list that covered > many possibilities just to let you know that the remark had been heard and > that it might be worth saying a little more on the subject. Many possibly > fine threads die for want of initial reaction. Yes, this is correct and another reason I appreciated your response -- just because it WAS a response to my often unanswered cries in the wilderness (slight exaggeration, but as my long-time companion told me the other day "you're too emotional" meaning "you're being emotional TODAY" because I'm usually a heartless bastard, rational automaton -- also her words). And to answer David's wonderment, my initial remark wasn't the result of any particular quittance, just an observation about life all the little doings and not-doings of it. \ resuming heartlessly bastardness, p ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html