Nearly 20 years ago, until the tax rules got changed to allow separate taxation, there was a time when we would have been better off divorced. However, as she's younger than I am and so will still be working, she has this strange idea that after I retire, we won't need a cleaner or a gardener.................Hmmm!! Peter Chadwick (temporarily Stockholm) MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.