Hello all, Connie and I have good news -- as of about 4:30 PM EDT today we were able to get our Internet service restored (it had been cut off since 7:30 AM EDT Sunday) thanks to my younger stepson loaning us some money for the interim. Consequently we will not need to ask for any LOA's and, regarding live Sims, we'll simply hook the cable directly to Connie's computer (the faster of the 2 we have) rather than the router and I'll be using AOL while Connie uses AIM so we can be in the same Sim at once. We will be using our regular e-mail addresses rather than having mail shunted over to the ones we had provided. Thanks and see you in logs and online! Eric **************Need a job? Find employment help in your area. (http://yellowpages.aol.com/search?query=employment_agencies&ncid=emlcntusyelp00000005)