>>anyway, there wasn't another word that day that I didn't know cold!<<

Yes, Bill. That was the other observation I was thinking about writing, but I didn't want to go on too far about this small side topic. The ONLY learning experience each kid got out of that was how to "suck it up." (Well, that plus one word, the correct spelling of which sticks with you for life!) (. . . and the winner doesn't even get either of those.)