Well, there goes my real estate scheme!

Yup I am an American. I forgot you Brit "read" for an education and "write", meaning, uh just what do you mean?

I quote Dylan quite a bit myself, LH. Salute!

re James I, I have a similar view of Prince and then, King John. He was an able adminstrator while his brother was out stirring up trouble, getting himself captured and ransomed and generally being a bad king. John kept the Island running and in pretty good shape. To bad he was a Norman. That seems to be his greatest crime.

I will have to go back and read that interesting part of history surrounding James I. They little grey cells may not be what they used to be. See the "How old are we?" thread. Ugh!