the multiple "kudos" were my fault, Joe. I don't know what happenned; but I do not intend to create any new threads for a while. I don't seem to be having problems posting to current threads... but I was typeing along in the "enter message below" box when *blap!* I was back at the forum home. I refreshed the threads and was shocked. I did report it in the help forum.MMario the confused