Judy You didn't. Sometimes a put down is just a put down: yours to me; mine to you. Each was based on a subjectively accurate assessment of the other. But not the remotest offence on either side, I would hope. Anyway, to use another expression of (potential) overfulfilment, Enough already. CW _______________________________________________ 'How to speak a different language and still be understood? This is *communication* but we might call it politics, or we might call it life.' (Judith Revel)