George and all-- I'm sure young Mr. Renihan left the list, if not a wiser person than he came to it, at least with some idea of how to proceed with his project and possibly with some notion of what scholarly cooperation (and enthusiasm) can mean. I know I enjoyed the responses, and when I felt I'd had enough, I just used the delete key. I do know that differing agendas and levels of expertise can cause problems on a list, but so far I don't think that's the case here (and a big thank you, George, for your tact and vigilance in trying to improve upon the questions!). >From a devoted lurker, one vote for continuing as we have . . . In lush and very steamy east central Illinois (home of Flatlands U, for those of you who know Jim Marchand)-- Pat [log in to unmask] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%