John I hope the 'flu's abating as I'm looking forward to your responses to my strands - I don't have your apparent ability for close and sustained text reading-reasoning -I can do it short bursts only - my mind as ever been like Keats' 'pack of scattered cards' or maybe a child's floor-strewn building blocks but I love to follow the words of those who can do so. one point, my surname is spelt with a 'c' not a 'k' - it's odd enough as it is - altho' it'd be worse if its components still held contemporary English recognition vocabulary value - it coukl then be at full David The Clearing in the Birch Wood on the Bend of the Small Stream. Something of a mouthfull! Or Woodstream for short. cheers and good health David John Temple wrote: > Afraid I'm down with flu but will respond to David Birkumshaw's interesting > posting as soon as possible, > > jt %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%