I'm sure glad that this Canadian didn't write your sign, Oly! Hi Jeb ... are the long dogs at your house not quite all there ... or did your pen run out of ink? We used to have a long dog at our house. (While I must plead guilty to operating a cluttered house - no wife!) And - living in the countryside without a car so depending on hitchhiking to get to a village , where the bus runs morning and afternoons only (but don't try hitchhiking at night: better have cab fare in reserve) I'm on rather a short leash: any minor physical difficulty may very likely require moving to (an apartment?) in the city. Which I can afford, for 15 or 20 years or so - and, starting from the mid-90s, that seems like a fairly reasonable timeframe.timeframe. So - it looks like I have a substantial winter clutter-winnowing job ahead. What's that you say? That winter is getting close to half gone?! @Rusty - that pphphophonphone thing looks like a good idea! But - how to arrange for that friend to have the phone in hand at the time of the appropriate time's arrival/my departure? ole joyfuelled p.s. got tired of winnowing the editor's aadaddaddiadditadditadditoadditooadditoonadditoons when I tried to amend. o j

Mesilla Valley Chili Company, P.O. Box 405, Hatch, NM 87937 "Chili" is the spelling used in the rest of the U.S. - outside of New Mexico, but "chile" is used in Mexico and is the Spanish spelling. "Chili" or "chilli" is used in UK, with the word "Chile" referring to the South American country.

angelaid, now that's my idea of camping! I always said my idea of roughing it is when they don't turn down the bed and leave a chocolate on the pillow!

Friends from Massachusetts are visiting my neighbour below me for Thanksgiving. I get to walk their dog whenever I want. So I took him for a walk and home with me while they were at church. Merlin wants to play with Elliott so bad, but he doesn't want any part of him.