Mike: > And I never originate HTML-posts (but after a recent re-install of my mail > reader I found that it had obligingly reset my preferences to reply-in-kind > to HTML messages). you done good.. > My original comment was to a bloke that replied off topic to another thread > since he either did not know how to start a thread or didn't care. At that > point someone (who shall remain nameless) jumped all over my case about > top-posting. hehe, that's what we do here on PF Mike, jumping all over each other is a kinda kinky sport we do some times, you'll learn to enjoy it. ;-) k