From the nimble fingers of Bowerbird@... (Bowerbird@...) (9/11/2000 12:25 PM) came... > ted said: >> It's not pretty, but it's good to as many digits as you like: > > i've often wondered why not do things this way? > > -bowerbird A few tolerably good reasons spring to mind; chief among them is that it's utterly daft... If 'things' include attempting to lead a strapping teenager into the realm of ordered thought (down which paths they tread warily, and which paths I find ever darker these days), then it's as good a way as any. -- Ted Spencer; ted@... -- Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. (Ben Franklin)