>> Harry - has it ever occurred to you that maybe you would be better off venting to a person that is qualified?

yes, and i thought that was what i was doing.

>> Rather than us, as we clearly hardly even know you.

my parents used to make statements like that.

>> And please stop using lower case to say 'I' - it smacks of Poor Little Me Syndrome.

i've been thinking about this post all day. and i finally figured out why. how long have we known each other noode? over a year? i think that sounds about right. and this is what you think of me: that i write internet posts using a small 'i' because i'm looking for sympathy, because poor little me. It couldn't possibly be that due to the informal nature of e-mail and internet communication i just fell into the habit of not capitalising them.

thanks. thanks a lot.

sorry to hear things aren't going so well bill.

:-/

and with that. he was gone.