In a message dated 11/18/2003 3:43:15 PM US Mountain Standard Time, philiph at SLAC.Stanford.EDU writes: Were maids allowed openly to have mistresses? Even in gay Paree that might have been a bit much. Seriously, I don't understand how this is effective one-up-womanship. p.s. your Re software makes it hard to keep attribution clear. ================================================================= It made the blazing display look over-the-top and tacky. I guess you have to be female to appreciate it. Or possibly French. In MY message box, not only is the quoted message marked off with a line, but my reply is in a different typeface (Comic Sans MS Bold). See if what I've done here works better. tal