----------------------------Original message---------------------------- When I saw Fran Woods' note, I knew that my three weeks' accumulation of mail while I was out travelling had some interesting stuff in it. Thanks, Larry! That makes me feel a lot better (see below). When I was flying from Gainesville (Florida, that is) to Seattle (Washington, that is) to take my Ph.D. finals, Eastern Airlines was having a contest on the flight to name the five state capitals which begin with "A". A twelve year old kid and I were the only people who out of the whole load of passengers who got all five. When I was telling this story to my committee (AFTER they passed me), one of them said, "You realize that if you hadn't named all five, we'd have to take away your degree!" I ALWAYS try to live up to the popular image of a geographer. ;-) Thanks again, Larry. virginia