As the bus rolled through Campeche, Mexico, on the Yucatan Peninsula, I studied the signs of the businesses we passed, trying to read Spanish by remembering my Latin and French. Suddenly I saw, in huge red letters on a white awning: FERRETERIA "Ferreteria"? Is that like "cafeteria"? I've heard that Koreans have restaurants that specialize in serving dog...... I thought I must just be missing my guys so much that my eyes were playing tricks on me. I'd been so stunned I hadn't noticed what kind of store it was. I kept reading storefronts and finally, there it was again. Not a delusion, a ferreteria. This time I tried to see what the store carried. It wasn't a restaurant or a pet store, in fact it looked like hardware store. Hardware! Of course! Latin still comes in handy. Ferrus - iron - Fe. Not ferrets. Whew! What a relief. [Posted in FML issue 2963]