thanks for all the ideas folks, on dispensing linatone without the mess! meanwhile, my latest adoptee Anais, the puppy, is still in love with my second to latest adoptee, Gossamer. She carries him around, though not all the way off the ground, by his tail. She plays very gently with him but we still supervise beckers -- My Witness, you're blushing [Posted in FML issue 3055]