Please forgive me for this, but I couldn't resist.... In reference to PETA's position against the use of ferrets in automibile crash tests, of course I agree. Consequently, my wife and I have put together several "ferret crash-test dummies" for use by the automotive industry...also, our little girl Wuzzy has a perfect driving record, and we feel that she is at little risk of ever being involved in an auto accident. No, she's involved in refrigerator accidents, couch accidents, wall accidents, wife's make-up bag accidents, coffee mug accidents, etc. etc. (gee, we must be the only ones...). On a (slightly) more serious note. I work in the computer consulting biz (read: dweeb), and I have stockpiled all of the ferret forums. Anyone who has subscribed to this mailing list is aware of what a tremendous resource it really is, with hats off to Chris Lewis, our two veterinary Godsends, Dr. Willams and Dr. Brown, and everyone who has ever contributed anything. While I have plenty of tools at my disposal for searching these forums, I realize that many do not. My intention is to take all of the existing forums and put the information into some type of database format with search capability (probably with keywords), expandability, and the like. My target is the so-called IBM PC clone MS-DOS-based computer, since that is the most widespread machine (with apologies to the Mac owners). While I realize that not everyone has a PC immediately available, there sure are a lot of them around ("say, my friend would let me use his/hers!"). At any rate, I would like to hear from anyone who has an interest in having/using such a search tool, as well as any and all comments, suggestions, lists of keywords, capabilities, and anything else that anyone wants to add. There are only two things that people need to be aware of: 1. This is going to take a while. I'll let you know about progress. 2. I'll only be charging $100.00 apiece for these. I'm sorry, what I meant to say was, it will be yours for the asking (if this is OK with Chris?), and if the request numbers are reasonable, I may not ask for diskette/postage money (I have a few hundred diskettes lying around, and I have an old Pitney-Bowes postal meter which I rigged to... no I'm just kidding, all you ferret-loving postal inspectors). Consider it a (potential) contribution to the ferret "war-effort" (and boy, can they collect rubber!). Sorry for running on. All feedback greatly appreciated. Stu, Carla and Wuzzy ("Where's my Barcalounger?") [Posted in FML issue 0791]