I've noticed a number of people have remarked about their Modern Ferret being a little late. Please be patient; Eric and Mary will get it to you soon! They are a little behind in their stuff because of various unforseen complications (as opposed to me just being a little behind), and are working overtime catching stuff up. Just remember they are a small Mom-n-Pop type of a business, trying desperately to put out a high quality product while competing against a well funded (and profit minded) competitor. NO, they did *not* ask me to say this; I've just met them and know they are very nice people. I like them, so cut them a tiny break, ok? Of course, I like almost everyone, so maybe it isn't saying much ;-) My server (showme.missouri.edu) is having some serious problems of late. It sometimes bounces my mail, loses mail, refuses to accept some addresses, and lately has decided large files cannot go through. It also freezes up, adds or eletes characters in messages, and makes you wait for long periods of time before it will respond. I can't tell you how much I hate reading "NFS server mail not responding still trying" while attempting to send off a message before I have a class or go to work. This is not me nor my software, and both the university and the IBM are working on fixing it. I wrote them a note and said, if it were a Mac, it *would* be fixed. They have had this problem from time to time, which I correlate to the influx on new students half of which are surprised they can talk long distance for free, and the other half just thankful they can see neckid ladies in the internet. If you have tried to write me and I haven't responded, rest assured that on my end, I think I'm caught up on my emails. If you sent something and I didn't respond, assume showme ate it. You know you're a ferret lover when you do your yearly computer cleanup, and when taking apart the keyboard to get the dust out, you notice the gray-brown felt pad is worn in places and are about to call for a new one when it dawns on you that you are looking at a years worth of shed ferret fur that drifted under the keys. You know you are *really* a ferret lover when, after you remove the "ferret felt," you save it because it reminds you of Buddy and Razz and you still miss them. Bob C and 20 MO Raisin Hounds [Posted in FML issue 2220]