Ann Landers can be read online at http://www.startribune.com/variety Go to the section index, click on "Ann Landers". However, I am a dedicated Ann Landers reader and have _never_ seen a ferret letter such as the one described, nor can I locate in in the last 2 weeks of columns online at this site. I even checked the last two weeks of Dear Abby online at http://www.pioneerpress.com/living and could find no such letter. Perhaps it was another advice columnist? Or maybe a rather old Ann Landers column rerun by that particular paper for some reason? Anyway, I'd suggest that the FML not get its collective panties in a bundle until someone actually produces the column in question. Janna and Aron Einstein, Daisy, & Bandit [A later P.S.] The official website for Ann Landers (belonging to Creators Syndicate) is located at http://www.creators.com/lifestyle/lan.asp. Her columns and an archive are available, with a one week lag, so the column from last Wednesday will be posted 11/25/98. Janna and Aron Einstein, Daisy, & Bandit *********************************************************************** * * * This must be Thursday; I never could get the hang of Thursdays. * * * * - Arthur Dent * * * *********************************************************************** [Posted in FML issue 2499]