Thanks, Nick. All fixed now, and all it needed was a new hard drive. Hopefully this one won't be so hungry that it eats my operating system. There is no more depressing sight than a black with those green letters that say "Operating system not found."

Bouncy and jaunty are nice, but only if you walk that fine line between jaunty and sing-songy. Sing-songy detracts from the story. In a couple of places you crossed the line into sing-songy.

Again, whatever i put in that is not regarding pure grammar is a suggestion only.

rose