> The folk of Massachusetts were pretty kind >to a young sailor from Texas back then. > >George, whose long term memory is getting much better than his short term >memory Yeah, the folks from Rhode Island too. That's how I ended up with a father inlaw who's from just south of Dallas. <VBG> After my inlaws got married they lived in Rhode Island and Mass for 27 years. When he moved down here I suggested he milk the Tejas connection for all it's worth. His wife and the rest of us Yankee's will just have to struggle through life. ;-) Matt Trahan <matttrahan@ecsu.campus.mci.net> or <garden@juno.com> USDA zone 8, AHS heat zone 7, Sunset zone 31, northeastern N.C.