matt> But then again, it really would be hard to beat the aesthetic matt> appeal of Silicon Valley, wouldn't it? matt> 11. Thou shalt know that thou hast entered the next city [sic] matt> when thou seest that the stores have begun to repeat. Again. WJC> I think you must be confusing Silicon Valley with Long Island. BillP> All you big-city folks have the same problem. :) You should BillP> have lived in vincennes indiana. Population 20,000, BillP> counting students. :) Reminds me of West Lafayette, IN (Purdue) or, to a lesser extent, Peoria, IL (Bradley Univ). You just haven't lived until you've seen ads for seeds, fertilizer, pesticides, or all of the above during prime-time network television. That and network TV stations that actually turn off at night. I fear, however, that I may have just dated myself. =) Matt -- Matt Simmons - simmonmt(a)acm.org - http://www.netcom.com/~simmonmt Don't take the bull by the horns, take him by the tail; then you can let go when you want to. --Josh Billings