hey skillz- thanx for takin the hands on to my prob here. tried PM - 1 every 3 hrs is all they give me. don't know if i am putting this in the right place, but besides the NMI post which i see and am credited with, i made several phantom posts- 4 or 5 in test area, 1 homeless thread, and at least a few responses to some threads, mostly in "the dark side", i think. not overly worried about the count, just trying for the interaction here, y know? i sent a "contact us" msg to admin after i received your 1st response. lemme know what you find. much gratitude. oh- to make things tougher, our interweb connection on this rock is excrutiatingly slow, especially tonight. fml.