To Fletch Sorry this has gone to the list again, for some reason my SP does not like your E-mail address In answer to some of your questions, Rick was using British Telecoms Directory Enquires which was costing him around $8 per minute, my name happened to be the nearest to his search name so I ended up chatting to the guy." I shall blame my Dad for that one" Rick is not one of the BLANCHARD-L- List members, On his E-mail address this is what he told me SLOUIS7735 AMERICA ON LINE any help with this would go a long way. I tried explaining my E-mail address to him but Rick didn't understand the @ sign., his daughter who is the P.C. buff was out at the time. I don't think it's a case of somebody wanting to be "lost", more than likely a case of long distant relatives not keeping in touch. I will contact the relatives on this side of The Pond to allow them the choice. If I could take up your offer to telephone Rick and ask him to confirm his snail and E-mail address as his New York twang was rather strong for my English ears, I don't want to pass on duff information to his relatives after this. Is it snowing in N.Y. yet? Regards Alan in a warm and sunny spring morning in Dunstable,Beds,UK