Gil Hardwick wrote: > > > > My philosophy has always been, "Leave no stone unturned". > > > > > > SGordon817@aol.com > > > > Early on, I found I had more stones than money. That being true, I > > had to pick and choose which stones I could pay to turn over. > > > > Singhals > > I quite like the philosophy of G.K. Chesterton myself, who observing > a man on a beach throwing pebbles at seagulls commented that he left > no tern unstoned. > > Gil Chesterton? I didn't realize it was that old. However. My problem with "no stone unturned" is the limitless edges of unmodified "no". "No" would cover searching Maori records for a Scotsman who died in France, or Australian records for Eric-the-Red, or New England records for a Spanish conquisadore. Some terns don't NEED stoning. (g) Cheryl singhals@erols.com