oops and mes culpa!  I really didn't even look aall the way down--and what I sent was waaay too long.   Here it is again:   Very good call--I ws stuck on the "jour" as day from the French, that seems less likely than your interpretation, Jim   Kathleen --- On Tue, 4/27/10, Jim Garrity <jimgarrity@earthlink.net> wrote: From: Jim Garrity jimgarrity@earthlink.net The "jour" probably is an abbreviation for "journeyman", which means that he's been practicing his craft for a good long time.