Mornin' Cuzzies, It's what is passed around from fren to fren in emails....really sort of an interesting subject to me. I'm connected to a bunch of animal lovers, and we pass "aaaawwww" pictures to each other all the time. It's a brief moment of fun during the day. Received a tape the other day of a guy who raised a gorilla and then was reunited w/ him in the jungle. Amazing! Also, on web cams there are a bunch of babies being born: birds, horses, chickens, puppies, who have huge followings of watchers. And, I have my wildlife group.....and we send the huge gator who's swimming w/ a dead deer in his mouf, or the rattlesnake found in Jacksonville who's almost as long as a football field is wide, or the tape of the mule killing the mountain lion. I like all those. o : However, if I sent a picture of a snake to Da Kid, we'd have to rush him to ICU!! Now, I'm one of the more religious people I know.....I don't send out religious stuff. And, the reason I don't is because I'm a spiritualist w/ some Episcopalian overtones who believes in reincarnation, meditates, communes w/ all matter of spirits.....I mean to some of you, I'm out there. I don't express my views to others; why would people send me religious stuff? I get it all the time. Is that crazy?!! And, then there are the GI soldier patriotic group.....I don't need to be reminded to support our troops. Every generation in my family has dead soldiers having fought for the freedom of our country, w/ the most recent being my two college grad officer uncles who left this sphere w/out offspring so I have no first cuzzies. I know what families feel when they send their boys off to war. I don't need to be reminded. Sometimes I think not much thought is given to email stuff we pass on. I will admit to enjoying those items which are continually passed around because it strikes a nerve w/ everyone.....it's always interesting to me what is the big appeal for the moment, and doesn't really bother me that it's constantly repeated in my email box. And, how 'bout the hysterical virus alert.....that's generally three years old, and the sender usually sez.....I don't know whether this is true or not. Generally it isn't. Why do I have to look it up on Snopes.com? Why don't they before they send it? I have trusty Norton on my machine and I haven't had a virus in years! Knock on wood! Y'all have a good one! Buckette