Dear Vannette: I, too, taught myself to read from newspapers we received at home. I was fortunate to have a big sister who taught me about Old English type! (Formerly of 1616 Hardesty, Kansas City, MO) Cheers, Dan Daniel F. O'Connell, Rio Rancho, NM USA: semi-retired writer, acoustic pick-guitarist (6-& 12- string), publisher, fisherman, folksinger, philosopher, web developer, political activist, husband, father, & granddad. EMA: docrrnm@aol.com. RELIGION: Active member of & choir singer in a local Liberal Catholic Church. Browse to www.liberalcatholic.org/history.htm for an overview. GENEALOGY: researching the Connell/O'Connell/Scanlon/ Scanlan & Kennedy/Flinn/Riley families of Co. Mayo (Eire)/Quebec, Kansas City, Blue Springs, & St. Joseph, MO, & Southern IN. POLITICS: Supporting Sem. John Kerry for President. Browse to http://www.johnkerry.com/ for further information. ================================= When even one American who has done nothing wrong is forced through fear to close his mind & shut his mouth, then all Americans are in peril." -- Harry S Truman, 33rd President of the USA (1884 - 1972)