In a message dated 25/11/00 16:13:30 GMT Standard Time, marged@btinternet.com writes: << Well, it's funny you should ask me what I would do if I had rats, because as a matter of fact, I like rats. >> Ah, but what about the nasty ones that live in the wild, and not so wild, of my wood shed......and the ditches..... and carry leptospirosis. I used to go out with a boy who kept mice.....nearly married him too. Maggie Surname interests: BICKER, MILLER, SPRATT, MARSH mainly in Kent MATTHEWS, GRANT, COAFFEE, BERESFORD, SWEENEY in Middx, Bucks, USA and elsewhere