Thank you Mike, Bruce, & Fiona. Yes, it was certainly Octopush. They were discussing the trip to New Zealand. I thought they were saying "Aqua" something. I frequently have that problem with new words. That's why the radio program is so good to practice listening to the Orkney dialiect/accent...whatever, that's another whole discussion. I won't tell you what I thought they kept saying when I first heard a story on "birdwatching"--but I'm glad I figured it out before I asked a really silly question. I had found a description of net ball as a form of women's basketball differing quite a bit from men's rules. I wasn't sure if that was it, as I thought I heard them say that some of the girls also played basketball... Maybe they do both. The other mystery of the world I've been trying to solve today, is why is it 24º F, which I think is about -5ºC, at 10:30am in Memphis, while at 10:30 this morning in Kirkwall it was said to be 43ºF/6ºC???? Stay warm all, wherever you are. Karen