In a message dated 5/23/00 7:30:25 PM, dbeierl@IBM.NET writes:

<< But when I was a largish child my mom's
cousin in NYC could still take her bulbs to Con  and swap them for
free, because according to some bizarre theory they were selling "light"
and not "power." >>

David,
Thanks for this interesting factoid; you can be sure I will add it to my
repertoire of trivia.  This must explain why the old timers still refer to
the electric power company as the "light" company.  It also might demonstrate
why no submission to this forum should be censored.  ANY posting ads to the
fullness of this list giving it a measure of chiaroscuro.

As far as unified standards for e-mail, I say to hell with standards!  Now, I
am going to hop in my van and head out on left side of Highway 61.
Rich