>On an aside - our building periodically goes "bang!" and you can feel it
>rebevorate (sp?) right throught the building. (It's a 17 story condo tower).
>Somebody told me it's caused by the concrete fracturing in the cold!

More likely the steel frame breaking up. What floor do you live on?

Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin, New Zealand
VW & mollusc nut
1984 VW Caravelle (currently SVX engine; waiting for a Porsche trans)
1985 Mitsubishi Galant Sigma 2.0 (FWD), for sale
1986 CE80 Toyota Corolla 1.8DX diesel (extaxi)
1989 CE96 Toyota Corolla 1.8DX diesel van/wagon
1989 CT170 Toyota Corona Select 2.0 diesel (taxi)