Especially when there are a lot of posts to this list, busy people who are subscribed look at the subject heading to determine whether or not to read the message. Lately as the topic has changed, the subject heading has often remained the same so that messages that might have been of interest could have been deleted by those thinking the message was about something else. If you are starting a new thread, please change the subject heading to reflect this. Mary Sue pbs list cat herder who knows that it is impossible to herd cats