scenario sphinxradio too many possibilities! i'll just drive myself insane if i look at each and every outcome. let's look only at what is likely. statistics. 011105 ... ClairE I drive up to your house. I ignore your barking dog. I grip your present. I head up the drive. I can't believe this was so long ago. 011220 ... camille Parent: I love you honey, how have you been.. Myself: I've been...(my voice trails and is cut off by) Parent: Oh that's great (not hearing anything i've began to say) Myself: (quiet and listening) Parent: Oh by the way your brother and his wife need a hundred dollars Myself: Oh? Parent: They can explain, and how have you been? Myself: I.. (cut off again) Parent: Oh well your brother blah blah blah blah......... i wonder if she has ever heard a thing that I've ever said.... 041023 ... Sakhalin is Magnifique Imagine this: You are on the coast of Sakhalin! 060223 what's it to you? who go blather from