At 12:30 PM 12/20/98 -0500, you wrote: When I was a kid, (<7 y.o.) I wanted my drill to be just like my dad's. So I tied a piece of string around the handle, tied a paper clip to the other end, and plugged it in. Luckily, we had flame retardent carpeting and a good family doctor. Recently, my idiot sister's idiot dog bit a woman who worked for a neighbor. In talking with her, she told me that "this is the sort of thing you hope for." I believe she got about $20K out of my insurance company before they cancelled my insurance. So, with those two examples, can anyone guess why companies are reluctant to produce things like we would like them to? --------------------------------------------------------------------- O- Uncle Roger "There is pleasure pure in being mad roger(a)sinasohn.com that none but madmen know." Roger Louis Sinasohn & Associates San Francisco, California http://www.sinasohn.com/