In a message dated 10/20/2000 9:10:56 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes: << Strangers bumping in the bar? Obviously we need a refresher course on the BP salute. >> Perhaps you were all saluting each other and took that as a good indication that you should avoid one another. It is easily misunderstood. Like when you call somebody a fucking asshole, and they misinterpret it. Or it could be a lesson in what's to be lost by lurking instead of homing in on the object of one's desires and making a fool of yourself. Ralph (been there, done that)