In a message dated 12/12/2003 9:52:51 AM Eastern Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes: there is no reason to cheapen the high level of discourse here by using barnyard vulgarism Sir: You have made a common (which is to say vulgar) error in taking a technical term widely accepted and understood within the construction industry (and as I understand it, other industries, as well as the legal and medical fraternities) for a common barnyard epithet. Ralph