In a message dated 2/3/2005 4:05:30 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes: jc, You are absolutely right. I often think I am reading my words and thoughts and wonder how they got on the Outlook screen, and they turn out to be yours.Don't get your hopes too far up; he sounds a lit like me, too. The adjustable triangle tale was too amazingly familiar. I was given one (no doubt from the office supply room, which he ran) by one of my bosses-- one Jimmy Clark, now that you mention it--at the arch firm I worked for in HS--which much to my dismay subsequently broke. Anyway, Jimmy died suddenly after I'd gone off to arch school to use his adjustable triangle, and I was amazed to find out that Jimmy Clark was actually Jacob Cohen. It is still my favourite tool. Makes me feel especially happy every time I use it. Maybe it is in the Ancient name. In the drafting room at Cornell, the guys from New York with the Ralphian Meaning the Hebraic? persuasion used to love to speak jovially about our little social group, me and them, as "JC and the Boys". We were The Boys in The Back Row, to one of our structures teachers who got pissed off one morning and threw chalk at us. I was frequently crucified by their good natured jokes. It would be fun to meet and see what the mirror looks like. Funny thing about the name sound. After I graduated from the initials name no one else had, into a real word name, I continued to be blessed by a name no one else had, Cuyler, and that felt familiar. I could never imagine what it would be like to have the same name as anyone else. No kididing. However, since the early 90's, "Tyler" has became a popular name for parents to give their new little boys. I myself find this very mysterious. I still jump in a shopping mall or restaurant when the automatic response kicks in to the sound of "..YLER COME HERE !" yelled by some young female voice. Hope springs eternal, eh? Cheers, Beers, cp in bc Ralph PS: Hey, you passed the test. Don't worry about the grid. Better yet, after dealing with all those 2' grids in ' 60's architecture, maybe it would be fun to make a fractilated GR grid for the next design project. Gosh, maybe that is what Gehry does. Or maybe it was just something he ate.