And to all a merry Christmas and a happy (and slightly less taxing) new year. Dick >Seems the tax on phones from 1898(!!!) has been canceled and we get >a refund on our Income Tax filings. Really. See > >http://www.snopes.com/business/taxes/excise.asp Richard Barth *** W3HWN(at)ARRL.NET *** Silver Spring, MD