Sinister: The Bot with The Arab Strap (yes the mis-spelling was intentional)

ok, forgive the fact that i followed my usual habit of sendgin a message back to the sender and not the list. . . this one was really meant for the list! doh! so this is now a second-hand-dragged-out-of-the-sent-box-and-forwarded-in-an-attempt-to-be-helpful version of the message